tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27661077686702500972024-02-07T14:49:20.997-08:00You CAN have your cake and eat it too.Nejahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14673674489914449746noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766107768670250097.post-56200811771215563102019-05-14T03:23:00.000-07:002019-05-14T03:23:54.361-07:00Vegan Chocolate Mousse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>What does your dream life look like? </b></div>
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<i>Do you even dare to ask yourself this question? </i></div>
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<i>Would the realization of how far from that image your real
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Well, ask yourself this question, think this through, answer
to yourself honestly and then make a plan that will make it a reality. You will
never get there if you don't make a plan. The song<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>'This could all be yours' by Guster comes to
mind. It's true, you can have it, you just have to be bold enough to go after
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My dream life includes lots of moments when I feel proud of
myself, hours and hours of peace, writing, taking photos, earning money with
nutritional counseling, reading, Buddhism, meditation, learning, going to
concerts, filling my home with things I like, watching 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'
and 'Seinfeld',<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>cooking, baking, Sundays
filled with the 60' music, scones, finger sandwiches, cookies, and pancakes,
spending lots of time in nature, cinema and mojito evenings with friends,
petting cats and dogs, having as little people in my life as possible-just the
ones I like, dancing and singing along to the song 'This must be the place' by
Talking Heads with my Love, plus a million other things doing with my Love, like
having picnics in the middle of the field full of dandelions, by the lake, and
the sea, morning runs, sweet hikes, dancing club nights, watching Michael
Douglas movies, 'Call me by your name' actually watching A LOT of movies, going
to the theatre, having date nights, cooking our favorite pasta recipe, having
short trips and blasting Marina, Tame Impala, Cigarettes After Sex, Broods and
the 80' in the car, having simple city walks with a slice of pizza or ice cream
in our hands, honestly, just hearing his voice, feeling his hands and seeing
his face is enough to make me happy... </div>
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To summarize, my definition of happiness
consists of feeling happy with myself, having honest and joyful relationships,
feeling peace and being grateful for little things. <i>There's no mansions, gold,
and yachts in my perfect life. </i></div>
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<b>Have you ever heard of aquafaba? </b></div>
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This thing is pretty groundbreaking for vegans. It’s is the
liquid leftover from cooked chickpeas and you can get it if you drain a can of
chickpeas and reserve the liquid (it won't work as good if you cook the
chickpeas yourself). It's a perfect replacement for egg yolks, you can make
meringue with it! And chocolate mousse, macarons, waffles, marshmallows, ice
cream, Pavlova cake, mayo ... You just have to drain the liquid and whip it with a hand or stand mixer! You can add a little cream of tartar, which
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1 can of chickpeas (you will need only the liquid which is
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2 tbsp maple syrup (substitute with coconut nectar or agave
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Melt your chocolate in a bowl placed over a pan of simmering
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Mix the liquid of your chickpeas with an electric whisk
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Nejahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14673674489914449746noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766107768670250097.post-62930441577001877792019-03-24T05:22:00.001-07:002019-05-11T14:16:08.630-07:00Chocolate Panettone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>Age. </i></b>How do you perceive it? Does it overwhelm you? Defeat you? Or do you not care about it? I understand why people say that they wouldn't want to go back to their teenage years or their twenties. I feel the same, I honestly feel that my life began after I reached my thirties and I would never want to go back. I have more concept of life now, I'm more experienced, more secure in myself, I appreciate myself, I make my boundaries clear and I didn't have the balls to do that before.<br />
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I broke some important ice blocks by now and that gave me the insight into how I have to do certain things. Every bad experience is a lesson and it gives you knowledge. I think it's so important to always remain teachable. Even when you 90 years old, there is something you can learn. I'm always learning. Every human being is my teacher.<br />
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This panettone seems so out of place at the beginning of Spring. I baked it at the beginning of February (which is already too late, I think panettone is more of a December thing) because I bought these molds probably around 5 years ago and I felt that the time has come to attack this task. It turned out very pleasing. <b>Great texture and flavor!</b><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">4 cups (512 g) unbleached all-purpose flour</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">¼ cup (55 g) sugar</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">2½ teaspoons instant yeast</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">½ cup boiling water</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">Softened unsalted butter, for greasing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, 60% to 70% cacao, coarsely chopped into ¼– to ½-inch pieces</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, sugar, and instant yeast. In a medium bowl, combine the milk, water, 4 tablespoons melted butter, and vanilla. Stir to combine, then add to the flour. Using a rubber spatula, mix until the liquid is absorbed and the ingredients form a sticky dough ball. Cover the bowl with a damp tea towel or plastic wrap and set aside in a warm spot to rise for 1½ to 2 hours, until the dough has doubled in bulk.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">Set a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat it to 375°F ( baked it at 150° C). Grease a panettone mold with the softened butter—be generous. Sprinkle the chocolate pieces over the surface of the dough. Using two forks, deflate the dough by releasing it from the sides of the bowl and pulling it toward the center. Rotate the bowl quarter turns as you deflate, turning the mass into a rough ball. Keep turning the dough in this manner until the chocolate is incorporated.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">Use your two forks to transfer the dough to the prepared mold. If the dough is too wet to transfer with forks, lightly grease your hands with butter or oil, then transfer it to the mold. Do not cover the mold. Let the dough rise on the countertop near the oven (or another warm, draft-free spot) for 20 to 25 minutes, until the dough has doubled in bulk—it may not crown the rim, but it will come close.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">Set the mold on a sheet pan and transfer it to the oven. Bake the mold for 40 to 45 minutes, or until uniformly brown. Remove the pan and mold from the oven and set the mold onto a cooling rack. Brush the top with the remaining tablespoon melted butter. Let the panettone cool for at least 1 hour before cutting it.</span></div>
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Stephen King's book, John Grisham's book, pills, one toilet paper roll, a window shelf full of snotty toilet paper, an empty teacup, no make that two empty teacups... ahhh the mess that surrounds me is the result of a cold that put me to bed.<br />
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I just watched the movie A star is born. Some woman asshole on YouTube ruined it for me, because she revealed the ending and it wasn't that type of video where you would expect to hear something like this. That's just the worst. It was okay, a little bit corny and heavy at the same time. I'm not into sad movies anymore. They drain me too much. You know the empathy rule? Don't watch sad movies if you're an empath. I just made it up. You will cry 100 %. So, watch happy movies instead. Simple.<br />
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If you live alone, then you know what a drag it is to get sick. It took me forever to wash the dishes. I managed to bake bread because I'm definitely not able to go to the grocery store. Superwoman right here, signing off.<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato; font-size: medium;">½ teaspoon vanilla</span></div>
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This feeling rubs off. It slowly disappears, the minutiae of life makes you forget this feeling of gratefulness. The boss is annoying again, customers are angry creatures, money is tight, you feel fat, you don't feel connected to yourself and your spouse... it's gone, the feeling is gone, let's go back to feeling and acting angry. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Honestly, this makes my blood boil. I see it too often. I hate it. <o:p></o:p><br />
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What is your problem?!? What are you doing?! You are screwing up your life. Do you realize this?? You need a REALITY CHECK! <o:p></o:p></div>
