{Today’s Lunchbox} A New Chocolate Mousse

December 8, 2010
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As you may have noticed, I tend to get a little stuck on flavor combinations. For a while it was using pumpkin pie spice in smoothies, overnight oats and this luscious Pumpkin  Ice Cream. Now, as a direct result of the Cinnamon Chipotle Chocolate Ice Cream I created recently, I am on the lookout of […]

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‘Tis The Season – Favorite Things to Read

December 8, 2010
Life Is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally

As I mentioned this morning, winter is officially here. As are the holidays.  And this means it is time for me to actually do something about my grand plans of a gift guide.  I ended up borrowing a page from Oprah and Sarah (of the SHU Box) and deciding to start with a Favorite Things […]

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Quinoa Root Vegetable Casserole

December 7, 2010
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It is officially winter, which means it is time to break out the root vegetables. I find them tremendously comforting in cold weather. Today’s lunchbox of lunch and one snack includes a Quinoa Root Vegetable Casserole (see below for recipe) along with some other deliciousness: Black beans cooked with salsa along with Quinoa Root Vegetable […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Monday Lunchboxes Should Be Fancy

December 6, 2010
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I am a big believer in making the everyday extraordinary, and liberally apply this theory to lunchboxes. Particularly on Mondays.  Especially when it is raining. As it was last Monday – it was also the Monday after Thanksgiving, though I had kind of missed the whole four day weekend thing, so to me it was […]

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NuNaturals NuStevia Review

December 5, 2010
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Last month I was offered to the opportunity to try NuNaturals Stevia – I had read about it on several other blogs and actually seen a couple of their products at Whole Foods but, as I often do, I had gotten stuck in a rut of buying one particular brand of stevia since first trying […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Fridays Need Greens

December 3, 2010
Friday lunch

By Fridays I always am low on greens.  Some weeks I plan well and have enough for a green smoothie, but this week – not so much.  So today’s lunch and two snacks are: More Cinque topped with tomato paste, because I am obsessed Baked spaghetti squash with white beans cooked with sage, celery and […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Pizza and Chili and Spaghetti

December 2, 2010
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Sort of… actually the chili is definitely chili, but the spaghetti is spaghetti squash and the pizza is a wedge of spicy Cinque – have you tried Cinqe?    It is a gluten-free vegan chickpea pancake but the chickpeas are so finely milled that the final chickpea pancake is actually more like a custardy dense […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Bloggy Staples

December 2, 2010
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This is totally a lunchbox of favorite staples of recipes from other bloggers – here are lunch and two snacks: Espinacas con Garbanzos Celery Gena’s awesome sweet-potato avocado and chocolate pudding, made with a tablespoon of agave instead of dates (see here for my slight variation). As usual, I made a full recipe in the […]

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Grand Plans

December 2, 2010

I had grand blog plans for December 1 –  non-food plans too – gift guides and self-reflection and more writing about life.  I knew today was the first day of Reverb #10, a month-long self-reflection blogging circle (that is over 1000 people now!) sponsored by the lovely Kaileen Elise, among other.   The prompt for […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Trying Something New

December 1, 2010
Fava dip lunch

Today’s lunchbox is another left over from last week.  This lunchbox included a completely new recipe – fava bean dip – and a new approach to spaghetti squash.  Here are the specifics for lunch and two snacks: Quinoa tossed with cooked white beans (I used my rice cooker for both, though I did cook them […]

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Fava Bean Dip

December 1, 2010
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Back in May, we had a dinner at Agora, a Turkish restaurant in Dupont Circle.  I ended up not blogging about it because overall, my dishes were far better than husband’s, I was not particularly pleased about the pictures, and while my dishes were good, almost none of them were spectacular and worth a return […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} The Return

November 29, 2010
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So, as promised, the lunchboxes were only on hiatus for Thanksgiving week. Today’s lunchbox is actually one from last week that I saved for today.  While I really love the idea of posting the lunchbox the same day I eat it, I do not think that is actually going to be possible these next few […]

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Cinnamon Chipotle Chocolate Ice Cream

November 29, 2010
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When I lived in Brooklyn, one of my favorite places was Chilies Y Chocolate, a tiny Oaxacan restaurant with supremely satisfying thick hot chocolate and a wonderful brunch.  I remember the first time I walked there it was a bitterly cold day with a cutting wind (kind of like today in fact) and brunch at […]

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Thanksgiving Gratitude

November 26, 2010
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It is technically past Thanskgiving by a few minutes, but I still wanted to stop by and say hello and how grateful I am for all of you reading.  I know the lunchboxes disappeared this week, but I promise it is only a hiatus for this week. Life has been – well – it has […]

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Chocolate Banana Cream Cups

November 23, 2010

This week’s theme for  A Gluten-Free Holiday, created by Amy of Simply Sugar & Gluten-Free  is Gifts of Good Taste and is hosted by Alta of Tasty Eats at Home. You might remember Alta from the brilliant guest post she did here at on poaching an egg as part of a lunchbox. Alta is sharing […]

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