March 2010

Thanks for all your support about my three new dietary changes.  I really appreciate it!  I truly believe the best way to make any health change is to do it little by little.  Small changes add up!   Lunch was amazing.  And so healthy!  I love when you finish a meal, and you just feel [...]

Mmm. Quinoa! I made a fun quinoa strawberry mash this morning for breakfast.  I even topped it with a tablespoon of almond butter (I have thing against nut butters on warm oatmeal, but for some reason decided to try it today)! My quinoa  mix contained:   1/3 cup quinoa, cooked with rice milk 5 large [...]

This evening, I had an appointment at the Husband’s college, the Florida College of Integrative Medicine, where he is studying to be an acupuncturist/herbalist. Because it is a teaching clinic, prices are very reasonable, and I had the Husband + a professor + two other students attending to me.  I felt like a Queen!   [...]

Afternoon!  My plans for today involved being an awesome writer and banging out a draft of my article, but the reality has been so-so.  As a result, I’m canceling my afternoon bike ride.  :(  Boo.  It’s a taper week anyway, so it’s all good.   Around 11, I made a Green Monster: You know that [...]

I didn’t exactly know what rhubarb was or what it tasted like when I bought this bag of frozen fruit vegetables at the grocery store: I thought it would make an excellent smoothie mix-in, but I decided to try it in oatmeal as well. I thought it was going to taste great.  What can go [...]

What a fun and random evening! :)   It started off like any other Tuesday night – I worked a little on an article and then I cooked dinner.  I snacked on some more watermelon while I made this delicious meal: I made mini broccoli cheese quiches, which turned out SO well!  And they were [...]

Last week, Sammi emailed me to say she was in town and asked if I wanted to meet up for a run.  Isn’t she cute?  So smiley. I was excited to run with Sammi today because I knew it would be (mentally) hard to run the day after my 10-miler.  We did 5.65 miles together [...]

My mouth is doing the happy dance! I love experimenting with different grains, and toasting quinoa is a fun alternative to cooking it on the stovetop.  It’s super crunchy and makes a wonderful granola replacement! Ingredients:   1/3 cup UNCOOKED quinoa, rinsed 2 tablespoons flax 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon 1 tablespoon maple syrup Ingredients for Pumpkin [...]

The first time I had to go to traffic school, I actually had to go to a real school and sit in a classroom for half a day.  Now, I get to do it online… but it was still boring.  :(  And it’s not going to be over for another hour or so, but at [...]

I had writer’s block this morning, so I decided to bump my workout up and get it out of the way.  It was REALLY hot outside – about 70 degrees and very sunny!  I think Central Florida missed the memo that it’s suppose to be spring.   The warmer weather motivated me to properly gear [...]

One of my favorite ways to eat oatmeal! I read food blogs for about a year before I started my own, and I remember Upside Down Pineapple Oatmeal was one of the first “cool” oatmeal dishes I created (inspired by Kath, obviously).  I remember serving it to the Husband and he said, “Yum! I could [...]

The Husband and I called it an ‘errand day’ and ran a bunch of errands in the Chevy this afternoon. On the way home, we stopped at the pet store to buy a toothbrush and toothpaste for Maggie.  We got both Maggie and James at rescue shelters, but I do LOVE to look at the [...]

I’ve been struggling with sleep lately – waking up in the middle of the night, waking up early, experiencing trouble falling asleep in the first place.  It’s been going on for two straight weeks, and today, it finally all hit me.   I ended up sleeping for twelve hours!  I woke up at 7:00 AM, [...]