. . . You Need to Try Before joining the Summer Sweat Series (it's over now, but I highly recommend it and am so glad I tried it), Ambitious Kitchen was not even on my radar. And that's just a cryin' shame, because Monique's recipes are just so darn good. SSS may be over, but I'm … Continue reading 5 Recipes from Ambitious Kitchen . . .
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Eating in the Middle Book Review
If you're into eating healthy, but you don't like all those recipes with weird ingredients (me, I'll try anything and have all sorts of weird ingredients in my kitchen), this might just be the cookbook for you. You'll find healthified recipes for the foods you love -- something for most everyone -- and a few … Continue reading Eating in the Middle Book Review
5 Ways to Enjoy Oatmeal
Mr. Judy used to think he didn't like oatmeal. Until I introduced him to the ways I eat oatmeal. I'm not sure he's really a fan, but he eats what I give him without complaint. Occasionally we have actual oatmeal, but more often oatmeal appears in different forms in our house. I might actually have … Continue reading 5 Ways to Enjoy Oatmeal
5 Favorite Foods from Race Week
Darlene thinks I always eat healthy and never induge. Ha! She's actually seen me in action on some pretty unhealthy food after long runs. I think that long long runs are at an end for a while (although I am not sure yet), and that means I have to reign it in and eat a … Continue reading 5 Favorite Foods from Race Week
5 Favorite Pre-Race/LSD Meals
One of the best things about running a long race? I can eat! I can eat things that I can't eat all that often! You do have to be careful, though -- try to get your carb loading in by just increasing the percentage of carbs you eat in the days leading up to your … Continue reading 5 Favorite Pre-Race/LSD Meals
5 Favorite Postrun Snacks
A while back nuts.com reached out to me to see if I was interested in doing a post on healthy snacking for runners. The first time was the wrong time -- it was the end of the year and I was just exhausted with everything going on with Chester. I kept thinking I should reply, but … Continue reading 5 Favorite Postrun Snacks
5 Finds from Target
The title may be 5 finds from Target, but the truth is I didn't buy any of these items, although I was tempted with a couple. And lest you think the only thing I do with my free time is shop, this particular visit was a month ago. I just never got around to sharing, … Continue reading 5 Finds from Target
5 Meals/Recipes I Loved Recently
I have been busy in the kitchen lately and I've even come up with a few simple recipes that I've been enjoying again . . . and again . . . and again . . . It's Friday Five with a food theme from Cynthia from You Signed Up for What?, Courtney from Eat Pray Run DC, … Continue reading 5 Meals/Recipes I Loved Recently
What I’m Loving Lately: Friday Five
It's incredibly easy to focus on the negative (like I did for the weather in yesterday's TOLT), so for this Friday Five, I'm going to focus on the positive: favorite food, favorite clothes, favorite treadmill workout, favorite reads, and favorite blog posts from this week. Cynthia from You Signed Up for What?, Courtney from Eat … Continue reading What I’m Loving Lately: Friday Five
5 Reasons I Love Mug Cakes
I eat mug cakes for breakfast. I eat mug cakes for desserts. I eat mug cakes for snacks. I even eat mug cakes for lunch sometimes! Mug cakes had been around the Interwebs for a long, long time before I finally decided to try them (same with overnight oats in a finished nut butter jar, … Continue reading 5 Reasons I Love Mug Cakes