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| Lots of wedding planning! Narrowing down invitations. Last week we went from 48 to 34. Yay! Here are some samples. |
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| Seeing one of my favorite babies; Brooklyn |
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| Froze these for a perfect little snack. Only 2 WW points |
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| JOKING! I actually resisted this entire table during one of the many bake sales at school. |
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| I literally think cream swirling around in iced coffee is one of the most beautiful things on earth. |
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| And I love how my new pans look boiling eggs! I don't know why, I just do. |
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| WW = tons of fruits and veggies, because they are zero points! One of my meals last week. |
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| I'm getting so good at omelets! Seen here is egg whites with asparagus, peppers, and lowfat mozz. Oh and those flowers... they just happen to get in the pic! And I love the way it looks. |
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| I actually wound up getting really nauseous about 2 bites in but Marvin finished the rest :-( |
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| Spaghetti squash with homemade sauce and turkey meatballs |
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| "Grilled chicken parmesan" with homemade sauce, lowfat mozz & sauteed zucchini |
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| Baked lemon chicken with sauteed zucchini |
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| Kale chips! Lots of em. |
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| Lots of baked chicken thighs. I typically don't like chicken thighs, but they are soooo cheap and when you bake them this way... the skin gets super crispy and delicious! |
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| This was a pretty awesome passion fruit infused beer we got from Bierkraft. Not sweet at all, but just sort of smelled like passion fruit |
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| This might have been one of the best pizzas I ever made. We walked to the pizza store and bought some dough for 5 bucks. We split the dough in half and each made our own. Mine has red/green peppers, pineapple, and black olives. |
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| This literally may have been the best Trader Joe's cake mix I ever had. This was the state of the cake nearly 2 hours after we baked it. I also loved how it gives you some options to lighten it up. |
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| Ive been eating a lot of baked sweet potato fries. I can't seem to get these exactly right (always wind up a little too burnt or a little too mushy) but either way they taste great. |
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| Another new beer we tried. This is actually one of (3?) beers brewed in Manhattan |
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| One of my fav cheaper beers. These cans cost $3 at the bar and even cheaper at the supermarket. |
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| I cooked up a storm today. Including these oat bran muffins (you can see how I need to immediately eat something after its baked). I had to alter the recipe a bit (used mashed banana instead of applesauce) so they came out a little less sweet. Which is fine with me. |
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| In effort to keep up with Saucy Sundays, I'm making some sauce - complete with some Italian chicken sausage cooking inside. |
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| Also trying a new super easy crockpot recipe to use up some more of the chicken thighs. |
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| Well right now, I'm actually staring at the snow. I had no idea it was even supposed to snow today... and we had to cancel our long island plans :( |
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| Another snowy view |
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| I've also been painting my nails some brighter more fun colors. I <3 this blue from Essie |
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I've been obsessing over and updating my registry as usual. I'm really fixated on serving trays for some reason. I absolutely love this Beck tray from C&B!
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| Even though I sort of hate Jodi Picoult, I sort of love her too. The books are just so easy to read and mindless. I just finished Picture Perfect... I read it in 24 hours! |
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| Now I'm reading this book... but its a little strange and a bit wordy for my liking so I might move on to another Jodi Picoult. |
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| The Pastor is also making Marvin and I read this... which is hilarious.. .but hey I guess it couldnt hurt. |
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| Valentines Day Dinner! Seared Filet Mignon (we actually went to the butcher for this!), roasted red potatoes, sauteed string beans. |
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| Skinnytaste chicken cacciatore with spaghetti squash. I love the way this picture looks! |
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| This one too: stewed curry chicken with "roti" (spinach tortillas) |
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| My breakfast a few days in a row at work... hard boiled eggs with avocado toast |
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| Decadent Chocolate cake with chocolate ganache... also for Vday. As much as this cake was NOT exactly healthy... it wasn't terrible either. Ingredients for the cake include only one egg, plain greek yogurt, a small amount of oil, brewed coffee, unsweetened cocoa powder, vanilla flour, baking soda & powder, and a small amount of sugar. No butter or artificial ingredients (aside from the sugar and flour I guess, but I used raw sugar and unbleached flour) |
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| My attempt at a hear with two pomegrante seeds. The ganache was a little worse than the cake.. semisweet chocolate chips + heavy cream (I used half & half) |
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| Home-made bacon egg & cheese sammies for breakfast last weekend |
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| I dont know how all these pics got mixed up... champagne with pomegrante seeds for Vday! |
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| Upgrading my kitchen! With the our brand new set of multi-clad pro pots & pans... I had to do a little reorganizing and decided to finally order another storage/prep piece for our kitchen. We actually wound up finding this at Costco for only $75 and free shipping! |
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| Our beautiful new cuisinart set... the first official wedding gift! I think I've already used every one |
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| Reorganization |
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| Wedding Planning! The bridal suite at Coindre Hall- I toook this pic... and then just played around with it to make it nice. I've been keeping a bank of and editing pics so I can show the photographer the style I like |
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| Thinking about my bachelorette party!!!!!!! I literally CANNOT wait to be in Miami |
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| Spending some QT with my fiance - Flowers I came home to one day last week... and it wasn't even Valentines Day Yet! I <3 my hubby-to-be :) |
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