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Turkey and Avocado Sandwich with Alfalfa Sprouts

October 19, 2012
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It’s funny how you completely overlook the things you’ll miss most about a place until you’re gone. For me that is currently sandwiches. Yes sandwiches is what I miss about being home and having my own apartment. Who would have guessed? I don’t even like bread and only occasionally treated myself to sandwiches at home since I was always [...]

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English Muffin with Eggs, Avocado and Pesto

May 31, 2012
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It’s always hard to go back to work after a long weekend, made even harder when you take an extra day off and turn it into a 4 day weekend. And even harder when you’ve been having this for breakfast for the last few days and now need to downgrade back to plain old hard [...]

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Avocado Chickpea Salad with Vegan Pesto

May 13, 2012
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This is a pretty simple salad I just randomly threw together one day. I’d been seeing a lot of these smashed chickpea avocado sandwich spread recipes online and figured it would be just as delicious in a salad with some basil arugula pesto as the dressing. If salads aren’t your thing use a potato masher [...]

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Tomato Mozzarella Castles

December 13, 2010
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I know most people hate grocery shopping, but I love it.  What’s great about the grocery store is that everything is affordable. What other store can you say that about? (No… we’re not counting Dollar Tree). Even Wal-Mart carries some expensive gizmos and gadgets that you’ll think twice about before purchasing.  But not the grocery [...]

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Bacon Wrapped Scallops with Spicy Mayo

November 30, 2010
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I must say I love seafood, avocados and bacon so a recipe that combines all 3 is a winner for me.  This recipe is pretty simple but taste’s pretty good. I’ve made this a couple times.  The trick is to lightly fry the bacon on both sides first. This way the bacon comes out crispy [...]

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Cucumber Rolls

November 30, 2010
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So one of my favorite things to do is look through random food blogs for recipe ideas of my own.  All that time that people spend looking at facebook pictures and reading status updates I spend reading recipes on food blogs. And sometimes I find really intriguing recipes that I just have to try. And [...]

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Avocado Tuna Boats

November 30, 2010
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recipe adapted from All Recipes I have made this recipe a few times now and must say it has gotten different reviews. The first time I made it my best friend was over and took the leftovers home to her boyfriend who texted me the next day saying it was “amaze-balls.” His exact words. Every [...]

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