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Roasted Red Pepper Sauce, Chickpeas and Spinach

January 6th, 2016Tina4 Comments

Hello, winter. It was almost 70 degrees F on Christmas day which is definitely not normal for Connecticut. Yesterday night dipped to 6 degrees F and the high was only 24 degrees F. Boy, that change is jarring. My life has now become all about keeping warm and hydrated. That means that I’m cozying up with a scarf, a sweater, blanket, or all of the above. I use lip balm and hand lotion more times a day than I can count. I never seem to have the stuff handy when I remember to use it which means that I go …

Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bites

January 4th, 2016Tina6 Comments

I get choked up when NYC counts down the last 10 seconds of the year before the ball drops. Does anyone else get emotional when that happens? (Assuming you also watch it or something similar.) Maybe you can’t go by me because I cry at the same sad scene in a movie even if I’ve seen it a bazillion times. My new year’s resolution is to lose a few pounds, again. I seem to have that resolution about 10 or 30 times during the entire year so I’m not sure if that’s truly a resolution except that it happens to …

Quinoa Granola

December 28th, 2015Tina2 Comments

It’s back to the grind. Back to work. Back to eating healthier. Back to wishing that I was still on the couch sipping coffee. I suppose we have to get back to real life at some point so I might as well do it with a bang. By that mean I mean I’m trying something new. What’s that? Drum roll, please. This is the first time I’ve cooked with coconut oil! I have to admit that I was afraid to use coconut oil. I have no idea why. Maybe because it’s weird that it’s hard in the jar. It’s oil so …

Chocolate Banana Crumb Cake

December 22nd, 2015Tina2 Comments

Chocolate… banana… crumb… cake… Can you handle it? The holiday season is the perfect time to indulge… in everything, but especially at breakfast time. My mom used to make a wonderful breakfast spread for Christmas morning so maybe that’s why I feel this way. Or maybe because I’ll find any excuse to eat sugar or chocolate first thing in the morning. If Christmas isn’t a good excuse then I don’t know what is. How about some cinnamon rolls or sticky buns or the perfect crumb cake or THIS chocolate banana crumb cake? O…M…G… if you like chocolate or banana bread or crumb …

Olive Tapenade

December 18th, 2015Tina0 Comments

Holy crap, it’s one week until Christmas already! Seriously, where does the time go? I’m usually done with my Christmas shopping by now so I was amazed by how crowded the mall was as I grabbed a couple last minute gifts well behind schedule. It was a little too crowded for my liking, but I set out on a mission to finish up the shopping and I was successful. Go me. 😉 Anywho, let’s talk about olives. I love them. Period. End of story. Just kidding, I can’t end it there, it would be a really weird blog post. Olive …