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I almost always have this kind of scenarios in my mind. The only thing that I fear (well besides driving, traffic, transport, deep water, and heights=) ) is losing someone I care about. All I want is for those people to be safe and happy. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I worked really HARD to get to this place of happiness, gratefulness, peace and because of this I really can't stomach it when someone is ungrateful and complains all the time, and speaks unkindly to people. REALLY HARD. And I get it, I've been there, but I'm not anymore and because of that I can't think the way I thought before.</div>
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I'm grown, I evolved, I matured. I can't go back.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Be grateful. Be respectful. Be kind, yes be kind! That overused phrase has a lot of meaning. Be calm. Speak with respect. Be gracious. Be pleasant. No one will want to be your friend, or your girlfriend/wife, boyfriend/husband if you don't make them feel good. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Just like Maya Angelou said: ''I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.'' It's true. I don't want to be around people who don't make me feel good. Or around people who don't respect me, appreciate me and take me for granted. I don't need that. I know what I deserve and I am not afraid to leave this kind of people behind. If you don't treat people with respect, you will LOSE good people that are worth having around, because they will NOT put up with it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I won't miss you, I will only enjoy the peace your absence gave me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So no, I won't hang out with people who gossip, complain but don't do anything about it, who are jealous, are negative. All this is childish to me. Grown people shouldn't behave like this. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And please don't get me wrong. Feeling upset because you feel disconnected from your partner is a VALID feeling. But then do something about it. Have an adult conversation with him. Tell him how you feel, without insulting him, without screaming and judging. Listen to his reasons for his actions. Or write him a letter/email, let it all out. Maybe you two can work it out. And maybe you can't and you have to go your separate ways. That's okay. It's not the end of the world. Read this post about healing yourself after a break up: <a href="https://itislovelyfood.blogspot.com/2018/08/how-to-heal-yourself-after-breakup.html" target="_blank">HOW TO HEAL YOURSELF AFTER A BREAKUP?</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Everything can resolve in one way or another, just do something about it. Don't just complain, yell and spread negativity. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Feeling stressed out because of your job is a VALID feeling. Make a plan, how can you refresh yourself and cope with the stress better. Maybe you need more time for yourself. Maybe you need to quit your job. Find some alternative, maybe you can go back to school and learn other skills. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I honestly think this is the most important blog post I have ever written. Share it with people who need to learn this lesson. I don't care about the clicks or numbers. My goals aren't sponsorship deals, I don't work with companies, I don't have ads on my blog, I blog because I love it, it's my pure joy, hobby, and passion because I like to write, photograph, cook, think and grow. And I like to share my lessons and leave a positive mark on this world.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Oh, they are so lovely. I started this day with 5-minute meditation about overthinking. </div>
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After the usual morning routine, I loaded my washing machine with dirty clothes and pressed start. I made these gluten-free pancakes yesterday in the late evening so I had to photograph it today. </div>
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What you see in these photos was my breakfast. So I photographed them after I loaded my washing machine and ate my breakfast when I finished. I don't drink coffee, but coffee is one gorgeous prop for food styling so I drank it today. Jessica Fletcher was my company during my breakfast. Oh, I love tv series 'Murder, she wrote' from the eighties! It's so cozy! </div>
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And now I'm going to throw together flour, yeast, water, sugar, and salt and make homemade bread. It's such a grey day outside, perfect for baking, reading, writing and watching a cozy mystery. Oh, and I have to cross my daily 15 minutes off French lessons of my list. </div>
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These pancakes were not sweet, so if you want them to be sweet use more coconut sugar or some other alternative. I think pancakes don't really need to be that sweet because the thing you put on them is normally so sweet that they are a good contrast to that. <b><i>Bon appetite!</i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1 cup white rice flour (150 g)</span></div>
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Nejahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14673674489914449746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766107768670250097.post-48208225865876544522019-01-26T11:25:00.000-08:002020-01-13T07:33:14.742-08:00Gluten-free banana bread<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't like having nightmares about people who are no longer in my life. Lately, I've been dreaming almost every week about someone who hurt me. And I'm wondering why. Because I believe that everything happens for a reason, that everything is a lesson and I believe in signs. So, I don't know why am I dreaming about this person, why are these dreams always traumatic and what is the universe trying to tell me. Oh man, just stop torturing me already.<br />
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On a lighter note, this gluten-free banana bread is a result of my cupboard cleanse. It's delightful. I am going to use a word that the majority of Americans hate the most - it's moist. It's moist, sweet and light. You can substitute sugar for something healthy. Enjoy!<br />
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Nejahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14673674489914449746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766107768670250097.post-59039511521621767872019-01-24T08:12:00.000-08:002019-01-24T08:12:30.947-08:00Forgiveness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our first reaction when we are in a position to forgive
someone is to say: ''Hell to the no! I'm forgiving shit! I was hurt! You don't
deserve to be forgiven! F off!''.. or something related, right?<o:p></o:p></div>
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This reaction is human, predictable and actually
understandable. <b>BUT</b> .. it leads to nowhere. It will cause you stress, pain,
anger, agitation, anxiety, worry, distress, anguish. You will become <b>BITTER</b>. No
one likes a bitter human being. You should never allow people to turn your
honey to vinegar. <b>NEVER</b>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yes, you probably do have a valid reason to be mad, but that
doesn't mean that it's justified to stay mad. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>LET IT GO</b>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The anger you feel and amount of time that you stay angry is
harming only one person, YOU. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>YOU</b> are hurting.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>YOU</b> are feeling stressed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>YOU </b>are crying.<o:p></o:p></div>
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That person isn't hurting. That person isn't even thinking
about you. Stop wasting your time. Your anger will change nothing. The best
quote I ever read about anger is: “Resentment is like taking poison and waiting
for the other person to die.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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You can't change what happened, you only have the power to
decide how will you react to it and how much of your life will you throw away
because of it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It's hard to forgive because we don't understand why was
that particular thing done to us. Or we didn't get that closure. Newsflash: you
will never get closure, closure doesn't exist. You just have to grow, recognize
all the lessons you have to learn through this and close that chapter. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Forgiveness is for <b>YOU </b>to be <b>FREE</b>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It's not just other people we need to forgive. A lot of
times we need to forgive ourselves. We need to forgive the mistakes that we
made, the times when we didn't do our best. Maybe we didn't know how to do
better. Maybe we weren't experienced enough. Maybe we didn't have the needed
emotional capacity. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Life is about learning, admitting our mistakes, apologizing
and doing better. You can move on and truly live when you forgive yourself and
others. Nothing is holding you back at that point. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Forgiveness will release so much heartache. You will be able
to breathe and feel the peace. ''Make peace with your broken pieces.''<o:p></o:p></div>
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And since I believe in Buddhism I must add that forgiveness
is good karma. Life will reward you for it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>FORGIVE AND BE FREE!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Nejahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14673674489914449746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766107768670250097.post-47143226729289213882019-01-22T10:33:00.000-08:002019-01-22T10:33:11.583-08:00Vegan Cashew Caramel Clusters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Fun</b>. I have a lot of nights when I blast music on my headphones and dance along. The perks of living alone.<br />
