Sweet Potato Rounds with Butter, Brown Sugar, and Cinnamon

I have definitely been MIA on the blog lately with a new job and summer school, but I wanted to post this yummy recipe since it has been a big hit at my house. Usually when I ask my boyfriend what kind of veggie he wants with dinner, his response is “no veggie.” Since I [...]

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Breakfast of Champions

What better way to start the day off than with banana stuffed croissant french toast and an amazing cup of coffee from Covenant Books & Coffee on 12th. Avenue in Honolulu?  I dare say not much.  If you can’t make it for breakfast (they also do a mean breakfast burrito), stop in for soup (a [...]

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Apple Grand Tortoni

Years ago, I got involved (read: wrangled – what happens when you are the vice principal’s daughter…) as a volunteer in the annual Island School Auction (my high school Alma Mater) as their day-of, on-site event coordinator.  When a girlfriend with Type 1 diabetes discovered this two years ago, she asked me to sit on [...]

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Morningstar Farm Veggie Burgers

  I’ve had a hard time eating meat after we dissected a cat in my Anatomy & Physiology lab this week, so I picked up some veggie burgers at the store the other day. I tried the Morningstar Farm brand and I LOVE them! They have so many delicious flavors to choose from. I got [...]

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Grilled Shrimp

Shrimp is one of my favorite foods and I love it every way, but I especially love it grilled. It’s so easy to make too. Here is what you need to do to make your very own grilled shrimp… Purchase large cooked shrimps, rinse, and skewer them. Season both sides with lemon or lime juice [...]

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Near East Gourmet Meal Kits

My boyfriend picked up these couscous gourmet meal kits at the grocery store recently and I am so glad he found them, because they are so yummy and so quick and easy to put together with chicken to make an amazing meal. They come in two flavors, Mediterranean Herb and Chicken Provencal and both are [...]

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Baked Sweet Potato Fries

I made these on an impulse tonight and they turned out so good! It’s a delicious choice to serve as a veggie side and a healthy alternative to the everyday potato. Sweet potatoes are a great nutritional choice, since they are high in complex carbohydrates, dietary fiber, beta carotene (a vitamin A equivalent nutrient),vitamin C, and vitamin B6.  Ingredients: Sweet potatoes or [...]

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Open Faced Egg Sandwich

This is one of my favorite things to make for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Its filling ingredients will keep you satisfied long after you finish it and its yummy flavor will make you constantly crave it. I just came up with the idea for this sandwich a few weeks ago and now I make it [...]

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Tomato & Feta Salad

I was at the supermarket today after yoga and saw tomatoes in all kinds of beautiful colors and I thought oooh, I’m going to make a pretty tomato salad! I picked up red, yellow, orange, and green tomatoes and a container of feta and hurried home to put it together. I rinsed and cut the [...]

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Greek Yogurt

Greek yogurt has been making a lot of headlines lately. While I have always been a yogurt lover, I have stuck to my Yoplait and Dannon Light & Fit brands, since they are low-calorie, tasty, and affordable. I kept hearing about Greek yogurt, but I was so set in my ways that I just kind [...]

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