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Black Bean Quesadillas
What a day! I am so stressed out at work…I am really hoping that because I am so busy today that Friday will come sooner than I think it will! Seems forever away right now. Keeeep positive right?? Haha I have been doing really well on my “no sweets” for Lent goal. So far I haven’t caved at all, which I am really proud of! haha I really love desserts so this has been really hard for me. I think I miss making them more than I actually miss eating them. Is that weird? Anyways, I have been doing the whole no eating meat on Fridays which really doesn’t bother…
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Blackened Chicken Salad
Happy Friday! Lots going on today!! First order of business…I finally got myself a Facebook Page for my blog, visit it here. Please drop me a line and say hello! I always love hearing from you all! Second order of business…today I decided to join a team that is going to the Susan G. Komen 3-day for the Cure walk. It is a great organization that is designed to help raise money for the fight against Breast Cancer. I need to raise $2,300 to be able to walk in it this(60 miles!!). It is in July and located in Boston, so if any of you want to donate please visit…
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Pizza with a Stone
Wellll helllooooo! I have been totally MIA for the past couple days, almost week actually. Holidays are crazy and time just seems to slip right on by me when the holidays are near (or here)! I was able to spend time with loved ones and friends during the holidays and the best part was, I was able to…SLEEP IN! I love to sleep…I was so happy to be able to sleep in past 6am and to not have to hear and alarm clock for 4 days straight. Oh what joy that was for me…so nice. I say all the time that it must be awesome to be a cat because…
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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…
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Football Quesadillas
So, most of you know that I LOVE football. I watch it every weekend and I am very dedicated to that. Along with the football there has to be food…I like to graze in general when it comes to food, and love it even more so when there is a game on. It just makes it so much easier to be able to watch the game and graze with a lot of food instead of having something that you need to sit at a fancy table for. Believe me, I like fancy dinners…but not during a football game 😉 This past weekend I put out a lot of different kinds…
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Broccoli Pasta
I have been in the mood for pasta lately. Do you ever get in moods like that? Sometimes I go through these phases where all I want is pasta. Honestly, there are SO many different meals you can make with pasta! It is so versatile! You can make it vegetarian or with meat, cold or hot, and there are so many different varieties! So, this dish below was just a dish that I came up with from the ingredients I have in my refrigerator. It was simple and easy and always the best part, pretty healthy as well! Ingredients for Broccoli Pasta: Angel Hair pasta 1 Broccoli head 1 Zucchini…
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Too many Summer Tomatoes??
I don’t know about you, but I am elbow deep in tomatoes right now. I am sure most of you have seen my previous tomato posts. The tomato pie, the salsa, etc. Well…I completely forgot about one of my favorite things to have in the summer time with fresh juicy tomatoes…. BLTs! That’s right people, RavieNomNoms loves BLTs. The fresh tomato, lettuce, and crispy bacon…mmmmm, YUM! Can there be a more simple and satisfying delight?!? I think not! I do tend to adapt my BLTs just slightly as I do most things to make them slightly healthier than the original. I hope you enjoy my take on the classic BLT…
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Chicken Wraps with Pesto Aoili
So, I left the blogging world there for a couple days…sorry my fellow bloggers! I am back…I just had such a rough week at work. Had one of those work weeks that makes you question what you do and why you work so hard. Was feeling kind of down on myself, but I am so glad it is Friday and that I get a few days off from work. Actually this weekend my parents are throwing a BBQ, which I am actually going to help my mom with ALL day tomorrow prepare for. So hopefully I will have lots of fun pictures for your viewing pleasure at the end of…
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Guacamole
I love avocados! When I say “love” I mean L-O-V-E!! I took a trip to Mexico about a year ago with some friends and my boyfriend…I am not joking you when I say I ate guacamole or something with avocado in it at every meal! I adore it…I am one of those people who can just slice an avocado and eat it on bread…YUM! Or should I say NomNoms 😉 Anyways, this weekend my boyfriend’s Mom invited us over to dinner. She was making beef burritos and I hate going to someone’s house without bringing something. So, I told her I would make some guacamole once I got there (and…
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Veggie Junkie
::sigh:: I just love vegetables. I really do! I get such a hard time from most people about loving vegetables so much, but I swear, cross my heart and hope to die, that I really, TRULY love vegetables! 🙂 My dad tells me that I was a rabbit in another life because I eat so many vegetables… maybe that is why I feel so comfortable around my bunny, hehe I wasn’t always a vegetable fan…well, OK…maybe I was just a little bit, BUT I didn’t like a wide variety of vegetables like I do now. Here is a story for you… When I was little, I ate carrots like they…
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Tomato Pie (wait…what?)
Yes. You read it right..tomato pie. Tomatoes are in season right now, and I know, I know…you are supposed to make salsa and tomato sauce with the leftover 101 tomatoes you have from your garden…welllll, I decided to break from the mold and try something new. Yup, you guessed it, tomato pie! Fair warning: this is pretty time consuming recipe…then again, I don’t know of too many pies that aren’t pretty time consuming 😛 OK, so let’s begin, shall we? Ingredients for pie Crust: 1 stick of butter (unsalted) 1-1/4 cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar 2-4 tablespoons (very) cold water Directions for Pie Crust: Freezing the butter…