Starting dinner in the a.m. is kind of awesome. Throwing it in the crockpot makes life so much easier. Cooking meat, especially, tends to result in a fantastic meal thanks to the slow cooking. That’s exactly what happened with the following Italian Beef recipe. (Adapted from this recipe.) Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups beef broth 1/2…
Berry Spinach Smoothie
I’ve been in creation mode all morning. When trying to figure out what to do for a workout this morning, I knew I wanted to focus on doing bodyweight exercises. After browsing through my Pinterest workout board and not finding anything that struck my fancy, I decided to just make my own. I’m taking the…
Tasty Tuesday: Almond Bark Creations + Rolo Turtles
It has begun. Hope you are all having a SPLENDIFEROUS start to new year! Helloooooo, 2013! Be kind to me. Please and thank you. I’m starting it out not-so-right by not working out for a change. ‘Tis a day full of traveling, so I don’t have the time! I’ve planned around it, though, so it’s…
Cranberry Pistachio Goat Cheese Log
I have a colorful, festive appetizer to share with you today—it’s a recipe I’ve made the past few years that I absolutely love. Goat cheese “logs” are a pretty common concept—you just roll goat cheese in the “toppings” of your choosing. I’m all about the flavor/texture/color of dried cranberries plus chopped pistachios though. I’ve tweaked…
Tasty Tuesday: Strawberry Frozen Yogurt
I made something nutritious and delicious today. ‘Twas a wonderful bowl of pink. Before I enjoyed the frozen goodness, though, I finished a lighter workout. Workout Ran 4 recovery miles and did this plank challenge for some core work. It’s one of those days that I just haven’t felt like doing anything, so I was…
Beergaritas
I don’t know about you, but I love margaritas. During our family Thanksgiving festivities, I mentioned that I made beer margaritas for everyone (that’s a normal Thanksgiving beverage, right?), and people really seemed to enjoy them! Since I’ve made them before, and plan to use the recipe in the future, I figured I should share the goodness. I’m…
Creative Ways to Remake Thanksgiving Leftovers
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Before I get into the Thanksgiving talk, here’s what today’s workout looks like: Workout Since I didn’t do my long run on Wednesday, I’m hoping to do it today. It’s apparently supposed to be like 30 degrees all day and super windy, so I’m not looking forward to that. I…
What to Do with Leftover Halloween Candy
…other than eat way too much like I’ve been guilty of doing. The below picture is our leftover candy. There’s a lot more than the picture makes it look like. Pretty soon there will just be Skittles left because I’m not the biggest fan. If you tend to splurge on leftover Halloween candy a bit…
Tasty Tuesday: Savory Meatballs
I made good food last night! And I quote, “These meatballs are amazing!” My father knows exactly what to say to make me smile. In search for a recipe using ground beef last night, I settled on meatballs. The only part of the recipe I cared about was the use of ketchup. Ketchup makes meatloaf…
38 Baked Potatoes for Halloween 2012
Before I get into our adventures from Halloween, here’s a quick look at today’s workout: I ran 8 miles in 1:10 – AKA 8:45/mile, baby! I’m quite pleased with myself. By the time I got to those 8 miles, I felt like I should just keep running to reach 15 (my goal long run distance for…
All About Mushrooms
It’s the vegetable fungus we all a few of us love. Mushrooms used to repulse me, but over the past few years a love has developed. It started with me liking raw mushrooms on salads and then transitioned into my love of them cooked—the canned version I’m still leery about. There are so many wonderful reasons why you should…
Easy Jerk Chicken
It’s crazy how normal it has become to eat foods without much nutritious value, yet take supplements and medicines to try to make up for it. It’s like we’re trying to find an easy way out without having to change our habits. But if you think about it, what really makes the difference is going…
2 Recipes: Baked Spaghetti + Greek Yogurt Cookies
Sometimes a classic recipe needs some extra oomph. After finding some frozen ground beef in the freezer (imagine that), I decided to make some spaghetti. I don’t know about you, but I get sick of spaghetti sometimes. It’s good, but it’s just spaghetti. For some reason, food seems more exciting when it’s baked, at least…
Ways to Use Overripe Fruit
Having fruit and other produce go to waste is so tragic. But when it ripens at such a fast rate, it can be hard to use it all up before it goes bad! I feel like I’ve been particularly good at using up overripe fruit lately, and I’m quite proud of that. I know all…
Hallelujah! I Can Cook!
Workout This morning I did a 5-mile run in the hot, windy weather. When I wasn’t dying of heat, I was barely moving because of the wind. (I’m quite the wimp when it comes to extreme running temperatures—if you call 70 degrees extreme.) I like my overcast or rainy 50-degree weather. At a certain point…