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Every time I'm doing it, I think to myself: ''This feels so great, I'm having so much fun. Gosh, I should do this more often. I should listen to music more often (because I don't do it regularly). I should go to concerts. I should go clubbing.'' <br />
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These nights are such a healthy reminder that LIFE SHOULD BE FUN! Life should be spent laughing, dancing, singing, creating memories. I laugh a lot, but it's true, I miss music in my life. Having fun IS IMPORTANT! That's the sauce of life. Why are we living if not for having fun? Fun gives you the energy that you need to deal with irritating people. Don't underestimate the importance of having the most glorious fun.<br />
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I've dedicated the year 2019 to something that I won't reveal just now, but I'm adding another thing to it: FUN!!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: lato; font-size: 14.3px;">Recipe from: <a href="https://www.paleorunningmomma.com/paleo-vegan-cashew-caramel-clusters/" target="_blank">P</a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato;"><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><a href="https://www.paleorunningmomma.com/paleo-vegan-cashew-caramel-clusters/" target="_blank">aleo Running Momma </a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato; font-size: medium;">2 cups pitted dates (350 g)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato; font-size: medium;">Date Caramel</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato; font-size: medium;">1 cup raw cashews roughly chopped or peanuts (150 g) + pinch of salt</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato; font-size: medium;">1 and 1/2 cups chocolate (265 g)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato; font-size: medium;">1/2 tsp coconut oil</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato; font-size: medium;">First, make the date caramel (you can even make this a day or more ahead of time, but you don't need to).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato; font-size: medium;">Assuming your dates are a bit dry, soak them in the hot water (almost boiling) for 1-2 hours or until they're super soft.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato; font-size: medium;">Put the dates plus any leftover water in a food processor and process on high for one minute at a time, scraping the sides of the bowl until your "caramel" is nice and thick and creamy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato; font-size: medium;">Once creamy, add the vanilla and salt and pulse until fully combined and smooth.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato; font-size: medium;"><u>To make the cashew caramel clusters:</u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato; font-size: medium;">Lightly toast your chopped cashews (or peanuts or any kind of nuts), put them in a skillet over medium heat, stirring, until lightly browned, and sprinkle with a bit of sea salt.(You can skip this step and use nuts in just the way they are).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato; font-size: medium;">Now, either in the microwave or in a small saucepan over very low heat, melt your chocolate and coconut oil, stirring, until melted and creamy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato; font-size: medium;">Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and spoon small scoops of the nuts about 2 inches apart - I made 20 total.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato; font-size: medium;">Top with a small scoop of the date caramel, gently sticking the loose nuts to the caramel.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato; font-size: medium;">Carefully spoon or pour the melted chocolate mixture over each cluster, using up all the chocolate, then chill the clusters on the baking sheet in the refrigerator until the chocolate hardens to form a shell.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato; font-size: medium;">Serve and enjoy! Store leftover candy in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to a week or longer. Leftover date caramel should be kept in the refrigerator in a lidded container for up to two weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SL;"><i>Isn't this sad and concerning?</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SL;">How many times have you said to yourself these words?:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li>Nobody likes me.</li>
<li>I am too old.</li>
<li>I will never get there.</li>
<li>I am not lovable.</li>
<li>I am stupid.</li>
<li>I am not beautiful/handsome enough.</li>
<li>I am behind.</li>
<li>I am not capable of.</li>
<li>I am not good enough.</li>
<li>I am not worthy of.</li>
<li>I am disappointing everyone. </li>
<li>I will never be successful.</li>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SL;">I said a whole bunch of hurtful things to myself. When I put myself in the mind of the old me, I feel EXHAUSTED. I can't believe how CRUEL I was to myself. And for what? Why? What did I do to deserve this kind of pain? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SL;"><b>Nothing.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SL;">I did it because, sadly, a lot of us are kind of ''programmed'' to be self-deprecating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SL;">Another reason: childhood. When you are born you are basically a brand new, fresh person. You know nothing. But you feel a lot. And every emotion that you feel is a brand new feeling, this is why it's so strong. You will forever remember how it felt when something in your childhood hurt you. Or when you felt happy, safe, loved. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SL;">And also, when you are so inexperienced you think, that the whole world revolves around you and when people around you don't act like it does, it hurts you to the core of your soul. Or maybe you grew up in a family where you weren't emotionally supported, loved, heard, seen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SL;">Maybe someone said you aren't good enough. And you believed it. First of all, this kind of negative hurtful words have <b>NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU</b>. They have everything to do with that person. They are self-loathing and because of that, they aren't capable of being supportive, loving, kind, gentle, positive and they are lashing out. You can't change them, the only thing you can do is to remove yourself from this kind of negative situation and lead by example. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SL;">Not being able of accepting that you did a mistake can also cause self-hate. This was my biggest problem. I now know that the only way to become good at something is by making mistakes. Every time I make a mistake I'm happy because I know, that I was courageous enough to try, I know that I'm one mistake closer to my goal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SL;">Or you compare yourself with <b>EVERYONE</b> on Instagram, facebook, in a fashion magazine... (Which is insanity. You are the only one that thinks, looks, do things like you do. Embrace it!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SL;">All this can make you feel unworthy of being loved, incapable of being good in school, at work, being successful. You believing this was the only way to survive. You adapted, you started believing it. It became a <b>HABIT</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SL;">I became a really reasonable person and when I think about this, that so many people (including my past self) don't live their best lives and are throwing their life away because of a <b>HABIT</b> (!!), I don't know whether to cry or throw a chair through the window. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SL;">When you think for example that you're not smart enough, you don't study for your exam, because you believe that you will fail anyway. And then you <b>DO FAIL</b>. But not because you are stupid, but because you didn't study!! But this failure ''proves'' to you, that you are stupid. And the bad cycle continues. The same goes for everything. You think you're not beautiful and you stuff your face with cake, burgers and ice cream and then you get pimples, you gain weight... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SL;">Life is what <b>YOU</b> make of it. It's the result or sum of <b>YOUR CHOICES</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SL;">Take a little bit of time and just think about every time you doubted yourself and when you limited yourself. Be conscious about it when you do it the next time and NIP IT IN THE BUTT!! STOP IT! How different would your life be if you wouldn't limit yourself? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SL;">But you just have to work on everything that you need to do to become successful, fit, good at some particular thing, to become a fun, lovely, kind, warm person to be around.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The end of the year calls for some cleaning and organizing.<br />
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That's exactly what I have been doing lately. I'm breaking up with everyone and everything that doesn't serve me in a positive way.<br />
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<i>I am letting go. </i><br />
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I am distancing myself from people who don't have a positive impact on me. People who don't appreciate me, insult me, are negative, angry and don't make me smile.<br />
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I threw away old makeup, I think I got rid of like 15 lipsticks and lip glosses. I'm currently going through my freezer and cooking stuff that has been in there for God knows how long. I got rid of a lot of my clothes a while ago. The same goes for other junk that was just floating in my flat for no reason at all. I'm ticking off things that were forever waiting on my to do lists. I'm organizing files on my phone and computer.<br />
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I want to start 2019 without unnecessary baggage.<br />
