Food
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The Big Two-Five
Well, I am now 25 years old. I decided to celebrate this monumental event by throwing myself a birthday party! Why not? I’ve never had a birthday party for myself, as an adult, so I figured it would be super fun. And it was! I made some tasty treats for everyone… sugar cookie stars! guiltless white bean guacamole the whole spread And my cousin Liz, who hosted the party, even ordered a cake from Crisan Bakery on Lark Street, and it was gorgeous (and delicious). It was chocolate mousse with a hint of coffee. I can’t remember the official name of the cake. And boy was it good!!! Crisan never…
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Breaded Goat Cheese, Gelato and Toga
I need to start coming up with more interesting blog titles! Anyway, this weekend was pretty good! The weather was nice on Saturday, and that was a major plus! I started out Friday night with a delicious dinner with some lovely ladies. After work I headed to the Midtown Tap & Tea Room, one of my favorite places in albany for after work dinner and drinks. The girls and I shared a bottle of delicious Riesling! I started with the Breaded Goat Cheese with Honey and Carmelized Onions. The best. thing. ever. I am IN LOVE with anything goat cheese, and this was the most creamy, delicious goat cheees I’ve had.…
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Confessions of a Chocoholic
So, I have to admit something. I’m a chocolate addict!!! For the longest time I avoided all candy and chocolate (while I was in the process of losing weight) but once I hit my goal, I decided to splurge once in a while and have a piece a day. Eventually, one piece turned to two, and two to three, and on and on. Now I usually eat 3-4 pieces a day. I know, this is not good of me, I need to stop. I need to only eat chocolate when I’m seriously craving it, and need that chocolate fix. So this is my current short-term goal: cut back on chocolate!!! Anyway, since…
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Pizza, Banana Bread Failure & Other Random Things
Happy Friday!! Can’t wait for the weekend, even though the weather is supposed to be crappy. Oh well, what can you do? Last night I had the best homemade pizza. My mom’s! I came home from work, starving, to this: White pizza with broccoli, spinach and ricotta. Yum. The mozzarella and ricotta were both made with skim milk, but the crust wasn’t whole wheat. I got over that, fast! It was so good, and I was so hungry, I had four pieces. After dinner I had planned on baking banana bread for dessert. I loved how it came out last time and had been craving it ever since. I had…
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Sweet Potatoes and Banana Froyo
Good evening everyone!! I just made a pretty awesome dinner and it was quite filling, actually. When I got home my mom was boiling sweet potatoes on the stove, so that gave me an idea to re-create the amazing sandwich I had in NYC! I put some sweet potatoes on whole wheat toast with some crumbled goat cheese spread on the bread, and grilled it in a pan to crisp it up. Not too shabby. I also drizzled some honey on the sandwich to make it even sweeter. It was pretty tasty. I also put some extra sweet potatoes on the side, and had some corn after. I’ll admit, my…