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healthful vacation series: vacation recovery checklist.

May 15, 2012
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I’m fortunate to have been on a number of wonderful vacations in my life (London, Spain and Austria just within the past year!) I guess that’s one of the perks of being in a long distance relationship, eh? After spending the past week relaxing in Miami, I thought it would be timely to begin writing [...]

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frothy coffee.

April 6, 2012
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Hi guys! How’s your Friday morning been? Mine has been fully caffeinated. I have a major exam one week from today, our graduate program’s comprehensive exam. It’s basically a test of everything we’ve ever learned in grad school and we have to pass (with an 80 or above) to graduate. Yesterday we had our second-to-last [...]

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popping your antioxidants.

April 4, 2012
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It turns out that popcorn might be better for you than vegetables. At least that’s the latest buzz after new research came out last week claiming that popcorn has more polyphenols, a type of antioxidant, than an entire days worth of fruits and veggies. I had homemade popcorn for dinner last night to celebrate the [...]

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A New How-to: Homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup

September 23, 2011
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Canned “Cream of…” anything creeps me out. Don’t get me wrong, I think condensed cream soups are great for certain slow cooker dishes and fantastic in casseroles, but there’s something about them that doesn’t seem right to me. This feeling probably started around the time when I really began getting interested in nutrition, eating less [...]

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Beating the Monday Hangover

September 20, 2011
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Good morning! Hope you are all having a great Tuesday so far. Yesterday morning came way too fast, which left me feeling a little hungover. No, not hungover from one too many cocktails but hungover from the fun and excitement of a great weekend and the fact that it was Monday. I laid in bed [...]

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Crispy Homemade Calamari

August 17, 2011
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Good morning gang! I decided to hit the gym this morning to get my workout out of the way.  They certainly don’t air condition to the extent we do in the States – I didn’t think it was possible to sweat so much.  I’m sitting here at the club (using their wifi) writing this post [...]

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Slicing & Dicing Mangos

June 28, 2011

I’m happy that it’s Tuesday.  This normally doesn’t happen but I have reason to be happy because 4 weeks from today my summer vacation begins!  With only 5 days off between spring and summer semesters, I am more than ready for a break.  I’m crossing off the days one by one on the calendar, looking [...]

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