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3 cups all-purpose flour<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 teaspoon salt<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 teaspoon baking soda<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 teaspoon baking powder<o:p></o:p></div>
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2½ Tablespoons Pumpkin Pie Spice<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 cup granulated sugar<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 cup vegetable oil<o:p></o:p></div>
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3 cups chilled pumpkin puree<o:p></o:p></div>
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2 large eggs<o:p></o:p></div>
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½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature<o:p></o:p></div>
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8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract<o:p></o:p></div>
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Move oven rack to middle positions, and preheat the oven to 350° F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and spices; set aside. In a separate large bowl, whisk sugars and oil together. Add pumpkin puree and whisk to combine thoroughly. Whisk in eggs and vanilla until combined. Sprinkle flour mixture over pumpkin mixture and whisk until completely combined and no flour streaks remain.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Use a cookie scoop with a 1.5-2 tablespoons capacity to drop dough onto prepared baking sheets, about 1 inch apart. Baking 1 cookie sheet at a time, bake 10-12 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cookie comes out clean. Remove from the oven and cool on pan for about 10 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat butter until smooth with no visible lumps. Add cream cheese and beat until combined. Add powdered sugar, maple syrup, and vanilla and beat until smooth. Be careful not to overbeat filling or it will thin out. If you feel filling is too loose, put it in the fridge for about 30 minutes to firm up.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Turn half of the cooled cookies upside down. Pipe filling onto flat side of overturned cookies. Place another cookie, flat side down, on top of filling. Press down slightly so that filling spreads to cookie edges. Repeat until all cookies are used. If you’re using sprinkles to garnish, hold each whoopie pie in your hand and sprinkle the garnish in the crack of the whoopie pie and turn until all exposed frosting is covered. Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>When is the right time to give up on someone? </i><br />
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This is my current struggle and no, I'm not talking about my man. He is the biggest sweetheart.<br />
Do you feel me? You know, when you really, <b>REALLY</b> want just the best for someone and that person could easily have it, but because of their life choices, they have a difficult life. Can you relate?<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato;">16 oz shrimp peeled and deveined with tail off (if frozen, thawed)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato;">1/2 small yellow onion diced</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato;">3/4 cup heavy cream (180 g)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato;">12 oz dried linguine pasta (cooked according to package directions)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato;">Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat</span></div>
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<a name='more'></a>I don’t think you can really evolve if you keep staying in the same bubble.<br />
You know, like forever living in the same city, hanging out with the same people, being in the same relationship from a young age, having the same job. It’s just not possible. I think new people and new places have such a huge impact on us, that it’s easy to change and grow when you’re exposed to it.<br />
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And you simply<b> MUST</b> grow. Staying the same all your life is like eating the same meal every day or watching the same movie every day. It’s <b>BORING</b>. You’re actually regressing if you stay the same. <b>So, grow a pair and switch it up.</b><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1 large eggplant</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">2 cups tomato sauce (You can use store bought or make this one)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Recipe</span></b></div>
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sweet potatoes</div>
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peanut butter</div>
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avocado</div>
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black sesame seeds</div>
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tomatoes</div>
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banana</div>
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chocolate</div>
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walnuts</div>
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humus, any fruit and vegetables, nuts, butter nuts, Smoked salmon, Bacon, cinnamon ...</div>
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Wash your sweet potato.</div>
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Pre-heat oven to 200°C (400°F).</div>
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Cut sweet potato lengthwise into thin slices, about 6 mm (1/4″) thick. </div>
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Coat sweet potato slices with a small amount of oil. Season with salt and pepper and place on a baking sheet with a little room between each slice.</div>
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Bake for about 15-20 minutes, flip slices over and bake for another 15-20 minutes or until a fork can easily pierce the sweet potato. Don’t overcook or the sweet potato toast will become mushy.</div>
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Remove from oven and top with your toppings of choice.</div>
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I topped my first slice with peanut butter, apple slices and walnuts, second slice with peanut butter, banana slices and shaved chocolate, the third one with avocado slices and black sesame seeds, forth slice with mashed avocado and tomato slices.</div>
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I think these photos from the Autumn picnic A. and I had one year ago, are my favorite.<br />
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The scenery is breathtaking, just beautiful Slovenian nature all around us. It was happening during Autumn and I like Autumn, I like every season. These raw vegan balls were tasty but the icing on the cake is always the company. Who are you spending your time with is really the only thing that matters.<br />
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Recipe from: <a href="https://thehealthyfamilyandhome.com/crunchy-raw-protein-balls/" target="_blank">The healthy family and home</a></div>
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1 cup almond flour</div>
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4 tablespoons organic raw/vegan protein powder</div>
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1/2 cup organic nut butter</div>
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1/4 cup organic sesame seeds</div>
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1/4 cup organic chia seeds</div>
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1/4 cup organic raw cacao powder</div>
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2 - 3 tablespoons organic maple syrup</div>
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1 tablespoon organic coconut oil</div>
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Add all ingredients to a food processor and process until everything is well combined and in a crumbly, paste-type consistency.</div>
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Scoop out a small spoonful at a time and squeeze tightly in the palm of your hands, then roll them into a small ball shape.</div>
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Serve plain, or roll in organic sesame seeds, organic cacao nibs, organic shredded coconut flakes, organic raw cacao powder, organic sunflower seeds, organic chia seeds, etc.</div>
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Store in the refrigerator in an air-tight BPA-free container and they will become firmer.</div>
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Recipe from: <a href="https://juliasalbum.com/sun-dried-tomato-and-mushroom-pasta/" target="_blank">Julia's album</a></div>
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2 tablespoons olive oil</div>
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8 oz mushrooms sliced</div>
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3 garlic cloves minced</div>
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3.5 oz sun-dried tomatoes diced</div>
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2 cubes chicken bullion (use Vegetarian "Chicken" Bouillon for vegetarian version)</div>
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2 cups water</div>
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1/2 cup half and half</div>
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1/2 cup heavy cream</div>
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1/2 cup Parmesan cheese shredded</div>
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1 tablespoon dried basil or up to 2 tablespoons minced fresh basil</div>
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1/2 lb fettuccine pasta</div>
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Heat olive oil on medium-high heat, add sliced mushrooms and garlic - and cook the vegetables for about 3 minutes. Add diced sun-dried tomatoes. Reduce heat.</div>
