Katy Perry PB&J Smoothie from PopSugar
So, a while back in the in the burgeoning beginnings of my weight revolution my sister, Corinne, asked if I wanted to do the Whole Life Challenge with her. Now, I’ll get into details about that some...
View ArticleBlood Orange Marmalade – From the Garden
I was 20 years old. Living in Florence, fat on gelato and fresh pasta (or as my parent’s delicately said – Botticelli-esque). I was completely drunk on the city. The stinking sulfur smell; the sound of...
View ArticleBlood Orange Bundt Cake – From the Garden (and pantry!)
So, in my haze of excitement I picked far too many blood oranges from my sister’s house to make my small batch marmalade. So, in my spirit of using everything you got I decided to make a blood orange...
View ArticleVitamix Chicken Soup
I was just out of College. And broke. The kind of broke that lives off a diet of Costco sized containers granola bars and Cup of Noodle. I was making a few extra bucks working for my boss’s wife at a...
View ArticleAvocado Pie – From the Garden
Warning up top: this was not my most successful recipe. I combined 2 recipes and maybe that wasn’t a great choice. I also tried to reduce the sugar by cutting the sweetened condensed milk in half....
View ArticleChicken Stock and French Paramours – From the Pantry
How often do you buy a rotisserie chicken or make one yourself and thing, yuck, as you dump the carcass (the thing that reminds you this was once a living thing) in to the trash? That was me at least...
View ArticleChicken, Tomato, and Almond Salad – From the Garden
So, I never had a green thumb. But, my grandfather, a strapping strawberry blond Spaniard, was the kind of guy that could grow, build, or breed anything. Someone, please tell me where those men are...
View ArticleSquash Blossom Scramble – From the Garden
This morning I went to check on my garden (ok – truth – take pictures of my purple corn husks). While there Oscar, , while taking a break from the Tai Chi class they teach there Tuesday morning (check...
View ArticleThe Driver’s License Weight Pledge: Iss. 1
I’m a liar… and the worst kind. And if I had to put my money on it, I bet you are too. Ladies, isn’t it time we stopped lying about one particular thing on an essential government issued document? And...
View ArticleDriver’s License Weight Pledge: Iss. 2
If you read the first Letter from the Editor or my first installment of Driver’s License Weight Pledge you will know I’m on a mission; a mission to stop feeling the seat belt and stop lying to the...
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