purple rice goes a long way!

23Oct09

I’ve been trying to pinch pennies on food expenses in the past couple weeks because all my wedding bills are adding up. I raided the pantry earlier this week and made a big batch of purple rice I bought awhile ago from Whole Foods, adding a bag of frozen mixed veggies and lentils. Here it [...]

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Tags: Amazing Grass, apple, Baked Lays, banana, Campo Azul, cheap eating, chobani, coffee, corn muffin, CrockPot cooking, English muffin, hummus, Krema, leftovers, lentils, mixed veggies, Morningstar Veggie Burger, PBJ, purple rice, recipes, Reduced Fat Wheat Thins, Sonny & Joe's, subway, Super Food, VitaSpelt, VitaTop, white beans, Whole Foods

Practicing restraint – Day One!

09Sep09

So far, my weekly challenge is no problem! Three meals today, all at no out-of-pocket cost for me because it was stuff I already had. Breakfast: I reconstituted some of my overnight oats (I made a big batch overnight on Sunday, which should be enough to last me and the fiance for the week) with [...]

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Tags: blueberries, Cedarlane, couscous wrap, salad, salad mess, soy milk, steel cut oats, weekly challenge, Whole Foods

almond butter and steel cut oats!

07Sep09

I hope everyone is enjoying the Labor Day long weekend (if you’re fortunate enough to have a long weekend, that is)! Don’t forget that you have ALL WEEK to enter the What’s on My Face? Sample Giveaway! – I’ll randomly pick a winner at midnight on Friday. Now, for the food pics! I was still [...]

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Tags: almond butter, banan, banana, bolthouse, earth balance, justin's nut butter, salad, steel cut oats, Whole Foods

catching up!

12Aug09

Blogging every day is tough! I don’t know if I’ll be able to do it. Fortunately, what was on my plate yesterday was almost the same as today, so I can use the same set of pictures. For breakfast on Monday, I had a great fruit bowl, with strawberries, grapes, pineapple and oranges… For lunch, [...]

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Tags: banyan foods, foccacia, fruit, green juice, naked pomegranate blueberry, salad mess, strawberries, tofu fried rice, Whole Foods

picture-less post

08Aug09

Birthday dinner last night was great, but I didn’t take pictures. Too much going on with hanging out w/ my family, opening gifts, etc. We had herb roasted chicken, broccoli soup, and roasted potatoes. Good stuff. Today was an extension of my birthday, sort of. My fiance took me out for dinner to Wael’s Mediterranean [...]

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Tags: 500 Days of Summer, apples, artichoke hearts, birthday, bleu cheese, broccoli soup, cilantro, dinner, family, fruit, grape tomatoes, groceries, herb roasted chicken, herbs, Lara bars, movies, mushrooms, peanut butter, penne, plulots, roasted potatoes, shopping, spinach, squash, tofu veggie fried rice, Wael Greek Restaurant, Whole Foods, zucchini