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Half Marathon Training: three months in

04.20.16

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THIS IS IT.  THIS IS THE END.  well besides the actual race!  but we made it through THREE long months of me rambling on about how annoying training was!!

i'm super excited to give you a race rundown next week – but just know that i'm alive and well and still walking.  today we're talking about the last month of training! Read More

Diet Specific / Make It WHole30 / Poultry / Recipes / Sandwich

Basil Mayo Turkey Sandwiches

04.19.16

first! a quick congrats to the giveaway winners Mikki & Margaret!  i'll be sending out your copies of Eating in the Middle today ❤

Turkey Basil Mayo Sandwiches

okay. okay. okay. i know this is like obnoxious.  whooooo posts a recipe for turkey sandwiches.  isn't that like SO basic?  guess what my friend, the answer is NO.  its not crazy basic.  especially when you decide to make basil mayo turkey sandwiches because lifeeeeeee needs them.

i promise you this is the best freaking turkey sandwich you'll ever have.  know how i know? because i originally had this sandwich on a trip in California in 2013.  THREE YEARS AGO. and it was still burned in my brain to the point that i HAD to recreate it. Read More

Toppings

Sunday Sprinkles

04.17.16

Sunday Sprinkles

  1. ITS RACE DAY AND IM PETRIFIED.  seriously.  in an hour ill be taking off to run my first half marathon and i think i'm going to cry.  i'll be posting on wednesday with my last training recap & details on the race, but if you're looking for how i'm doing/dealing you can always check out my fitness insta @ashtonesup.
  2. for all my perfectionist friends out there.
  3. my momma came down to watch me run my race and we've been having the best weekend.  it's been super fun/nice.  after the race is over we're heading to boozy brunch ?
  4. um, i like bloody mary's now??? WHO KNEW? i think i mentioned this last week? but since then i've had 2 or 3 that i ORDERED ON MY OWN LIKE A WEIRDO.  what is happening???
  5. i love love love this
  6. Has anyone used classpass?  what do you think? do you like it? is it worth it?  I HAVE TO KNOW ALL THE DETAILS.
  7. brooklyn99 is still hilarious as always.  um quantico – SHELBY NOOOOOOO WHAT ARE YOU DOING.  ugh.  i have to know all the things, is she being blackmailed or is she just cold hearted? i love her, i hope shes being blackmailed. ugh. scandal – i'm not up to date… as my boyfriend SO LOVINGLY COMPLAINS.
  8. is anyone else considering doing the Tone It Up Bikini Series?  I'm doing it!  We should do it together and be accountabilibuddies!
  9. JON SNOW STOPPPPPP. too many feels.  TOO MANY.

Sunday Sprinkles 2

Dairy Free / Diet Specific / Gluten Free / Paleo / Pork / Recipes / Whole30

Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin

04.12.16

check out the cookbook giveaway at the bottom of this post!  the giveaway is open until Saturday and i'll be giving away two copies of Eating in the Middle!

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Have you met Andie?  she's the author behind the wildly popular blog Can You Stay for Dinner?, the amazingly authentic memoir It was me all along, and now one of my favorite cookbooks Eating in the Middle.  When Andie writes, people want to listen – or at least I do.  She has a way of being so elegant and purposeful, while still making you feel like you're sitting in a coffee shop just chatting away.

She and Jessica from How Sweet Eats are the main reasons I started blogging, I like to call them my spirit bloggers.  which is exactly what I told her when I nervously emailed her last week asking if I could feature a recipe from her cookbook and host a giveaway.

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Sunday Sprinkles

04.10.16

  1. hiiii good morning!  happy sunday!  most of you are relatively new to my blog and got roped in by my momma's plea for support (but i'm OH SO GLAD to have you and eternally grateful and please please please don't leave me and we LOVE comments so comment on posts and tell me what you think and… oh we love run on sentences as well and i'm not sorry about it).  Just a quick low-down so you actually know what you've gotten yourself into… i post at least twice a week (sometimes more) on tuesdays we talk about a recipe i'm loving and on sundays i ramble on about whatever i feel like talking about.  if i post again during the week it'll usually be some cool new feature of posts. – SO this is sunday sprinkles where i talk about all the things you never knew you wanted to know.
  2. half marathon training update: it's TAPER week.  thank god.  the race is actually in a week and i'm so scared, but excited!  yesterday was a pretty awful 6 mile run.  my mom is coming down on friday to watch the race.  YAY!
  3. some of the most delicious and beautiful spaghetti pictures EVER.
  4. i'm writing this from Wake Forrest, NC!  Frankie and i are down here visiting his family, it's his mom's birthday weekend and we've had so much fun (even if the battle-axe said too much last night…)
  5. ugh i'm so indecisive all the time and #2/#3 – TOTALLY ME.
  6. i'm nervous to say this, but i think i want to start another whole30 after frankies birthday… i'm scared because of the two failed ones i had in January.  womp womp.
  7. TV – we're in NC so i haven't caught up! DONT TELL ME ANY SPOILERS.  also, frankie's ready to kill me because we're like 28937598234 episodes behind in scandal.  i'm thinking we need to just get a bottle of wine and some popcorn and watch them all tomorrow night Olivia Pope Style. OH BUT WERE INCREDIBLY EXCITED FOR GAME OF THRONES TO COME BACK.
  8. for all the pike place kitchen newbies – i love caps lock over here… sorry i'm not sorry about it.
  9. let's end with cats in the totally wrong place.
  10. OH OH OH. but make sure you check back in on Tuesday because i'm hosting a cookbook giveaway!
  11. OH AND if you subscribed via email… if you wanted to like the facebook page i'd love you FOREVER ❤️

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