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Friday, January 3, 2014

Superfood Salad

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Superfood Salad
Could I be more cliché here, giving you this recipe for a Superfood Salad three days into the New Year? I know you’re being bombarded with gym advertisements and weight-loss messages everywhere you turn. I hold firmly to my beliefs about balanced eating and try to practice what I preach, so we’re still eating desserts and carbs and cheese around here, but there are just as many vegetables and healthy fats, which is where this salad comes into play.
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In fact, my brother-in-law and sister-in-law passed this recipe along a few months ago, knowing it sounded like something to come from The Sweets Life kitchen. They nailed it—we ate this up, literally and figuratively! I’m much worse about planning meals on the weekends. We abide by a meal plan all week long, but by the time Saturday and Sunday roll around I’m either burnt out from planning or our plans are too crazy to have time to cook proper meals. We do a lot more snacking on the weekends and our vegetable intake is often embarrassingly light.
kale salad

Amazingly, however, I decided to make this one Saturday for lunch between a morning run & chores and an afternoon full of errands.  I’d premade the freekeh, made the dressing, and roasted my vegetables the night before, leaving little more to do than toss the various components together. Whatever day you’re eating it, I highly recommend saving yourself some time and going this route as well. It’s hard to say eating healthfully is too tedious when you do a little bit of planning! And I don’t know if its simply the title or the fact that the salad is so chock full of good things, but you really will finish your meal feeling a bit healthier and more balanced…something we’re all looking for right now!

One Year Ago: Lemon Flaxseed Loaf and Ravioli Nudi in Tomato Sauce 
Two Years Ago: Quinoa Fried Rice and Broccoli, Cannellini Bean, and Cheddar Soup
Three Years Ago: Autumn Salad and Spicy Pasta with Sweet Potatoes
Four Years Ago: Caramelized Onion and Goat Cheese Pizza and Pomegranate Salad with Honey Cider Vinaigrette 

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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Dating in 2014

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 To be honest, I don't know what direction this blog will take in 2014. I've mentioned that cutting back to 4 posts a week has been a good thing for me and for our family, but when we welcome our little one (NEXT MONTH, holy crap!), I know life is going to continue to shift and change and I'll have to adapt. Family and my full-time job will always come before The Sweets Life, but my hope is to keep things rolling here as well. How this plays out remains to be seen, but I'm grateful for my readers who stick around despite the fact that there are plenty of bigger, better food blogs out there!
Long time readers know that I've enjoyed having a "challenge" to fulfill and post about each year...the challenges of the last four years are listed below. This year, with full understanding that things are about to change big time, I'm using the challenge to keep my priorities in line. Dating in 2014 is exactly how it sounds, except it's my husband I'm going to date.
So many people have mentioned the importance of still focusing on your marriage once kids come along and we'll use this challenge as a forcing function. Each month for the next year, Ryan and I will go on a date which will be recorded here on this blog. I'm sure the dates will vary--some at home, some out to eat, all with food in one way or another (hence the tie to The Sweets Life!). Hopefully you'll enjoy the peek into our lives (and more restaurant reviews), and we'll enjoy the quality time with one another!

 One Year Ago: Finding Time in 2013
Two Years Ago: 2012: Eat & Repeat
Three Years Ago: Best of 2011 Challenge
Four Years Ago: Twelve in Ten Challenge
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