Recipes by Nicole Culver

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	Herb Focaccia Bread by Nicole Culver Herb Focaccia Bread(A little more than) 4 weeks until my vacation! I am so excited that 4 weeks from Monday I will be on a plane flying to Costa Rica to stay in Los Altos de Eros in Tamarindo. I am pretty sure these next 4 weeks will go by pretty quickly because of how busy we are at school, so Costa Rica here we come (almost!).In…	1 vote 1579 views
	(Raw) Falafels! by Nicole Culver Snow Day! Yesterday I woke up at 5 am to get up to go to spin and looked out the window. It was clear I WAS NOT going anywhere. The streets were not even close to being plowed and the snow was still coming down. I turned on the news and saw that, of course, every other school district besides NYC was closed. I tried to go back to…	2 votes 1 review 908 views
	Rainbow Cookies! by Nicole Culver So here it is! Finally, the recipe for the long awaited rainbow cookies. If you make them, after 2 days and a couple hours of long, hard work (which isn’t really that hard if you have a stand mixer!!) you can end up with these!! Aren’t they pretty???These cookies aren’t hard, but they require a ton of steps from start to finish. I…	3 votes 1333 views
	Olive Tapenade by Nicole Culver Olive TapenadeDon’t worry I did get in my veges with this salad. (Spring mix lettuce, chick peas, early peas, (leftover from wild mushroom risotto), feta, and alfalfa sprouts.)Here is the recipe:Olive TapenadeIngredients	2 votes 990 views
	Seared Tuna with White Beans by Nicole Culver Seared Tuna with White BeansYesterday I had a very quiet productive day. Every once in awhile I enjoy having a day to myself, around my apartment to just get things done, straighten up and bake. I posted yesterday all about the baking I did, so today I wanted to share the dinner I made. Going along with my 2010 resolutions, I made a…	1 vote 611 views
	Outstanding Oats! by Nicole Culver Outstanding Oats!Good morning blog readers! I can’t believe it’s Thursday already and this week is almost over. These vacation weeks just fly by waaayyy too quickly. I haven’t done much this week, but I have helped my mom do some planning for her wedding. We are in the process of picking out dresses for my sister, cousin and I to…	1 vote 457 views
	Applesauce Pumpkin Muffins with Cranberries by Nicole Culver Applesauce Pumpkin Muffins with CranberriesI love days off! I am very content right now sitting on my couch after a pretty productive today. I haven’t seen or felt the outside world all day and that’s just fine. I was supposed to go into the city for some lunch with pals, but it didn’t work out.I was up nice and early and after cup of…	1 vote 2251 views
	Strawberry Shortcake by Nicole Culver Strawberry ShortcakeDinner was a success! We had a great time, cracked open a bottle of wine and enjoyed each others company. I didn’t take any pictures of the food because we were so hungry I forgot. The subway took forever and it took Danny awhile to get home…so basically we just ate the entire loaf of kalamata bread we made..oops.…	2 votes 2044 views
	Hungry? Try this filling Black Bean Soup by Nicole Culver You're about to be redirectedThe blog that used to be here is now at http://www.makinggoodchoicesblog.com/2010/01/hungry-try-this-filling-black-bean-soup.html.Do you wish to be redirected?	1 vote 319 views
	Tomato Soup! by Nicole Culver Today is the first day of my vacation and also a day where I don’t have anything really do it. I’ve been “busily”watching the TODAY show this morning and updating my blog. I cannot believe that it is snowing again!! I will make it to the gym at some point today, but the snow is a REAL deterrent.Yesterday we did a couple of errands,…	1 vote 573 views