Tag: Vegetarian
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Memories of my bachelorette party seem distant now that we have twin babies and have established a family life. But I remember my small crew being incredibly frustrated with me because rather than spend time getting ready for a fun night out, I decided to spend “a little time” making gnocchi for the crew. Sometimes…
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Whether you believe in a greater power or not is irrelevant to the overwhelming reality that we need divine intervention right now. The world is in turmoil. I believe that it is a time to open our doors, extend a seat at our tables, and have conversations about what unites us, and not what divides…
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I’m having to learn a very difficult practice, and that is balancing my own diet and weight goals versus those of the rest of my household. It has now been four months since my twins were born and I can proudly say that I’ve returned to my pre-pregnancy weight. In part this has a lot…
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Earlier this week, one of my twin babies, Lorenzo, learned to roll over onto his back. He was doing morning tummy-time when he suddenly figured out how to get his arms underneath him to flip over. We were both shocked when it happened, and we looked at each other momentarily before he gave me the…
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It has been about two weeks since we met Claudia, our au pair from Colombia. For weeks prior to her arrival I thought about different recipes that I could prepare to help her acclimate to our “culture”. It was also important for us to make Claudia feel at home and welcome, since she would be…
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You’ve probably never heard of such a thing. No worries, neither did I until I met my husband. One Friday night I came home and I told him that I didn’t feel like cooking, yet I also didn’t feel like going out to dinner. He knew this meant that he either had to make something…