February 2, 2012

Sushi Roll Edamame Salad

You guys! I’m going through some SERIOUS Oprah withdrawals. It’s really bad. Last week I had a crazy dream where I was trying to find a pair of sunglasses and all of a sudden I was in Walmart and Oprah (who was wearing FLIP FLOPS!) handed me a pair. I woke up before I could hear her sweet voice. Sigh. THEN yesterday while I was driving to work, I pulled up at a stop light and a shiny black suburban passed by. OMG it was Oprah driving the car. Well…not really. It was a woman that looked just like her.

While figuring out what to type in this paragraph, I did a google search for “Oprah Vegan” because I remembered the show where she went vegan for a week with all of her staffers and LOOK! that post was a year ago! WHAT WHAT?! I think this means we’re destined to meet. Or if not, maybe someone who knows her really well could get her drunk on Moscow Mules and have her call my voicemail? All I want her to say is TRACY SHUTTERBEAN in her voice. It would seriously make my decade.

I wonder if Oprah would like this salad? I’m pretty sure she would. Besides the base of romaine lettuce, there’s a bit of brown rice, avocado chunks, cucumber, nori shreds, edamame, carrots & sesame seeds. It’s hearty yet light! I bet she’d ask for more green onion miso dressing. Of course she’d ask for more dressing! That dressing IS SO DANG GOOD.

Without further adieu…

SUSHI ROLL EDAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME SAAAAAAAALAD FOR EVERYONE!

Did I tell you that Cooper can do the Oprah voice now? It’s glorious.

CONTINUE READING

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February 1, 2012

SUPER BOWL FOOD!

Homemade Pretzels

Guacamole Hummus

Southwestern Pizzas

Easy Baked Potato Chips

Spicy Cocktail Nuts

Maple Bourbon Cider

Dark & Stormy

Moscow Mules

CONTINUE READING

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January 31, 2012

1000 Seed Banana Date Muffins

Random thoughts going through my head:

Do you think that someone actually counted out a thousand seeds in this recipe? At what point did they get interrupted by a 3 year old and lose count? My guess is 33. Do you think it’s a thousand seeds per muffin or per batch? If I walked over to the mirror right now, how many seeds would be stuck in my front teeth? Who would be the first person to tell me about that poppy seed stuck near my canine? Why is the term muffin top so good yet so frightening? Why can I not resist a bread product covered in seeds?

Do you think there’s a thousand specks of glitter in my nail polish? I put on three coats…

Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, poppy seeds and sesame seeds make up that seeded muffin top. I told you they were seedy! They’re super healthy (almost NO oil!) and packed with a fun ingredients including yogurt, bananas, whole wheat flour, ground flaxseed, whipped eggs whites and pureed dates! If you’re planning on eating one before you leave the house, check your grill in the mirror! It’s totally seed central.

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January 30, 2012

SHUTTERBEAN + MINTED GIVEAWAY!

Reminder Alert: Valentine’s Day is just around the corner.

This year I decided to doing something a little different; I’m making personalized journals from Minted!

When I was at Alt last week, I spied these cute/custom journals at the Minted booth. Top-notch paper & print quality, customization options, with a fantastic assortment of designs? COUNT ME IN!

A few days ago, I made six personalized journals yesterday for a few of my friends & family. Each journal contains 40 pages of lined/unlined paper. I made the executive decision and chose lined paper for each journal and I customized each one of them with a few personal touches. Here’s what my journals will look like:

This is a journal for my Valentine. That’s me & Casey. Although I think I’ll be the one using this notebook 😉

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January 28, 2012

My Everyday Life: Week 4

Here’s what this week looked like:

THOUSAND seed muffins coming at ya next week!

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January 27, 2012

I love lists, Friday!

(that’s me & my friend Jenny at the Alt Summit! Thank you Smilebooth! I’m kind of obsessed with you!)

This is such a good idea! Confetti shooters!
My friend Becky got me hooked on this website.
48 Things to Be Grateful for When you Need to Shift Your Focus
Pantry Porn! Truly Madly Deeply.
Bloody Mary. Number 1 item on my TO DO LIST.
If only I had enough hair for a sock bun.
This was one of the most valuable panels I attended at Alt Summit this year!
Cooper needs one of these. I’m sure of it.
Sh*t Liz Lemon Says (thank you Nicole!)
You Should Read These Blogs!
Beautiful photos, Beautiful soup!
Chipper Things!! This blog is adorabuns!
How to Give Compliments & How to Take Them!
I have major love for pinterest.
Proud to be letter S in this post! xoxo to Lisa!
Thinking of going Sugar Free? Danielle is doing it. I wanna do it!
This needs to be an audio book!

Episode #35 of the Joy the Baker Podcast is up! It’s called My Legs are Not Candy. This week, we talk about The Bachelor (I totally watched it) Glee, Jamie Oliver, Lists & LISPS. We also share two musical play lists that get us motivated! Lotta giggles. Hope you enjoy!

MY ORGANIZING GOALS FOR 2012 are up on High Straightenence! I’m putting it all out there. Let’s get organized together!

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January 25, 2012

Raw Chocolate Milk

Brace yourselves. Your minds are about to be blown. You ready? You braced? Good.

What if I was to tell you that you can easily make chocolate milk that tastes like a frothy chocolate malt without using malt or dairy?

(Omg. This is starting to sound like an infomercial! Crap! I need a big screen projector behind me!)

Well, YOU CAN. You can make delicious chocolate milk with your blender!

(this is not an infomercial for a Vitamix cuz I don’t have one. I want one though! Like really really bad.)

So this is raw chocolate milk. What makes it raw? So glad you asked! It’s made with cashews that have been soaked in water! There’s also cocoa nibs up in this mix which makes things extra fancy in my book. Looking to make plain vanilla cashew milk? Just omit the cocoa nibs and reduce the agave syrup. This recipe is a game changer & approved by my picky 3 year old. Winning!