gluten-free and food trucks

grabbed lunch today with a few other people from the office at the nearby food trucks. i wasn't sure whether i would be able to get much, or if i should even go, because i am giving up breads/gluten for the next forty days in an effort to reduce my overall dependence on breads in my diet. shouldn't have been too worried...my [wild boar] chili cheese [sweet potato] fries were not only gluten free but also seriously delicious.

besides, something i have always believed was important to remember in my journey to health is that - as with everything - there is a balance. in this particular case, a balance between eating a home-made, guaranteed healthy lunch, and feeding the spirit with a mostly healthy lunch away from the desk, in the sunshine, with other people. also, some really interesting reading for anyone seriously considering cutting their carb intake...[1, 2]

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dinner last night was the pioneer woman's spinach artichoke pasta. pretty dang good, although i'm thinking the leftovers could benefit from a little time in the oven and a crunchy cheese crust? also if you're thinking of making this, unless you're a pro it does not go as quickly as she indicates, so have your warming lamp or your oven on to keep the different parts warm as you progress through the recipe!

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a friend started talking about pizza, and the lunch i got from the vending machine was a disaster {i know, i know, i should have expected that}. so a lunch-size pizza slice it was!

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made health[ier] peanut butter brownies for a treat.

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afternoon treat.

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thanksgiving dinner...grateful for so much this year!!

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football cookies...gingerbread cookies with lemon-sugar icing. tasty end to winning game...ND is 10-0 for the first time since 1993!

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a wonderful afternoon snack or quick breakfast. even tastes good in crumble form {maybe even as an ice cream topping?}. if you nix the egg, vanilla and chocolate chips, add another cup of peanut butter, and freeze the resulting balls instead of baking into cookies, you'll have a great little pre-run snack too. fantastic way to fuel a healthy body 

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bon anniversaire a moi...

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sunday dinner (on monday) with gma and m&d...love me a mason jar full of strawberry lemonade!

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tomato soup, grilled cheese & blood-orange soda...my kind of rainy day dinner :)

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seafood is clearly more of a toy than a treat for this girl...

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food truck frenzy on a saturday night...love, love, love! living somewhere that so much is walking/biking distance! also, the cinnamon-salt sweet potato fries were divine. seriously.
{so many collages lately...can't seem to pick just one. blame it on bar-brain}

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cherries!!!

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the bottom of m&d's pantry. and why i have to limit myself to one soda a week.

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tiny treats!

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sis & her dude hogging all the taffy at her place of employment...that's one way to get dessert, i guess?

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veggie juices for my morning smoothies!

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aaand we're back to food pictures. ingredients for tonight's omelette...going with a "use what's in the fridge" approach.

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my favorite parts of dinner: cucumber water, burrata mozzarella & roasted tomatoes, and fresh berries & homemade angel food cake. (the pork was pretty good too.)