When warm weather hits, grain salads make for the perfect light meal. This barley salad with kale, pistachios, and feta is a great summer side or dinner salad.
barley salad with kale, pistachios and feta

Attending an Indian wedding and only getting pulled into a bathroom once for an emergency sari malfunction fix deserves a prize.

Even if that fix involves being told that you are wearing your blouse backwards.

It happens. Apparently.

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Make your mornings brighter with these soft, buttery lightly sweet cherry almond scones.
cherry almond scones

I was informed by one of my gym instructors this week that abs are made in the kitchen.

Yes, well.

So are scones.

And I’m pretty sure you can’t have both.

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Peanut butter and jelly bars – this dynamic duo is not just for sandwiches anymore!
peanut butter and jelly bars

Remember when we didn’t worry about eating our veggies and our only concern was how much peanut butter mom put on our sandwich, whether she cut it into triangles or squares, and just where oh where was that glass of milk she had promised?

The.Days <– those were.

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pierone

1. I have a Pier One problem.

2. Scratch that. My credit card has a Pier One problem. I have a Pier One love affair. When they rewrite the nursery rhyme about the woman who lived in her shoe to one about a woman who lives in her food props…that will be me.

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Chia seeds soaked with coconut milk overnight turn into an easy breakfast pudding that is dressed up with a bananas foster topping, allowing you to start your day with a good balance of health and indulgence.
bananas foster chia pudding

I have a situation.

An overstocked freezer with nowhere to put ALL THE ICE CREAM but my belly situation.

You might be familiar with it as well?

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Pasta with slow-roasted cherry tomatoes and cream is rich and indulgent with bursts of juicy tartness from the roasted tomatoes.
pasta with slow-roasted cherry tomatoes and cream

So, I’m kind of jumping the gun on tomato season.

But it was eighty degrees outside BOTH DAYS this weekend and as a result both my body and my food cravings are confused. They want sweet as candy juicy orbs of fruits-disguised-as-vegetables and they want them NOW.

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