I had a much-needed and well deserved day off work today. I slept in…until 6 am, if you can believe that! Then I just stayed in bed reading until closer to 7 am. Finally got up and fed the cats, made toast and juice, took that upstairs and read Sunday’s newspaper while eating breakfast. What [...]
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Whew!! What a crazy day at work…I’m exhausted, sleepy, in pain and in a bad mood…not a good combination, huh? I just could not get to sleep last night so ended up with a little over four hours of sleep. We went in to work at 5:30, the truck came at 7:30 and everything was [...]
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I read a blog yesterday where the writer had made the most beautiful focaccia… http://foodblogandthedog.wordpress.com/ Did I ever mention how much I love good bread products? Or how I find baking my own bread, kneading it, the aroma, one of my greatest cooking pleasures? Or how my dad actually taught me to bake bread (between his [...]
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In anticipation of my return to work, I was cooking some quinoa today. The plan was to make a cold quinoa salad to take for lunch for the early part of the week. Quinoa is good for you, tasty, combines easily with a variety of produce to come up with a lot of different dishes. The [...]
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I didn’t set out to buy kale at the farmers market Saturday, but as I was perusing the assortment of veggies, someone stopped close to me. When I looked up (I always have to look up unless the person is maybe five years old), I saw it was Kai, a co-worker from days gone by. [...]
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I finally made it to our local farmers market this morning. I have every other weekend off work and it seems like it’s always either raining or I’ve got other plans. But today I got up early, gathered my totes, put on comfortable shoes and made my way down town. I got there just a [...]
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Okay, I know this isn’t the first time I’ve said this, but I really am going to work at regaining my health and fitness…and that begins today. I’m going to do some form of exercise every day, even if for only 10 minutes. That is to get me back in the habit of exercising regularly. After [...]
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I was trying to figure out what to take to work for my for the rest of the week. Nothing in the freezer or fridge was calling my name. I looked in the pantry, thought about quinoa and black beans…one of my favorite dishes. Then I saw the package of hummus mix on the shelf. [...]
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Okay, I’m only a part-time vegetarian and this recipe doesn’t necessarily involve a lot of cooking, but it is one of my favorites. I prepare this dish at least once a month. It’s quick, easy, inexpensive and healthy…what more could you want? These are my main ingredients for the quicky winter version of this meal (I’ll [...]
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