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    A Sangria Type of Evening

    Yesterday started out pretty basic. I made a green monster! But instead it looked more like a brown monster with flecks of green. I actually liked it this time! The past couple times I’ve made these tasted pretty bad. In my GM went: 1 cup of spinach 1/2 cup of light soy milk 3 frozen strawberries and 2 slices of frozen papayas 1 extremely ripe banana 1 tsp of almond butter It was refreshing. I also have some frozen cherries so I’m dying to try a chocolate cherry bomb! I also had an English muffin with Maple Peanut butter. Lunch was pretty standard. I had some smashed chickpea salad on…

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    Honey Lemon Tea and Chickpea Salad

    Last night as I was getting ready for bed I felt a sore throat coming on. Not a good sign! So I’ve been popping Cold-Eze and this morning I had some tea. I brewed a bag of Lemon Zinger and a bag of regular Lipton tea together with some honey, and so far it has helped! Last night I felt like making something different for dinner, so I stopped at Hannaford after work to get the ingredients for Smitten Kitchen’s Smashed Chickpea Salad. Since I already have the chickpeas at home, I wanted to make this.  It was pretty easy to make, and I even put on the roasted red…