If there’s one thing that I cherish in the morning, it’s coffee. Hot freakin’ coffee, usually with creamer and a sugar in the raw. Well, per the 28 day Challenge rules, creamer (along with all dairy) is out. It took me about two fully pained days to really evolve my despair into a solution: americano…
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Day 1 of Real Food Freedom
Captain’s log: Day 1. The 28 day challenge began for us on Monday. Cutting out the few ‘food’ ingredients that were off plan wasn’t the challenge (well, not really), it was the loss of half and half in my coffee and any potential thought of a glass of wine that nearly brought me down in…
Snow Days are to Be Celebrated, By Cooking.
This week Charlottesville (and certain randomly selected pockets of the east coast) got hit with a one day blizzard. In 24 hours the skies dropped slightly over a foot of snow, effectively causing a state of emergency and shutting down the town. Oh yeah, and 60K residents lost power for days. While most of the…
Sunday Night Dinner + Gluten-Free Options
Last night at about 6:35, when the first of the Sunday night couch club arrived at the front door, I realized that I had spent zero time planning for dinner. So, in the spirit of throwing something together, and honoring the Sunday Night Dinner tradition, I grabbed a few staple ingredients and got creative with…
This Little Piggy Went to Market.
Some people look forward to Friday nights so they can hit the bars with their friends (I know this, because sometimes I am ‘some people’), but this week, I looked forward to a night of absolute nothingness, at the end of a long week. So, instead of getting dressed and going out to a bar,…
fuel | sweat | grow 