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Dissolve 2 cubes of chicken bullion in 2 cups of boiling water. Carefully add the broth to the skillet - continue to cook the vegetables in a chicken broth on medium heat until the mushrooms and sun-dried tomatoes absorb some of the broth and the broth reduces somewhat. Add half and half, heavy cream and bring to boil just for a short moment. Add Parmesan cheese and cook the sauce, stirring, for a couple of minutes, on low-medium heat until the cheese melts. Add the basil.</div>
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If your sauce is too thick at this point - add another 1/2 cup half and half. If your sauce looks thin to you - do not continue simmering the sauce to thicken it as you will be adding pasta shortly (in the next step) - and pasta will absorb some of the sauce liquid. Even if the sauce looks thin now, it will not be so thin once you add pasta.</div>
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Cook fettuccine al dente according to the package instruction. Drain and rinse in cold water (this will stop the cooking). Add the fettuccine into the sauce and continue cooking the sauce with the pasta in it, on medium heat, for a couple of minutes (or more - to achieve the desired thickness) stirring constantly to coat well.</div>
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Note: do not add salt to the creamy sauce because it should already be salty enough from the dissolved chicken cubes. Only in the very end when the sauce is done, you may add some salt if needed.</div>
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WHAT IS HALF AND HALF? Half and half is the US milk product that combines half milk half cream to form a lighter cream unlike heavy cream. To make 1 cup of half and half, combine 1/2 cup milk and 1/2 cup regular cream (heavy, or whipping cream).</div>
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<b>The type of people I don’t want in my life. </b><br />
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I don’t want to be around people who make sexual innuendos. You know what men, we women don’t really care if you like our face, boobs or ass. We aren’t just a piece of meat. We aren’t here just to serve your sexual needs. We didn’t ask for your opinion on our looks. Your opinion on our looks doesn’t matter in the place of work. It’s inappropriate to comment on that and completely out of line and unprofessional. We want to look good for ourselves and our partner and your opinion is irrelevant.<br />
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I don’t want to be around people who shit on everything and criticize everything. Like okay negative Nancy, calm down now. Be supportive and kind, it feels great, trust me. Don’t hate, congratulate.<br />
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I don’t want to be around people that make me feel uncomfortable and uneasy. Why should I spend my time feeling lousy because of someone? Or feel on edge? This makes me feel anxious and I don’t like it so I won’t put myself in a position where I feel like this.<br />
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I don’t want to be around people who talk shit behind people’s back. If I see you talking bad about someone, I already know you’re probably doing the same behind my back. Because you clearly have no conscience. No one has time for this type of losers, certainly not me. What you say to someone’s face doesn’t really matter. What you say behind their back matters.<br />
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I don’t want to be around people who aren’t compassionate and don’t feel empathy. As an empath myself, I perceive this as a very important personal trait.<br />
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I don’t want to be around people who love money more than they love people. And would do anything for money, even hurt people. I don’t like materialism, I find it really disgusting.<br />
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I don’t want to be around people who are aggressive. In any kind of way. Someone can be aggressive in the way they communicate and that’s not my cup of tea. It’s triggering.<br />
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I don’t want to be around people who are passive aggressive towards me. Oh, that’s just the worst. Clearly, you have a problem with me and instead of clearing things out, you would rather be an annoying bag of awfulness.<br />
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I don’t want to be around racists, homophobes, religious extremists, obnoxious, selfish, narcissistic, ignorant, sexist, hateful and self-centered people.<br />
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All this sounds very negative but there’s a lot of wonderful type of people who I love being around.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: lato; font-size: 14.3px;">Recipe from: <a href="https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/spinach-and-artichoke-galette/" target="_blank">H</a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lato;"><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><a href="https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/spinach-and-artichoke-galette/" target="_blank">alf baked harvest</a></span></span></div>
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3/4 cup all purpose flour</div>
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1/2 cup cornmeal</div>
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1/4 cup whole wheat flour</div>
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1/2 teaspoon salt</div>
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1 teaspoon black pepper</div>
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10 tablespoons cold unsalted butter cut into 1/2 inch cubes, 1 stick + 2 Tbs</div>
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1 egg yolk</div>
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ice water</div>
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1/4 cup olive oil</div>
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3 cloves large garlic minced</div>
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10 ounces fresh spinach or frozen thawed and drained</div>
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1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice</div>
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2 cups marinated artichoke hearts drained, about two 7 ounce jars</div>
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1 teaspoon dried basil</div>
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1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper</div>
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1/2 teaspoon salt</div>
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4 ounces fresh mozzarella sliced thin or grated, about 1 cup</div>
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2-4 ounces blue cheese broken into chunks</div>
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2 tablespoons pine nuts</div>
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1 egg beaten</div>
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2 tablespoons fresh basil for garnish</div>
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In the bowl of a food processor combine the flour, cornmeal, whole wheat flour, salt and pepper. Pulse once or twice to combine. Add the diced butter and pulse until you end up with small pieces of butter, similar to the size of rice.</div>
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In a small bowl, whisk together the one egg yolk and 3 tablespoons ice cold water. Add it to the dough and pulse until the dough comes together. If needed add 1-2 tablespoons more ice water. Turn the dough onto a floured work surface, knead a couple of times and then form the dough into a flat disk. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.</div>
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Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over medium heat, add the olive oil and the garlic. Cook for one to two minutes, until the garlic is fragrant (PLEASE - watch closely!! Don't burn the garlic.). Add the spinach and cook until just wilted. Remove and stir in the artichokes, basil, lemon juice, pepper and salt. Set aside.</div>
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Now grab your dough from the fridge. Flour your work surface and roll the dough to about 1/8-inch thick. Transfer to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Leaving a 3-inch border around the edges, top the dough with the mozzarella cheese, then the spinach + artichokes mix, then scatter on the blue cheese crumbles and finish off with a sprinkle of pine nuts.</div>
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Fold the edge of the dough over the filling. Brush the crust with the beaten egg. Place the galette in the fridge for 15 minutes or until ready to bake.</div>
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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Bake the galette for 45-55 minutes or until the crust is golden. </div>
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Allow to cool 5 minutes and then slice and serve with fresh basil and a drizzle of balsamic reduction if desired. The crust will be crumbly so cut small slices for easier serving.</div>
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<i>I don’t like it when ego gets in the way</i> of a peaceful and loving relationship, friendship, family relationship.<br />
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<b>Ego ruins everything.</b> I find it heartbreaking when the inability to admit a wrongdoing, a mistake making prevents peace and the end of an argument. The argument can’t end if someone doesn’t “play” fair.<br />
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I know that I did that sometimes in the past. It’s like you feel embarrassed for doing something wrong and then you just stand behind your mistakes like your life depends on it. You just need to win. Because it’s too heartbreaking to admit that you are the one in the wrong.<br />
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But you’re not fooling anyone with this actions. The other person knows that you’re wrong and because you’re not admitting it, you are truly hurting them and you make them question their own sanity and solution is nowhere near.<br />
