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Change of pace: Mexican night IN
I love, love, love Mexican food. Whether it’s Tex-Mex or something more authentic, nothing tastes better to me than the combination of veggies, spices and – of course – the cheese you find in a typical Mexican entree. Also, since I’ve started eating wheat-free I realized that Mexican is the perfect cuisine to happily feed […]
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2013 money challenge: May update
June 3, 2013
My goal for May was simple: I pledged to skip my entire “beauty” budget for the month, having gone over this allotment in April due to poor travel planning. The first step I took was (along with the painful task of depositing my bonus check in to savings) skimming the whole of my beauty budget […]
Fantasy shopping: what I would have bought from the Net-a-Porter sale
May 29, 2013
I am feeling pretty good about my money challenge for 2013. Although it was initially a bummer depositing my bonus checks in to saving instead of spending accounts, enough time has passed that I can actually see my saving and investments growing at a substantially larger pace than previous years. Finally – a payoff! This […]
Christopher Elbow: chocolate for breakfast
May 28, 2013
Since I started eating wheat free, the only real challenge has been breakfast. I used to start weekday mornings at home (or in a hotel) with a nice cup of coffee and an english muffin with peanut butter. Occasionally, I would have the english muffin with cheese and fruit. But there was always an english […]
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Portabella sandwich and wine: wheat-free vegetarian dinner in under 400 calories
May 16, 2013
I’ve been putting a lot more thought in to food lately, partly because I’m adapting a (mostly) wheat-free, or gluten-free, diet in addition to my long-standing (total, 100% all the way) vegetarianism. I’m also four-and-a-half months in to a Money Challenge for 2013, and it turns out that one of the easiest ways for me […]
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Galaxy Cafe: gluten free night out
May 8, 2013
Last week I had a night all by myself in lovely Austin, TX. I had already “cheated” on my gluten free eating strategy earlier in the week – enjoying two of my favorite wheat treats in a single day: Home Slice pizza and breakfast pastries from La Reyna bakery. (Both were totally worth it, by […]
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Gluten free: how it works for me
May 3, 2013
Like almost everyone else on Planet Earth, over the past decade I’ve heard progressively more and more about gluten free food, gluten free diets and Celiac disease. Fortunately for my family and circle of friends, I don’t know anyone with Celiac disease. In January, though, I spent an afternoon with my mother and sister who […]
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June 11, 2013
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