Aprovechar

Taking the full measure of life

Entries from October 2008

Eat Your Beans & Greens—No, Seriously, You Should Make This Recipe

October 30th, 2008 · 19 Comments

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Tags: 2/3 veggies · allergen-free recipes · vegetarian

Travel Food (Managing Food Restrictions on Trips)

October 20th, 2008 · 15 Comments

10 days, four Northern California cities. (Well, five if you count dinner in Oakland . . . and six if you count dinner in Palo Alto. But four cities where we’ll be spending the night.) At a gluten-free event I attended recently, someone told me she struggles with what to eat on trips and wishes […]

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Tags: Uncategorized

Oh My Goodness

October 12th, 2008 · 34 Comments

What a week this has been! Let’s recap the highlights: Early in the week, I bought a pair of size-8 jeans!  These are the smallest-size pants I have ever worn. I had to whip out my cell phone and call my husband and my best friend from the store’s dressing room when I put the […]

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Tags: celebrations & holidays · fruits of my labor · gratitude · non-scale victories

Weekly Meal Plan: Finding Balance & Eating Autumn Up

October 5th, 2008 · 14 Comments

This weekend was insanely busy and pleasurable–it was the kind of weekend where you run around all day, stay up late, then get up early just to do it all over again.  For once, I had enough energy that even though I was tired at points, I didn’t absolutely have to go take a nap […]

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Tags: flexitarian · locavore · meal planning