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July in Review
Week in Review – The One were we ate all the time
Week in Review – The One where I pretend to be a People Person
Spicy Beef and Chickpea Shakshuka Recipe
Week in Review – The Jetlagged Edition
Week in Review – All the good Things
Week in Review – The Busy Edition
Week in Review – Oh the Joys of Adulthood
Week in Review – The Happy Edition
Week in Review – Gathering it together again
Week in Review – The Tired One
Week in Review – The One with all the Flowers
Week in Review – The One with my Birthday
33 Things I Learned in my 33rd Year of Life!
Week in Review – High Time to Catch Up
Week in Review – So this is 2018
So this was 2017!
Week in Review – The Bouncy and Excited One
Bavarian Potato Salad Recipe
Week in Review – Coffee and TV
Food Photography – 5 Easy Steps to find your own Style
Week in Review – Man Flu, Going Out & all the Pizza
Week in Review – Bouncing back
Pushing past the struggles
Week in Review – Transitioning back
Week in Review – The One were things go back to normal
Week in Review – The Challenges of Change
Week in Review – Catching up
Confessions of an Unintentional Workaholic
Week in Review – The One in Italy
Week in Review – Things that didn’t suck last week
Spicy Peach Peanut Sauce Recipe
Week in Review – Catching up
The One were I took a break from everything
Week in Review – The One in Paris
Getting things done vs. Doing things
Week in Review – The Easter Edition
Week in Review – The Messy Edition
Week in Review – Rolling with the punches
Week in Review – The Bouncy and Happy One
Week in Review – On Procrastinating Professionally
Week in Review – The One with my Birthday
32 things I have learned in my 32nd year of life
Week in Review – Panic, Work Dates and lots of Naps
Week in Review – The Cliché Edition
Crashing Believe Systems for a less stressful Life
Week in Review – The Untitled Edition
Healthy Crispy Vegan Falafel Recipe
Week in Review – The Random Edition
Week in Review – The one with a lot of Booze
Week in Review – The Happy Edition
Week in Review – The Excited Edition
2016 – the good, the bad and the inevitable review
A Day in Toronto – Eating, Drinking and Exploring
Week in Review – The one where I got Netflix
What I ate Wednesday – The 100th Edition
Week in Review – Tis the season…
Week in Review – Christmas time
Week in Review – Things I did and didn’t do
East London Photo Walk
Week in Review – Playing Extrovert
Maltby Street Market – A Foodie Heaven in London
Week in Review – Work Hard Play Hard
Chicago – A Love Story
Week in Review – Pizza, Gelato and and all that Jazz
Finding Color in the Grey
Week in Review – Road Trips
Healthy Fall Salad with Creamy Tahini Dressing
Week in Review – The Social Edition
Tostada Rancheros Brunch Skillet
Relaxing in a Beach House at Mission Beach, San Diego
Week in Review – Catching up!
Healthy Sweet & Spicy Cream Cheese Lunch Sandwich
Hiking ‘The Narrows’ at Zion National Park
Week in Review – Priorities and guilt
Avocado Toast: 10 Minutes – 3 Ways
Stargazing in the Desert – The Nightsky at Arches National Park
Week in Review – Adjusting to real life again
Trail Mix Overnight Oats Roadtrip Breakfast Recipe
Sweet and Salty Trail Mix Recipe
Hiking for the Non-Hiker: A Guide to Utah’s National Parks
WEEK IN (P)REVIEW
Week in Review – Narnia the Second
How I prep for a trip
Week in Review – Narnia Shenanigans
Homemade Bailey’s Ice Cream Recipe
Week in Review – Ghosting on you
30 types of People I hate
The Travel Mindset
BBQ Bacon Burger Recipe
Week in Review – Too social, too tired but well fed
5 easy steps to finding the perfect Airbnb
Week in Review – A week in Fragments
10 Easy Summer Recipes with Lemon and Lime
Week in Review – Heavy on the Food Front
Lemon Basil Moscow Mule Recipe
Week in Review – Fun with Side Effects
