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Daily Archive: January 11, 2011

A break from butternut

I still have 7 more butternut squashes to use… But my skin is looking eerily similar to Snooki’s so I think a pause on the butternut intake is probably best. Not straying too far…I filled my butternut void with acorn squash. Nutritionally speaking, they are similar pretty much the same.  Both are excellent sources of manganese, potassium, calcium, vitamin A (in the form of B-carotene) and vitamin C.  And they are packed with fiber. In other words, my orange glow will soon be upgraded to oompa-loompa status. If you are wondering about what else B-carotene… Read more >

January 11, 2011 peanut butter, quinoa, squash Read more >

Take a picture

How many photos do you take of the same dish before feeling like you adequately captured the meal’s deliciousness? Sometimes I feel like a nut job circling the table taking a million and one pictures of the exact. same. thing. Dancing around doing laps like a hawk stalking it’s prey. Until I finally feel satisfied that I got the perfect picture of breakfast. Who would have thought the lighting of effing oatmeal would ever be so important to me.  I hope I’m not the only one… Anyways, clearly this morning’s breakfast was oatmeal.  Nothing new… Read more >

January 11, 2011 carob chips, oatmeal, Stevia Read more >