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The problem you have, once these things click in your brain is, that you have to deal with people who aren’t aware of this. They don’t get it and they continue to ruin relationships because of their ego. It’s hard to be a witness to this.<br />
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Making mistakes is really not a big deal, we just tend to make a big deal out of it. Saying something mean in a heat of a moment doesn’t have to be a big deal. If you admit that it was wrong to say it and then say you’re sorry. You’re just human. You’re not perfect. Standing behind your mistakes <b>IS</b> wrong.<br />
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Admitting your mistakes and apologizing for it <b>BUILDS BRIDGES</b>. Sticking to your ego demolishes bridges.<br />
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1 tsp cornmeal</div>
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3 1/4 cups all purpose flour divided</div>
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1/2 tsp salt</div>
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1 envelope dried quick acting yeast </div>
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1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil divided</div>
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1 cup warm water</div>
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1 1/4 cups green and black olives with pits taken out</div>
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1 cup sliced red onion</div>
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1 1/2 cups artichoke hearts roughly chopped</div>
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2 tbsp fresh thyme chopped</div>
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2 tsp sea salt</div>
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Line a 13 x 9inch baking tray with parchment paper and sprinkle with the cornmeal. </div>
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In the bowl of a stand mixer with a dough hook attachment, add the 3 cups flour, salt, yeast, 2 tbsp of the olive oil and the water.</div>
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Mix on low speed until the dough comes together and then add 1/2 cup of chopped olives. Keep mixing for about 6-7 minutes. Form the dough into a ball with your hands.</div>
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Transfer the dough to a bowl rubbed lightly on the inside with olive oil.</div>
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Cover with a clean towel and let rise for about 60-90 minutes and has almost doubled in size.</div>
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Dust your work surface with some of the extra flour and dump the dough out not top of it.</div>
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Punch the air out of the dough and divide into four evenly sized pieces.</div>
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Form each piece into a ball and roll out with a rolling pin to about 6 inches wide. Place the circles of dough onto the prepared baking tray.</div>
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Pour some of the olive oil over each loaf and press into it with your finger tips to form the focaccia dimples.</div>
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Top each loaf with some red onion slices, more chopped olives, artichoke and fresh thyme.</div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1/2 cup dry quinoa</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">Cook quinoa according to directions on package and cool completely. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">While quinoa is cooling, whisk together all of the dressing ingredients in a jar or bowl. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">Add lettuce to a salad bowl, whisk dressing once more then pour 3/4 of the dressing over lettuce and toss until lettuce is evenly coated. Cover bowl and chill 15 minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">Remove salad from refrigerator, add apples, quinoa, nuts and cranberries. Pour remaining dressing over salad then toss.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">Add goat cheese and toss just lightly. Serve or store covered in refrigerator for up to 4 hours.</span></div>
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<i>Choosing your life.</i> That's the secret to happiness. At the end of the day, your life is exactly the way you chose or accepted it.<br />
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Yes, of course, you are born into certain circumstances and you can't do much about it or change it when you're a kid. But when you're a grown ass woman or a grown ass man, you CAN change SO MUCH! It takes a lot of self-reflecting to realize how much your life depends on your own choices and actions. You maybe don't realize this but, every time you just accept something even though you hate it, can't stand it, can't live with it, don't like it... it's your own fault that you're suffering because of it. YOU allowed it. You might think: ''But there's no other way '' or ''I have no other choice'', ''I have to be kind, polite..'' or '' Then they will be mad at me or resent me''.<br />
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First of all, there's ALWAYS another way, you might just have to adjust or change your way of thinking, see things from a different perspective. The truth is, you can't see things from a different perspective if you don't work on yourself and if you don't have evolved people around you. I love it when I ask someone for advice and that person explains to me my situation from their point of view, which is at the same time a totally different perspective.<br />
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Second of all, why do you care what ANYONE thinks of you? Why does that matter? Why are other's people opinions more important than your feelings, your happiness, your mental health? Can you change how other people think about you, how they perceive you? Can you change the whole world? Can you influence other people in this way? You can't. They aren't like you, so they probably don't even appreciate the same personal characteristics or they lack emotional intelligence, so why would you want to waste even a minute of your precious life for such useless action as not choosing something that's good for you, because you're afraid what people will think of you?<br />
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The thing is, these decisions are DIFFICULT and a lot of these decisions take years to make them. But the great thing is that it doesn't matter when you make them, as long as you make them one day. And I think that because it's hard to make such decisions people think they are just a slave to their destiny. That's there's nothing they can do to change their life.<br />
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Another action that is so essential for happiness is being grateful. Being grateful for everything you DO have. I'm so grateful for everything I have and because of that, every little positive thing that happens to me is such a big bonus. If I would think about all the things I don't have, I would go insane. So why would I do that?<br />
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The last thing, I REALLY stopped comparing myself to other people. I am me, I am on my own journey, I see things differently, there's no one else like me, I am the only person with my feelings, my memories, my life events, my pain, my disappointments, mistakes, failures, frustrations, my goals, my wishes, and needs. The only person I compare myself with is my past self. I've come a long way.<br />
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Yes, this has absolutely nothing to do with Soy Sauce Noodles. I'm always writing about the things that are important to me. Why on earth would I want to be so boring and write five or more paragraphs about these noodles? I loved them, it's one of my favorite recipes and I can tell you that I ate more than one bowl of it, but that's it. What more can I write about it? At the end of the day, you have to try them yourself, my opinion doesn't really matter when it comes to your taste.<br />
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<i>C’est la vie!</i><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1 tablespoon soy sauce</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine*</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">2 teaspoons dark soy sauce or tamari</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">2 teaspoons sesame oil</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">2 teaspoons dark brown sugar</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1 teaspoon sriracha</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">2 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">3 ounces (2 ‘bundles’) thin Hong Kong-style egg noodles</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">2 garlic cloves, minced</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">2 green onions, sliced into matchsticks, white/light green and darker green parts separated</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1 medium carrot, thinly sliced into matchsticks or ribbons</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, dark soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, sesame oil, sugar, and sriracha. Set aside.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add noodles and cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until tender. Drain and rinse under cool water.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">In a large skillet or wok, heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil over medium-high until it shimmers. Add noodles and cook for 2-3 minutes, without stirring, until bottoms are slightly browned. Flip over as best you can and let cook for another 2 minutes. (Even though the noodles will not get entirely crispy, this step helps dry them out so they do not stick and absorb all the flavorful sauce.) Slide noodles onto a plate and set aside temporarily.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">Return skillet to medium-high heat with remaining 1 tablespoon oil. Add garlic along with white and light green parts of green onion and quickly sautée until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Return noodles to skillet along with soy sauce mixture. Toss well with a pair of tongs or chopsticks, breaking up clumps of noodles as you go, until noodles are entirely coated, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add dark green parts of green onion, carrot ribbons, and bean sprouts and cook for 1 minute more or until just softened.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">Remove from heat and divide among bowls; serve immediately.</span></div>
