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Garlic Hummus with Roasted Jalapeños
I’ve been a little bit obsessed with anything spicy lately, maybe because summer’s here. It feels appropriate. Roasted jalapeño garlic hummus is pretty much the perfect solution. I’ve been consuming it at a truly irresponsible rate ever since I came up with it, and now every trip to the store involves stocking up on chick peas and jalapeños. All summer meals should really involve something on the grill. Charring jalapeños is a low maintenance way to create an excuse to be outside by the grill without needing to set down your wine. I don’t care for activities that require me to set down my wine. Personally, I’m enjoying this…
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Tropical Fruit Salad with Toasted Hazelnuts and Coconut
I literally woke up this morning in the middle of a dream about tropical fruit salad. It started with plantains (which did not make the cut in my real-life salad because they have no business there), but then it snowballed into mangoes and pineapples and toasted hazelnuts, and all sorts of things that I ended up REALLY wanting to eat. And thus, a goal for my day off was born! (Or at least a second goal that would compete for attention with my previously established goals of washing my sheets and taking the dog for a run. I think I can find time for all three… ) Why was I…
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Greek Salad (Vegan)
This past weekend was one of those weekends when I kind of accidentally booked all the nooks and crannies of my calendar. It was all great awesine super fun stuff – we took a cooking class, shared a lunch out with the inlaws, a Valentine’s dinner with my brother and sister-in-law, got in quality workouts like a first-time intro to Jiu Jitsu class and a long run, worked on the new business, and celebrated my cousin’s 30th birthday. You gotta admit that’s a lot of stuff for two measly days off, especially for a homebody like myself who fantasizes about days with no commitments. Nonetheless, it was all worth the…
