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Hearts and kisses (& a giveaway winner)

And all that mushy LOVE stuff. Right?  šŸ™‚ Truth be told, Iā€™m pretty neutral on the whole Valentineā€™s thingā€¦love it, hate it, love to hate it, whatever!  I think itā€™s clichĆ© either way you look at it.  Side note: I used to think Valentineā€™s was so lame, so for the first two years that Kyle and I were dating I wouldnā€™t go out with him on the 14th because I just felt so hypocritical changing my tune once I had a BF.  This year, I consciously requested the day off of work, but I still… Read more >

A day late

ā€¦and a dollar letter short. Iā€™ll be back with the alphebruary eats later (g and h happened but my energy needs to be higher to share the deets). Work eats, however, donā€™t call for much brain power.  Iā€™m not saying they were mindlessly dullā€¦but I kinda am ;)  Kidding!  [But they were VERY similar] Iā€™ve been on a fruity tooty kick lately.  Starting the day with water, Jillian, coffee, coffee, and fruit, fruit, fruit.  Because itā€™s sunny and Iā€™m downing fresh strawberries and blueberries constantly, I feel like next week should be the 4th of… Read more >

Sights unseen

This weekend was so much fun.  I had Friday through Sunday off and Kyle was actually caught up with all his MBA shiz, so we got to spend a lot of time relaxing (together). I’ve shown you the d & e meals, but Superbowl Sunday was definitely the highlight.  PACKERS what whaaaat!    Friday morning started with an early breakfast for me.  I was up and at ā€˜em with the sun garbage trucks (which was fine since I had fallen asleep at 7:30 the night before).  I made myself a warm bowl of oats and buckwheat. … Read more >

Delish durum

Last night I went to bed at 7:45.  Yeah.  Guess my body was trying to tell me something, huh?  I just went with it.  I had ā€œdinnerā€ at 5, just after posting about my cashew cheese. For those who asked, hereā€™s the recipe I used.  [Itā€™s a combination of a few Iā€™ve seen throughout the blog world and my RFD cookbook] Vegan cashew ā€œcheeseā€ Ingredients: 1 1/4 cup raw cashews (I soaked mine before) 1 tbsp garlic powder 1 tbsp onion powder 1 lemon, juiced (approx. 2-3 tbsp) 2 tbsp nutritional yeast 1/2 large orange… Read more >

The Big O, the Big V, the Big C

Curious about day 3 of alphebruary?  Hereā€™s a teaser. But before I get into that, I wanted to hear peopleā€™s thoughts on the way Oprah discussed veganism on a recent episode of her show.  I was talking whining about it to my mom yesterday and she brought up some good points.  So, Iā€™m not going to be the bitter vegan that brings up all the issues I had with it because after some consideration, Iā€™m just happy veganism is getting the spotlight at all (regardless of the reasons The Big O is choosing to showcase… Read more >