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Quinoa Oat and Pecan Veggie Burger
Quinoa Oat and Pecan Veggie Burger
00I’m always on the search for new and innovative ideas for veggie burgers! This one features red quinoa giving it a fabulous chewy and crunchy texture that I absolutely loved. However, with the added bun, it felt a little carbohydrate heavy, so next time I would be perfectly happy crumbling it over a salad instead! Print Recipe Quinoa...
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Halibut with Garlic Almond and Caper Sauce
Halibut with Garlic Almond and Caper Sauce
00Halibut was on crazy sale last weekend at Whole Foods, so I couldn’t help but cook some up for dinner last Sunday night! Instead of brown rice, I made a quick salad with Boston lettuce, watercress, radish, and avocado to serve the fish over. The weather in Chicago was finally a beautiful spring 60 degrees, so Will and I went for a quick 30 minute run out by the lake to enjoy it before enjoying...
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Pomegranate and Satsuma Quinoa Salad
Pomegranate and Satsuma Quinoa Salad
00After a full 10 hour day of work yesterday, I’m proud to say I completed everything on my list in time to catch the Golden Globes! Fortunately the one film I saw this season, Life of Pi, won best original score! However, after seeing all of the awards go out last night, clearly I have some movie watching to do! With the day so busy, I only had time to make a quick quinoa salad to snack on...
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Linguine with White Wine Mushroom Sauce
Linguine with White Wine Mushroom Sauce
00One of my favorite things about the holidays is eggnog. Yes, you heard me, good old-fashioned eggnog! I only every buy 1 container a year, and therefore I’m extremely picky about my eggnog. The best eggnogs out there (in my opinion) come from Trader’s Point Creamery in Indiana (I love their milk and yogurt products and this year they created an eggnog!) and Kalona Supernatural from Iowa. Both...
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Tomato Basil Risotto Stuffed Heirloom Tomatoes
Tomato Basil Risotto Stuffed Heirloom Tomatoes
00This recipe is actually adapted from one I did back in 2010! My how the time flies. Print Recipe Ingredients 1 cup dry hulled barley 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 Tbsp Italian seasoning 1/4 tsp garlic powder 2 large heirloom tomatoes 1 cup almond milk 1/2 cup tomato sauce 1/4 cup nutritional yeast 1 Tbsp miso paste 1/4 tsp kosher...
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Sweet Potato Veggie Lasagna
Sweet Potato Veggie Lasagna
00Greeting from the South Loop! The move is finally over! We moved into our new place over Labor Day weekend and over the past week have been working diligently to unpack boxes, paint walls, install lighting fixtures, and get the internet up and running! There is still much to be done, but I cannot wait to show you all pictures of our new place once everything is in it’s place. I couldn’t...
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Deal of the Week: Naked Fruit Juice
Deal of the Week: Naked Fruit Juice
00In case you haven’t noticed, super-couponing has become a major trend this year. Reality TV has led us to believe that super-couponing results in an at-home stockpile of junk food including everything from candy and sugary cereals to cookies and soda. To break away from this myth I wanted to start a “Deal of the Week” post each week to show how you can reap the benefits of super-couponing...
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Can you Identify These Foods?
Can you Identify These Foods?
00Many of the foods sold on supermarket shelves today have unrecognizable ingredients. These items no longer resemble real food, but rather science experiments. Based on the ingredient list, can you identify these foods? Corn syrup, enriched flour, water, sugar, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil and/or animal shortening (contains one or more of: canola oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, soybean...
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Vegetable Quinoa Winter Soup
Vegetable Quinoa Winter Soup
00After a long night at crossfit I enjoyed some well deserved Vegetable Quinoa Winter Soup with Garlic Crostini for dinner! All I had to do was heat up the soup and bake the crostini for 5 minutes and dinner was served. My day of meal preparation is already paying off! First things first though. Today’s crossfit WOD (for time): 30 air squats 15 front squats (55 – Rx was 65) 30 kettle...
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Homemade Mulling Spice
Homemade Mulling Spice
00Nothing is better to elicit the smells of the holidays than mulling spice! Add your favorite spices to warm cider, wine, or other fruit drinks and enjoy the taste of the seasons! In the spirit of the holidays, I did a “make your own mulling spice” event at work today and wanted to share with you guys how to make it! Choose from ingredients: Cinnamon sticks Whole cloves Anise...
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Maple Nut Granola
Maple Nut Granola
00If you haven’t yet noticed, one of my favorite things to make for breakfast is granola. There are really are no rules for making granola – simply throw together any nuts, cereals, and dried fruit you can find left over in your cupboard and have at it! It’s like making soup at the end of the week with all of your old leftovers and wilted veggies. My obsession with fall continues, with...
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French Onion Soup
French Onion Soup
00Fall is finally here! The crisp, cool, and unfortunately rainy weather this morning inspired me to make my first soup of the season. And nothing says cozy comfort food quite like French onion soup. Yesterday I stopped by Crate and Barrel Outlet, and these French onion soup bowls were calling my name as a perfect addition to my kitchen for the winter (plus they were dirt cheap, can you say...
About Me
My name is Amari Cheffer and I am a Registered Dietitian, blogger, and food enthusiast! I started blogging back in 2009 to document my lifelong love affair with food and nutrition. I am a licensed Registered Dietitian with a Master's in Nutrition Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Things I hate most include tasteless diet foods, excuses, hopeless weight-loss advice, and quitters. If you have time to breathe, you have time to eat healthy. It's all about problem solving and planning ahead for your one-of-a-kind lifestyle.
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