November 2009

Thankful for Thanksgiving

by Allie on November 26, 2009 · 29 comments

in Dessert, Dinner, Oven Lovin' (Baking)

Happy Thanksgiving Bloggies!!
This year, we had a low-key Thanksgiving Dinner with me, my mom, dad, grandma, and uncle. As a result, I was left with the task to create the menu! The entire menu. My mom helped me cook/bake/roast of course. After over 5 hours of working in the kitchen, we sat down to a [...]

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500 Days of Samples

by Allie on November 25, 2009 · 27 comments

in Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Snacks

I cannot refuse a sample. Something about getting a taste of something for free is just too enticing. However, every grocery store seems to be giving out samples lately and my nose keeps finding them! It surely doesn’t help that we have gone to grocery stores all week long.
(We went back to Costco to exchange [...]

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Four-Legged Food

by Allie on November 24, 2009 · 29 comments

in Books, Breakfast, Dessert, Dinner, Fitness, Snacks

Despite feeling fairly hungry this morning (thanks to working out late last night), I didn’t know what I wanted for breakfast. So I had some mini plates.

Mango cut tortoise shell style. My favorite way to eat mango. It usually looks prettier but today’s mango was hairy and slushy. Tasty nonetheless!

A slice of bread w/ chunky [...]

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P is for…

by Allie on November 23, 2009 · 39 comments

in Breakfast, Dessert, Dinner, Oven Lovin' (Baking), Shopping, Snacks

P is for…Pumpkin Pie Pomegranate Pecan Parfait:

Try saying THAT 5 times fast! I layered Trader Joe’s European Style Yogurt w/ Stonyfield Pumpkin Pie Yogurt and topped it with pomegranate seeds and chopped pecans.

Does anyone else eat pomegranate seeds like cereal?!

P is for Planning:
After menu Planning for Thanksgiving (so exciting!!!), we went grocery shopping as 3 [...]