Perfect Weather Weekend

What happens when 5 dietitian friends get together for the weekend?
“Eat bowls of leaves” was The Boy’s idea. This, of course, is related to the fact that we enjoy our leafy green vegetables, and prefer them in salads to the nutritional-weakling that is iceberg lettuce.
But no, salads were not the mainstay of this weekend.
Friday Night:
Sheff [...]

Eating for the Earth

Many of you know about my “tree-hugging hippie” side of me, or as I like to think of it – someone who cares about their planet and tries to be responsible for their actions. This is why you won’t see me anytime soon driving an SUV or eating a hamburger.
The whole connection between meat-eating and [...]

Dunkin’ Donuts and Me :)

Disclaimer: this was written on Thursday afternoon. I have no idea when it will be posted. The glory of dial up internet :)
In honors of the date being 09-09-09 on Wednesday, I felt in need of a treat. Driving back from my job interview, I was reminded of the Dunkin Donuts coupon in my wallet [...]

The search for a paycheck continues…

Greetings readers!
Is anyone else excited that today is 09-09-09!? How fun! I feel like I should do something special in its honor. Perhaps a cupcake is in order :)
I had a very interesting interview yesterday at a nearby psychiatric hospital. Definitely not a place I’d ever have thought I might work in – police patrolling [...]

Back in Maryville

Yes, I made it back safe and sound to Tennessee after a whirlwind of a trip to North Carolina.
Monday: Made it to Charlotte by lunch time, after sitting on the side of a mountain for an hour while Asheville police cleared an accident (a tractor trailer….. excuse me, transfer truck flipped over taking one [...]

Free Cone Day!

Did everyone stop by their neighborhood Ben & Jerry’s for Free Cone Day???!
 
Of course I did…. it’s been an annual tradition since my freshman year of college. So what… that makes this year the 5th anniversary of me getting free ice cream? I have to hand it to the Ben & Jerry’s employees; they know [...]

Sunday!

Greetings all!
It seems we have a London Sunday upon us here in Nashville. Cold, cloudy, gray and drizzly. But… low 40s is the perfect workout temperature, so at least I think so. I went out to Brentwood this morning with my friend Elena for an hourlong walk on the trails. Afterwards… we decided that it [...]

Very Veggie Mac and Cheese

Last night as I was huddled under a blanket on my couch and watching a movie, I realized that a nice hot bowl of macaroni and cheese would be the perfect comfort food. I haven’t made any from scratch in a while, so today I investigated what modifications I could make and went out to [...]

Food in the Music City: this week’s recap

So I think I’ve had a pretty amazing week in terms of Nashville’s food scene:

Breakfast at The Pancake Pantry (finally!) to try the sweet potato pancakes. Well worth the wait :)
Assorted donut holes from Fox’s Donut Den, brought to work by my fellow interns
Dinner at Kalamata’s (for the third week in a row… yes I’m [...]

Saltine Challenge

I’m back in Texas with the family for the holidays. And one of the things on my Christmas to-do list was to try the saltine challenge with my family members. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the challenge, it involves trying to eat (and swallow!) 6 saltine crackers in 60 seconds, without any [...]