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National Sticky Bun Day

Stef — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:48:20 +0000

Happy National Sticky Bun Day Brought to you by El Bolillo Bakery; Houston, TX

I’ve recently started following Punchbowl on twitter (my handle is activelifecook fwiw) which tells me all of the odd days that are out there. Well, today was a reason to celebrate…it’s National Sticky Bun Day (2/20/10)! I woke up [...]

Chinese New Year

Stef — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:54:33 +0000

Happy Lots of Things! Including, but not limited to…Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day, and Blog Anniversary…

Well, seems like we were just celebrating the Western New Year, and here we are, Chinese New Year! I never celebrated Chinese New Year. Perhaps it’s because I’m a Caucasian female “true blue” American (we can trace [...]

Happy Valentines Day!

Stef — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:48:21 +0000

Happy Valentines Day!

Valentines Day…oh the commercialism that accompanies this “holiday”…

For years, I’ve tried to avoid buying into the commercialism, but this year, we finally decided it was high time to go out for a nice dinner rather than cook each other dinner as in years past as you can get incredible [...]

Training Update – Week 18

Stef — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:10:16 +0000

Week 18: Working Through the Pains…

and the Leftovers…

This week was a recovery week for us…recovery in a couple of ways. Recovering from the Thanksgiving Holiday (plus all of those leftovers, my vegan platter shown above) and allowing our bodies recover from 16+ miles of running [...]

Training Update – Week 17

Stef — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:21:14 +0000

Keeping Up Motivation Over the Holiday Season…

Plus a Great Gnocchi Recipe for Leftover Butternut Squash!

Once again, hope everyone is enjoying their holiday weekend. Mark is back off to work today, and I’ll be back to work tomorrow, so…back to the grind…until Christmas! This past week [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

Stef — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:47:05 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving from ALC!

Hope all of my readers had an excellent and delicious Thanksgiving (homemade vegetarian stuffing shown above), and also took stock of what they have to be truly thankful! I’m ever so thankful for my wonderful family and friends who have supported me along the way [...]

Happy Halloween

Stef — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:16:34 +0000

Happy Halloween From ALC!

Just wanted to stop by for a minute to wish my followers a Happy Halloween! It’s my first time in over 10 years to dress up and play along with Halloween and me and my partner in crime are off to a “Triple [...]

Pumpkin Pancakes

Stef — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:59:01 +0000

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 [...]

Training Update – Week 6

Stef — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:17:37 +0000

Getting Back to Basics Bake Sale and Another Milestone Accomplished!

This week was broken up a bit by a four-day weekend for me for Labor Day (which Mark unfortunately had to work), but with Mark away, it gave me an excellent opportunity to “Labor over Labor Day” [...]

Labor Day Dinner

Stef — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:04:31 +0000

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 [...]