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Pasta Carbonara: A Quick & Easy Pasta Recipe

Pasta Carbonara: A Quick & Easy Pasta Recipe

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My Pasta Carbonara Recipe is enriched with Greek Yogurt making it healthy and delicious. It uses mainly staple ingredients meaning that it is a go to recipe that saves me at the end of many busy days.

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A Healthy AND Tasty Spinach Recipe

A Heatlhy and Tasty Spinach Recipe: Wilted Spinach with Garlic and Raisins

Doesn’t it suck when you spend days eating healthy only to undo it all over the weekend? Here I am Monday morning thinking about what what I can do to make up for it. First, I’ve started planning a healthy dinner for tonight that includes this spinach recipe: Wilted Spinach with Garlic

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Tales of a Leftover Chicken Episode I: Soup to Feel Better About the News

I haven’t been feeling great lately. I have bronchitis. Worse. yesterday morning I woke up to disappointing news from my home country. I’m not going to get into the details here because: it’s way too upsetting and I don’t want to ruin your day; it’s very political – I’ll wait until we know each other [...]

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A Korean Stew to Soothe Any Cold (Jaden Hair’s Spicy Korean Tofu Stew)

At Food Blog Forum Orlando last weekend I won an amazing prize: Jaden Hair‘s The Steamy Kitchen: 101 Asian Recipes Simple Enough for Tonight’s Dinner. When I got home my little J came down with a fever and cough. My own followed. I wasn’t in the mood to cook, let alone sample new dishes. Or [...]

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Eating Alone: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Today I have a guest post on Scary Mommy‘s Scary Mommy Society. It’s called Eating Alone: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Check it out and then let me know what you eat when you’re alone and why.

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What My Husband Hates: Shrimp, Feta and Olive Pasta on a Tangle of Arugula

Yesterday I told you about the mischief I get up to when my hubs goes out of town. Synopsis: I watch Glee, listen to cheesy 80s dance music, drink pink girlie drinks (like French Martinis) and eat feta and olives. Here’s my favorite recipe to make when G goes away. Note that you can double, [...]

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What My Husband Hates

On February 1st a post I’ve written is appearing on Scary Mommy‘s Scary Mommy Society. This week, in honor of the society, I’m featuring stories and recipes for all my scary parenting friends. Multiple Choice Question: What do you do when your parenting partner goes out of town? a) Beg for mercy. b) Ask your [...]

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