Savory

Choppin Broccoli….

May 21, 2013 by Peabody · 12 Comments

MDP was gone last week to training in Oregon. It's the longest we had ever been apart and I must say absence makes the heart grow fonder…at least for us. We were texting and call each other like teenagers. I took that week as an opportunity to get things done since sitting around missing him wasn't accomplishing much. So I cleaned out the pantry. It's a nice pantry (though I'm not really into the sunflowers they have in there but whatever). It was kind of a mess and I was surprised how much expired food was in there sadly even stuff that expired before we moved so I moved over expired food. Go me. In doing so I had to drag everything out only to realize I have a baking chip problem. :) 17 bags of just chocolate chips is totally normal right? I bought myself flowers because I had never seen coral colored peonies other than in a catalog before and well they are my favorite flower. Was eating some granola and was reading the label....ummm? Cats? Yeah, I know it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BACON!!!, salad, Savory · Tagged With: Broccoli, Salad

The strangest yet best advice from my doctor….

April 27, 2013 by Peabody · 17 Comments

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Quite a few months ago my doctor asked me why I exercised and I told him so I could eat what I wanted and/or lose weight. He told me he wanted me to stop exercising for weight loss. To stop going hard core 5 times a week like I did. For I was having a tendency to over train and injure myself. He said to slow it down to 30-60 minutes EVERY day of moderate exercise (hockey not included). I gave him (hopefully most of you are old enough to get this reference the “what you talking about Willis” look). And he handed me a pile of literature. He showed me quite a few studies (I’m one of THOSE people). He had me read an article from Time magazine: “In general, for weight loss, exercise is pretty useless,” says Eric Ravussin, chair in diabetes and metabolism at Louisiana State University and a prominent exercise researcher. Many recent studies have found that exercise isn’t as important in helping people lose weight as you hear so regularly in gym advertisements or on shows … [Read more...]

Filed Under: On the Side, Rabbit Food, salad, Savory · Tagged With: blackberry, blue cheese, Pear, Salad, Walnut

You. Yeah, you….

April 22, 2013 by Peabody · 24 Comments

Years ago there was a woman on Oprah. I don’t remember who and I don’t remember what she was even on there for but she was trying to convince women that they should wear sexy underwear every day. That they should not be just for date nights and that they would help you feel pretty every day. I have no idea why but at that moment in time that spoke to me and the next thing you know I had tossed out every pair of granny panties I owned. I’ve never bought an ugly pair of undies since because you know if I die in some tragic accident at least the firefighter when ripping off my underwear to save me is like…hey those are nice. ;) The same should go for clothing. I cannot tell you how many people when doing Weight Watchers would get mad that no one was noticing they were losing weight. They would tell me this while standing in baggy jeans and baggy sweatshirts. I would point out that they needed to buy clothing in the size they were now and everyone would protest. Protest because … [Read more...]

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You are excused….

April 16, 2013 by Peabody · 15 Comments

1. Stayed up until 1 something in the morning Saturday night doing my taxes. I think I invented new swear words. The IRS says food bloggers are a business yet sadly I don’t get any of the benefits of having a home office as it gets used for other things like paying my bills on line. So I get to owe them money. Sigh. 2. Jury duty. Got out of it! Yay! Well didn’t get out of it they just never got to my group number and I was therefore released as of this afternoon! 3. After nine seasons of going to the championship and losing to the same team time in and time out my hockey team finally won in sudden death shoot out. Normally I don’t actually care about winning but darn that felt good. Especially because those guys HATE to lose. 4. People keep asking how the wedding planning is coming along. It’s not. :S See number one. Keep owing people money so can’t save to have one. And while MDP is all about us just going and getting hitched so I can be his wife he didn’t get a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: appetizer, Savory · Tagged With: Gouda, Gruyere, Ham, Pear, Pizza