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I was very excited about Week 45 of the challenge. The theme was whole grains  which is something I've been trying to incorporate more ...

When I first moved to Chicago many, many years ago, I was living on the South Side and A was living in Uptown, meaning long, gorgeous driv...

On the first full day of our long weekend in Chicago, we made a beeline straight for Argyle where a lot of the Vietnamese restaurants are. ...

So we're approaching the holiday season, and despite retail stores wanting us to think that the next big event is Christmas, I'm gl...

We've been starting to wonder if we just shouldn't buy tortellini or ravioli type pastas at Trader Joe's. There wasn't real...

I can't believe it's November. That means Thanksgiving is almost here and I am totally not ready for that. Anyway, new month, new c...

I had a lot of trouble coming up with a dish for the Week 44 challenge. The theme was horror movie inspired , which on its face doesn'...

When I was at Whole Foods last week, I saw that they were having a sale on Odwalla smoothies. $2.50 for a bottle isn't incredibly cheap...

One of the difficulties with being up to date on the 52 week challenge (since I meal plan the week or weekend before) is that I don't h...

Just in time for the heart of the fall season, Trader Joe's has an  uncured turkey cranberry apple sausage  ($4.99) on the shelves. I t...

Trader Joe's is generally overrun with pumpkin everything during the month of October, offering way more products than we can really us...

One of our favorite restaurants at Disney World is Boma, which is located at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. We made it to Boma for the first ti...

I wasn't sure what to make for the Native American week of the challenge. There aren't a ton of resources on what Native Americans ...

We've mentioned Smashburger here before , our favorite place to grab a quick bite to eat at Terminal C in Newark Airport (a big reaso...

The weather today was gloomy and cold. I also feel like I'm starting to come down with something so guess where I went to lunch today. ...

We finally made it to the Whole Foods in Gowanus this weekend and we wish we had one of these in our neighborhood. The store is huge (over ...

I ended up at Wendy's for lunch today, since the lines at Chipotle and Lenny's were way too long and I needed food really quickly a...