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The Lokal Post: The EASY Spice
I love bold spice, and I love my friends and I’m extra particular about both. Happily, this post contains the best of each world. Lokal Artisan Foods is a brand created by a high school friend and I was able to test the famous french toast spice before it was in package. Immediately I…
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Berta-baked Green Tomatoes
I started growing tomatoes! So far, I’m not even close to harvest but perhaps in a few weeks, I’ll have a small batch of tasty tart tomatoes to salt and snack on. Until then I will stalk my local market for the best kinds of tomatoes. I’m writing this post because this week I…
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Strawberry Spring-Summer Salad 🍓
Spring is here and strawberries are back in season! You can easily find deals like 2 pints for $5. I use them for everything, even though they tend to have a short shelf life, but you can freeze them for months! Later in the summer, I will try a strawberry cake but today I’m…
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Roberta Roasts: Easy EGGPLANT 🍆
Eggplants aren’t just emojis! Nor or they just veggies you bread and cover with sauce. Recently I saw some big gorgeous eggplants on SALE in the grocery store and I quickly bought 2, without having the slightest idea what I was planning on preparing. Eggplants have a strange squishy consistency when raw, but when cooked read…
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Quinoa-Chickpea warm or fall salad🍃🍅🌿
It’s not often I come across a recipe that’s delicious warm or cold, but this salad creates and breaks the mold. It’s HOT, and salads and smoothies are in season. This Quinoa-Chickpea creation is delightful warm or fresh out of the meal prep fridge. The quinoa leaves you feeling full and the kick from the…
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Blueberry-Berta Smoothie Bowl
We’re in the middle of a heatwave here in NYC, and I’ve been doing double workouts for a few weeks now. When I get home from work I want something easy and filling – but ALSO delicious. My go-to’s are usually smoothies because I always have the ingredients to make something interesting and fresh. Now…
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Magic Potions 🍋🍵🌶️
To keep hydrated, I’m all about infusing anything that has a root, but there are a few other fail-safes I use for detox, metabolism boosting and debloating. Here are a few quick “potions” you can practice daily for hydrating health and peace of mind. On any given day, I’m mixing up one of these solutions to start my day.…
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Lemon-Blackberry-Basil Infused Cubes🍋💦🌿
Infused ice cubes! A really simple and INTERESTING way to stay hydrated this summer. I bought a bunch of ice cube molds for entertaining purposes and thought why not try this quick and easy idea with the stuff I commonly have in my fridge. 4 ingredients create this really gorgeous execution. I used basil lemon blackberries honey…
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Simple, Summer-Strawberry Infused Water🍓🌿🍋
The unofficial start of the summer is here. It’s Memorial Day weekend, so bring on the white dresses, seersucker suits, and summer Fridays! My infused concoctions are a year-round love of hydration for me, but, in the summer, when hosting they REALLY begin shine. Create this quick infusing when hosting, I paired with brie, crackers, and…
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ohhh hello ALOE! 🍃
Can we talk about how amazing ALOE VERA is for a moment? Growing up, my grandma had long green prickly stalks growing near her lamps (that are now my lamps), sometimes in just water filled mason jars. She never bothered with them but they seemed to always grow. I do remember when she’d cut a…
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Date cookies = Tabbalicious 🍪
I’m obsessed with dates – see the previous post! I’m finding all sorts of interesting ways to use dates as a sugar substitute. I came across this recipe and tweaked it slightly to make it Tabbalicious. These tasty little desserts literally took 20 minutes from start to finish. I LOVE cookies, I love peanut butter and I…
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Simple Snacking: I got a DATE!
It’s been a dateless year thus far so, I try my best to get creative! Paired with #selfdates I have foods by the same name to use as a supplement. Every few months I get an inkling to give up sugars. I mean, I give up any sort sugar that isn’t natural. Nothing processed and…
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Roberta-Roasted Okra
Growing up the mention of okra was always followed by a prompt “EWWWWW!” from my sisters and I. My mom and grandma made something called okra pie (sounds even grosser) essentially, it was layered okra, white rice, can tomatoes and crisp bacon baked like a pie. I actually never really minded the okra slime, as…
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Simple Snacking: Cantaloupe
1 cup of cantaloupe has about 60 energy calories and only 3 from fat. Not only is it like eating a big bowl of nothing in the fat department it’s soft, sweet and satisfying. Though honeydew is my absolute favorite melon, all members of the melon family are full of water and a great…
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Little BAE-sil Pizza 🍕
I love bread and I love cheese, unfortunately, these things work against me in the game of life. The easiest way to assure I’m not doing the most damage to my stomach and my waist-line is to make my own pizza. I make these little amazing pizzas whenever I get the urge to do something bad.…
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Mason Jar Noodle Soup 🥄
Another EASY, layering recipe. And once again there is nothing to cook, just add hot water! Soup is a wonderful lunch or dinner idea in the colder months. I refuse to eat those processed “cup o noodles” in a Styrofoam cup or pay $12 for a delicious bucket of real ramen. I have a…
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Simply Tabbtastic | 40 recipes a whole new life!
I’m the writer, designer, publisher & producer = A life long dream & goal realized. SimplyTabbtastic™️ BUY NOW For the past 9 months or so I have been pouring every extra minute into a personal passion project. Writing, designing and producing a book. While reading is my absolute first love, my first completed project is not…