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Category Archive for 'Salads'

Quinoa Salad for Lunch or Anytime

My obsession with packing my lunch continues. When I’m out browsing recipies or grocery shopping I want to find:

My main course
A side item
Fruit
Something crunchy

AND, I know this may sound lazy or lame, but I want a lunch that I don’t have to heat. It’s so far from my office to the breakroom, that I want […]

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Easter Egg Salad

I love that I’m 30 years old and my parents still take the time to send me an Easter basket. Today my whole family is in Texas, cooking a big Easter lunch, hiding eggs for the two who are still young enough to hunt them and going to the Lake to try to get some […]

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One of my favorite Phoenix blogs is Lunch Bucket Bento. Lisa and crew are a bento toting, Daring Baking group. A few times a week, she posts snapshots of what I believe are the coolest lunches in town. Sometimes her posts are a simple list of what was packed and other times, she shares simple, […]

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Action leads to motivation. I truly believe that. Over the past few months I’ve mimicked initiatives started by other people. AfricanKelli sent out a charge to see what each of her readers could do in a week focused on ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ and I picked up what I think are great habits.
I was just preforming […]

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Recipe: Napa Cabbage Slaw

Napa Cabbage Slaw

Makes 4 cups
Prep: 10 minutes
3/4 cup mayonnaise
2 T lite soy sauce
1 T dark sesame oil
4 cups shredded napa cabbage
1 large carrot shredded
1 red bell pepper, cut into very thin strips
2 T sesame seads, roasted (optional)
Whisk togehter first 3 incredients in a large bowl. Add cabbage, carrot and bell pepper, tossing to coat. Sprinkle […]

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It’s still at 3:00PM? Crunchy Salad

“I’m bringing a salad Rob! It doesn’t have dairy.” Is that the usual response when someone invites you over for a birthday party? A normal person would say, “Awesome! Thanks for inviting me. Can I bring anything?”
Last time when I was home, I copied a bunch of recipes from my mom’s cookbook and I’ve been […]

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