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Guiltless Gluttony {Good Living: Part II}

11.26.2011

This post serves as an entry to win an 8-day trip to Greece, courtesy of Fage Total and the Foodbuzz Featured Publisher program. The team invited featured publishers to create blog posts illustrating the Greek concept of “good living”, combining good food and fine taste for a positive, healthy life. * * * I’ve spent [...]

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California Comfort

11.21.2011

A cold, grey November day calls for comfort food – in healthy, hippie Hillary style, that is. – ON THE MENU – Mixed greens, crispy pear, red onion, caramelized walnuts + pepitas* (I got fancy!) + a new favorite, simple balsamic dressing Pizza: local pesto, sautéed onion + mushrooms, steamed zucchini, cherry tomatoes, local [...]

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larabar lovin’.

11.13.2011

As an athlete and student on the run, I’ve tried my fair share of bars. I can’t believe I didn’t like date-based bars back in the day because they are now my go to source of energy. One of my favorite bars on the market is the lovely Larabar. Why? For one, their super short [...]

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My #1 Medicine

08.31.2011

I just got home from the student health center, and according to the nurse practitioner, I didn’t catch my roommate’s strep throat nor do I have mono. Though after a week of feeling ‘under the weather’ (ironic as these late August days are stupidly hot) and resorting to the long wait in the dingy student [...]

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bid on my bites!

07.25.2011

GOOD morning! First things first, The Great Fundraising Act auction and bake sale is LIVE! Along with my vegan & g-free Chocolate Espresso Energy Bites (click HERE to bid!), there are over 100 incredible items up for auction, including delicious blogger baked goods, fitness related items, and online services such as a Recipage lifetime membership [...]

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six summer {re}cipes.

07.20.2011

… from A(pricots) to Z(ucchini). summer bliss bread. green goddess summer pesto. peach berry buttermilk muffins. garlic scape bean dip. meyer lemon blueberry cornmeal ‘cakes. summery salmon with peach apricot salsa. They are worth {re}peating again & again :)

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half #5 prep + playlist.

07.15.2011

After 26 workouts, I am officially done with training for half-marathon #5. Tomorrow is Race Day! I’m pretty pumped about this run. I hope my legs are as excited as I am. If not, I made a decent playlist that I hope will accelerate the adrenaline. Current song obsession: Moves Like Jagger * * [...]

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my college kitchen.

07.14.2011

Hey there! Hope your Thursday isn’t half bad… make that good, more like it :) I’m exhausted and am just wanting it to be Saturday (Race Day!) already. Anyway… the show must go on until then. I was in dire need of groceries, so after a few hours of a.m. work, I hit up TJ’s [...]

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swimwear 4 sale.

07.10.2011

I’d like to sell a swim suit I bought last year that isn’t flattering on my body shape. It’s in good condition and hasn’t been worn a whole lot. Victoria’s Secret Adjustable Trigangle Top (light pink + white striped / size L) Victoria’s secret Double String Bottoms (light pink / size L) Price: $14 SOLD! [...]

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over the rainbow.

06.28.2011

… along the river, and through the foggy Redwood-lined roads to Chico I drove. One of the things that I thought of as I was trying to keep my mind off of the slick, rainy roads and ugly motorcycle accident as I drove over the mountains today, were the items I had packed in the [...]