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Goal50: Summer 2019

Summer in Chicago is such a magical few months. If you have lived here you get it. You fight through the winter and the nasty spring ups...

Goal50 - May 2019

Month 1 of the Goal50 journey is complete. I really pushed to reach my monthly average goal distance. This is going to be harder than I...

Sweet Potato Crust Pizza

ElaVegan is on fire! Hot on the heels of the great gnocchi recipe we tried last week, we gave this gluten-free, vegan pizza crust a shot....

Baby Steps

The last nine months have been a challenge, to say the least. But I have set many goals to keep myself motivated. Some of the goals have...

Baked Portobello Burgers

I like mushrooms and mushroom sandwiches. The problem is that there is always something lacking for me. I think I am on to something with...

No Slowing Down

So 2019 is off to a roaring start! I can hardly believe the first quarter of the year has already passed and that it has been nearly four...

I Was Running

Later this week, on December 20th, I will surpass the three month mark since I had the surgery. I cannot believe it has been that long! I...

To Vegan or Not To Vegan

So I started this post over a month ago. I guess life has just kind of gotten in the way recently. I'm just going to start it all over....

Vegan Chili with "Meat"

It's late October and that can only mean one thing...chili season is upon us. I love chili and have been making it since I was a...

Spinach Salad with Skillet Apples

Recently Vanessa and I watched the documentary Forks Over Knives. It was an eye-opening film about the benefits of a whole-food,...

Farrotto

The leaves are turning and the air is getting crisper. My mind is beginning to wander to comfort food and one of my favorites is risotto....

Sauteed Spiralized Butternut Squash

I have to admit something...I love kitchen gadgets. I just got a new one and have been dying to try it out. Enter the KitchenAid...

Three Weeks In

It has been about two weeks since my last post. Lots has happened in this time. I've been feeling pretty well all in all. And have been...

Grateful to be Home

I've been home for just over a week now and couldn't be happier to be here. The recovery process is kind of boring. It involves a lot of...

Miracle of Modern Medicine

Just to give you a heads up, there will be unedited photos in this post that some people may find disturbing (I don't but I'm not super...

This is Me

Shortly after being wheeled back into my hospital room after the angiogram, the cardiologist entered the room. “You have three major...

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