- Welcome to After Dinner Dance! I'm Caroline, a 27-year-old living in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. My blog follows my love of cooking delicious and nutritious meals that make veggies taste good, and a bit of my life including my running and adventures with my toy poodle, Teddy! I have a Master of Public Health in Health Promotion and I am also a Certified Health Education Specialist. Feel free to contact me at afterdinnerdance@gmail.com - I'd love to hear from you!
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus with Homemade Roasted Red Peppers
Do you ever have plans to make something and then when you get around to making it you realize you don’t have one essential ingredient? I hate it when that happens! As I was getting all of my ingredients out … finish reading Roasted Red Pepper Hummus with Homemade Roasted Red Peppers
Posted in Gluten-free, Recipes, Sides, Snacks, Vegetarian
Tagged gluten-free, hummus, red pepper, Snacks, vegetarian
6 Comments
Strawberry Kiwi Smoothie and Hungry for Change Documentary
A couple nights ago, Luke and I watched one of the latest food documentaries called Hungry for Change. Most people think of documentaries as boring, but the ones abut food tend to fascinate me. If you love food (who doesn’t?!) … finish reading Strawberry Kiwi Smoothie and Hungry for Change Documentary
Posted in Food for Thought, Gluten-free, Recipes, Smoothies, Snacks
Tagged documentaries, kiwi, smoothies, Snacks, strawberry, yogurt
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Crispy Garlic Parmesan Asparagus
With spring, comes asparagus. I have always turned my nose up at asparagus. But, since it seems to be the trendy superfood of spring, I decided to give transforming asparagus into a tasty veggie a try. Low and behold, it … finish reading Crispy Garlic Parmesan Asparagus
Nutella Swirl Zucchini Muffins
Today, instead of bootcamp, I decided to try out a BodyPump class at a local gym that had a free two week trial pass. Source. I first found out about BodyPump from Courtney’s blog a few months ago and have been … finish reading Nutella Swirl Zucchini Muffins
36 deLux
Last night, Luke and I had a delicious dinner at 36 deLux (in Manchester, NH). It used to be called Richard’s Bistro, so it is a relatively new restaurant under the new name. After living in DC for four years, … finish reading 36 deLux
Rustic Pizza with Sweet Potato Sauce
I had a really bad workout today. I wasn’t feeling great, my shin splint started getting way too painful, and I didn’t get to run on my treadmill. I hate it when someone else is on my favorite treadmill! (Each … finish reading Rustic Pizza with Sweet Potato Sauce
Posted in Fitness, Pizza, Recipes, Running
Tagged fitness, goat cheese, kale, pizza, running, sweet potato
2 Comments
Chocolate Lover’s Granola
Did you know that granola was originally called “granula”? Its original form was crumbled graham flour and the inventor was Dr. James Caleb Jackson. It was Dr. John Harvey Kellogg who changed the “u” to an “o” and called his … finish reading Chocolate Lover’s Granola
Posted in Breakfast, Food for Thought, Gluten-free, Recipes, Snacks, Vegetarian
Tagged almonds, breakfast, chocolate, gluten-free, granola, oats
8 Comments
Easy Grilled Marinated Swordfish
Last night, we had a great dinner of grilled swordfish and barley risotto. Notice there’s a vegetable missing from that ensemble? Well, that’s because we tried to make this… But we failed. At least we got a pretty picture! If … finish reading Easy Grilled Marinated Swordfish
Posted in Fish, Gluten-free, Recipes
Tagged artichoke, fish, gluten-free, grilled, marinade, swordfish
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Carrot Curls
My afternoon run today was alright, but a bad side cramp and my shin splint stopped me after running for 28 minutes (34 minutes including my warmup and cool down). In other news, I’m getting excited to watch the season … finish reading Carrot Curls
Posted in Fitness, Gluten-free, Recipes, Running, Snacks, Vegetarian
Tagged carrots, chips, garlic, gluten-free, running, Snacks, vegetables, vegetarian
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