Good morning from sunny Florida!

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It’s shaping up to be a beautiful day :)

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My mom and I went for a lovely, sunshine-y stroll this morning along the water.

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Ahhh… I missed this!! I just love the smell of the fresh, salty air.

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Can you spy downtown Tampa? :)

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Palm trees are awesome :)

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I just fueled up with my favorite breakfast (sorry, oatmeal) – Kashi Heart to Heart and Honey Sunshine cereal with fresh berries and banana! Yummmmmm.

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And now I’m driving over to Orlando for the day! I’m meeting up with a bunch of blogger friends for lunch and then Meghann and I have a fun play date planned!

Have a great Saturday :)

11 Comments Anne P on Mar 6th 2010

Thanks to everyone who entered the Aurorae Yoga giveaway! I loved reading all of your responses about which color mat you would choose and why – very inspiring :)

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Without further adieu, the winner of the beautiful new Aurorae yoga mat, yoga sport sweat towel, and yoga slip free rosin bag is…

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3 Comments Anne P on Mar 4th 2010

Oh my gosh… dinner last night turned out so amazing. Check out the main course:

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Gah! Want more.

As I mentioned, The Olive Oil Press in Sonoma sent me four different kinds of their award-winning olive oils to try with a challenge: Create a 4-course meal using one of the olive oils in each course.

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I was sent three extra virgin olive oils of increasing intensity (Arbequina, Mission, and Italian Blend, respectively), as well as their special Blood Orange Olive Oil! I had so much fun brainstorming ways to use all of it :) Here’s the final result!

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(For the recipes, click on the name of the course!

I created a separately recipe page for each.)

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Menu

First Course:

Curried Carrot Soup

featuring robust intensity Italian Blend Extra Virgin Olive Oil

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Second Course:

Mixed Green Salad with Pear, Feta, and Walnuts 

with homemade balsamic vinaigrette

featuring delicate intensity Arbequina Extra Virgin Olive Oil

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Main Course:

 

Seared Scallops

served on a bed of White Beans and Sautéed Spinach 

featuring medium intensity Mission Extra Virgin Olive Oil

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Dessert:

 

Citrus Zest Cake

with vanilla ice cream

featuring Blood Orange Olive Oil

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Wine Pairing:

 

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What a delicious dinner and fun challenge! Major thanks to the The Olive Oil Press for the opportunity! :)

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And special thanks to my assistant (the homemade vinaigrette was all him!) and hot date ;)

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Here are the recipes again with a few notes:

Check out the recipes and give one a try this weekend! :)

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Time to study!! Our second exam in Anatomy & Physiology is this afternoon. It’s also looking sunny out – I’m thinking my scheduled training run (4 miles since I only did 3 Tuesday) today will be outside!! Yay!

**Don’t forget that you have until tonight at 9 p.m. to enter my Aurorae yoga mat giveaway! I’ll be announcing the winner around then so come back to see if it’s you :)

23 Comments Anne P on Mar 4th 2010

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