Cardamom Coffee Cake

Cardamom Coffee Cake:
A Near-Perfect Post-Saturday Run Snack!

Coffee cake…it was always a treat in our household. My Mom only made it on special occasions, but when she did, it seemed like it was always gone in a flash! Over the past few months, every now and again I’d all of a sudden crave coffee cake. Fortunately, [...]

National Sticky Bun Day

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 early this morning, 6:30am [...]

Training Update – Week 20

Week 20: Ramping it up…
Plus Realizing Why Mom Never Let us eat Cookies for Dinner…

So, we are starting to get into the home stretch for this season’s training season. We are also in the thick of the Holiday Season, which means lots of obligations outside of training. Christmas parties, shopping, and work obligations seem to [...]

Training Update – Week 15

Another Week, Another Step Closer…
Plus a Recipe for Whole Wheat Soft Pretzels!

Yet again I must apologize for the tardy post this week. We finally had our long-awaited long weekend in San Antonio and I wanted to be disconnected from the intertubes (well except for my iphone…must be able to find good food ). [...]

Training Update – Week 10

Breaking Records and Feeling Sore!

It’s been an interesting and tiring week in our household…our schedule pretty much has been: work, run, eat, sleep, repeat! The run part has finally started taking a bit more of a toll on my body, as has allergy season, which has hit me with full impact. We also were breaking [...]

Training Update – Week 5

Bring on the “Hills” (and the Baked Goods)!

This week started our second month of training and with that came our second third track practice where we were charged with a new challenge…hills! Everything else has been pretty quiet…we were unable to climb this week due to the pickup of our old fridge to be delivered [...]

Training Update – Week One

One Week Down…Many More to Come!
Okay…going to multi-task with this post. Planning to give everyone a quick update on my training and give out my “famous” whole wheat brownie recipe!

Healthy Ice Cream Sandwich

A Truly Simple and Satisfying Treat for a Hot Summer Day

We’ve officially entered the dog days of summer in Houston…nearly a continuous week of 90+ temperatures (most over 95F), no rain, and no relief from the heat in the short-term forecast. I normally don’t like ice cream, but today was a day that I just [...]

Raspberry “Mousse”

Fake Mousse is Better than No Mousse at All…

I must admit, this is not one of my tastiest or most creative recipes…but it gets the job done on cooling you down on a hot summer day! Last week we had a lot of raspberries around, as they were on sale at the grocery store and [...]

Berry and Dark Chocolate “Parfait”

Summertime in the City!

Okay…sorry for being MIA for such a long time, life has been crazy…First off, it’s official, we’re buying a house! Second, we had a house guest for over a week that required a lot of extra time from us…Third, training has taken a lot of my time, preparing for a number of [...]