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    Blog from our lanai

    It's a beautiful day today (made even more beautiful in contrast to yesterday's torrential downpour) so I'm sitting outside on our lanai as I write this blog. You'll notice a glass of water by...

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    No fun in the sun

    It's been rainy and windy for about a week now on Oahu, so there was no fun in the sun over the weekend. But there was still fun. Yesterday after a girls' trip to the brand new Target (I'm fully stoc...

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    A bit of a bummer

    Yesterday I ate fish twice. That is more than almost 80 percent of Americans eat in an entire week. And the effects are starting to show. A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition reveals tha...

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    How I keep my diet in check

    Just like a good psychologist has her own psychologist, I like to keep my diet in check via an outside source at least a few times a year. My go-to tool is the website, FitDay. If you can ignore the b...

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    What I am in the mood for

    Today for lunch I had the last bit of our delicious seared Ahi tuna and shredded cabbage. I thought about heating up the fish, but actually really liked it cold. Lloyd and I are sharing one ca...

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    From farm to fork

    The last few days I've had a look at the seafood chain from beginning to end. On Thursday of last week I visited the Oceanic Institute (OI), a non-profit aquaculture research and development organiza...

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    Sneaky seafood

    I don't always wear my heart-healthy food on my sleeve - some of my omega-3s are out of sight. The eggplant and spinach lasagna spirals we ate last night had the subtlest nutty, salty flavor thanks to...

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    Hiking fuel

    I had an action-packed weekend, fueled by some tasty fish meals. Friday we had crab cakes and baked sweet potato fries, which were both a little overcooked, but still satisfying. I followed the "Most...

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    Sandwich streak

    Ever since our busy weekend, I've been in low-effort meal mode. Yesterday for dinner we had salmon burgers, and today for lunch I had a toasty crab melt. Both came together in less than 10 minutes st...

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    The cherry on top

    The cherry on top of a long weekend is a short week. Last weekend really jump-started our motivation to explore every inch of Hawaii and I cannot wait for this one. Valentine's Day was super low key....