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<i>One season ended</i>, <i>another one begun.</i> Such a wonderful time to make some last meals that are full of Summer fruits and vegetables. There's not a lot of time left before my kitchen will start to smell like pumpkins, cinnamon, apples, pears, ginger, beets, sweet potatoes, pomegranates, muffins, cookies, tea, hot chocolate, scones, whoopie pies, and candles. <i>So satisfying! </i><br />
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Soups are not my first meal of choice but I really do like thick soups. Every Summer I make the most out of my mother's tomatoes, meaning I eat tomatoes a few times a week. My favorite type of tomatoes is cherry tomatoes. Small and full of flavor!<br />
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This soup will make you feel like you've got your life all figured out and that you're a pretty decent cook. Or maybe it will wash a sucky day away! Don't forget to toast a slice of bread with cheese on top! This will make it the ultimate comfort meal. <i>Bon appetite!</i><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato"; font-size: medium;">1.2 kg | 2 1/2 lbs Roma tomatoes , halved lengthwise</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato"; font-size: medium;">2 cups lightly packed fresh basil leaves , roughly torn</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato"; font-size: medium;">Preheat oven to 430°F | 220°C. Place tomatoes on a baking tray with the garlic cloves. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons of oil, season with salt and pepper, and roast for about 25 minutes, or until soft and charred on the tops.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato"; font-size: medium;">While tomatoes are roasting, heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a medium-sized pot/saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onion, peppers (capsicum) and potato; cook while occasionally stirring, until the onion is transparent and the potato begin to crisp on the outer edges (about 6-7 minutes). Stir the tomato paste through the potatoes and onion; pour in the broth/stock; season with extra salt; cover and bring to a boil.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato"; font-size: medium;">Reduce heat to low; simmer for about 15 minutes or until potato is just tender when tested with a fork. Add the tomatoes, garlic and basil to the broth (save 2 tablespoons of basil to use as garnish if you wish); continue to simmer until the basil is just soft (about 2 minutes). Blend soup using a stick blender until smooth.</span></div>
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My '<b>Negativity cup</b>' got full and that's the best thing that could ever happen to me. Once you get sick of something, there's no way of turning back and repeating that mistake.<br />
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I was so incredibly susceptive to bad things that happened to other people because I'm so empathetic to the point of ruining my own happiness and life. I often thought to myself: ''How can I be happy, if this particular person isn't?''. I feel like I tortured myself for three decades for no particular reason. Now that I'm wiser, more experienced and knowledgeable I know that it really was for no particular reason.<br />
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That type of personal self-sabotage is something that requires years and years of work, failures, mistakes, lost relationships and some hope. I mean, at least in my experience it does. By having ALL THIS under your belt, you one day really just get sick of it. And you're done.<br />
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No more allowing negative things or thoughts to penetrate my brain. No more thinking about worst case scenarios. No more defining my sense of worth from other people's opinions about me. No more worrying about the things I can't change. No more criticizing myself in a really negative way. No more focusing on bad things that happened to me or other people. No more, no more.<br />
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Instead, I'm searching for positive things, unstressful relationships, laughter, kindness, calmness, gentleness, brightness, warmth, patience, quietness, sweetness, peace, tolerance, serenity, rationality, contentment, and harmony.<br />
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<i>Life is so much easier!</i><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">2 tbsp chia seeds</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">½ light coconut milk (or other non-dairy milk that you enjoy)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">The night before (or at least an hour before serving), mix chia seeds, cardamom, and milk. Stir very well every 5 minutes for the first 15 minutes, then let it gel up in the fridge.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">Layer the plum sauce and chia pudding in a small glass and enjoy!</span></div>
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<b>I love creative people.</b> I love them so much. That's what life is all about. The feeling of wanting to create something, to pour something out of your own heart and head is what makes you feel so full. It's interesting to see that in someone, it's attractive, beautiful, exciting. You can have the most interesting conversation with someone who has that sparkle in their eyes when they talk about their passion. Plus the feeling of being creative is so rewarding. Day by day, year by year... you're creating something... piece by piece. It might feel like it's nothing, but then you look back and you see that something is there. You can be proud of yourself. That pushes you forward.<br />
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Another incredible thing is when you connect with people who share the same passions. Or have the same taste. That's EVERYTHING! Like going to concerts with someone who loves that music just as intensely as you do. Singing and dancing along. Passionately reviewing movies, books... And you say: ''Your mind is just like mine!''<br />
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Maybe you think that you have no interests, hobbies, passions. Think again. Don't give up on yourself. Think about everything that intrigues you just a little bit. Then expand and explore that. I'm positive you can find something. Give it time.<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">4 cups sifted all-purpose flour</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1 tablespoon sugar</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">3 teaspoons salt</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1/2 teaspoon dried oregano</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1/2 teaspoon dried basil</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1/4 teaspoon dried sage</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1 large egg, lightly beaten</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1 teaspoon white vinegar</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1/2 cup ice cold water</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1 1/2 cups cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces (3 sticks or 24 tablespoons)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">2 shallots, thinly sliced</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">2 tablespoons unsalted butter</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1/4 teaspoon salt</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1 teaspoon brown sugar</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">2 sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced thinly on a mandolin</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">6 ounces goat cheese, crumbled</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1 tablespoon roasted pepitas (pumpkin seeds)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">2 tablespoons chopped flat leaf parsley</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">2 teaspoons chopped fresh basil</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">Add the flour, sugar, herbs, and salt to a food processor and pulse just until combined. In a small bowl, whisk mix together the egg, vinegar, and water. Add the cold butter pieces into the food processor and pulse until small coarse crumbs remain. Sprinkle the water/egg mixture over the flour and pulse again until the dough comes together.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "lato";">Remove the dough with your hands and wrap it in plastic wrap. This dough makes enough for 2 galette crusts, so you can either separate it into 2 sections now or separate it after it’s refrigerated. Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes.</span></div>
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<b>First impressions.</b> I've heard something really interesting about first impressions. You would think, that only two people are present when two meet for the first time. But there are actually six people present. The first person is who you really are. The second person is who the other person really is. The third person is who you assume the other person is. The fourth person is who that person assumes you are. The fifth person is who you present yourself as. The sixth person is who the other person presents as.<br />
