Breakfast

I am kind of kicking myself about not taking advantage of the summer weather and walking before work.  It just sort of wakes me up.  It was a brisk 57 degrees when I started out yesterday. There are a lot of hills in my neighborhood too, which gives me extra hamstring and quad work. I didn’t know how far I went until I got home...

While I don’t consider myself much of a baker, I do love muffins.  My favorite muffin though? Otis Spunkmeyer’s banana nut muffin.  Back in my fat days, I would hit up 7-11 on my way to work.  Most mornings I would get a Big Gulp of regular Dr. Pepper and one of these muffins.  But back then they had different sizes, and the 6.5 ounce...

Thanks for all your comments yesterday about our insurance.  I’ve got a call into our insurance broker to make sure that I am on the right plan.  I pay an extra $100 a paycheck for this particular insurance plan based on how much medication both Tony and I take.  When I called the insurance company directly yesterday, they are telling me that I have to...

Okay, so you know how I woke up late yesterday.  Like 30 minutes before I have to leave late.  Normally, this low maintenance girl is completely fine with that amount of time to get ready and out the door.  But I had none of my food prepared – I couldn’t just throw shit in a bag and figure it out later. I am following the...

I have Suzi to thank for the idea of the breakfast banana boats.  She posts all her food and the other day I saw she had this banana that had strawberries, bananas, granola and chocolate sauce drizzled over the top – it looked so cool I told her I was going to steal the idea, and I did.  I made my bosses the same as...

First off, thank you for all your wonderful comments about my post yesterday about the scale not moving.  I know full well that the scale is not the only indicator of success, so I am not going to let it stop me get to my goal – you guys are the best cheerleaders! Something happens nearly every Friday.  I’ve run out of a meal plan. ...

I always like to think that if Martha Stewart and I were friends, I would call her Marty.  We’d make muffins together, sit and have tea. She’d tell me all her cooking secrets.  She’d show me how to till a garden. Since that likely is never going to happen in my lifetime, the best I can do is make her buttermilk pancakes.  Although I changed...

I am sure most foodies who read food blogs come across a blog, see a recipe and think “I need to make that – like soon!”  Then you think you have all the ingredients to make it, then realize you don’t, but you still want to go ahead and make it. When I saw Jacky’s Oatmeal Lemon Ricotta Pancakes I wanted to make them.  Like...

I am out of my Nature Valley protein bars, so when I woke up yesterday morning I knew I had time to knock out a batch of granola as a pre/post workout snack.  I was going to follow my lemon poppy seed granola recipe, but turns out I was out of poppy seeds, I didn’t have applesauce or agave nectar.  But the great thing about...

It seems to be our routine now that we end up not having breakfast at least one day over the weekend.  Saturday we got up, started doing stuff around the house, and before I knew it, it was almost noon!  I still had some menu planning to do, so I ate a quick piece of toast and 1/2 a cup of cottage cheese.  That held...