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Peach and Feta Chicken Pizza
Hello my foodie friends! How are you this Thursday morning? I am certainly doing better than I was yesterday. I dropped my car off at a shop to get repaired after my accident that I had this week. What a bummer! I am glad that my car will be getting fixed though. I pretty much love my car (2008 Ford Escape XLT V6, vroom vroom!) so having it get fixed is going to be the highlight of my week next week. It is always so hard to not have a car you know? I am lucky that I have an extra car that I can drive around. I had a…
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Maple-Lemon Glazed Salmon with Feta Quinoa
I tell ya, when it rains it pours! I have been SO busy at work pretty much the entire year but this past month it has gotten exceptionally bad. With people leaving and new people starting in my group it has been really hard to get my usual day-to-day work done. On top of traveling for work and the workload I am just burnt out! To add to that…I got into a accident yesterday on my way home from the gym :-(…not fun at all!! Just goes to show how much I hate New England drivers haha. I am fine, a couple bumps and bruises and slight neck pain. The…
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Baked Egg in a Tomato Boat
I have power!! Finally have power in the house. Thank goodness! I cannot tell you how glad I am that it is back, but not for the reasons you might think. The not having electricity wasn’t what really bothered me…I mean yes, it was horrible that I couldn’t cook like I wanted to, but not having TV or the lights wasn’t really that big of a deal to me. Honestly, I hardly EVER turn on the TV anyways. My life is so busy most of the time that by the time I get home at night after work, dance, softball, kickball, the gym, various errands, etc. all I want to…
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Stuffed Banana Peppers
The garden is just bursting with vegetables right now and I am loving every single second. I have become SUCH a vegetable eater as I have gotten older. I just don’t have the desire anymore to have a big juicy steak. The last time I actually went for meat was when I was in Kansas City and I was going to Gates BBQ, where I stuffed my face like a fat kid with some pulled pork and baked beans…mmmm, nomnoms. Other than that… ::shrugs:: I think I could really live without it. I think it has something to do with the fact that the beef just doesn’t taste the same…
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Tilapia with Pineapple Salsa
This week is supplier week at work, which means BUSY! Our company has all our suppliers come in this week for a trade show and then a golf tournament for fun and to also show our appreciation for them doing business with us. It makes for a very chaotic and choppy week. Interruptions and supplier dinners all week long haha. Needless to say, I am ready for the weekend already. Which will include MORE demo on my parents house… This past winter when there was so much snow in New England my parents ended up having a TON of water damage from the ice on the roof. So, they are…
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NYC – The NomNoms Tour
I am FINALLY posting the NYC trip photos and food my friends… **Warning** This post is going to be dangerously full of pictures…proceed with caution. ::says over loud speaker:: this has been a message from your local NomNoms warning service, please stay tuned for other announcements. (yup, that happened haha) I had the best weekend ever! I went to NYC and visited with not 1, not 2, but 4! of my friends from college and high school. I most definitely needed this weekend…it was so nice to visit and see the girls and get to visit and catch up. It is always nice so catch up. Everyone is so spread…
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Chipotle-Rubbed Salmon Tacos with Apple-Cucumber Salsa
Happy Thursday! The week is almost over friends…I am particularly looking forward to this weekend because one of best friends is going to be in NYC this weekend and I am going to go and see her :-D!!!! This is my Kait and I….hehe. We are complete goofs and I love it. We are always doing something silly, saying something silly, or making other people do silly things. haha 😉 Kait and I met when we were both attending Penn State University as undergrads. We were both a part of the University Dance Company and that is where our friendship really began. Ever since then I have considered Kait to…
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Pesto Shrimp Pasta
Hello there! I trust you had a fabulous weekend. My weekend was pretty good. Definitely went to a Mac and Cheese tasting with some of my friends, haha. Mac and Cheese tasting you say?? Believe me this was the best idea they could have ever had. Each person that came to the tasting brought their own Mac and Cheese dish. They were numbered and then we all tried the dishes and cast our votes. My Mac and Cheese came in 2nd place, woot woot! haha, I have to say it was pretty fun and all the different Mac and Cheeses?! Can we say food coma? We had a blast chatting…
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Tomato Salad
Holy tornadoes!! New England had all sorts of tornado touch downs last night. There was quite a bit of damage to a lot of Western Mass cities. Scary because I spend a lot of my time in Western Mass! I mean I have seen my fair share of tornadoes since I am from the Midwest, but never in New England! Everyone I know is alright but the damage is pretty extensive in like Springfield, Westfield, and West Springfield. Crazy stuff… Guess what?? It is Thursday already!! Woohoo! I have to say the week has been going rather fast for me. Work has been keeping me really busy. Next week I…
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Almond Crusted Chicken
Happy Wednesday everyone! Hope you are all enjoying your start to your week. We have been having a slight glimpse into spring here in Connecticut, but it appears that it is going to change back to rather bitter cold by tomorrow :-(. As you all know I love snow and the cold, but there comes a time right around March that my body flips a switch and says “OK, I am done, ready for some warm weather and flip flops now!”. I really don’t think I could live in a place where the seasons don’t change, I think I would go through withdrawal. I enjoy having that switch of cold…
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What for Dinner?
Every had one of those nights where you are SO hungry that you just can’t figure out what it is that you want to eat? I have the perfect solution for you! This always works for me… Grab your favorite wine, beer, cocktail, what have you. On your way home grab a nice loaf of Italian bread and then put this together… “Um Raven? THAT is a plate with spices on it…” Yes, yes it is! Put together your most favorite spices. Above there is salt, pepper, onion flake, red pepper flake, parsley, thyme, garlic, and oregano. Add some olive oil….and BAM! You have some dipping sauce for your fresh…
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Steak and Orzo
I’m back! Hello all! I hope you are having a great week so far. I just got back from my PA trip. Overall it went pretty good, the company was good so that made it better. It is hard to travel like that for almost an entire week, especially when you have to drive the whole way. Our trip was about 5 1/2 hours from where I am located in CT. Makes for a long couple days, BUT I got to have Yuengling which made me extremely happy (again if you don’t know what Yuengling is…check out my previous post there is a website). I wanted to share one of…
