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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#WIAW- Proud VS. Not So Proud Food Moments
I figured it was time. Time to post a WIAW. For me, for you, for 2013. (Raise your glass…of freshly juiced veggies and fruits, that is 😉 !) The last few months of 2012 were pretty much what the Wild … Continue reading
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#WIAW- Guess Who’s Back, Back Back, Back Again…
No, I’m sorry to disappoint you, Shady is not back again. Unless you count the other day when I walked into the gym through a separate entrance to avoid the chatty cathies…and they approached me as a team of flesh-eating … Continue reading
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Tagged amy's organic, apples, banana, chocolate, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, comfort, Cooking, dessert, fitfluential, food, holidays, hurricane sandy, ice cream, kale, Kitchen, lindt, peas and crayons, protein, salad, soup, sweet potato pie, vanilla, what i ate wednesday, whole foods
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#WIAW- The Land of All Things Mini
I think I was about 5 when I had my first real Hello Kitty memory. It was a tiny HK set of markers with a tiny journal to match. I loved it because I was able to grasp the markers, … Continue reading
Posted in #WIAW, Recipes
Tagged apples, baby cakes, blog, cakes, carrots, chickpeas, chobani, chocolate covered diamonds, chopt, christy dean, cinnamon, cupcake maker, desserts, dinner, eggs, fall, food, garden of life, greens, hello kitty, lunch, mini, muffins, nutmeg, nyc, panera, protein, pumpkin, salad, snack, steel cut oatmeal, sweets, vanilla, watercress, what i ate wednesday, yogurt
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#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- Curiosity Killed The CoffeeMaker
Have you ever broken something accidentally due to your curiosity? Have you then lied about it and blamed it on “the renters” before you? After lying about it, were you then found out? Let’s rewind to a few days ago. … Continue reading
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Tagged avocado, black bean brownies, breakfast, chicken, chobani, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, coffee, corn, delicious, dessert, dinner, doctor kracker, drink charm, food, health, homemade, Kitchen, living on the veg, long beach island, lunch, medley, nutffles, oats, peas and crayons, pumpkin, restaurant, salad, seafood, smoothie, sugar cookie vodka, tea, the wizards of waverly place, what i ate wednesday
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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- Its Been A While!
Thanks to Peas and Crayons for another great WIAW! Why hello fellow WIAW-ers! It definitely has been a while. (Yes, two whole weeks is a century in blog years!) Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been thoroughly enjoying summer. … Continue reading
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Tagged breakfast, chicken, chobani, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, coconut flour, coffee, dinner, edamame, farm, food, fruit, hummus, independence day, lettuce, lettuce wraps, lunch, mushrooms, pb chocolate puffins, peas and crayons, romaine, salad, snacking, sweet potato, tomato, veggies, what i ate wednesdays, wiaw
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#WIAW- Dare To Be Different- Weird Food Combos
“What makes you different, makes you beautiful.” This is probably the only Backstreet Boys song that actually holds some truth in today’s world. Bullies at work or school are the new black plague and if you aren’t seen wearing your … Continue reading
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Tagged agave, anthony bourdain, atlantic city, autobahn, backstreet boys, bacon, beets, beverages, buddakan, chocolate chips, chocolate covered diamonds, christy dean, coconut flour, Cooking, croutons, dare to be different, edamame ravioli, feta, food, hummus, italian, japanese, keurig, learning, macadamia cookie coffee, mean girls, men in black, movies, olives, peanut butter, peas and crayons, salad, spinach, strawberries, uniforms, wall street journal, weird food, what i ate wednesday
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#WIAW- Clean Beach Eats & New Snack Discoveries
Happy “unofficial” start to summer! I’m sure most of us felt as though it was the official start as the thermometer indicated a whopping 92 degrees most of the weekend! Fine by me…I should have been born an island baby! … Continue reading
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#WIAW- Let Me See Your Grill & New Weekly Obsessions
This past week has been filled with nostalgia. Not the kind you get from watching The Christmas Carol over and over again, but one that you associate with food. Summer in most people’s eyes consists of outdoor patio parties, good … Continue reading
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