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Love It or Leave It

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Time for a little game of Love It or Leave It

I’ll start with my Leave It’s:

  1. Rainy Weather. I live in San Diego for a reason: It’s usually sunny! I would love 78F and sunny year round, and no, I wouldn’t miss the change of seasons. The past 36 hours we’ve had cold, rainy, dreary weather. The kind of weather that I could see my breath when I was running outside. One singular day of that kind of weather is all the “season changing” I need.
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Let’s get back to the regularly scheduled programming of this, please.

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  1. Celery. It overpowers everything. I’ve tried to juice with celery and it makes everything taste like I’m drinking celery. It’s so pungent and strong for my tastes.
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The only way I can sort of tolerate it raw is ants on a log style doused in peanut butter and with raisins. But just plain celery sticks, leave it. Not to mention the stringy nature. Nope, not for me.

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  1. Tailgating. Annoying and it can be dangerous when it’s raining. Follow closely is different than tailgating (I think most of California follows closely). But I reserve the word tailgaiting for those drivers who could probably read your VIN number or tell if you have a zit they’re so up your trunk.
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  1. Garlic. No, I hate it. Same with celery; it overpowers everything. I am somewhat intolerant to it, also. I get itchy, rashy, and nauseous from it.
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  1. Whistling. Leave it goes to whistling. Or humming. Or loud chewing sounds.

Love It’s:

  1. Coffee. Love it and it tastes even better when it’s cold and dreary out.
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And it tastes even better yet when it’s a weekend morning and it’s cold and dreary out. Full permission to go into coffee overload mode given those circumstances. Jitters and all.

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Time to make (another) one of these

  1. Reality TV. Some of my favorite shows are reality tv. Okay, most anything I watch is reality tv or the Food Network. The Real Housewives, Kendra, The Kardashians, Top Chef, Millionaire Matchmaker. Bravo and the E! Channel are my go-to stations. Trashy, mindless tv is fine in my book. And when I feel like learning something, I tune into some Alton Brown or watch Ina use a pound of butter in something.

  2. Marshmallows. Love them.

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Especially in Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough & Marshmallow Stuffed Rice Krispie Bars (No Bake)

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  1. Massages. Love them. I’d love one right now. Nothing beats a massage for me. Back, feet, shoulders, neck, head and scalp, hands, legs, whatever. I love feeling like Jello afterwards and all blissed out. Ahhh.
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  1. Pumpkin. I wasn’t a huge lover of it until recently. I always liked it; this past fall I’ve fallen into pumpkin love.

Pumpkin Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars (Vegan, GF)

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What are your Love It’s or Leave It’s?

Agree (or not) with any of mine?

P.S. Thanks for the Cookbook Giveaway Entries

Have a great weekend!