Trader Joe’s

too soon?

March 22, 2012
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Recovering from last weekend’s half marathon was going pretty well, or so I thought until my first run this morning. Anne and I met for our usual Thursday run before class, our first since the race on Sunday. I honestly thought my legs were ready for it but this was a tough one right from the [...]

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greek granola & vegetable chips.

January 25, 2012
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Hi friends! Happy Hump Day. It sure is a busy one – I have numerous things to do at work, errands to run, a class to go to this evening, yoga and 2 assignments to complete tonight for class tomorrow morning. Pheewww – I’m tired just thinking about all that. I started my morning with [...]

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Today’s Under the Weather Workout

June 14, 2011
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Hi guys!  Well, I decided to skip working out today since I’ve had a headache all day long.  Ugh.  I’ve tried chugging coffee, chugging water and resorted to taking 2 Advil… nothing seems to be doing the trick.  I had plans to go to hot yoga with Anne but decided to lay low and do something [...]

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Pea is for Pasta

June 8, 2011
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Yesterday I had a craving for pasta, but not just any pasta… spinach linguine.  I spotted some at Trader Joe’s and immediately tossed a package in the cart.  I’m going to do a formal review of the linguine but first, check out what I whipped up in a matter of minutes. A Deliciously Wholesome dish [...]

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New Recipe Page & Nutrition Info: Mango Cheesecake

May 25, 2011

I haven’t been feeling great the past couple of days which means my cooking has consisted of making sandwiches and eating leftovers.  Sadly, there’s no new and fun dish to share with you today but I did make a recipe page for my Mango Cheesecake!  It can be found under the Splurge-worthy desserts page and [...]

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Sweet Beet Salad

April 13, 2011

Hi, friends! I have a few minutes between work and class and just wanted to quickly share my first beet creation. It’s nothing too fancy but the other night I threw together this sweet beet salad. I sliced up 1 beet, a few strawberries and sprinkled sunflower seeds, homemade granola, and goat cheese on top [...]

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Trader Joe’s Veggie Burger Review

February 10, 2011

With 2 exams and a class presentation this week, on top of having stitches and the flu last week, sadly, there was no time or energy for cooking this week!  Last weekend I scoured Trader Joe’s for frozen, quick and easy meals to have this week and stumbled upon their veggie burgers which I had [...]

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