July 2010

simple strawberry pie

July 30, 2010

Pin it Almost all summer long, the taster has been requesting a strawberry pie. So I did what any good girlfriend would do and made a strawberry pie. Of sorts. It wasn’t your typical strawberry pie. It required only a few ingredients, no baking and incorporates my favorite part of pie. Homemade whipped cream! I’ve [...]

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review: amazing grass

July 29, 2010

Pin it I’ve been a fan of Amazing Grass for quite some time now. You can read about the benefits of greens here but I honestly can’t think of a better way to start my day than a shot of greens. If I was hardcore I would mix it with water, but I’m not, so [...]

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toasted pine nut & green bean salad

July 28, 2010

Pin it I was in charge of bringing a salad to a friend’s house the other night and had a few ingredients that I knew I wanted to include. Organic, local green and yellow wax beans were in abundance at Whole Foods and pine nuts, nuts of gold, as I believe the woman checking me out referred [...]

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kitchen gadget: salad spinner

July 27, 2010

Pin it For someone who makes salad almost every day, I’m not sure why it took me so long to purchase this $20 kitchen gadget. I can tell you that after spinning one batch of lettuce and herbs, I’m hooked. I don’t even know how I survived without it! Drying lettuce on a towel no [...]

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southern-style spring rolls

July 26, 2010

Pin it I can’t believe it’s been almost a year since I’ve last made Spring Rolls. What have I been eating?!  With a few twists on the Asian staple, I managed to combine Asian flavors with Southern ones, and when rolled up together, made for a delicious outcome! Southern-Style Spring Rolls 1/4 pound shredded BBQ [...]

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pom & blueberry cocktail

July 23, 2010

Pin itSometimes life calls for cocktails. And when life calls for cocktails, I generally listen. Ok, who am I kidding,  I always listen. For some reason when Ryan at POM contacted me about sampling POM juice, the only thing I could think of was cocktails. Now, in my defense, I have used one bottle for [...]

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