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My name’s Kristin and I’m an Iowa Girl! I eat as well as one can with a massive sweet tooth, run as often as I can despite the finnicky Midwestern weather, and am more often than not, thinking about the insanely cool places I want to travel to!
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Recent Posts Tagged With 'trader joe\'s'
Jul 24
Good afternoon! Weekend treatin’ you well so far? I spent a couple hours hunkered down at ‘Bucks this morning with a Skinny No-foam Vanilla Latte, a Pink Lady Apple and my laptop! Both my personal and blog email accounts needed some s (read full article)
Breakfast, Cheerios, food, In-Laws, lunch, Running, trader joe's, Twilight
Jul 01
Tonight’s dinner was all about teamwork! Take rice noodle’s chewy, slippery texture, add in some protein packed, pressed tofu, and round it all out with the tangy zip of miracle whip gingery, savory salad dressing to make… Cold S (read full article)
Dinner, family, fireworks, Peanuts, Recipes, Rice Noodles, sesame noodles, trader joe's
May 25
Did you watch the Dancing with the Stars finale last night?! I watched this season on and off, but tuned in last night to see who would take home the coveted mirrored-ball trophy. WOW (spoiler alert) Nicole can DANCE! Maybe it’s because sheR (read full article)
Breakfast, cascadian farm, larabar, lunch, peanut butter filled pretzels, salad, trader joe's
May 17
Woooooaahhhhhhh!!! Who needs Florida?! It’s going to be a gorgeous week here (88 on Sunday?!), and they even updated today’s forecast to partly sunny – wheee!! While I am going to continue to practice my yoga this week, I am dedi (read full article)
Breakfast, lunch, oatmeal, salad, trader joe's
May 16
HOW-dy! I’m back from another faaabulous weekend spent in Chicago! I made record time and got to Chicago in about 5 hours and 15 minutes. If construction and traffic in the city (the only reason I couldn’t live in Chicago) weren’ (read full article)
Chicago, Dinner, food, friends, trader joe's, travel, Whole Foods
Apr 26
Hey blog-heads! Oh my – the weekend definitely caught up with me today. My sleepiness, coupled with the drizzly rain, almost sent me straight to snoozeville this afternoon! I always find that I’m the most tired, two nights after not ge (read full article)
brother, Dinner, peanut butter filled pretzels, steak, trader joe's
Apr 26
Good morning! I slept like a bebe last night – it’s always nice to lay your head in your own bed, know what I mean? Plus I got to fall asleep to the sound of the drizzling rain…ahhh, bliss. This morning, I whipped up a quick and (read full article)
apple, Breakfast, kashi, lunch, oatmeal, peanut butter, trader joe's
Apr 25
I’m back from my road trip up North! Ben and I left Friday afternoon, made the 3.5 hour journey up to Minneapolis and upon arriving in our beloved city, we made the first logical stop – Trader Joe’s, yo! I never went to Trader Joe& (read full article)
baby shower, Breakfast, Dinner, food, french meadow bakery, friends, lacrosse, Minneapolis, Thai Food, trader joe's
Jan 19
omg get ready to laugh your ace off at the first "boy"!! Ahhhahahaha!! Indeed! Ohh, anyways – perhaps you were curious as to why there was no mention of my handsome and wickedly fabulous husband this weekend? Lucky man had MLK Jr. (read full article)
Broccoli, Dinner, homemade mac & cheese, trader joe's
Nov 23
Good morning, happy Monday and welcome back! Mother-daughter weekend in Minneapolis was so.much.fun!! I picked my Mom up at 6:30am on Saturday morning (we’re serious about our shopping,) and set off in the cold, dark, misty fog. So foggy that (read full article)
Breakfast, Dinner, Favorites, food, lunch, mall of america, Minneapolis, noodles & company, stellas, the marquette
Nov 13
Good morning everyone – happy Friday! Now you may or may not know that on Friday’s I sometimes feel the need to make a little somethin’ somethin’ special for breakfast. Today’s breakfast was definitely special and seriou (read full article)
Breakfast, egg scramble, food, lunch, mexican food, pumpkin butter, trader joe's
Nov 10
Well…we did it. Last night around 7:30, Ben and I went to fill up his car with gas (the couple that fills up together, stays together!) and decided that while we were out, we should probably go ahead and get…Dairy Queen Blizzards! Pumpki (read full article)
Breakfast, diets, lunch, trader joe's, Whole Foods, Work Out
Sep 07
My day has been extreeeemly productive so far! 1. “Return” sweater and get 2 for the price of 1: Check. 2. Lunch at in-laws: Check. On the menu: Fresh Steamed Green Beans, Mashed Potatoes & Grilled Steak. YUM! My Mother-in-law makes some (read full article)
Favorites, food, lunch, miami hurricanes, trader joe's
Aug 30
Hola! Lunch over at the ‘rents’ house was fab! We had Mignon Burgers, Pasta Salad and Grilled Peaches. Said pasta salad included: “wacky pasta,” fresh tomatoes, black olives and green onions dressed simply in some Italian dressing. Burger to (read full article)
food, lunch, Recipes, trader joe's, zucchini bread