Lately at Lunch with Lauren: Spaghetti • Secret Pint BBQ • Budi’s Sushi Two-Go

by Lauren Townsend for The Aha! Connection

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December 2, 2020

This. Is my kids’ favorite meal at home. This is their comfort food. Spaghetti and this quick, homemade tomato sauce. Saute a diced onion and 5ish cloves of garlic in olive oil.… Read More »

Recently at Lunch with Lauren: Dog Cake • Hasselback potatoes • Custom Cutting Board • Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks

by Lauren Townsend for The Aha! Connection

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November 11th

It is Olive Dog’s Gotcha Day. We made her a cake (and Cricket orchestrated a balloon drop, but that seemed more traumatic). This cake is safe for dogs to eat and I’m not sure how it tastes, but Olive liked it.… Read More »

Recently at Lunch with Lauren: Challah • Cucumber Sandwiches • Meat Towers and more!

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Best Bread Baking:  Friday morning:  Good morning guys! We are open right now until 3:30.  We have the best round challahs in town along with your favorite goodies and salads. Also falafel starts at 10:30 2080 Peachtree Industrial Court, Chamblee Ga 30341   I made this meat tower for Lynn’s birthday.… Read More »

Lately at Lunch with Lauren: Budi’s Sushi • Tastee Spoon • Homemade Salad Dressing • Cherry Pie • Gu’s Dumplings & More!

Recent excerpts from our Lunch with Lauren Facebook Group by Lauren Townsend for The Aha! Connection

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I don’t remember the last time I bought salad dressing. Once you start making your own, you will never go back. It’s easy, limited or no chemical emulsifiers, healthy and you can adjust based on your taste and what you put in your salad.… Read More »

Lately at Lunch with Lauren

Recent excerpts from our Lunch with Lauren Facebook Group by Lauren Townsend for The Aha! Connection

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I am tip toe-ing into trying to lose my quaran-ten extra pounds. Deven Jenkins at Camp Gladiator has made me realize my eating habits are less than ideal. While I do eat pretty healthy, I also skip a lot of meals bc of work or knowing I’m going to eat some insane meal later that day.… Read More »

Lately at Lunch with Lauren

Recent excerpts from our Lunch with Lauren Facebook Group by Lauren Townsend for The Aha! Connection

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Ok, what’s everyone feeding Dad for Father’s Day?

I don’t drink enough water, period. If drinking it hot or with lemon will help with my stress eating, I’m im.

I got home from being out of town and certainly didn’t want to deal with dinner.… Read More »

Recent Highlights from Lunch with Lauren

Recent excerpts from our Lunch with Lauren Facebook Group by Lauren Townsend for The Aha! Connection

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Seasoned batter may be secret to fried okra

I can’t wait to try out this fried okra recipe from Marlow’s Tavern (1317 Dunwoody Village Parkway, Suite 102,…! I’ve never made it like this before.… Read More »

Recent Highlights from Lunch with Lauren: S’more Kit, Snack Form, Fried Rice, Homemade Bread, Corned Beef, Cabbage and More!

Recent excerpts from our Lunch with Lauren Facebook Group by Lauren Townsend for The Aha! Connection

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I bought this mix/kit from Walmart a few weeks ago. The girls made these s’mores cookies tonight and they were SO good. The only difference is that I flashed them under the broiler for a few seconds to toast, but the girls were able to do the rest.… Read More »

Recent Highlights from Lunch with Lauren: Pack Lunch, Eating Intentional, Cultural Awareness, GS Cookie Recipes and more!

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3/10/20

It’s National Pack Your Lunch Day! Moms be like…yeah that’s erryday. I do try to pack my lunch, but then I forget to eat breakfast so I eat my lunch at like 10 and end up eating desk cookies for the rest of the day.… Read More »

Lunch with Lauren: NFA Burger

by Lauren Townsend for The Aha! Connection

I finally stopped into the Chevron on Chamblee Dunwoody to try NFA Burger. Despite the hype, I hadn’t made it in. Obviously I have no bias to it being in a gas station, more so that I’d heard that it’s busy all the time. For those who don’t know, NFA Burger is helmed by Dunwoody resident, Billy Kramer, who is well known for his burger pop-ups around Atlanta.… Read More »

Lunch with Lauren: The Whiskey Project and 11 other awesome date night ideas!

By Lauren Townsend for The Aha! Connection

Every year, we go out to dinner with the same groups of friends on New Year’s Eve eve. Sometimes there are new people, sometimes it’s just the 8 of us.  It is one of my favorite traditions because these people truly make me so happy and I know my face will hurt from laughing.… Read More »