The Diamond Behind The Chocolate
I'm always all of the following:
-Shoe Humanitarian
-Wine lover
-Storm chaser
-Chocolate addict
-Sweat obsessed
-Daydreaming of traveling to Sicily
-Mathematically challenged.I'm sometimes:
-Rude
-Irate
-Insensitive
-The main character in a chick lit novel (usually a bad thing)
-In a love affair with leafy greens, HIIT workouts, and VH1.I'm never:
-A sports girl.
-A soapbox preacher.
-Old man winter's friend.
-Interested in driving (limo, please?)-
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Tag Archives: cheese
#WIAW- Bare Bones
So this should be called “When I Can’t Sleep” Wednesday because…it’s 4 AM and I’m still not asleep. What is the deal lately? Back to melatonin again… This week’s eats were pretty bare bones. Being that it’s fall and WIAW … Continue reading
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Tagged breakfast, cheese, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, cucumber, diners, dinner, food, health, hummus, kombucha, laughing cow, lucy's chocolate chip cookies, lunch, peas and crayons, pumpkin, pumpkin cake batter dip, restaurants, salad, snack, undressed skeleton, veggies, weight gain, weight loss
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#WIAW- Making Bedroom Eyes With Cilantro
Thanks to Jenn as always for hosting! 🙂 You know by now that when I find something I love, I coddle it so closely it can’t breathe for a while and then abruptly abandon/hate it. This only really relates to … Continue reading
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Tagged affair, bacon, beets, boston lettuce, carrots, cheese, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, cilantro, cucumbers, eggs, farmer's market, Fitness, food, love, omelette, passion, peas and crayons, salad, sandwich, sex, tomatoes, what i ate wednesday
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#WIAW- A Dash of Color & A Lot of Chobani
Everything comes alive in the spring/summer season. We are no strangers to this yearly occurrence. This year is especially awesome due to the fact that I am learning to eat my colors and it’s the most optimal time to do … Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol, antarctica, balsamic, cheddar, cheese, chicken, chobani, chocolate chips, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, cinnamon, coffee, color, Cooking, cruzan, cucumbers, double espresso, dressing, drinking, eating, eggs, food, grill, honey, kebabs, liquor, love, mccormick, mozzarella, orange juice, pasta, peanut butter, peas and crayons, peppers, rum, skewers, smokehouse maple, toast, tofu, van gogh, veggies, vodka, wafers, what i ate wednesday, wiaw
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*EAT LIKE ME*- January 9- Chickpea Spinach Fettuccine
You are probably having Deja Vu as a few days ago I had posted another recipe with chickpeas as well. I made this Saturday night and for once actually wished I could share the wealth. However, no one was home. … Continue reading
Posted in *EAT LIKE ME*, Recipes
Tagged al dente, cheese, chickpeas, chocolate covered diamonds, chop, christy dean, clove, Cooking, cut, deja vu, fettuccine, garlic, gravy, healthy, heat, marathon, minced, mushrooms, nose, nutrition, oil, onion, parmesan, pasta, pour, sauce, saucepan, shredded, sick, spinach, television, tomato, water
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*EAT LIKE ME*- January 3- Homemade French Onion Chickpea Soup
Still extremely under the weather but I have green tea to thank as an auxiliary energy power reserve. It’s what enabled me to actually get up and go to the kitchen to prepare this. #missindependent Okay so this is super … Continue reading
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Tagged beans, broth, cheese, chicken broth, chickpea, chickpeas, convenient, eating, food, foodies, french, garlic, homemade, legumes, love, onions, sick, soup, vegetarian, yum
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*EAT LIKE ME*- January 2nd- Power Protein Breakfast
For the entire month of January I am letting you all in on 1-3 of my meals per day. I’m always looking for tweaks, new creations, or recipe swaps, so please do share your insight! I should be in that … Continue reading
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Tagged blueberries, breakfast, cheese, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, cinnamon, cocoa powder, colby jack, cold, Cooking, domino, eat like me, eating, egg whites, exercise, Fitness, flu, fork, health, honey, important, infections, january, light brown sugar, meals, milk, new, new year, nutrition, oranges, power, power protein, protein, resolutions, self, shoprite, shredded, sinus, virus, vitamin c
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Sharing Is Caring: My Fridge Is Your Fridge
No one asked for this to be shared……… but I felt like a celebrity on an episode of CRIBS today. I opened my fridge and thought if someone ambushed my house right now including the fridge would I hide behind … Continue reading
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Tagged appliances, box, breakfast, cheese, chocolate, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, coffee, Cooking, dessert, dinner, eat, food, football head, helga pataki, hey arnold, holidays, lunch, natural, nick, nickelodeon, nutrition, organic, pasta, refrigerator, sharing, shrine, tea, trader joe's, victorian
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L, M, N, O, Peas- Nice Guys Finish Last, So Give Peas A Chance
“Those black eyed peas are so good!”– live testament from a grocery store clerk. I’ll admit I chuckled a bit due to the ironic magazine with Fergie sitting on the cover in front of us. She was talking about a … Continue reading
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Tagged atkins diet, beans, black beans, black eyed peas, bread, breakfast, carbohydrates, cheese, chickpeas, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, convenient, Cooking, fergie, fiber, fistpump, green giant, green peas, guidos, gym, health, jersey shore, juiceheads, legumes, love, meatheads, nice guys finish last, nutrition, peas, protein, quiche, red beans. lima beans, rice, ronnie, sad, salad, seitan, side dish, tofu, tofurky, underdogs, vegan, white beans, will.i.am
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Go Fry About It- Have You Eaten Your BIG MAC today?
Have it your way today as it’s “National Fast Food Day!” Here is your excuse to consume an obscene amount of calories, fat, and carbohydrates without being judged by anyone but that other you in the mirror. I have compiled … Continue reading
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