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And it's so true. It's hard to be the real you when you meet someone for the first time. And it's hard to see the other person as who they really are. First impressions are important. But they are also very bull shitty.<br />
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1/2 cup butter, room temperature</div>
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1 cup light brown sugar</div>
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1 large egg, room temperature</div>
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract</div>
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1/2 teaspoon salt</div>
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1 cup cocoa</div>
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1/2 cup flour</div>
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda</div>
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6 tablespoons salted butter</div>
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2 tablespoons instant espresso powder</div>
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1 1/4 cups powdered sugar</div>
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1 teaspoon milk</div>
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Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease or line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.</div>
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<i>(I wrote this on my phone two years ago, during my bus ride and I still agree with myself.)</i><br />
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... first, you cry and feel absolutely devastated and gutted. You feel like the world ended but pretty quickly you realize it didn't end for other people, it ended only for you.<br />
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Well, not really, you just feel like it did and I think that's alright. You must be broken. Being broken is an opportunity to be <b>REBUILT</b> into new you - which is so much better than the old you. This is how growing up and evolving looks like.<br />
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You <b>NEED THIS</b>.<br />
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Everyone should go through a couple of breakups in their lives. Just like the actor Anna Faris said in her podcast Unqualified: "I don't trust people who have never been heartbroken."<br />
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The most heartbreaking thought I had when I was going through my pain was 'oh my God, he will NEVER AGAIN come home TO ME through that door'.<br />
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Okay, so... first you're broken, then you're manic and you start meeting new people and you start to date again: intentionally or not intentionally.<br />
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I did it not intentionally. I had no wish, desire or plan to date after my breakup two years ago, but I was open to meeting new people and things naturally transformed into dating (which surprised me). I was so busy and distracted by meeting new people (not just in dating kind of way) and so all over the place that I didn't have time to feel pain. I was just happy all the time. I refused to be the old me who always marinated in pain.<br />
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But then one day I hit the brakes and I intentionally stop hanging out with people all the time and I started hurting, crying, looking back again. You can't run away from the things you need to work on, it will <b>ALWAYS</b> catch up to you. You can't be practical when it comes to your feelings and devastating life events. You can't ignore it and pretend it didn't happen.<br />
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I personally don't feel good around people who don't allow themselves to feel pain and make a taboo out of it. This is not healthy. You need to deal with it, analyze what happened, objectively look at what <b>YOU</b> did wrong, what are the things you need to work on.<br />
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Love relationships are a huge opportunity for you to work on yourself and become the best version of yourself, to become the person who will make <b>YOU</b> happy. Your boyfriend or girlfriend can't do that and don't put that pressure on them. Most people do this. Especially girls and women have that kind of mentality: "One day my perfect guy will come around and save me, heal me, make me happy, make everything alright. I just haven't met him yet." Well, this is utter garbage and nonsense. Work on yourself, reach your personal goals and only then be open for meeting new people because this means you will have your true inner happiness, calmness and you will make your decision on who you will start dating from the place of <b class="">POWER</b> and not from a place of <b>FEAR</b>.<br />
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What kind of mumbo jumbo is this you ask? Well, think about it. We always think about the perfect girlfriend or boyfriend we want to be in a relationship with, but do you ever ask yourself would that perfect person want to date you? What do <b>YOU</b> have to offer? You can meet that perfect person but if you're not in a good place and you haven't worked on yourself, then that person won't stay.<br />
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Once you've cried your eyes out and analyzed everything in your past relationship for the thousandth times, then slowly but surely life starts to calm down and you stop looking back. You start feeling your present self. You truly see and feel your new reality. You focus on people who are in your life <b>NOW</b>. And if you are that evolved, then you truly appreciate them.<br />
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Then you focus on yourself and you focus some more. And <b>THEN</b> it’s safe to date again.<br />
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But only if you really want to. Build <b>YOUR WORLD</b> on your own. Be happy on your own. Discover yourself. Spend your time with people who mirror your views on life, have similar hobbies, make you laugh and care for you. Be really strict when it comes to your friendships. Choose just the <b>BEST</b> people and by 'best' I mean people who you really want to spend your time with. You don't have to force anything, you're a grown-up, you have the balls to say no if you want to. This is <b>YOUR TIME</b>, you're free to do whatever you want. It's a glorious time!<br />
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If you stumbled upon these words because you were searching for them because you're going through a breakup, just like I was searching for them and wanted to be okay again, I can from the bottom of my heart honestly say to you: Sweety pie, you're going to be okay. Don't trust me, trust the process of life, it's exactly what I kept in my mind. You will later find out why this is a good thing. It will probably take a few years, just be patient and calm. You can gain so much from this earthquake if you're willing to put the work in.<br />
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One of the things that penetrated my brain that first horrible night was 'now I have a chance to experience fresh love again, share the first kiss with someone, to feel butterflies, to start again'. This gave me strength and hope. It helped a lot. So keep in mind this wonderful truth: now you have a chance to be so happy, so loved, cherished, admired, honored, accepted, adored! <b><i>Chin up buttercup</i></b>!Nejahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14673674489914449746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766107768670250097.post-20608483981512542082018-08-29T03:36:00.000-07:002018-08-29T03:36:43.616-07:00Tropical Kale Smoothie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm on a mission of pushing myself and allowing uncomfortable situations to enter my life because I know that this is the only way to achieve my goals.<br />
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I sit and think and I type this as I'm eating chocolate at 11:30 pm while listening to a podcast about Missing 411. Never heard of it? Google it.<br />
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I'm thinking about some very eye-opening words I've heard on some other podcast. The lesson goes like this:<br />
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Try stuff. Even if you're afraid. Your soul would be the size of a pea if you never tried anything. Just take three breaths and <b>DIVE INTO THE UNKNOWN</b>. Just be on the dark side. Trust your instinct. Do you want to go to sleep or do you want to run?<br />
Analyze stuff, how did you learn to be afraid? This culture labeled dark as something bad. That's not helpful.<br />
Life is not a train ride, meaning that you just have to pick the right train in your life, ride straight to the finish point and then get off. Life is a sailboat ride. The weather the wind and the currents change. Sometimes you have other people on the boat who can help you out. Sometimes the waves are rocky, some days there are storms and you <b>HAVE TO BE PATIENT</b>.<br />
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Recipe from: <a href="https://www.thisgalcooks.com/tropical-kale-smoothie/" target="_blank">This gal cooks</a></div>
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1 ¼ cup unsweetened almond milk</div>
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¼ cup plain whole milk yogurt</div>
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1 tsp vanilla extract</div>
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½ cup frozen mango</div>
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½ cup frozen pineapple</div>
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2 heaping cups of kale</div>
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Place all of the ingredients in a blender in the order listed. </div>
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Blend until smooth. Pour into glasses and enjoy.</div>
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