Category Archives: Recipes

Apple Quinoa Salad

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Mandie

I love summer picnics as much as the next American, but I hate having to worry about food being too hot/too cold or poisoning the masses with questionable mayonnaise that has spent a few minutes too many basking in the … Continue reading →

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Who eats this stuff?!

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Mandie

I love Big Lots. There is no other place where I can find cheap organic sodas, doggy rope toys and wine all under one roof. At the same time, there is often a reason why the majority of the items have found their way to my beloved big lots. The organic drinks and rope toys were probably priced too high to sell in regular stores, and the wine may have an incorrect/inappropriate label (I’m basing this on the time I saw the Yellowtail ripoff called Mellowtail). Continue reading →

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Doritos and Ramen

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Mandie

I am taking a physics class twice a week right now at my local community college. In addition to learning about Newtonian physics before they agree on a better, more accurate type of physics to explain our universe, I also … Continue reading →

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Crock Pot Tofurky

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Mandie

Inspired by Trader Joe’s unpublished deal of the week; Tofurky $4.99 each (I think they were trying to liquidate their holiday supply – they all had expiration dates within a few weeks). A sucker for a stuffed hunk of tofu, … Continue reading →

Posted in Pescatarian, Recipes, Startup Diet | 7 Comments

Tofurky Anyone?

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Mandie

I thought staying true to pescatarianism (if that is even a word) would be more difficult around the holidays.  It would mean the absence of baked beans with bacon, an empty bowl where my endive with hot bacon dressing used … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Health, Pescatarian, Recipes, Startup Diet | 3 Comments