139 sugar calories ~Shopping List~ 1-2 cups baby spinach, washed 1-2 Tbsp olive oil 1/2 lemon 1/4 pear, diced 2 Tbsp pecans, chopped 1/4 cup blue cheese, crubmled Salt and Pepper 1 small baguette or whole-wheat bread, toasted ~To do~ Put spinach in a medium-sized bowl or on a plate; if the pieces are too…
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Maple bacon sandwich
80 sugar calories ~Shopping List~ 3 slices maple bacon 2 slices cheddar cheese 2 eggs 1 small artisan roll Butter Salt and Pepper ~To do~ Cook bacon, reserving a small amount of bacon grease. Beat eggs lightly in a small bowl; turn skillet to high. Add eggs, sprinkle with salt and pepper, then scramble. When…
Heirloom tomato toasts
160 sugar calories ~Shopping List~ Olive oil 1 Tbsp fresh basil, chopped 4 tomato slices 1 garlic clove, minced salt and pepper 2 small slices whole graine baguette, lightly toasted 3 Tbsp feta 3 Tbsp goat cheese 2 Tbsp pine nuts ~To do~ Preheat broiler; Heat a small skillet and add a drizzle of olive…
Sweet potato skins
79 sugar calories ~Shopping List~ 1/2 weet potato (sliced lengthwise) Olive oil 1/2 shallot minced 1 cup spinach, chopped 2 Tbsp chickpeas 1 Tbsp cream cheese 1 Tbsp sour cream 1/4 cup mozzarella Salt and pepper ~To do~ Preheat oven to 350F. Wrap sweet potato loosely in foil and place in oven on baking sheet for…
2016/03/6 #SundaySentence
I lay down and gave her the iron key. She held it in one hand and me in the other and was equally fond of both. from Lancelot by Walker Percy Sunday Sentence: The sentence(s) that touched me this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen.
2016/02/14 #SundaySentence
She has tried so hard to remain true to the past. But the weight of her need must have been too great: her need to be comforted, her need to provide a legacy for a small, fatherless boy. from The Laws of Evening by Mary Yukari Waters Sunday Sentence: The sentence(s) that touched me this week, out…
2016/01/31 #SundaySentence
Television reflected only people’s surfaces; it also kept peeling their images from their bodies until they were sucked into the caverns of their viewer’s eyes, forever beyond retrieval, to disappear. from Being There by Jerzy Kosinski Sunday Sentence: The sentence(s) that touched me this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering…
2016/01/10 #SundaySentence
Although I knew I loved her, I didn’t like anything she said or did. from Extraordinary Little Cough in the collection Dylan Thomas: portrait of the artist as a young dog by Dylan Thomas Sunday Sentence: The sentence(s) that touched me this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen.
2016/01/3 #SundaySentence
They faced each other squarely for a moment, but the nameless, impersonal rage and hatred in Vince’s face was so overpowering that Nick turned away, muttering something, and sat down again, crumpling the defiled page and throwing it aside. from You Gotta Leave Your Mark by Terry Southern (in the short story collection Red-Dirt Marijuana) Sunday Sentence: The…