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C-S-A-mazing | Motor City Girl in the Steel City
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Motor City Girl in the Steel City. Finding health, happiness and wedded bliss in Pittsburgh. I finally took the plunge! I joined my fellow fresh food lovers and signed up for a CSA share ( Community Supported Agriculture. From nearby Brenckle’s Farm. In my late spring basket, I received a huge head of lettuce, a bunch each of beets and radishes, big bags of spinach and arugula, chives, garlic scapes, and kohlrabi. I also got half a dozen free-range eggs (yum! And a pint of THE BEST STRAWBERRIES EVER!
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Family. Friends. Food. FANTASTIC! | Motor City Girl in the Steel City
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Motor City Girl in the Steel City. Finding health, happiness and wedded bliss in Pittsburgh. Family. Friends. Food. FANTASTIC! A couple of weeks ago, I exclaimed on Facebook (for. On a more immediate surface level, I had such a great Thanksgiving weekend filled with joy, love, relaxation, and way too much food! I hope your holiday was just as fantastic. Eric and I spent quality time with his parents and Pittsburgh relatives, dining on Soba. As good. A nearly perfect 4 days. Since I’m being entirely...
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Recipes | Motor City Girl in the Steel City
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Motor City Girl in the Steel City. Finding health, happiness and wedded bliss in Pittsburgh. Smoky White Bean Chili. Vegan, gluten-free, low-fat). Grilled Banana Challah French Toast. 1 large slice of Challah (egg) bread, broken into two. 1 egg, beaten. 2 tsp brown sugar. 1 medium sized banana, sliced hot dog (long) way. Grease and heat griddle. Make basic French toast by dredging challah in eggs and placing on griddle. Sprinkle brown sugar on one side of each slice of bread. Gobble up the deliciousness!
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Julie | Motor City Girl in the Steel City
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Motor City Girl in the Steel City. Finding health, happiness and wedded bliss in Pittsburgh. The Zenith Restaurant Review. The building is a little hard to pinpoint from the street as it blends into the connecting residences, and it’s definitely difficult to find parking, but it will be worth the brief aggravation to experience Zenith. It’s not just a pleasure to dine at The Zenith; it’s truly a unique experience. Walking into the dizzying array of stuff. OK, on to the main attraction: food! I enjoyed a ...
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Books | Motor City Girl in the Steel City
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Motor City Girl in the Steel City. Finding health, happiness and wedded bliss in Pittsburgh. This page is dedicated to books I’ve read and reviewed on my blog and current books I’m reading/plan to read. The Other Side of Paradise. Staceyann Chin – Review. The Hour I First Believed. Wally Lamb – Review. Lauren Weisberger – Blog excerpt from 8/7/10: “This morning I also started reading. The Devil Wears Prada. And one of my favorite books,. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Stieg Larsson – Review. You are co...
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The Small Guy | Motor City Girl in the Steel City
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Motor City Girl in the Steel City. Finding health, happiness and wedded bliss in Pittsburgh. Of course, this isn’t true for all the small guys, nor are all the bigger ones so bad. I just wanted to highlight a couple great small companies that I’ve recently been exposed to at “foodie” conferences:. I don’t even consider myself a nut person and I rarely eat cashews, but these are so addicting! 8211; I heard the owner of this company speak at another conference (I am all over the place these days! That̵...
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Going Plant-Based? | Motor City Girl in the Steel City
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Motor City Girl in the Steel City. Finding health, happiness and wedded bliss in Pittsburgh. According to an article in the Huffington Post about 50 of the world’s healthiest foods. That’s how prevalent these whole foods are on the 50 Healthiest Foods list…it’s a good model to follow. In a similar vein, I was fascinated by a recent article called “The Vibrant Vegan Life of an Obesity Survivor.”. Not that long ago I was considered obese by BMI standards (being short is not an asset in this equation. But a...
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With the Click of My Camera | Motor City Girl in the Steel City
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Motor City Girl in the Steel City. Finding health, happiness and wedded bliss in Pittsburgh. With the Click of My Camera. My memory is not what it used to be. Ok, that’s a lie. It’s always been on the hazy side, so I can relate to writer Nick Fauchald. One location that I was yearning to visit via New York’s transformative food scene was Ukraine. In an effort to connect to my heritage and nourish my beet-loving soul, I visited the East Village classic Veselka. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. You are commenti...
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The Zenith – Restaurant Review | Motor City Girl in the Steel City
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Motor City Girl in the Steel City. Finding health, happiness and wedded bliss in Pittsburgh. The Zenith Restaurant Review. The building is a little hard to pinpoint from the street as it blends into the connecting residences, and it’s definitely difficult to find parking, but it will be worth the brief aggravation to experience Zenith. It’s not just a pleasure to dine at The Zenith; it’s truly a unique experience. Walking into the dizzying array of stuff. OK, on to the main attraction: food! I enjoyed a ...