Banana Oat Pancakes Week 2 of my Spring Detox has officially ended! During this week, I was able to eat legumes and gluten-free grains in addition to vegetables, fruit, lentils, nuts, oils, herbs, and spices. I’ve never been so happy to eat beans and brown rice before in my life. During this week, I still […]
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Lentil Salad Week 1 of my Spring Detox has officially concluded and Week 2 has officially commenced! In case you missed it, check out my Spring Detox Kick Off post for why I’ve decided to do a detox. When I began the detox last Saturday, I was feeling tired, sluggish, and unmotivated. One week
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Mango-Tahini Smoothie (those mangos look like potatoes!) Welcome to the first day of my Spring Detox! Spring has been quite sluggish in its arrival this year. It snowed yesterday. Yes. SNOWED! Uhg. My thought is that if the weather won’t move on to spring, I can at least give my body a bit of spring
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Baking bread intimidates me. Yet, I love to do it. I love feeling the dough with my hands. I love seeing it magically rise. I love smelling it bake. Most of all, I love tasting it. Few things in this world are better than freshly baked bread. I’ve had my fair share of
It feels like I’ve been waiting for February forEVER! Strangely, February feels a lot like January. It’s still super cold (it’s been well below zero degrees) and I seem to have caught a cold. I don’t get colds very often, and I blame this one on my immersion blender. A few weeks ago, my immersion
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January 8, 1999 is a date I remember well. I woke up to the smell of smoke and panicking voices. My home was on fire. I had just finished my third semester of college and decided to take a semester off before transferring to a new college. To save money, I moved home. Home
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But how do you get enough protein? This is one of the most common questions I get asked as a vegetarian. (Also right up there is “do you eat fish?”) I live in a meat and potato centric area of the country – especially this time of year. Most people consume way more protein
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Let me introduce you to my new best friend: Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce. This is not a likely combination – me and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. I grew up in northern Minnesota eating very traditional Midwestern foods where the spiciest pepper we used was ground black pepper. Until the food franchise
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Sweet potatoes, oh sweet potatoes, what else can I do with you? We have gotten a plethora of sweet potatoes in our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) box this year. Typically, these kinds of root vegetables can last quite a long time in a cool, dark pantry. However, I live in a condo building
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It all started with a simple breakfast consisting of a green monster, toast, and tea. Sounds unassuming enough, right? Until I realized cinnamon had permeated everything. I had added cinnamon to my green monster, sprinkled cinnamon and sugar on my toast, and chosen cinnamon infused black tea. Cinnamon was clearly in the cards for
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