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Stupid-easy roast vegetables (make ahead)
So last night, I realized I had to use up the vegetables I had bought for chicken soup, because the chicken I was going to use had gone off. Luckily, there is another super-simple solution here: Roast them. This is what I had last night, but use any root vegetables you have on hand: 1 red onion 1 yellow onion 1 bag…
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Miso Soup (meal-sized! vegetarian!)
I'm allergic to fish and shellfish, so I can't hang with most misos that have a dashi base. However, boiling a square inch of dried kelp (konbu) in a whole pot of water will add a dashi-like flavor. I've also made goma-dare (sesame sauce) with kelp stock, and it tastes perfect. SO: Ingredients: Water. Like, a lot. 1 or…
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People keep eating my free time
I don't work until the afternoon, so I *should* have a ton of time to work out, and normally I do. Except a client needs me to do some ancillary work for two days. Except my mom wants me to sleep over at her house 40 miles from me so I can drive her to the airport (that is only a few miles away from her house) Except my…
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WTF is it with yoga mats and dogs?!
I have gone through two yoga mats in the past three years (one was the regular flat kind, one is a thick foam one). EVERY TIME I take in a dog (I own 2, I try to have one rescue foster at a time), the dog decides to use my yoga mat for a pee pad! It does not matter that the dog is potty trained! It does not matter that…
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Mango guacamole
OK, so some of you have mentioned you don't like avocados. I would like to point out this does, in fact, make you a bad person. This is my mango guac. Adding mango means you can have a slightly larger helping without stretching the fat intake too badly. Its also a raw preparation, so there's that. Ingredients: 4 medium…
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Perfect burgers
So one of the problems people have with extra-lean hamburger (besides the cost!) is that its pretty damn dry when you grill it, because there's no fat to make it all juicy! It's so sad! It's also completely fixable. 2 lbs Ground beef 1 onion, finely diced 1 tbsp sea salt 1 tbsp garlic powder 1 tbsp paprika (I like smoked)…
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"Italian flag" pizza
Ingredients: Crust: 1 cup Plain greek yogurt 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 /2 tsp baking powder Pesto: 1 cup pine nuts 1 bunch basil 1 bulb garlic, crushed 1/2 - 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil Sea salt to taste Topping: Grape tomatoes, sliced vertically in half Fresh mozarella Mix the dough by hand until doughy. Cover tightly…
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Sins of Our Parents
For you overweight kids: Do you feel your parents contributed to the mindset that allowed you to become overweight? Both of my parents are/were overweight. My mother used to be a model, but gained a ton of weight when she was pregnant with me, and never managed to really take it off. My entire life, I watched both of my…
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Challenge me: Ingredient to Recipe Game
So this is kind of a food game to challenge myself and help others. Give me an ingredient or a food group you want to include more of in your diet, and give me your dietary restrictions, and I will see what I can do for you. Flip-side: Give me what you're trying to stop eating and why, and I'll try and think of a…
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Staple cooking: Curried Vegan Red Lentil-Barley-Quinoa stew
SO, if you caught my other (amazing Chicken Vegetable Soup Recipe), you know I'm into big batches of stuff that keeps for at least a week so you can keep eating off of it. This is one of those recipes that my roommate will live off of for a couple weeks. The best part of this stew is if you're low-carb, you can stick with…
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Stuff to do that's not eating
So on a cold winter night (OK, I live in CA and its only 55 outside, but whatever), when you've hit your calorie count, what do you do? I want to go out and do something, but everything I can think of that's open around here involves food/alcohol/caffeine. Movie theater: I should walk there, but a) cold and b) scary (the…
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The magic of vinaigrette
I'm blessed enough to live in a state with a strong agriculture and lots of sun, so I get to play with a lot of fruits and vegetables. I took this (http://jeanetteshealthyliving.com/2011/12/fresh-berry-green-salad-with-pomegranate-meyer-lemon-salad-dressing-recipe.html) recipe and switched out the pomegranate juice for…
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Chicken Vegetable Soup
OK, so I am big on peasant cooking. Also on stretching a dollar till it hyperextends something. If you have just two chicken quarters and about $5 worth of root vegetables, you can make enough food for at least 8 generous servings. The stock is rich, but there are very few calories in it per serving. I pair it with a salad…
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Sardonic people?
I'm Rig. I was training to be a cage fighter. I lost 60 lbs in 2012, but in November of that year, I had a gallbladder surgery, followed by a major car accident, so I gained half of the weight back while feeling sorry for myself throughout 2013. Um...I'm not very good at friends, but I'm very good at funny. And pragmatism.…
