I made this Cooking Light recipe couple of weeks ago and it was such a huge hit, I’ve made it twice since then. In fact, this gluten-free vegetable “stuffing” is extremely versatile for other dishes. I was in a hurry and it’s hot down here. Instead of cooking this in the oven, I sliced the …
Posts from: July 2013
A few years ago, I tried almond butter and thought the world couldn’t be any better. I much preferred the taste of natural almond butter to my old stand-by Jiff peanut butter. One trip to the store, they were out of my beloved almond butter and I almost reached for the Jiff. Then I saw …
Summer is in full swing around here. The heat is overwhelming and that means I want two things: smoothies and salads. When the heat is this bad, the last thing I want to eat is a heavy meal. I usually have a protein shake on mornings before a CrossFit workout throughout the year. During the …
Wahoo!! 5 miles of a great speedwork session. But first. Who doesn’t love this?? I don’t know why I’m sharing this. But I can’t look away. Today I tackled the track early and got 5 miles of speed and recovery intervals. It felt good to sprint for a while. And equally as good to crawl …
So, you’ve read the book or at least some info about Whole 30 and you want to get started RIGHT-NOW-RIGHT-THIS-SECOND-LIFE-IS-GOING-TO-BE-GREAT!!!!! Hold your horses. Since this isn’t my first rodeo let me share some advice before diving in head first to the shallow end of a very tricky pool. Why am I starting another one? …
I know it could be a LOT hotter, but the humidity has that familiar wet stinky wool blanket feel. It’s hard to get a fresh breath of air when the all the air is like dog breath. Welcome back, Monday. I’m not too pleased to see you. I decided to run in the middle of …
This is the first time in years that I’ve started track workouts, or speedwork. I currently use two facilities. I use a high school track that is close to work. Closer to my house, I use a park with a half mile track around ball fields. I love using both, but the high school …
I’m trying to sort of THINK about getting back into a cooking and organizing routine so I can ease back into the chaos of teaching. This week, I went to the Farmer’s Market at 10:30 am because I stayed up until 2am and slept until 10. Well, that was stupid. All that was left at …
I really shouldn’t complain because the rain helps keep the temperatures down. But when the rain evaporates, we are left with jungle crud. Running in swampy air isn’t fun, but it’s all I’ve got to work with right now. It has been another good week of base building before marathon training starts! Monday: full rest …
1. The heat has obviously scrambled my brain. I went to WalMart…in the middle of the day. If I must go to wally world, I do it before school when nobody is there or early on the weekend. Today, I ventured out and I barely survived. That place during the day is dangerous. While dodging …
As often happens, when I get back from vacation and have some downtime before school starts back, I go into hibernation mode. I don’t look at school work. I don’t think about school. I completely IGNORE school. Teaching is my passion and I’m fortunate to absolutely love my job, but it really wears me down …
My Thankful Thursday topic is easy to explain this week I still have trouble believing that is me. When my edition came in the mail, I did a big jumping girl screaming fit. Then I checked to make sure that was really me. A few months ago, the editor contacted me about the “Fit Happens” …
Vacation is over. The laundry is still waiting to get sorted. I have managed to go grocery shopping and refill the refrigerator. I have worked through most of the pictures and posts. (For those who may be confused, I’m backdating the posts so they post on the real date even though they didn’t go live …