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Happy 9th birthday to Eats & Beats, a blog I love to be super inconsistent with :(

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My @wxpnfm ladies! Awesome music, essential misters and epic downpours. Can't stop won't stop. #xpnfest #itsjosh #philly

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My dear, dear friend Amy got married to an amazing man this weekend and as I’m a true sucker for the first dance, they nailed it with this amazing song from Bob Dylan’s “The New Basement Tapes,” sung by Marcus Mumford. Lyrics are perfect. Love you Amy and Brando!

“When I Get My Hands On You” When I set my eyes on you Gonna keep you outta town at night When I set my eyes on you Not gonna be outta my sight And now you know Everywhere on Earth you go You’re gonna have me as your man When I get my hands on you Gonna make you carry me When I get my hands on you Gonna make you marry me And now you know Everywhere on Earth you go You’re gonna have me as your man When I come home to you Gonna take you down to the riverside When I come home to you Hold you in my arms all night And now you know Everywhere on Earth you go You’re gonna have me as your man And now you know Everywhere on Earth you go You’re gonna have me as your man

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This has been making its rounds but after watching this for the 7th (maybe 8th?) time today, felt the need to post it.  Love her folk background, her new sound, the lyrics (”I walked off you. And I walked off an old me.”) and Pharrell’s constant look of amazement.  

“What’s your name again?” “Maggie.”

Yeah, feel like we’ll be hearing much more from Maggie...

Maggie Rogers - “Alaska”

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Zucchini noodles w/ Creamy Pesto Avocado sauce (RECIPE)

Thanks to working with Health Coach Philly a few years ago, who equally loves food as much as I do, I’ve been trying to implement some of her teachings into my everyday (read: lemon water, breakfast green smoothies, raw apple cider dressings, etc). But the two things that I’ve been experimenting most with are nutritional yeast and soaked, raw cashews, for non-dairy creaminess.  Don’t get me wrong, I will NEVER give up cheese (saving for a later post) but there are certain things that are still amazing without dairy.  Case in point below.

Just bought this bad boy (ie Spiralizer) from Amazon and gave it a whirl last night: http://www.amazon.com/Spiralizer-Tri-Blade-Vegetable-Strongest-Heaviest-Gluten-Free/dp/B00GRIR87M

Taking from what I know about those 2 ingredients and quickly browsing a few recipes, I just winged this so please note the amounts are approximate and this makes around 2 servings (even though I ate it all, whoops):

1 ½ zucchini, spiralized into noodles

3-5 smaller tomatoes (or larger cherry tomatoes), chopped

3-4 sun-dried tomatoes, chopped

Creamy Pesto Avocado sauce:

Combine these ingredients in a food processor:

¼ cup raw cashews that have been soaked in water for 30 min and drained

½ avocado

3 tsp nutritional yeast (or parm cheese)

10 basil leaves

2 garlic cloves

2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

juice from ½ lemon

salt + pepper to taste

Pat dry the excess water from zucchini noodles.  Add 1 tsp EVOO to large pan. Saute zucchini noodles for up to 5 minutes until tender.  Add chopped tomato and sun-dried tomatoes to noodles and season with kosher salt.  Fold in pesto sauce to make as creamy as desired (I ended up not using all of it).  Top with crushed red pepper and parm cheese if you want, but I realized it wasn’t needed.

And on a cold, rainy Saturday night in May, pair with multiple glasses of Rose (hay!).

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Zucchini noodles w/ Creamy Pesto Avocado sauce (RECIPE)

Thanks to working with Health Coach Philly a few years ago, who equally loves food as much as I do, I’ve been trying to implement some of her teachings into my everyday (read: lemon water, breakfast green smoothies, raw apple cider dressings, etc). But the two things that I’ve been experimenting most with are nutritional yeast and soaked, raw cashews, for non-dairy creaminess.  Don’t get me wrong, I will NEVER give up cheese (saving for a later post) but there are certain things that are still amazing without dairy.  Case in point below.

