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Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Caramelized Chickpeas

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I am such a sucker for sweet and salty. I have a wicked sweet tooth, but I also love salty snacks- so when they get together and create delicious, salty, sweet heaven, I am so in. This salad is salty and sweet and all things fall wrapped up in one delicious, healthy bundle. The sweetness comes from the roasted, caramelized butternut squash, the pomegranate juice and pips and just a hint of honey on the roasted seeds and chickpeas. […] Continue Reading

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Brown Butter Gnocchi with Butternut Squash

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Pumpkin gets all the glory during the fall season and winter season. Don’t get me wrong, pumpkin is awesome but there are so many other amazing squash out there that deserve the chance to shine. One of my absolute favorites is butternut squash: sweet and perfect right out of the oven, this baby is also a nutrition powerhouse! Its tell-tale orange color is indicative of its high beta-carotene content- a powerful antioxidant that helps your body do all kinds of things from fighting colds to helping boost your eyesight to preventing cancer. Plus, this awesome squash is also a good source of fiber and high in important nutrients like […] Continue Reading

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The Health Benefits of Wine

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We have spent a lot of time lately in wine loving countries from Hungary to Portugal and, of course, France. We have enjoyed a good number of lunches or dinners with a glass of red wine. While in Lisbon we became huge fans of the vast amount of different kinds of Port available there. It’s been said by the nebulous “they” that a moderate amount of red wine is good for the heart, but I have also read the same thing about beer. And where does white wine fit into all that? Let’s explore the claims a little bit, shall we? […] Continue Reading

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Cauliflower Hot Wings

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Sometimes it seems like as soon as a food is no longer available, that is immediately the food I want. Right now that is hot wings. Especially hot wings from The Peanut in Kansas City… just yum. I am not sure why, I rarely eat them when I am in my real life, maybe it is the cold weather, basketball and Super Bowl season or the fact that I have not had really good, really spicy food of any kind in a long, long time. I miss spicy food and I guess it is manifesting itself in a desire for hot wings. Unfortunately, here in Lisbon there is no place to get hot wings. Plus, between all the nata and other treats we have been indulging in, I am looking more something a bit healthier. So cauliflower wings it will be! […] Continue Reading

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Spices, Not Salt

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Visiting the Spice Bazaar in Turkey was an incredibly cool experience. We got to visit Ucuzcular Baharat, a stall that has been in business since 1886 where we tried tons of different spice blends and talked to a lady whose family had been selling spices for five generations! Obviously, she knew a thing or two

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