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- June 29, 2010
- Herb-Coated Top Sirloin with Brocolli and Rice
- The meat we bought was used to make EatingWell's Herb-Coated Fillet Mignon, only we used center-cut sirloin instead. We actually prefer the sirloin to the fillet mignon for this recipe. It turned out really tender and if I didn't know any better,...
- June 28, 2010
- WholeFoods - Top "Siloin" Center Steak
- Ever since we watched Food Inc., we've been buying our meat at WholeFoods. One particular cut we buy a lot is the Top Sirloin Center Steak for only $4.99 a piece. It's a really thick piece, so we split it in half and get two pieces out of each....
- June 26, 2010
- I'm in EatingWell Magazine (August 2010)!
- Back in early May, Editorial Director Lisa Gosselin interviewed me by phone about my EatingWell adventures. (See all of my EatingWell related blog posts .) If you have no clue what I'm talking about, it all began on February 2nd, 2010 when I...
- June 26, 2010
- Sushi Zushi with Gaetano - Finally!
- We've been to Sushi Zushi (see Related Content below) a few times now and hadn't yet taken Gaetano. My son has been eating sushi since age 3 and loves a good spicy roll. He's been really good lately so we treated him to Sushi Zushi. Gaetano had 2...
- June 24, 2010
- Introducing EatingWithAndrea.com
- It's my pleasure to introduce a new website, EatingWithAndrea.com , which belongs to Andrea Bertone . For those unaware, Bertone is my maiden name and Andrea was married to my brother. To my son she'll always be Aunty Andrea and to me she'll always...
- June 23, 2010
- how do you roll? Alone.
- I've previously blogged about how do you roll? and this time, I rolled alone. I was going for a dress fitting and decided to go ahead and eat some sushi for dinner prior to my appointment since I had some time. I thought to myself, "Should I go...
- June 20, 2010
- It's a Coconut Lime kind of Father's Day
- For Father's Day we had a full table, with Dan's parents, my parents, Dan's brother and his girlfriend, my ex-husband and his fiancé with their daughter, and our friend Jason and of course me, Dan and Gaetano. We all squeezed around the...
- June 19, 2010
- Dulces at Lakeline for Lunch with Mom, Dan & Gaetano
- Dulces - The Art of Mexican Cuisine is located downstairs in the Lakeline Mall here in North Austin but it feels like it belongs in it's own building in down town Austin. The food is artfully presented and of our handful of visits we've never...
- June 16, 2010
- Sushi Zushi for Lunch with Sydney
- Shopping sure works up an appetite! After a couple of hours of shopping at the Domain with Sydney , it was time to break for lunch. Of course, we had to stop at Zushi Sushi. Sydney is a vegetarian, so going for sushi was a good choice since...
- June 15, 2010
- I looked good but...
- Today I met with Sydney, the wardrobe consultant , that I mentioned in my blog post yesterday . Oh wow; that was sooooo much fun! I got rid of a bunch of clothes that were unflattering. She showed me why each piece didn't work and what to look for...
- June 15, 2010
- Panera Bread's New 280 Calorie Salad
- Upon our arrival at Panera Bread , we were greeted with a larger version of this sign which I photographed by the register: It was at the register that I noticed it was only 280 calories for what looked like a decent size salad and 150 calories for...
- June 14, 2010
- What Dan got me for my Birthday!
- You might recall when I blogged about my birthday I wrote, "As for birthday presents, I'll be blogging about those soon. Some have to do with cooking and some to do with my weight loss. I'm going to keep you in suspense awhile since it is...
- June 13, 2010
- EatingWell's Tortellini Salad with Leaf Lettuce Salad and Garlic-Dijon Vinaigrette
- Tortellini Salad has been a favorite since the first time we tried it so it was any easy choice to make when deciding what to make for dinner tonight. We had friends Lori, Perry, and their daughter Maddi over for dinner. Lori is not only a friend,...
- June 12, 2010
- Dinner on the go at WholeFoods
- There's only been a few occasions where we grabbed a meal from the buffet at WholeFoods. After tonight's meal, I have the feeling that might change. I'm sure when we go to do our shopping we'll be eyeballing our dining options and likely give in to...
- June 11, 2010
- Sushi Zushi with my Parents for Dinner
- Once I had dinner at Zushi Sushi, I knew that I would have to bring my parents . I just didn't realize it would be this soon. My mom and I were out shopping for her dress for the wedding and Dan went to Men's Wearhouse with my dad to get fitted for...
- June 9, 2010
- Sushi Zushi
- Tonight Dan & I decided to give Sushi Zushi over at The Domain a try. We didn't know what to expect at all. We just figured that if it is at The Domain it is probably good. It turns out that's a rather safe assumption... LIR Roll...
- June 7, 2010
- 80's Ladies' Night at The Melting Pot
- I like totally had a radical time tonight all dressed up for 80's Ladies' Night at The Melting Pot with my hot pink zebra print press-on nails. Usually I go to Melting Pot for my birthday but this year I knew I was going for ladies' night so...
- June 6, 2010
- Lunch at "how do you roll?"
- I had a great lunch at how do you roll? today with my ex-sister-in-law Andrea prior to getting fitted for my wedding dress. I didn't know it at the time, but that turned out to be my dinner. I was really full and didn't get hungry for dinner...
- June 5, 2010
- WholeFoods for dinner tonight
- Tonight Dan and I had dinner at WholeFoods. Having several restaurants within the WholeFoods market on Lamar is one of the reasons we love it in Austin. We went down to WholeFoods to figure out our wedding cake. Ali at the bakery gave us the...
- June 4, 2010
- how do you roll?
- I've been a patron of Maki " how do you roll? " since they first opened. (They were originally called Maki, but changed their name recently. It's hard to get used to the name change, and I hope it catches on.) Their concept is...
- June 4, 2010
- What is wrong in this picture?
- I'm always amused by typos on labels. Companies are often bit by bad copy/paste operations. Can you spot what's wrong with these labels? Not close enough for you? Ok, try this one: Spot the discrepancy now? Leave your guess in the comments....
- June 2, 2010
- The Martins' Going Away Party at Jardín Corona
- Tonight we attended the Martins' Going Away Party at Jardín Corona. We laughed, we cried, I ate something fried... Okay, so I didn't eat anything fried. (There were definitely tears and even some laughter.) Choosing something healthy...