Training Update – Week 17

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 actually proved to be easier to keep up our routine [...]

November 29th, 2009 | Category: Dinner, Fall Favorites, High Fiber, Holiday, Makes Leftovers, Process, Restaurant Review, Team in Training, Vegetarian | 3 comments

Training Update: Weeks 13-14

Weeks 13-14: Healing and Easing Back into Routine…
Plus My First Success in Bread Baking!

I must apologize for not posting my update last week as I had promised. I was honestly getting into a funk from not working out. Whenever I don’t get the exercise I need, I tend to get really tired, moody and easily [...]

November 8th, 2009 | Category: American, Bread, Cookies, Fall Favorites, High Fiber, Process, Team in Training, Vegetarian | Leave a comment

Training Update – Week 11

Week 11: Getting into Double Digit Runs…and Learning to Slow Down
Plus a Special Pennsylvania Dutch Recipe

This week was the roughest week yet for us! Saturday was our first double digit run, clocking in at 10 miles! I felt great during the run for the most part and completed it at a great [...]

October 17th, 2009 | Category: American, Batch Cooking, Dinner, Fall Favorites, Lunch, Makes Leftovers, Personal, Process, Team in Training | 2 comments

Black Bean Soup

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 [...]

October 4th, 2009 | Category: Batch Cooking, Gluten Free, High Fiber, High Protein, Low-cal, Lunch, Makes Leftovers, Mexican, Process, Quick, Vegetarian | One comment

Housewarming Party!

Breaking in our New House with a Good Old Fashioned Party…

So, we are well on our way to putting together our new house. We now have phone (like it matters in this day and age), DSL (matters), and cable (but not yet strong enough for digital…), and even a few curtains up (custom curtains = [...]

July 26th, 2009 | Category: Appetizer, Cookies, Dessert, Dinner, Personal, Process, Summer eating | One comment

Homemade Guacamole

My Results from Many Years of Trial and Error…

I love guacamole and let’s face it, avocados are nature’s (healthy) butter! It’s always better homemade and it’s taken years for me to perfect my guacamole recipe and technique. I think I’ve finally found a blend the works best for my tastes and want to share it’s [...]

May 20th, 2009 | Category: Appetizer, Makes Leftovers, Mexican, Process, Sauce, Snack, Tex-Mex, Vegetarian | 5 comments

Peanut Butter and Honey Granola Bars

My Quest for a Quick and Fool-Proof Granola Bar Has Ended…

You can tell by now from my recipes, that I like to make quick and easy snacks for when life takes you on the run (or not, I love eating these at my desk at work also: see protein bars and granola bars). I’ve also [...]

May 18th, 2009 | Category: Bar, Batch Cooking, Breakfast, Eating on the road, High Fiber, High Protein, Makes Leftovers, Process, Quick, Snack, Vegetarian | 15 comments

Homemade Applesauce!

Homemade Applesauce, Another Race, and Another Mentor Lost…

It’s been a busy week and starting off a busy weekend! I love to be busy…so there is much to say and not so much time to say it…
First, I wanted to post my first experience in making homemade applesauce. It’s quick, very easy, and much healthier for [...]

May 16th, 2009 | Category: American, Batch Cooking, High Fiber, Low-cal, Makes Leftovers, Personal, Process, Quick, Races, Snack | One comment

Berry Buckwheat Pancakes

Fluffy, Nutritious, Satisfying, Eggless…

If you’ve been reading my blog a lot, you’ve noticed that I have a thing for Greek-style yogurt, Fage to be precise! It’s chocked full of protein and doesn’t have the fat and cholesterol that eggs have. When Eggless Cooking set forth a challenge to use yogurt as an egg substitute, I [...]

March 31st, 2009 | Category: Breakfast, High Fiber, High Protein, Makes Leftovers, Process | 6 comments

Rosemary Flatbread Pizza

Personal Pizzas Made to Order on the Grill in a Jiffy!

I was craving something a little bit different on Saturday. We had a late (second) breakfast after my 5k, but March Madness has hit (Go Heels!), and we needed something we could do relatively quickly and on the early side. As it was such a beautiful [...]

March 30th, 2009 | Category: American, Appetizer, Batch Cooking, High Fiber, Low-cal, Lunch, Makes Leftovers, Process | 4 comments
 
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