the 30 Healthiest Ingredients

Did you read this article in Real Simple? If you havnt, you should. I know this chick-fil-a fanatic and this pug loving lady have.

I love how the last page of Real Simple has perforated index cards filled with a few recipes, exercises, and quotes all from that issue so you can keep them on your fridge or somewhere in sight rather than carry around a big ol' magazine all day.

I was really happy to see many of my favorite and every day foods made the list. How'd you do?

My all time nutrition and delicious foods:

• Black beans- Canned or dried. A bag of dried beans is dirt cheap.
• Blueberries- FROZEN. So much cheaper.
• Broccoli- FROZEN. I always add chopped brocolli to pasta or rice for nutrition.
• Edamame- FROZEN.
• Eggs- Love eggs. Glad they made the list.
• EVOO- use it on everything. Keeps my skin supple too ;)
• Mushrooms- mmm only fresh.
• Oatmeal- Love oatmeal with a bit of peanut butter mixed in.
• Oranges- Vitamin C.
• Nut Butters- SO happy they made the list!
• Skim Milk- Yep, check.
• Spinach- Spinach Smoothies! Frozen is cheap and you get way more in a bag!
• Sweet potatoes- mashed or fries.
• Whole-grain pasta- Sometimes..
• Yogurt- Often!

Andrew and I had a delicious lunch today that incorporated lots of these foods. We picked up some bread from the Portland Farmer's Market today.

Here you see: Sauteed spinach in EVOO with two over easy eggs, some sweet potato homefries, and anadama toast. So easy and delicious!

Here are some pictures of my new boyfriend Oliver. He's staying with me and Andrew this weekend so his girlfriend can have a few nights to herself-- isnt he the cutest?!

We are going out for Indian tonight! Hope you have a fabulous Saturday :)

These are My Confessions



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 Like my homeboy, Usher, I have some confessions. I am ashamed and guilty as charged.

It wasn't like I intentionally meant too.

I have visited two restaurant establishments and on each occasion, I was camera free.

These restaurants were:

• AURORA PROVISIONS, PORTLAND, MAINE
• AZURE CAFE, FREEPORT, MAINE

Aurora Provisions is a local favorite for sure. Not only do they serve a fabulous lunch (and, presumably, breakfast) they also have an amazing bakery, catering, gourmet to go food, and lots of wine. Its a foodie's dream for sure.

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For lunch, I decided to go with a steaming hot cup of the minestone soup. The soup was full of flavor and was very delicious. I also went with half of the roasted vegetable sandwich on wheat. I asked for it grilled on the panini maker, but it came cold. It was still really yummy and everyone in there was super friendly so I will definitely go back.

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For lunch at Azure Cafe, we all started off our lunch with a drink. I went with a virgin Bloody Mary-- vodka at noontime on Sunday really isnt my thing :)

For lunch, I ordered the
GRILLED PORTABELLA Marinated, Grilled Portabella with Herbed Ricotta, Roasted Tomatoes & Green Leaf Lettuce 9.<sup>50

I guess they got the vibe that I am not a roasted tomatoes person because there wasnt anyone on my sandwich. Oh well. It was just okay, I wasnt very impressed to be honest with you. The restaurant had a very bar feel instead of lunchy restaurant feel, if that makes sense? My sister's salad and tomato soup were nothin to brag about either..</sup>

Anyway, hope you are all enjoying this fabulous Maine weather ;)