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		<title>Blog has moved!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2013 20:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear friends and visitors, Thank you for following my blog. I&#8217;m happy to announce that my blog has it&#8217;s own domain now! Please visit the new and improved In Search of the Golden Mean at www.searchofthegoldenmean.com I hope to see you all there! Love, Irina]]></description>
		
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		<title>Asian Quinoa Salad with Grapefruit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2013 02:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I love quinoa salads but they get boring after a while. I&#8217;m always looking for new ways to spice them up. Today I tried to add an Asian flavour to my quinoa salad. It turned out very refreshing and light! I want to share my recipe here. Ingredients: 1 cup of quinoa 2 Japanese cucumbers [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Irish Soda Rye Bread</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 01:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My friend Sveta made this bread when we were over at her place and I loved it so much I couldn&#8217;t wait to make it at home! It reminded me about Russian rye &#8220;lepyoshka&#8221; or pancake. I liked it so much that I decided to make it myself. It was my first time to bake [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Staying fit and stress free</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 05:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Past several months have been very busy for me and I started feeling how the stress and physical and emotional tiredness is building up in my body. I&#8217;ve never been a fan of running as I was scared of falling and hurting myself. Yes, it might sound funny for some people but it was an [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kısır and ground turkey köfte</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My Turkish mama makes the best kısır, a Turkish dish made of bulgur, lettuce and other greens. It can be either a salad or a side dish.  However, as we don&#8217;t have our Turkish mama around, we tried to make it ourselves. The first try was not so successful but we had more luck the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Coconut Flour Chocolate Cookies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 05:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Deserts]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last year I was on a gluten free diet kick and I experimented with different kinds of flours. I got this coconut flour from Home Sense a while ago but never got a chance to bake with it. I used a recipe from here http://purelytwins.com/2012/10/22/perfect-soft-thick-coconut-flour-chocolate-chip-cookies/ and modified it by adding cocoa powder to make it [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Guilty Pleasure: Korean Cosmetics from eBay</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lately I got obsessed with eBay and Korean cosmetics. This is my second shipment and I&#8217;m very excited! This is MISSHA,s line for problem skin Super Aqua. It includes Clearing Moisturizer, Control Toner and Purifying Foaming Cleanser. I&#8217;m yet to try it and I will post my experiences and opinion about this line in few [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cobb Salad with Quinoa</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Busy life and lack of time often makes us eat unhealthy and on the go. This week I&#8217;m trying to change this cycle and make healthy meals for us. I don&#8217;t usually like salads for dinner and don&#8217;t really consider them to be a meal on its own, but this one was very feeling and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Happy Maslenitsa or Pancake Week!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today is the first day of Maslenitsa week in Russia. This year Maslenitsa is falling on March 11 to 17. Maslenitsa is a week-long Russian tradition of saying good-bye to winter and getting ready for spring. Every day in Maslenitsa week is different and has its own meaning. You can find out more information here: [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Thai Shrimp Coconut Curry with Spinach</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
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