Champagne and Yoga Pants

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Dinner from Wednesday night. Filet mignon over creamy leek, mushroom truffle risotto. It turned out fabulous. This is a keeper! #filetmignon #truffle #mushrooms #risotto #gourmet #chef

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Dinner last night was spaghetti with a creamy butternut leek Parmesan sauce and it was amazing. #pasta #spaghetti #butternutsquash #leek #parmesan #healthy #fall #cheese

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A couple of weeks ago @mekodi and I did a #gin tasting at the St. Augustine Distillery. It was a blast and so good. #gin #bombaysaphire #beefeater #bolsgenever #staugustine #sta #florida #distillery #staugustinenewworldgin

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Hangover breakfast. #eggs #avocado #breakfast #tomatoes #spicy #yum

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Late to post but gnocchi mac and cheese so I guess gnocchi and cheese. So good. #gnocchi #macandcheese #cheese #comfortfood

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Good way to a long, crummy week. Lunch at my favorite sushi restaurant. #sushi #salmon #ginger #lunch #friday #yum #itwassupposedtobesashimiohwell (at Pacific Asian Bistro)

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Made Ina Gartens Pasta Alla Vecchia Bettola. It was delicious. A new favorite #pasta #italian #vodkasauce #vodka #tomatos #chef #food

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Mango margaritas from #nationaltequiladay. #1800 #silver #mango #cayennepepper #cocktail #grapefruit #limes #creative

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I love my town and alma mater!! Absolutely gorgeous #flaglercollege #flagler #staugustine #florida #sunshine

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Today @mekodi and I got the chance to hold the Ryder cup at the Palencia. What a neat experience! #golf #rydercup #usa

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You can ask the universe for all the signs you want, but ultimately, we see what we want to see when we’re ready to see it.

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Slow Mornings

One of my favorite things in life is to have a slow morning.  That sounds silly, I know.  A slow morning for me is waking up whenever and then actually getting out of bed whenever, followed by doing somethings around the house before I make myself a cup of tea and sit down to read the paper.  I like to take my time.

Morning is my favorite part of the day, especially during the summer in Florida.  I love to sit on the back porch, eat my breakfast and think about all that is going to be done for the day.  

Every morning I eat breakfast.  It changes daily, sometimes its oatmeal and blueberries, sometimes its my protein pancakes, egg and sometimes it yogurt. Today I cooked onions, garlic, green peppers, tomatoes and avocado in a pan with olive oil and poured 2 eggs on top of it to make a scrambled egg veggie dish.  I topped it with a mexican cheese blend and it was perfect.  I always have a fruit with breakfast but today I had my glass of Natalie's OJ.  If you live in Florida, Natalie's OJ is the only way to go in my opinion.  The Ingredients listed are: Floridas Oranges. I don't know if I have ever truly seen that on a carton of orange juice.  The ingredients on the brand I used to drink are: 100% Orange juice from concentrate and natural flavors.  Which sounds more appealing.  Try Natalies, trust me, other brands taste terrible after having this stuff. 

I also drink a big glass of lemon water, I'll squeeze half a lemon into and sip on it most of the morning.  A great way to freshen up and detox after the wine I may have consumed the night before.  I have hot tea every morning too.  I do drink coffee, I really like coffee, but I load it up with sweetener and cream, and if I go to Starbucks who knows what else.  I typically drink Earl Grey with a little lemon but I switched up today and did Imperial Blueberry Acai tea.  It is a white tea so it still has caffeine but I may need another cup of it because there isn't as much caffeine as there is in black tea.

I don't get to have slow mornings every morning but the days I work from home I truly enjoy it.  If I can get my work out in too first thing before breakfast then it is a great day.  Normally, I am far too hungry first thing to workout first.  What is your favorite part of the day?

Picture of my breakfast on the porch. 

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The perfect Smoothie Parfait: Blueberry-Banana Smoothie layered with Mango, Strawberry-Banana Smoothie, Strawberries and Passionfruit 

So the sweltering heat of summer begins, and as a person who once had two smoothies in one day [Blueberry-Banana] [Lychee] this, of course, means smoothies. The sour sweetness of the passionfruit perfectly complements the icy sweetness of the smoothies, the juiciness of the fresh mango and the texture of the layer of fresh strawberries.