Mediterranean Chopped Salad

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My first international trip was a Mediterranean cruise with my family when I was 16. We traveled to various stops throughout Italy, Greece, and Turkey. Not only was this trip wonderful for obvious reasons, but I also loved it because since the ship provided a safely, confined space, my mom allowed me to roam freely around the giant ship without parental supervision. What! This was the greatest privilege of independence while traveling I had been given so far. Just after a couple days I knew this ship like the back of my hand. Whenever we were on the ship, I spent the majority of my time exploring on my own because....

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Souvlaki

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We've been having car trouble lately - as in our Outback has been making death noises that have only worsened with time. Finally we took it in (after like a month) and discovered it would not be a quick fix as our stubborn minds had hoped. I am by no means a car expert, so I won't even attempt to explain what is wrong, but in simple Middle school terminology - it's stupid. But today it FINALLY got fixed, and I won't need to continually be on the lookout for places to pull off the road safely if the car were to finally give up. Maybe I'm scarred because...

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Greek Stuffed Bell Peppers

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Greek Stuffed Bell Peppers

These past couple weeks have been filled with weather in the single digits and sub zero wind chill. Ice covers the ground, and we haven’t gone outside without being bundled up in our down coats. The frozen tundra that we live in inspired me to create a dish that tasted fresh and deviated from the not-so-healthy comfort food that we all crave...

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