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Enjoying dinner in the Mission District of San FranciscoWe all want to live richer, more purposeful and rewarding lives, but sometimes inertia gets in the way. I want to experiment with my own life by mindfully simplifying everything I do, cutting out the clutter to get to the heart of my ideal existence.
Category Archives: Food
Vegetable and White Bean Stew
As part of my search for lunch recipes on Stone Soup, I alighted on this delicious-looking vegetable & white bean stew recipe. I love zucchini and tomatoes together, so the fact that this recipe included both sealed the deal. My mom used to cook sliced zucchini with onions and chopped tomatoes, and after you sprinkled [...]
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Tagged Jules Clancy, mozzarella, smoked paprika, spinach, stew, Stone Soup, tomatoes, white beans, zucchini
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Proatmeal
I am in the midst of doing Insanity right now. I did P90x last fall and loved it. Insanity seemed like the logical next step. Except for a short break to account for the craziness of SXSW last weekend, I’ve been working out six days a week for the past three weeks. The problem, though, [...]
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Tagged berries, breakfast, Costco, Dinner, exercise, Food, Glorious One-Pot Meals, Insanity, lunch, oatmeal, P90x, protein powder, The Stone Soup, walnuts
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Hearty Polenta and Sausage
Over the past six months, I have really started getting into cooking and getting to know my kitchen. A few weeks ago, I discovered my boyfriend’s practically brand new, never-used Staub Dutch oven gathering dust in the recesses of a kitchen shelf, and I knew I had to break it in. I specifically thought that [...]
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Tagged carrots, Cooking, Dutch oven, Food, garlic, healthy, Meals, mushrooms, peppers, polenta, sausage
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Home Cooked Tomato Sauce
I have been trying to cook at home more lately, with great success. Almost every night dinner is cooked by yours truly. However, I feel that I am relying too heavily on processed staples to get me through dinner prep instead of making them myself. Last night, a simple tomato sauce for spaghetti seemed a [...]
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Tagged Beef, Cooking, Dinner, mark bittman, Meals, Mis En Place, Onions, Processed Food, Sauce, Tomatos
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A Vacation By the Sea
I went to Mendocino for Memorial Day weekend, where I soaked up the sun and made the rounds at various wineries and breweries in the area. I had been incredibly excited leading up to this trip, since it was the first destination vacation I have had in quite a while. It was so nice to [...]
A Post-Yoga Snack
I’ve started taking Bikram Yoga classes for the first time. The warmth of the room has been great for my muscles, and I always emerge from class exhausted, incredibly sweaty, and famished for some good wholesome food. For these post-yoga meals I gravitate toward fresh vegetables and slices of my favorite cheese, like Jarlsberg, for [...]
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Tagged avocado, bikram, cheese, Food, Jarlsberg, Mission, nourishment, snack, yoga
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Banana Bread, a Tasty Morning Snack
As a result of living the Food Matters lifestyle, I am often left with a few pieces of rapidly spoiling fruit I need to dispose of. I had been watching my bananas get brown at an alarming rate, and quite serendipitously I read a recent post by Mark Bittman about his delicious banana bread recipe. [...]
Tagged baking, banana bread, bananas, bread, Food, food matters, fruit, mark bittman, rotten, snack, spoiled
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The Food Matters Lifestyle
I have been reading Mark Bittman’s Food Matters book for the past month or so, and have already taken away a number of helpful tips on how to eat healthier, more fresh food without spending a lot of time on cooking and prep. I wanted to share a few of the ideas he recommends that [...]
Heavenly Pizza Pie
Let me preface this post by saying I really don’t like pizza. I rarely eat it and I’m not one of those people who gets excited when there’s pizza at a party, or when your work orders it in as a treat for the staff. I almost detest it, actually. But this was before I [...]
Tagged deep dish pizza, Food, friends, Hayes Valley, Patxi's, pizza, san francisco
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Indian Delights
One recent rainy day, Kara and I went to the gym and treated ourselves afterward with a trip to Shalimar, Kara’s recommendation as the best Indian restaurant in San Francisco. It was an amazing meal worthy of Kara’s high praise. If you enjoy these photos, you should check out the ones Kara took for her [...]
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Tagged Indian, kabli channa, murgh boti tandoori, naan, palak paneer, san francisco, Shalimar
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