Monthly Archives: August 2010

Almond Macaroons

In addition to my cheddar, sour cream, and chive muffins I also decided to try my hand at macaroons on Tuesday night. I was inspired by the constant talk about Fitnessista’s raw ‘roons and just wanted some homemade coconut-y goodness to myself. Apparently I got burnt out on taking photos with the muffins because I…

Not your ordinary muffin

At some point on Tuesday I got the urge to bake. I am not sure what happened, because I have been planning to go to yoga after work; instead I found myself driving straight home and heading straight to my kitchen. I guess somewhere in my heart or mind I knew I needed a stress…

Salutation Nation

So this is officially a week late but I wanted to share anyways. Last Saturday you  may have seen a lot of the healthy living bloggers participate in Salutation Nation events all over the place. I was one of those bloggers! On Saturday August 7th at 9 AM lululemon sponsored a Salutation Nation event where…

Mushroom risotto

On Saturday night I was watching DVRed episode of The Next Food Network Star. Brad made a risotto and I couldn’t think of eating anything else! So I attempted to make my 2nd ever homemade risotto and I had to show it off! I didn’t follow any particular recipe so I am of no assistance…

Dilworth Neighborhood Grille

For some reason I feel like eating out is a special event that should be reserved for the weekends. After working and cooking (or attempting to cook) all week I love when we can get out and have a laid back dinner together with no dishes or clean up to worry about. Leftovers would probably…

I’ve hit gold!

Several weeks ago I had the most amazing package delivered to my doorstep.  Garlic Gold had seen their product listed in my OpenSky shop and offered to send me sample, and, of course, I jumped all over the opportunity! I was astonished at how many amazing items that I kept pulling out of the box….

The Counter

Last week, after meeting for my first hot vinyasa class at Y2Yoga, I joined a group of Charlotte bloggers for dinner at The Counter Burger. It took me 2 weeks worth of power classes to get the courage to go to an actual hot class. Turns out that I didn’t have too much to worry…

Home cooking

We ate out soooo much last weekend. From Friday evening through Sunday brunch we ate at Nolen Kitchen, Great Harvest, Laurel Market, Fuel Pizza,  and Terrace Cafe. Plus we stopped in at Liberty for a drink (and some herb and truffle fries).  That is a lot of restaurants in a 48 hour span of time!…

Chicken and Waffles

I got an email this week and just had to share. The email was from Liberty in Southend saying that they would start serving brunch next Sunday, August 15th. I am not big into the typical breakfast foods that are offered at most restaurant brunches but I decided to check out their menu out of…

Terrace Cafe

Last Sunday (yes, it has taken me a week to get this posted) we went to brunch with B’s parents before they left town. We had been holding onto a Groupon for Terrace Cafe for several months and decided this was a perfect opportunity to pay them a visit. Sunday brunch at Terrace Cafe is…

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