Beach therapy + leftovers

What I?ve been craving for the past 3 months?

There?s something therapeutic about being close to the water. It?s not like I was at the beach every day when I lived in Michigan, but simply having the option to get away was all I needed. I?m trying to find other little oasis spots in St. Louis, but it?s definitely hard.

Once a gymnast, always a gymnast. My mom used to yell at me for being upside down more than right side up.

Seriously going to miss MI, the fam, and my fave poodle Bayley.

I?m convinced that we all need balance. No matter how much I love nutrition, I still crave the arts. Maybe that?s why a lot of you are students or have other careers in addition to food blogging. I really encourage you to pursue whatever it is that both refreshes and inspires you?it?s definitely the only way I stay sane!

If you?re not a professional blogger, what is your full-time stint or how do you stay balanced?

:: two ways to use turkey leftovers ::

turkey wraps with sharp cheddar cheese and cranberry sauce

classic turkey rice soup

Others? What are you most creative ways to use Thanksgiving leftovers?

I think the SLU interns are gardening today [don?t quote me on that] and then I have a presentation to give on a local, seasonal, and organic baby food company that the pediatric interns in my class created for our clinical systems management class.

Ok, I should probably be studying for my test on Thursday or something equally productive [sigh]. Happy Monday, all.