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Microwave Quinoa and a Giveaway

February 23, 2010

As I mentioned yesterday, I had a drop-in appointment with a sports therapist at University Health Services last night. I was so nervous that I was almost shaking going into the appointment, because I was afraid they would say, right off the bat, “you can’t run your half marathon.”
However, the verdict was much better than [...]

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Gardein BBQ Pulled Shreds

February 14, 2010

Note: I wrote this post at the airport on Friday morning, but was unable to post it until now since Delta lost my gate-checked bag…which had my computer charger in it (Check back later this week for that story).
The people at Gardein were kind enough to send me coupons last week for a few of [...]

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Project Glow and Product Reviews

February 11, 2010

According to The Knot, there are only 108 days left until the wedding! Since I want to have gorgeous, glowing skin on my wedding day, and my skin is currently experiencing the winter-blah blues, I decided to take on Angela’s Project Glow challenge!
I gathered all my supplies:

I made a few modifications from Angela’s [...]

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A Kath-Inspired Breakfast

February 3, 2010

First, Happy Birthday to MegaNerd!
  
Today’s breakfast was inspired by one of my favorite bloggers, Kath. I made her Whipped Banana Oats for breakfast, topped with two new amazing products. And coincidentally, one of them just went into her OpenSky store today!
I present to you, Tropical Chocolate Oats.

In the mix:

1/3 c. oats
1/3 [...]

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Glo Bar Giveaway!

November 17, 2009

You may recall from my Glo-ing review that I love Angela’s Glo bars.
It is still true.
My two favorite flavors are the Renew and Empower. Renew, as mentioned before, packs a lot of protein into a little bar. Perfect for days when you feel like you need a little protein-boost on the go. And a great [...]

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Polished Organics Vanilla Salt Scrub

November 10, 2009

Project Natural Glow
I’m back with another review for Project Natural Glow!  In case you don’t remember, check out these posts:
What is Project Natural Glow?
First Project Natural Glow product review
First, let’s look at the ingredient list:
Short and sweet.  A mere six ingredients.  And according to Skin Deep, it poses a very low health risk!
What did I [...]

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Mountain Ocean Skin Trip

November 6, 2009

As promised, I’m back with my first review for Project Natural Glow!
First up, Mountain Ocean Skin Trip Coconut Lotion!
Let’s take a look at the ingredients list, shall we?
Skin Deep doesn’t list this product exactly, but most of Mountain Ocean’s products score very low.  Instead, let’s look at each ingredient individually:

Purified Water-If this one poses a [...]

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A Glo-ing Review

October 20, 2009

Pizza!
Thank you for all your sweet comments on my BSI: Acorn Squash submission:  Acorn Squash & Apple Pizza. They’ve been totally making my day!
Speaking of my pizza, I am currently enjoying the leftovers with a peach.  The pizza reheats pretty well, fyi.
Converting Food Weight to Volume
I am making split pea soup in [...]

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