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Holiday Weekend Fun!
Hey everyone, hope you’re having a great Labor Day weekend!!!! Here’s a little glimpse of what we’ve been getting into… More roasted poblanos… I love! Best. Sub. Ever. Seriously friends Beer sampler, ummm yes please! 75F and sunny. Does it get any better? On the road again… Virginia is seriously one of the most gorgeous [...]
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Strata take 1000!
Hey hey everyone!!!!!! Long time no see? Well I know many of you may be curious as to what I was up to last night…. Let’s just say that it was one of the most exciting times I’ve had and I can’t wait to share it with all of you! Buttttt… You’ll have to be [...]
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Special Visitors!!!
Happy Wednesday everyone! I hope that ya’ll are having a great day and looking forward to the holiday weekend Well I’m going to keep this short, but I will tell ya that it’s definitely exciting! If you follow me on twitter you may have noticed that I have alluded to some “special visitors” coming to town [...]
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Eggs. Gone Tomato?
After seeing this recipe idea around the tv & internet “foodie” world for some time now, I was really excited to finally give it a try! Healthy, economical and delicious… don’t mind if I do! Eggs in Tomato Sauce First up, the sauce. Tomatoes, garlic and onion. The trifecta (?) of perfection in my eyes I’ve [...]
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Crash & Burnnnnnn :/
Well, bad news. Fanatic computer = crash and burn. Yep, nothing recoverable either. It’s been a fabulous morning to say the least. Anywho, these things are only material and life must go on… however I am really going to miss those few files and pictures that I didn’t backup and that I’m going to have [...]
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Crashhhhhh
Well friends, I’ve been MIA this weekend… But for good reason unfortunately. Saturday morning I woke up to the “blue screen of death” on my computer and it will no longer start So let’s just hope that can get fixed. ASAP. Until then… I will tell you that we’ve been enjoying lots of good eats [...]
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Mexican Hot Flower Soup
HAPPY FRIDAY!! And boy do I have a smashing recipe for ya’ll this Friday! Thanks to one of my new favorite blogs, last night’s dinner was one of the most flavorful and delicious soup dinners that I’ve had in quite some time. Caldo Xochitl (Mexican Hot Flower Soup) This past Sunday I got all productive [...]
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Celebrations!
Last night after a very long & busy day at work I came home to this Yesterday was our 2 year anniversary! Last year we celebrated our 1 year anniversary with a delicious dinner out and a long weekend cruise to the Bahamas (The Man’s first cruise!) and it was a blast…! This year things [...]
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Spicyyyyyy!
Last night The Man was in charge of dinner… well part of it at least After stumbling across this intriguing 5 ingredient chicken recipe I just knew that we had to give it a whirl! And boy am I glad we did – this recipe offered such a complex flavor with so few ingredients. The smokiness [...]
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WF Cooking Demo: Gone Local
Last night Fanatic Mom, Brittany and I attended another installment of our favorite Whole Foods cooking demoseries with Chef Jesse! This time around the chef centered the menu around local & fresh ingredients, which I was very excited about. Whole Foods considers “local” to be within a 200 mile radius of your community so the menu featured [...]
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Sunday Dinner with the Fam
What better way to get over the Sunday blues than to have some of your favorite people over for a lovely Sunday dinner! And spend some quality time in the kitchen with said people Our dinner guests: Fanatic Mom & Dad! I picked up mom later in the afternoon so we could go shop for [...]
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BLT Panzanella Salad
Oh how excited I am to share this recipe with you friends! Yesterday I had a serious craving for bacon… don’t know what came over me but I had it for both lunch and dinner! I know a certain someone who’d be proud I also purchased some of the best Italian bread earlier in the day [...]
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Leftover Transformation
Happy Friday everyone Sorry for going totally MIA last night but we had some things going on in the Fanatic Family that needed urgent tending too… let’s just say it’s been an exhausting past 24 hours but I know we’ll all get through it with the support of each other… So anywho, after work today [...]
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Purple Potatoes!
Wow friends, do I have a treat for you tonight!!! This simple dinner turned out to be one of the most delicious and flavorful ones that I’ve had in a while… and I can’t wait to share On the menu tonight: Farmer’s market grass-fed burgers w/ onion relish Roasted garlic purple potatoes! Okra “fries” Okay before [...]
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Garlic Hoisin Roasted Chicken
So last weekend at the farmer’s market there was a new farmer in town — a chicken farmer, which definitely filled a void that had been quite evident at our market this summer (where’s the chicken?!?!) This lady was as nice as could be and was so excited to tell me all about her natural, [...]
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Cutie Pies & Veggie Gardens
Hey everyone! Hope ya’ll are having a fabulous Monday Well we spent the day yesterday visiting these cutie pies! And one of my best college friends (the mommy) and her hubby! The twins have gotten so much bigger and are outta control adorable The happy fam also has a big garden in their yard and [...]
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Bleu Cheese & Veggie Fettucini
Hey friends! Do I have some fun recipes to share with you today, including a fabulous new fettucini dish we had for dinner last night! But before I get to the pasta recipe, how about a peak at yesterday’s lunch adventure? Roasted Tomatillo & Onion Relish I had some tomatillos that needed using and decided [...]
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Simple Dinners
After work yesterday I knew it was going to be an easy dinner kind of night, I just wasn’t in the mood for a real “sit-down” kinda meal… Do you ever have nights like that? Where all you want to do is pick at some small foods while lounging around and hanging out? Well that [...]
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Breaded & Baked Spicy Hoisin Tofu Sandwich!
After our usual round of Thursday night thunderstorms, I decided that tonight was going to be a tofu kinda night! It had just been too long…. You see, The Man had a basketball game which meant I got to prep something fast and easy for him and then something that I know he wouldn’t love [...]
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Soft Taco Dinner Winner
This week’s meals have been sort of ad-hoc if you will, considering I didn’t have much time for planning & grocery shopping with our busy weekend and beach day-trip extravaganza! So I’m working with the fresh farmer’s market purchases as well as some items in our freezer & cupboards that have needed to be used up. [...]