Lemon Garlic BBQ Chicken Recipe
Week in Review – Things I neglect
Refreshing Watermelon Mimosa Recipe
Week in Review – Eggs, Drinks and Relaxing Days
Crispy Parmesan Potato Pancake Recipe
Week in Review – Summer Days
Hiking in the Bavarian Alps
Week in Review – Rollercoaster Rides
Potato Pancakes with Apple Sauce
White Chocolate Macadamia Granola Bars
Week in Review – Socializing, Psychology and all the random things
25 things about being an INFJ
Greek Chicken Gyros Sandwich with Tzatziki Sauce
Week in Review – The lame Edition
Healthy Key Lime Pie Smoothie
Week in Review – Downtime, Fails & Lots of Food
Currently April
Italian Style Spring Salad Recipe
Week in Review – Work, Food and all that jazz
10 Reasons for Keeping a Travel Journal
Week in Review – The Home Improvement Edition
Easy Egg & Bacon Breakfast Bagel Recipe
Week in Review – The weird week edition
Oreo Granola Bar Recipe
Body Image is a bitch
Week in Review – The Foodie Edition
Gnocchi in Sage Butter Recipe
Week in Review – Birthday Week
Currently March
Week in Review – The crazy Edition
Week in Review – Photography, Guilty Pleasures and All That Jazz
Mexican Sweetpotato Fries Recipe
Thinking out loud and all over the place
Week in Review – The hella food edition
Chocolate Mocha Cheesecake Smoothie
Home Office Fail
Week in Review – The partly sarcastic Edition
Currently February
Health-Boosting Antioxidants Smoothie
Week in Review – The ‘one month in’ Edition
Vegeterian Mozzarella Gnocchis in Marinara Sauce
50 (ugly) truths about me – the second round
Week in Review – like a bump on a log
On my Travel Bucket List
Parmesan Marinara Meatballs Recipe
Week in Review – Travel Planning
25 things I fear travelling
Healthy Carrot Cake Smoothie with Frosting
Week in Review – Things that make me happy
Veggie and Cheese Brunch Skillet Dish
Currently January
Rich and Creamy Leftover Tiramisu
Week in Review – The New Year’s Edition
5 things that made my life easier in 2015
Week in Review – Christmas Week
Spicy Cashew Beef with Veggies in Brown Sauce
Week in Review – When the muse strikes
10 Things I prefer over Christmas Cookies
Snapchat, Fails and Blogging Stuff
Spicy Baked Meatballs stuffed with Cheese
Week in Review – The Superhero Edition
Healthy Orange Cheesecake Smoothie
‘Making a Career’
Quick and Easy 3 Ingredient Chocolate Crossies
Week in Review – December, December
It is December, and nobody asked if I was ready
White Chocolate Macadamia Granola
Week in Review – Travelling
Spicy Beef Burger Patty
The voices in my head
Quick and Easy Homemade Burger Toppings
Week in Review – Riding on a Rollercoaster
Week in Review – It’s gettin hot in here
Quick and Easy Burger Buns
Lately, Currently, Whatever, Whenever
Healthy Pesto Gnocchi Salad
Week in Review – Chillax to the max
Brown Rice and Cherry Breakfast Bake
50 (ugly) truths about myself
Spiced Butter: BBQ Butter and Basil Tomato Butter
Week in Review – Drink Coffee, be Awesome
Being Creative or not
Roasted Bread with Spiced Butter
Week in Review Reloaded
Spanish Vanilla Birthday Mugcake
Creamy Satay Chicken with Mie Noodles
Catching up Monday #34
Cultural Differences: Germany vs USA
Parmesan and Lentil Veggie Burger Patties
Catching up Monday #33
Hot and Spicy Chili con Carne
Lately, Currently, Whatever, Whenever
All the food
Healthy Cinnamon Swirl Breakfast Bread
My Top 10 favorite Moments travelling Canada and USA: Part II – The Southwest
My Top 10 favorite Moments travelling Canada and USA: Part I – The Pacific Northwest
My 5 least favorite Moments travelling the USA
Come travel with us!
Vacation starts now!
How to create Awesome Marinades – A step by step Guide
Catching up Monday #32 – One week to go
Cheesy Mexican Stuffed Baguette
8 signs I might be a Crossfitter after all!
What I ate Wednesday #99 – The day that required some booze!
