So while everyone else is participating in the ultra-healthy vegan-for-a-day challenge, over here I’m celebrating Thanksgiving a week early! Today was our work Thanksgiving party and oh my was there a lot of food. Last night, I baked a Sweet Potato Casserole from EatingWell.com. Growing up our sweet potatoes were never very fancy, so this [...]

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Okay so last night! My goodness I’m behind. As mentioned, last night was my roommate Nicole’s birthday celebration. It was a fun, fun evening with lots of wine and lots of delicious food. I have pictures galore, so let’s get started. We began the evening with champagne and cheese, courtesy of Nicole. We had gouda, [...]

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Even though it’s pitch black outside by 5PM these days, I can’t resist some post-work fresh air when it’s this warm outside. So yesterday evening I took a nice long walk around the neighborhood before dinner. Man I love walking. Then I came home and got to work on my PM meal. This omelette was fabbbulous. I started [...]

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Good Monday morning. I still have a whole heap of apples from last weekend’s apple picking extravaganza, so it’s time to start thinking of ways to incorporate them into recipes. Much as I love apples, I am getting a little sick of eating them plain! Luckily there is almost always a way to include any [...]

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I’m totally forgiving Mother Nature for the rainy horribleness in NYC yesterday because the weather in DC today is GORRRGEOUS! I took full advantage and had a nice run in Rock Creek Park, followed by a bit of abs and arms strength training back home. It was a glorious morning! I even took a picture out of my [...]

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Phew! Back from NYC. That was quite the trip! After my meeting I had quite a few hours for fun and I had all kinds of plans for what to do with my day. But so sadly, it was POURING! Even with an umbrella my belongings and I were completely drenched after walking around for [...]

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Good morning and yayyy for Friday :O). I took a day off from oats yesterday, but of course I missed them dearly so this morning they were back. This bowl was especially delicious as it featured cacao nibs and Mara Natha peanut butter (aka the best peanut butter in the world). Sometimes I try not [...]

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Morning! How good was Top Chef  last night? As I (randomly) mentioned in a recent post Nigella Lawson  is my favorite chef in the world, so imagine my happiness when I saw she was the guest judge! She is so pretty and so talented and I think her food writing is the best ever. I hope one day I’ll [...]

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My oh my is it wet outside. It was also a boooring work day since many people were off for the holiday. The news releases were not exactly flowing in. I was in need of some serious movement after work, so I headed to the gym to do 30 minutes on the elliptical and about 10 minutes [...]

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Good Morning every one! Let’s pick up with last night’s dinner. After work I chatted with my best friend Emily who just got back from Italy. (Of course) she ate some amazing food there and so after hearing the details I had a serious craving for some good pasta! One of my favorite foods in [...]

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