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simply delish: sweet corn & spinach quesadillas

April 5, 2012
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With my graduate school comprehensive exam just one week from tomorrow, time is of the essence this week.  There’s no time to futz around in the kitchen with all of the studying I have to do! I had some rather wilted spinach in the fridge that was a little too droopy for a salad, so [...]

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{shrimp} butternut squash & black bean coconut rice

February 7, 2012
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Hey guys! I have a new favorite recipe for you to try out. I realize I say this about once every 2 weeks… but this {Shrimp} Butternut Squash & Black Bean Coconut Rice is healthy comfort food at its finest. There are just a handful of wholesome ingredients and, to be truthful, a rice cooker [...]

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Spiced Pumpkin Apple Chutney & Pork Tenderloin

October 20, 2011
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Happy Thursday everyone!  Yesterday ended up being such a crazy day, blogging just wasn’t in the cards.  I needed a relaxing evening to myself last night – all was well after power yoga, a glass of red wine, dinner and a movie on the couch.  I’ll make up for my silence yesterday with a new [...]

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A New Slow Cooker Recipe: Veggielicious Yellow Curry

September 7, 2011
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Good afternoon! Happy Hump Day to you all.  I come to you today with a tasty, new recipe that I made for dinner on Sunday… and have been enjoying all week! There were a few things that inspired this recipe creation: I was craving heat (as in spicy). My new slow cooker was calling my [...]

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Mexican Spaghetti Squash Casserole

July 7, 2011

Hi everyone! Check out what I made for dinner last night using the other half of the spaghetti squash I cooked up the other day. I was craving Mexican for dinner but didn’t want to get take out since I had half of a perfectly good and already cooked squash in my fridge. So, I [...]

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Old Bay Shrimp Tacos

June 16, 2011
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Good morning, y’all!  Can I just say I love working remotely?  Libby, Laura and I, who are all interning at Physical Activity and Nutrition Branch of the NC Division of Public Health this summer, are sitting in a Chapel Hill coffee shop  today working on a project together!  It was nice not to have to [...]

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High Fiber Friday: Zingy, Pea-licious Spinach Linguine

June 10, 2011
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Hi everyone!  Happy Friday!  Good news, my new fridge is here !  It’s been a busy morning so far.  I started my day with a 4 mile run, packed for a fun girls weekend in NYC, cleaned out my fridge top to bottom to get it ready for its replacement and have been doing some [...]

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