Catching up Monday #31 – I watch too much TV
Italian Caprese Steak Sandwich
Thinking Out Loud #72 – Food Shenanigans
What I ate Wednesday #98 – A weekend in Narnia
Semi-Frozen Strawberry & Cream Smoothie
Thinking Out Loud #71 – Heatwave, Travelling and the usual craziness
What I ate Wednesday #97 – Summer Days
Catching up Monday #30 – Visiting Berlin
Blueberry & Rosemary Marinade
Thinking Out Loud #70 – Thoughts on Travelling to Berlin
What I ate Wednesday #96 – Sandwichporn Numero Duo
Catching up Monday #29 – Minions, Vacation and all the Food
Grilled Veggie & Pesto Sandwich
Hot Chocolate Blackberry Marinade
Thinking Out Loud #69 – Currently
What I ate Wednesday #95 – The Sandwichporn Edition
Catching up Monday #28 – Blissful Summer Tidbits
Cherry Thyme Marinade
Homemade Spiced Butter
Thinking Out Loud #68 – Confessions, Addictions and a little OCD
What I ate Wednesday #94 – The Big Man’s World Edition
Catching up Monday #27 – Juliland Shenanigans
Chimichurri Bean Salad
Oregano Ginger Marinade
What I ate Wednesday #93 – The Sprint 2 the Table Edition
Guilt Trips and Emotional Blackmailing
Vegan Peach Crumble
Sweet and Spicy Ginger Marinade
Thinking Out Loud #66 – Busty Girl Problems, Sleep and a little Food Fun
What I ate Wednesday #92 – The Clean Eats, Fast Feets Edition
Catching up Monday #26 – A Lazy Weekend
Coconut Mango & Lime Butter
Spicy Lime Chicken Marinade
Thinking Out Loud #65 – More Shenanigans
What I ate Wednesday #91 – Food Phases
Catching up Monday #25 – Long Weekend Shenanigans
Mango Satay Sauce
What I ate Wednesday #90 – Hungry hungry hungry
Leading a ‘Double Life’
Catching up Monday #24 – Ready for Summer
Avocado and Cucumber Sushi Salad
What I ate Wednesday #89 – Celebrating our Anniversary
The Motivation Lie
Hot and Spicy Strawberry Marinade
Vegan Sweet and Spicy Quinoa Salad
Thinking Out Loud #63 – Currently
What I ate Wednesday #88 – The London Edition
Catching up Monday #23 – London
What I ate Wednesday #87 – Feeling good again
Comparing myself to…..me!
Catching up Monday #22 – feeling sassy
Homemade Triple Almond and Chocolate CLIF BARS
How old do I look? A self-experiement and other fun
What I ate Wednesday #86 – All the carbs
Catching up Monday #21 – Having fun again!
Italian Pesto Pasta Salad Recipe
What I ate Wednesday #85 – Back to Normal
Thinking Out Loud #60 – Time Out!
What I ate Wednesday #84 – Supermarket Eats
Thinking Out Loud #59 – Currently
What I ate Wednesday #83 – All the goodnes on the plate
Catching up Monday #20 – Ain’t nobody got time for anything
Wild Garlic Parmesan Pesto
What I ate Wednesday #82 – Some Easter Eats
Catching up Monday #19 – All the Chocolate
Strange but good Spring Recipes
Thinking Out Loud #58 – Queen of Procrastination
What I ate Wednesday #81 – I blame it on the weatherman
Catching up Monday #18 – Whirlwind days
Thinking Out Loud #57 – Quiztime, Music and other Fun
What I ate Wednesday #80 – In a rush
Soft Italian Flavored Bread
Thinking Out Loud #56 – Pinterest, Nail Polish and Basement Gems
What I ate Wednesday #79 – St. Patrick’s Day Green Food
Catching up Monday #17 – Eremite me!
Healthy Rocky Road
30 before 30 – A recap
What I ate Wednesday #78 – Trial and Error
Catching up Monday #16 – Busy busy
Sort-me-out Green Smoothie
Conversations
What I ate Wednesday #77 – Back in the saddle
Catching up Monday #15 – B-Day
Healthy Birthday Carrot Pancakes
8 Reasons why I never want to be a Teenager again
What I ate Wednesday #76 – On the Veggie Train again!
Catching up Monday
Thinking Out Loud #52 – Tea, Wine and a new BFF
What I ate Wednesday #75 – All the Carbs
It happened….
Hot and Spicy Mango Salsa
Thinking Out Loud #51 – Battling the chaos
What I ate Wednesday #74 – Staying at home
Catching up Monday #13 – Faceplant!
Crispy and Spicy Baked Potatoes
Thinking Out Loud #50 – The Booklove Edition
What I ate Wednesday #73 – More fuel!
Catching up Monday #12 – January
Chocolate and Peanutbutter Cornflakes Bars
Thinking Out Loud #49 – The past, the present and the future
What I ate Wednesday #72 – All the bars & spooning Nutbutter
Drippy White Chocolate Macadamia Nutbutter
Vegan Protein Rice Crispy Squares
Thinking Out Loud #48 – A Rut, a Quiz and a lot of Nonsense
What I ate Wednesday #71 – The Return of long lost Foods!
