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My Favorite Trader Joe’s Staples + What I Make With Them

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Hi, guys! How was your Columbus Day weekend? We had a nice time in Newport with Papi and his girlfriend. It’s annual trip that we do again and again, year after year, and it’s definitely one that we look forward to. I’ll have a full recap coming later this week! If you’ve read CNC for any amount of time, you know that I have a special place in my heart for Trader Joe’s. We shop there almost every week because they always have something new to try (right now, it’s pumpkin everything) and the price is right. Even though I typically have my eyes peeled for fun products to try, I often rely on tried-and-true staples because they make our meals come together in a matter of minutes. If you take a peek in our kitchen, you’ll pretty much always find these items. That said, here are a bunch of my favorites and what I make with them! Microwaveable Frozen Brown Rice  Making rice doesn’t get easier than this! Mal loves rice (I do, too!) and would eat it everyday, so we sometimes go through a

Weekend Link Love — Edition 472

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Home » News October 08, 2017 Weekend Link Love — Edition 472 By Mark Sisson 0 Comments   Print Research of the Week Women who exercise before breakfast burn more fat throughout the day. Whole eggs beat egg whites for gains . Taking alpha-linolenic acid (ALA, an omega-3 fatty acid found in flax and canola oil) prevents exercise-induced metabolic improvements in obese rats. LSD promotes freudian slips. Vitamin K2 supplementation may support weight loss. Both gluten/casein-free diets and modified Atkins keto diets improve autistic symptoms in children . A low meat intake during pregnancy may increase the offspring’s risk of substance abuse. New Primal Blueprint Podcasts Episode 189: Mark Sisson : Elle Russ and I chat about my new book, the Keto Reset Diet . Each week, select Mark’s Daily Apple blog posts are prepared as Primal Blueprint Podcasts. Need to catch up on reading, but don’t have the time? Prefer to listen to articles while on the go? Check ou

Gluten-Free Edible Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

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Four batches of  Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough later, we finally have a winner! Forth times a charm! This gluten-free, edible cookie dough will knock your socks off. Doesn’t just about everyone love eating cookie dough? Well, now, you can! Woohoo! And this recipe is gluten-free, thanks to my beloved Pumpkin Spice Cheerios.  If you can’t find them, honey nut cheerios will likely work, too. I hope you guys enjoy this recipe – it’s definitely a tasty one! I mean, I’ve been eating variations of it for weeks now! Ingredients: 1.5 cups Pumpkin Spice Cheerios 2 tablespoon butter, softened 2 tablespoon pumpkin puree 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1/2 tablespoon brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips Directions: Grind Cheerios in a small food processor or coffee grinder until texture is fine. Then, transfer it to a mixing bowl. Combine Cheerio mixture with the rest of the ingredients until smooth. En