Just bought this bad boy (ie Spiralizer) from Amazon and gave it a whirl last night: http://www.amazon.com/Spiralizer-Tri-Blade-Vegetable-Strongest-Heaviest-Gluten-Free/dp/B00GRIR87M

Taking from what I know about those 2 ingredients and quickly browsing a few recipes, I just winged this so please note the amounts are approximate and this makes around 2 servings (even though I ate it all, whoops):

1 1/2 zucchini, spiralized into noodles

3-5 smaller tomatoes (or larger cherry tomatoes), chopped

3-4 sun-dried tomatoes, chopped

Creamy Pesto Avocado sauce:

Combine these ingredients in a food processor:

1/4 cup raw cashews that have been soaked in water for 30 min and drained

1/2 avocado

3 tsp nutritional yeast (or parm cheese)

10 basil leaves

2 garlic cloves

2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

juice from 1/2 lemon

salt + pepper to taste

Pat dry the excess water from zucchini noodles.  Add 1 tsp EVOO to large pan. Saute zucchini noodles for up to 5 minutes until tender.  Add chopped tomato and sun-dried tomatoes to noodles and season with kosher salt.  Fold in pesto sauce to make as creamy as desired (I ended up not using all of it).  Top with crushed red pepper and parm cheese if you want, but I realized it wasn’t needed.

And on a cold, rainy Saturday night in May, pair with multiple glasses of Rose (hay!).

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I’ve taken a break with Eats and Beats for almost TWO years (whoa!) and during that time, there's been so many meals and so much music I’ve loved and kept to myself (for the most part). After whipping up a great (and healthy!) dinner last night and having some friends ask for the recipe, I decided to try my hand at this thing again. I'm back! :) From last night...

Baby's first spiralizer meal! Zucchini noodles, ripe and sun dried tomatoes and basil/avocado/soaked cashew/nutritional yeast pesto sauce. And Rosé. #eeeeeats #meatlesssaturday UPDATE: Can't. Stop. Eating. #soooogood

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Thanks for the ride @redtettemer. Love you long time. xoxo (at RTO+P)

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#tbt to DeSales when we brought this song back soph. year

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Philly premiere of The National doc "Mistaken for Strangers" w/ a Q&A with Matt and his bro Tom. Great movie regardless if you are a fan. #fakeempire4life (at The Trocadero Theatre)

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"I'll be the boy, in the corduroy pants. You'll be the girl, at the high school dance." #pettymonday

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My Cuban lunch sampler from Tampa. Philly, you need good Cuban food, stat. #eeeeeats

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In lieu of the Grammys tonight, this is my favorite Grammy moment of all time. Loved by many but relatively unknown in mainstream, Arcade Fire takes home the 2011 Album of the Year (upsetting [gasp!] Katy Perry), says a modest thank you, then sets the award on an amp and jumps into a rocking closing performance. Doesn’t get better than this.

Arcade Fire - “Ready To Start” Grammys 2011

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Wow. Great storyteller and creative genius. And what a crazy drug-fueled, sex-crazed, f'ed up life. Amazed and happy he made it out on the Otherside (pun intended). A must read for sure.

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As a yearbook editor, these are 2 of the things I chose to cover senior year. The Eats & Beats of '99. #tbt

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Merry Christmas to me!!! #favoritealbumofalltime #vinyl

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You've Got Kale...My entry in this year's #Hanksgiving at Red Tettemer O'Connell + Partners...and the WINNER!  Check out the sweet Tom Hanks prizes!

You've Got Kale-

Kale

Halved walnuts

Craisins

Chopped Granny Smith apples

Grated Parmesan

Pepper Buttermilk Dressing

Pepper Buttermilk Dressing: 1/2 cup buttermilk. 3 Tbsp mayo. 1 clove of garlic. 1/2 Tbsp salt. 1/3 Tbsp pepper. 1/4 cup Grated Parmesan cheese. Blend with immersion blender or food processor.

Who knew Kale would beat out my Sleepless in Stuffing from last year?!