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How Your Eating Habits Affect Productivity

2014-12-10 16.18.49It is the end of finals week at Cal Poly. The free-flowing caffeine has finally ceased and I’ve begun my recovery.

During this week, I realized the true importance of channelling positivity and watching what you eat at a time when such luxuries are often put on the back burner.

Allow me to offer you some tips for choosing the best foods for deep focus.

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Tweets, Tunes, and Taste: Week of November 10, 2014

Cuban-style black beans and riceHello readers!

It has been a week of discovery.

I know it sounds odd to say this as a blogger, but…I’m not much of a social media buff. In a perfect world, I would write for eternity and I would have my own retweeting monkey.

Regardless, I made a Twitter for Dinner and a Playlist. Lo and behold, I became addicted. There are so many unique and creative people in this world with stories to share. So, I read on…and on.

I’ve decided to compile some of these stories, recipes, and people for you to read, enjoy, and follow!

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Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Dinner at MacLeod’s

Happy Mother’s Day from Dinner and a Playlist! As per reader request, this week’s post will feature my own cooking. I suppose some of you wanted to see my background in cuisine, so here you are!

I traveled to my hometown for the weekend and surprised my mom with her gift — a three-course vegetarian meal (which inadvertently became vegan, if anyone vegan cares to try it).

It was SO GOOD. I’m sure it was due to the freshness of the ingredients. Mother’s Day morning, we purchased the majority of them from the local farmer’s market. Hoo-rah for supporting local business.

Please enjoy the dinner image gallery and see below for recipes and the playlist!

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