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No-Flip Spanish Potato Tortilla (Omelet)
New! I’m excited to start adding nutrition information to some recipes on NCK, starting with this one. Scroll down to the recipe for more info! The first time I ever tried a “tortilla” that wasn’t flat...
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Why I’m Suddenly Obsessed with Protein
Deep down, I think I had an idea when the meat cravings struck. On the surface, I was a little baffled, but since I’m not a strict vegetarian, I went ahead and listened to whatever my body was trying...
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Pinto Bean Fajita Bowls
I’m definitely not being the good, regular blogger I once was. I miss it and have been plotting my comeback, and the truth is it’s not going to happen with some grand entrance. I just need to get back...
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Lasagna Soup
This site doesn’t exactly do it justice, but one of my favorite food-related activities, possibly more than creating recipes and a close second to eating doughnuts, is menu and meal planning. You can...
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Spelt Dough Calzones
When even my carb and ice cream loving husband raves about the flavor of “junk” food made with healthier ingredients, like a gluten free mac and cheese or the nutty flavor of the crust on these spelt...
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Dinners for the Week before Vacation
There are so many good things going on just in the title of this post. One, I’ve bounced back from a really nasty cold/maybe the flu and am nearly cooking at full force again. It’s a marked improvement...
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22 Week Pregnancy Update
I have no idea if these posts will become a regular thing on NCK, but I haven’t written much since announcing that I’m having a baby, and I’ve been having some strange behavior and cravings that are...
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The Yummiest Food Magazine Recipes of November 2016
If you’re the type that could spend hours flipping through food magazines, perhaps the same ones over and over, agonizing over which few recipes are worthy of your next weeknight dinner or weekend...
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Thoughts on my First Peapod Grocery Delivery
Welcome to 2017! Although pregnant, I got to end 2016 with a half glass of nice bubbly, surrounded by my boys (and maybe a girl, too?!), watching…a thought provoking documentary on minimalism. It was...
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A Peapod Delivery Meal Plan!
So, I tried Peapod. I liked it (for the most part). But just what did I order, and how does it fit into my meal plan for the week? Note: I have no affiliation with Peapod and haven’t received any...
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5 Ingredient Veggie Tofu Scramble
It’s Sunday night, and I should be shooting a few pictures of my Fresh Direct order right now, but, thanks to some mildly serious snow and/or a confused driver, the delivery is running an hour late....
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Thoughts on my First Fresh Direct Grocery Delivery
It just so happened that shortly after dipping my toes in the water of highly convenient grocery delivery with Peapod, I received a couple of snail mail coupons from Fresh Direct, a similar service...
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A Fresh Direct Delivery Meal Plan!
This meal plan for my first Fresh Direct delivery has been a while coming to the blog, although when I made it last week it couldn’t have gone better! I was hoping to post it mid-week (last week) with...
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What’s in My Birth Bag
Time is finally starting to run out. Maybe that’s a bit of a weird way to say it, but at this point I have to assume there could be very little time left to read books, prep meals, or finish the final...
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A Month of Post-Baby Freezer Dinners
We are in the home stretch people! I’m a little bummed we didn’t get a slightly early baby, but the signs of labor do seem to be appearing, albeit very slowly. It’s up to the baby, and I’ve been trying...
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How Evan Was Born: A Birth Story
When our pediatrician found out that we ended up with quite a different birth than we had planned, she was genuinely sympathetic. But, until that point almost a week after the birth, I had hardly...
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Evan’s Birth Story: Part 2
Click here if you missed part 1! Hospital, Here We Come Perpetuating my nerves, Steve was going to drop me off at the entrance with my stuff and run to park the car. Although I wasn’t in labor yet, I...
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A Very Quick Life Update
…before we get back to the food. Yep, you read that right! After two years of pouring myself into figuring out this parenting thing (or sometimes having a child suck every last ounce of energy out of...
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Instant Pot Creamy Vegan Black Beans
There were way too many adjectives to actually fit into the title of this black bean recipe, and only a few made the final cut. Honorable mentions for the rest of the list: Big batch Oil free Luscious...
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Batch Cooking Cheezy BBQ Baked Potato Bowls
Potatoes on potatoes! You know when we spell cheese with a “z” we’re NOT talking about a heavy, dairy-laden sauce. No, these batch cooking friendly and vegan BBQ baked potato bowls are drizzled with a...
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