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restaurant: fresheast

November 11, 2011

I need to start this post by saying that I’m absolutely in love with the food here in LA. I know, we’ve only been here a month. I haven’t even spent a week at our new place, and yet, so quickly I’ve fallen in love with hills, the endless streets with amazing restaurants, and sun [...]

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daily eats: 11.9.11 {paleo-style}

November 10, 2011

My background in Nutrition always makes me very interested in all of the latest diets/food trends/etc  and I keep hearing about the paleo diet. A friend of mine kind of follows the diet, I’ve listened to a few pod casts and done a little researching on the internet. In my most basic definition, here is [...]

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slow cooker recipes

November 3, 2011

I’m on my way to Wisconsin this weekend with one pair of boots and a trench coat (everything else is still in the pod!) so I’m hoping for some mild weather…and thinking about lots of warm and cozy slow cooker meals!  I’ve mentioned before that I used to have a snobby attitude about the slow [...]

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daily eats {11.1.11}

November 2, 2011

Wow, I can’t believe it is already November! I surprisingly didn’t eat too much candy on Halloween, but did drink my share of wine and eat pizza, so I was a little slow-moving this morning. Nothing a little coffee, water and work can’t fix. Sometimes its best to just throw yourself into it! Peet’s Coffee [...]

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ask the nutritionist: how to shop for frozen meals

November 1, 2011

(source) As much as we all wish that we could lovingly prepare delicious, healthy meals at home for every meal, it simply isn’t always the case. I’m a fan of frozen meals as they can easily replace take-out or fast food and can be much healthier and much less expensive. There are a number of [...]

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shrimp & pesto pizza

October 31, 2011

Last weekend I was working on some shrimp recipes for a project and when I mentioned the thought of shrimp pizza to the Taster he got a little excited. Before I knew it there were multiple topping ideas being tossed out, but in the end, we went with pesto (as the sauce), red onion, roasted [...]

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