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Kale and Brussels Sprouts Salad with Hot Honey Mustard Vinaigrette
Occasionally it dawns on me that I haven’t eaten anything green in way too long, and I feel an urge to overcompensate. I think this is a familiar feeling for most people. My husband’s reaction is to open up the container of raw spinach and just start shoving handfuls into his mouth. “Taking his medicine,” I believe is how he describes it. Well, that makes it seem like a penance, and I love food too much to waste any of my lifetime meals on something I don’t want to eat. So I’m going to go the extra mile (when I can) and make a salad like this one. This is…
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Shrimp Creole with Cauliflower Rice
We are in the midst of one of those trendy 30-day no sugar challenges. We’re not doing anything fancy, just avoiding foods with added sugars (any refined sugar, as well as honey, maple syrup, agave, etc.). Don’t feel too bad for me. I’ve already eaten my body weight in raisins this month, and we still have another few days. We were relieved to realize that we didn’t have to make too many dramatic changes. Admittedly, we were already trying to be cautious about high sugar foods, but this challenge made us think even harder, and it kept me from rewarding myself every night with a spoonful of ice cream…
