my lavender blues

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    Why is it at the end of the day, that whenever I know I have a mouth watering home cooked meal in the fridge leftover from a morning slaving away in the kitchen, I end up sitting down with a big glass of wine and a big ol’ bowl of popcorn. If it makes […]

Wine & Honey Braised Short Ribs

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  Happy Monday (said no one ever). Especially a Monday that has followed a weekend filled with belligerence and over indulgence of Halloween candy. It left me with a headache, a belly ache and mouth sores. Way to go America! It also left me feeling incredibly lazy and not wanting to make any home cooked meal. […]

Sticky Rice Beef Balls

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  Happy Hallows Eve! I remember back in high school my girlfriends and I decided to go around tossing eggs at kids who were vandalizing homes. We didn’t even make it past the first egg after an attempted toss which landed on the ceiling of my car, as oppose to out the window. That was embarrassment […]

Honey and Thyme Roasted Root Vegetables

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  Why is it that when I basically drop a frying pan while my son is sleeping it doesn’t disturb him however when I literally hold a sneeze in all hell breaks loose.  Arghhhhhhhhhh.  I’m going on basically zero-none sleep currently and loads beyond loads of caffeine is fueling my current state of mind. Heartburn […]

Indian Spiced Cauliflower Rice

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    Has a movie ever enraptured you so much that you feel like you’ve actually been there? Or you can physically picture yourself as a character in the film? I have a movie that does that to me almost every time and I swear it leaves me on cloud nine for a couple of […]

Tandoori Chicken Tuscan Kale Salad

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I hesitated adding the “No Cream” bit to the header above. I didn’t want to scare anyone. Sometimes, at least in my opinion, right away when something says “healthy” or “no cream” I automatically set the recipe up for failure. I’m like, there is no way this is going to taste good if a) it’s […]

Healthy Roasted Asparagus Soup (No Cream)

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  I had the most relaxing weekend of mah life. Literally. I actually did nothing. Well nothing as in, I didn’t have to be anywhere at any certain time. I also didn’t come into contact with anyone I knew. Which is quite surprising since the area I live in in St. Louis is like my family compound. […]

Twice Baked Sweet Potato Breakfast Scramble

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In the mean time I spend 99 percent of my evenings at home with a home cooked meal. Girls gotta save. Also my son is currently in a “throwing food” stage. I rather avoid hitting the nice lady sitting next to me. And I obviously love to eat at home, or why the hell else would […]

Penne with Leftover Beef & Arugula