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Week 19: Holiday Pains…and Gains
Plus a Care-Free Lentil Curry Recipe!
This past week seemed to pass very quickly. We kept ourselves very busy with work and holiday activities, and also managed to get some running in too! One of the ways I tend to make my life easier during the week is taking the time to prepare a large batch of food on Sunday that will last me throughout the week for lunch. This week, I decided to take a break from my normal Tex-Mex style of chili and make what I like to nickname “Indian chili” or as most would call…curry! [Read More]
Week 16: An Important Milestone Achieved
Plus a Quick and Tasty Miso Soup Recipe
I’ll just come out and say it…WE DID IT, we ran our first half marathon! Last Sunday, November 15th, we successfully completed the San Antonio Rock ‘N Roll Half Marathon (13.1 mi). It was an amazing milestone for both of us! Mark, as he didn’t believe he could run 10 miles less than 4 months ago and for me, getting out of my boot less than 2 weeks prior. We didn’t do half bad either… [Read More]
Perfect Pumpkin Pancakes:
Two Ways to Please Any Picky Pumpkin Pancake Eater
I’ve been promising friends for quite some time to post my “perfect pancake” recipe that I’ve been using week in and week out for the past 6 months and the day has finally arrived (with added seasonal flare)! Bill, this is for you, my “tried and true” pancake recipe that has been pleasing my tummy for months, step by step in pictorial form. These pancakes are healthy, tasty, and reheats like a dream as leftovers! With a seasonal twist of pumpkin, these can’t be beat for healthy eating for the fall… [Read More]
Quick and Tasty Soup for a Light Lunch!
On Thursday, I left work just before lunch in order to get a lot of housework done and get a nap (i.e. attempt to catch up on sleep) after my week on the rig. I had already eaten a piece of the decadent Vegan Mocha Cake I made the evening before, plus way too much butter icing when icing the cake, so I needed a quick, healthy, and easy lunch to make that day…black bean soup would just do the trick! [Read More]
The “B4 Burger”: You Won’t Believe it’s Nearly Meatless!
Labor Day…the day that (most) Americans celebrate the Labor Party. Well, actually it is now more of a celebration of the end of summer…but not here in Houston, where temperatures are still commonly getting up into the mid-90′s (today included)! Mark had to work today, so that left me to my own devices, yielding a lot of baking and preparing for dinner. Tonight’s dinner was the B4 Burger, recipe courtesy of the Austin American Statesman, served alongside sweet potato fries and grilled corn on the cob. Topped off with a nice cold beer, and you’ve got one awesome meal to celebrate! [Read More]
Week 2: Building the Routine…and the Beginning of Fundraising
Plus a Flavorful, Easy Vegan Meal for a Busy Weeknight (and a special surprise)!
This week I was back to “business as usual” with the end of my training class last week. So I was back in the office and required to fit all of my exercise in during my lunch breaks (still too hot to run outside in the evenings in Houston for me…plus we got a lot of much needed rain this week). [Read More]
After a Week of Frustration and Stress, a Quite Relaxing Sunday Morning!
There are a few things that I couldn’t wait for when I moved into my new house. One was being able to sit on the porch on a relaxing Sunday morning with a coffee, breakfast, and NPR. Today, I made that dream come true! I even tried making a new variation of my “tried and true” pancake recipe (not published yet for some reason) for the occasion. Thus, my “patented” Peanut Butter and Jelly Pancakes are born! [Read More]
Fun in the Mud and an Awesome Summer Salad!
Today was the most satisfying run I’ve completed to date…the Mud Maxx 5k! This was the first year of the race, benefiting the Shriners Hospital, but the organizers did a good job getting most everything straightened out and the run went rather smoothly. The object of the race was not time (it was untimed), but to have fun and get as muddy as you could (given that we haven’t had rain in weeks, it wasn’t too muddy though). I’m also going to share with you my after-race lunch. A leftover mediterranean-style bulgar wheat salad we made last night that was just so delish I have to share it’s goodness with the world! [Read More]
Turkey Burgers on Homemade Whole Wheat Buns, Served with Zucchini “Fries”
Or, Why I’m Reluctant to go Back to Store-bought Buns…
Last weekend, I had the hankering to bust out the grill and grill up a nice burger…
Well, I’m avoiding ground beef right now, and didn’t have any ground bison defrosted, but we did have freshly ground turkey in the fridge, just waiting to be made into scrumptious turkey burgers! I decided this was my chance to modify my black bean turkey burger recipe I posted a few months ago…and man these were great! Even reheats well (had the leftover burger for lunch today, 3 days later…)…all in all, a keeper recipe! [Read More]
American Twists to a Classic Mexican Dish…
I was first introduced to calabacita con pollo at our favorite tex-mex restaurant, Sylvia’s Enchilada Kitchen (see capirotada and fajitas posts). It’s a wonderful and light dish, reminding me of a good light summer meal (much like my vegetarian penne). We had a lot of Mexican-style ingredients sitting around last weekend from a dinner party we hosted, and I thought it would be great to try a casserole combining “calabacita con pollo” and enchiladas…it was good…really good! So good in fact that my husband not only went up for seconds, but also took leftovers to work for lunch (it’s like pulling teeth to get my husband to veer from his sandwich lunches)! It’s, as most of my recipes, a highly adaptable recipe that can be modified to fit nearly any picky family. [Read More]
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