You knew I was going to school to become a Nutritional Therapy Practioner didn’t you? Well, if you didn’t, now you do! I never thought I would be excited about school in my life, but here I am anxiously awaiting my first test so I can rock it out and get 100%. Who am I?! But I guess when you find your passion it doesn’t seem like work anymore. Anyone else back in school as an adult to pursue their dreams? I certainly hope there are some out there who are on a similar path.

Know what else I accomplished this weekend? I FINALLY put up my Instagram wall that I originally saw on Pinterest and knew I had to recreate since I am only slightly obsessed with Insta… by the way, if you don’t follow me over there yet you are missing. out. I post there at least once per day so get on it! Join the parteeeeee! You don’t even have to have an Instagram to follow people but you totally should because its so much better than facebook and twitter and the rest

I ALSO did a bunch of food prep this weekend because I am currently on day 13 of a Whole30… did I not tell you that either? What a bad friend I am… I keep being busy with a full time job, traveling for said job (I went to Mount Rushmore alone last week too…), trying to keep up with friends and family, doing school, and creating awesome recipes for you guys. I feel like I need 4-6 more hours in the day sometimes! Anyways, I decided to do another Whole30 (my third!) to celebrate my 2 year paleoversary Did I forget to tell you that happened on October 1st too? JEEZE RACHAEL. Well if you don’t know what a Whole30 is then get over to the google and check it out! The only thing that has been hard so far in the last 13 days is that WholeMe sent me a sample of their new Lemon Berry Chia Clusters and I cannot eat it. Saddest/happiest day ever. In the freezer it went… in addition to the macarons I won from an Instagram giveaway (see, another reason to join Insta) and the dark chocolate that always resides in there… only 17 more days!

I’m sure I forgot a million other things I wanted to share with you, but I did NOT forget to share this amazing recipe! I am a beet lover after thinking I hated them my whole life. Naturally sweet, earthy, and the most gorgeous color; I just can’t get enough. I also absolutely love balsamic reduction/glaze/etc and the combination is divine. If you want to be impressive without doing much work *everyone raises their hand* then make this and serve it to guests with your protein of choice and a lovely salad. Boom, impressive. Until later (hopefully not too much later!)

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