Kettlebells, Kettlebells swinging all the way……
Thinking Out Loud #47 – Love, Experience, Fun
What I ate Wednesday #70 – Eating Whole30-ish
Hazelnut Quinoa Bars
Thinking Out Loud #46 – Thinking about the new year
What I ate Wednesday #69 – The London Food Files
Catching up Monday #11 – Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Let’s relive a fun-tastic year 2014
What I ate Wednesday #68 – Sunday Funday
Homemade Bailey’s
Hazelnut Chocolate Bites
What I ate Wednesday #67 – Flying High
Catching up Monday #10 – Laughing it off
Nougat Mocha Christmas Bites
Thinking Out Loud #44 – Did you know…
What I ate Wednesday #66 – Epic (mostly) Paleo Food
Catching up Monday #9 – Christmas Shenanigans
Fruity Gingerbread Christmas Bites
Thinking Out Loud #43 – IBD Awareness Week
What I ate Wednesday #65 – Christmassy Eating
Catching up Monday #8 – Too much fun
Paleo Breakfast Cake
Thinking Out Loud #42 – Last Christmas…
What I ate Wednesday #64 – Ordinary Eats
Catching up Monday #7 – The 2nd week of Burgers
Paleo Christmas Cookies
Thinking Out Loud #41 – 30 before 30 Part III
What I ate Wednesday #63 – Go to foods
Catching up Monday #6 – The Burger week
Thinking Out Loud #39 – 30 before 30 Part II
What I ate Wednesday #62 – Breakfast for Lunch
Catching up Monday #5
Paleo Eggplant Hummus
Thinking Out Loud #39 – 30 before 30 Part I
What I ate Wednesday #61 – Veggies and Work
Catching up Monday #4
No Bake Hazelnut & Chocolate Granola Bars
Thinking Out Loud #38 – Let’s panic it’s Halloween
What I ate Wednesday #60 – Sunday Funday
Catching up Monday #3
Sweetpotato Gnocchi Salad
Thinking Out Loud #37 – Growing Old and Childhood Memories
What I ate Wednesday #59 – A day in the life
Catching up Monday #2
Raw Vegan Orange and Fig Cheesecake
Thinking Out Loud #36 – Ditching, Itching and more Randomness
What I ate Wednesday #58 – Cake for Breakfast
Catching up Monday
Thinking Out Loud #35 – The Happy Edition
What I ate Wednesday #57 – Veggie, Veggie, Veggie
Bits and Pieces from Lately
Original Swabian Dinnete
Thinking Out Loud #34 – Fall full force
What I ate Wednesday #56 – Old Habits and new Recipes
Lately, Currently, Whatever, Whenever
Thinking Out Loud #33 – Confessions and Addictions
What I ate Wednesday #55 – Time to Fall into good habits again
My Week in Review – As time goes by
Thinking Out Loud #32 – Travelling for Work
What I ate Wednesday #54 – Recipe Testing
My Week in Review – Falling (not) into a pattern
Crunchy & Creamy Triple Chickpea Salad
Thinking Out Loud #31 – September Shenanigans
What I ate Wednesday #53 – Lazy Days
Blending in again
How to pack an awesome Lunchbox
Thinking Out Loud #30 – Why I didn’t want to come back
What I ate Wednesday #52 – Talk less eat more
I am off for Honeymoon now
Double Peach Crusted Turkey Breast
Thinking Out Loud #29 – New Recipes & Last Travel Musings
What I ate Wednesday #51 – What I ate in Narnia
The Whole30 – Recap
Thinking Out Loud #28 – The Vacation Diaries Part II
Coconut Crusted Mini Schnitzel
Thinking Out Loud #27 – The Vacation Diaries
What I ate Wednesday #50 – What I ate during the Whole30
The Whole30 – My 4th Week
Spill it, Sundays Flashback Edition #2
Grain free Hash Brown Lasagne
Thinking Out Loud #26 – High School Ghosts and Being Awesome
What I ate Wednesday #49 – Whole30 Eats Week 4
The Whole30 – My 3rd Week
Spill it, Sundays Flashback Edition #1
Thinking Out Loud #25 – Honeymoon Plans & Life Lately
What I ate Wednesday #48 – Eating Paleo for 30 days
The Whole30 – My 2nd Week
Spill it Sunday – The 5 Facts Edition
Thinking Out Loud #24 – Now, can I get an encore, do you want more?
What I ate Wednesday #47 – My Whole30 Eats
The Whole30 – My first Week
Spill it Sunday – The Last Edition
Color Run Fun
Thinking Out Loud #23 – Whole30 and other Musings
What I ate Wednesday #46 – Doing the Whole30
The Whole30 – Where I come from
Spill it Sunday – The Alison Edition
Sweetpotato Bruschetta
Thinking Out Loud #22 – Let’s count…
What I ate Wednesday #45 – Fire me up!
My Week in Review – Work, more Work and a long Weekend
Spill it Sunday – The Birthday Edition
Thinking Out Loud #21 – Am I crazy?
What I ate Wednesday #44 – Cake for Breakfast