Iowa :

Iowa Boy Eats? Dinner Day 2: Three Course Feast!

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Heeeeeell-o, everyone! True to my word, I crushed the Calorie Scorcher Workout after work today ? it was fabulous! I did the following, with ~1 minute of rest in between each item (except the treadmill intervals): 10 minutes @ level 5 on[...]

Review: Amazing Taste Seasonings and Iowa BBQ Pork Chops

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Adam Taki and his Father are the founders of AMAZING TASTE FOODS & SEASONINGS , a gourmet food and flavor enhancing company that has revolutionized home cooking for over thirty years with the simplicity of the Amazing Taste Foods and[...]

Iowa Boy Eats? Dinner Day 3: Achieving that Signature Crunch

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Hi everyone! I successfully completed my much needed and exciting excursion after work today ? I?ll show you what it was tomorrow?you?ll understand in the a.m.! Day 3 of dinner a la Ben was ready for me when I came home and I was SO[...]

Tough Questions and Good Discourse on the Iowa Corn Tour

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I've had many incredible experiences since I began blogging three years ago, opportunities to have conference calls with Katie Couric , to interview Olympic athletes and diet personalities, to have dinner with Rocco DiSpirito , lunch with Marcela[...]

Iowa Boy Eats? Dinner Day 4: Crock Pot Chili + MUST SEE Video from Oprah!

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Hey guys! FYI ? it has been raining for the entire 14 hours that I have been awake today! Literally pouring for the entire day. I suppose it could be worse ? it could be snow?and that just might push me over the edge? But what goes[...]

You Know You?re From Iowa When?

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They say nothing in life is free. Well, whoever said that should come to Iowa, because we’ve got all the local sweet corn you can eat for ZERO DINERO. It’s true – this afternoon Ben and I hit up the Adel Sweet Corn[...]

Mancakes.

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Why haven’t I thought of this before? I was craving a PB&J but didn’t want a whole sandwich. So, I swiped some PB and jelly between 2 Ritz crackers and it equaled one amazing snack time. Drippy goodness.[...]

Detox from food

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This week starts my first in a series of guest bloggers. The first is one of my favorite people in the entire world! I can say that because she’s my beautiful daughter, Niki… or Nicole, as she’s known in the world of news… or[...]

Gnome-Made Treats

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Did you know the largest {concrete} gnome in the world is at Reiman Gardens in Ames , Iowa? Okay, I know that because I work there, but nonetheless it's been gnomey madness this summer. We've had a lot of hubbub over these little[...]

In 50 Words or Less

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We won! source Glad I wasn’t there… source Ben made Jambalaya ,   while I found cute shoes at the mall, and worked on my dish for Project Food Blog Challenge #2 . Any guesses?![...]