Food

Savory and Sweet: Egg and Bacon Sandwich on Coconut Flour Pancakes (grain free, gluten free, low carb)

Lately, I’m obsessed with breakfast. Maybe it’s because there are so many great places to get farm eggs here, or maybe because I’ve been doing so much spinning that I’m just starving all the time. I don’t know, but in general, I’m not too creative with breakfasts. Eggs usually, or (recently) coconut flour pancakes for …

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California Sabbatical, and Budget {but fancy} Tuna Pickle Bites

I know, tuna is not so impressive. I’ve posted about fancy tuna before, and it really is something I probably overuse at times and underuse at others. I’ll be honest, I despise thinking about money (Leos hate to budget)…but I handed over a cashier’s check for almost $5000 yesterday for my new apartment lease…I’ll fill …

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Mini Layer Cakes with Lemon Cheesecake Frosting (and a big vote “YES” from the taste testers!)

Today I spent most of the day in the kitchen. And at the grocery store. And at Sears buying things I needed in the kitchen (hand mixer, muffin tin…measuring cup…). I made dinner, and the goal of it was to show that healthy eating can be delicious. The menu included: baked rancho-pistachio chicken fingers, broccoli …

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The Truth about Detoxing and Cleansing — What you really need to know!

Detoxing and Cleansing have become hot topics for our society in the last few years—even though detoxing and cleansing have been going on since ancient times. I think we can blame marketing and sales motivations for most of the current misconceptions about detoxing (I’ll use detoxing and cleansing interchangeably), and although it’s unfortunate, I think …

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