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July 2011

My favorite cookbooks.

July 29, 2011
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Over the past few years I’ve collected quite a collection of cookbooks.  While I have to admit I generally use the internet for recipes these days (I tend to want to know if something got good reviews than take the risk of cooking a flop), I love my library and will often spend time during [...]

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Catching up.

July 28, 2011

I love Thursdays.  Not just because tomorrow is Friday, but because there is a farmer’s market right by my office Thursday afternoons.  I love strolling through the market on my way home.  I restrained myself from buying anything other than peaches for next week’s breakfast because I’m going out of town tomorrow and Rob has [...]

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Slow cookin’.

July 27, 2011

2 Christmases ago, Rob’s mom gave me a slow-cooker.  This new modern appliance allowed me to retire the Crockpot my mom handed me down a few years ago.  The old one still worked fine, but the reddish-orange 70s tint didn’t really mesh with my blue and green kitchen decor.  So with my new 6 quart [...]

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Leftovers.

July 26, 2011

Remember these? Well I have so much left over that I’ve been chopping them up and putting them in salads for lunch.  For dinner tonight I wanted to mix it up and do something different with the grilled zucchini and eggplant.  So I made this: It’s a whole wheat panini with pesto, fontina cheese, grilled [...]

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Fresh tomato pasta.

July 26, 2011

Last month when I was on a family vacation in Italy, my siblings and I took a cooking class at a wonderful vineyard in Tuscany called Castello de Volpaia.  The owner of the winery taught the class, where we learned to make pizza, baked tuscan vegetables, zucchini carbonara, panna cotta and more.  One of my [...]

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Week 4 training plan roundup.

July 25, 2011

Here’s how my Week 4 training plan went down.  Monday – Action Hero Babe Phase 1 Burn Tuesday - Easy Run: 5 miles @ 9:46 per mile Wednesday - Action Hero Babe Phase 1 Build Thursday - Easy Run: 5 miles @ 9:33 per mile Friday - Easy Run: 5 miles @ 9:32 per mile Saturday - Rest Sunday – [...]

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