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My 32nd Birthday

December 12, 2011 Birthdays

Happy birthday to me! Today, we’re going to New Jersey to do some things that we can’t do in NY, such as having lunch at Chick-Fil-A! Then, we’re going to see The Muppets Movie because I’m actually turning 3.2 today, not 3.2 decades. After the Muppets, we’re going to Trader Joe’s because the closest one [...]

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Lettuce Be BFFs

December 8, 2011 Jenneral Posts

One of the healthiest habits I picked up this year stemmed from Disney World—Epcot, to be exact. What healthful habit could I have possibly have picked up at the sugariest happiest place on Earth? Lettuce wraps! I can’t seem to get enough of them ever since having this one that blissful day at Epcot. Of [...]

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‘Tis the Season… for Tuna

December 3, 2011 Jenneral Posts

Its been quite the week. Tuesday: We saw a matinee of Breaking Dawn and I had to practice some serious restraint during the honeymoon bedroom scene. I found it to be hilarious and I literally had to bite my lip to keep from laughing. The whole storyline is pretty silly, but the 13-year-old girl in [...]

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Green Stuff

November 28, 2011 Jenneral Posts

After Thanksgiving, anything and everything green sounds just right. I haven’t even looked at the leftover turtle cheesecake; hopefully my mom ate it all (ha!) or pawned it off on someone else. I’m not doing intentional low-carb this week, I decided to do it casually and unintentionally, if and when I want to. I’m still [...]

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Thanks to Give

November 25, 2011 Holidays

This Thanksgiving and every day, I am thankful for: My family. Our kitties and doggie. Our home and food to eat, water to drink, and all of the other everyday things we tend to take for granted. My country and all of the opportunities that we have. The Interwebs. YOU GUYS! And a zillion other [...]

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Life is Beautiful

November 24, 2011 Holidays

Happy Thanksgiving, friends! Our smoked turkey was delivered yesterday and it’s still defrosting while we work on everything else. It says to eat it cold or heat in oven, so we’ll pop it in the oven an hour before dinner. Our cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory was also delivered yesterday. Yay! Mom has been busy [...]

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Oodles of Zoodles (Spiral Zucchini Carbonara)

November 20, 2011 Grain Free Diet

Almost a year later, I finally opened the spiralizer that Dustin bought me for Valentine’s Day! It’s even better than I imagined it would be. Look what it makes: Zucchini spaghetti! So much fun. I’m back on my 3-day lower carb menu after 3.5 days of carby indulgences. Low-carb Zucchini Spaghetti Carbonara (gluten-free, grain-free, low-carb) [...]

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Epic Turkey BLAT

November 17, 2011 Grain Free Diet

My favorite type of food in the whole world is a sandwich. It’s also my favorite food to prepare. I feel like I’m building a holy temple when I construct one. I don’t like sloppy sandwiches, I prefer them to be uniform and layered accordingly. Things get real up in the kitchen when the bread [...]

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Carb Crazed

November 17, 2011 Jenneral Posts

I haven’t had a crumb of real bread or pasta or anything super starchy since Saturday, so pizza was on the brain when my intermittent fast was over tonight. I tried to go the full 16 hours like I had planned, but the mushroom and cuke salad from yesterday was calling me and I had [...]

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Fast Tomato Soup, Grain-free Coconut Pound Cake, Greek Feast, and Amazon Goodies

November 16, 2011 Diets

My doctor’s nurse returned my call yesterday with advice from my doctor: She said to try taking half of the antibiotic pill one hour after I eat, then the other half another hour later. I was skeptical after the first day with it, but I tried it this way after I ate dinner and I [...]