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Refined Sugar and Me Week 25 -- Real Food Meets Real Life

Welcome to week 25 of our ongoing series about refined sugar & me in 2017. This week I'm down another pound, for a total of 17 pounds less than when I first started avoiding most added sugars and processed foods at the end of December 2016. My comfortable capris from last summer are falling off me, …

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What's Rachel Reading? Notes on a Banana

If you've been reading along with my... well, reading along, you'll have noticed I have something of a soft spot for food memoirs. So, I duly picked up David Leite's Notes on a Banana from my library's new book shelf a couple of weeks ago. Leite is a food writer, author of The New Portuguese Table, and the …

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The Notorious BKL Dreams of Chickens... and more notes of summer

Hey, how's your summer going so far? Someone here is appreciating the sunbeams... and I guess that technically I don't know that the Notorious Bad Kitty Lucy dreams of chicken dinner, but it's what I imagine when I look at her sleepy little face. (And seriously: Wouldn't you wake up with the worst crick in your …

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Free ALDI Meal Plan week of 6/18/17 - 6/24/17

Here’s your easy weekly ALDI meal plan for the week of 6/18/17: Pick up everything on the shopping list below, then start cooking on Sunday. *** Subscribe to the weekly ALDI meal plans here *** So let's get ready to make six complete dinners for a family of four, just $60.00 out the door! Hope you …

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