Breakfast

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...

Another great weekend is in the books.  I am still waiting for my office to give me a four day weekend every weekend, but until then, today its back to the grind. I had a coupon for two free New York strip steaks at our local grocery store – so I got two steaks that would have cost $9 each free!  Because of that, I...

Ever since I received Habitall, a new all natural sweetener that is made from monk fruit, I wanted to make lemon poppy seed muffins.  You see, Tony can tell every time when I use artificial sweeteners in muffins.  I’ve been using Splenda for so long, I don’t really taste the difference anymore. Much like Splenda, Habitall is measured cup for cup for sugar. Lemon Poppy...

This weekend was a perfect balance of relaxing and productivity.  I have a hard time not trying to fill up every hour of every weekend doing stuff.  So when Tony suggested we go out to eat and grab a beer Saturday afternoon, I was in. We spent a couple hours hanging out, watching baseball.  I had a couple beers and some pizza bread.  This was...

So it’s not unusual for me to be Bizzy in my Kitchen before work.  Over the weekend I bought a whole container – nearly three cups – of poppy seeds for only $1.58!  Since I know my boss likes sweet breakfasts over savory ones, I decided to make some poppy seed pancakes with slivered almonds. I was going to use honey as my sweetener.  I...

Well operation clean out the fridge/freezer was pretty much a success.  I had some wimpy looking asparagus, but after chopping off the tops, the rest of it was fine.  This is probably the easiest quiche I have ever made! Asparagus & Potato Quiche 4 servings: 181 calories, 9.6 fat, 250 sodium (without added salt), 9.43 carbs, 1 fiber and 13 protein Ingredients: 4 ounces cooked...

I absolutely love Nature Valley granola bars.  They are crunchy goodness.  But it seems every time I try to make crunchy granola bars, they fall apart almost immediately upon cutting and I am left with granola.  If I had wanted granola I would have made granola! Enter HalfBakedHarvest’s recipe.  I think the simple missing ingredient was using the bottom of a cup measure to REALLY...

Since I had taken so many pictures over the weekend, I was remiss in showing you the delicious breakfast Tony made me on Sunday.  This was actually my breakfast and lunch.  Last night we were watching t.v. and he was like “why didn’t my breakfast make the blog?” I put some ingredients out and let Tony do his magic!  Eggs, egg whites, corn tortillas, sausage,...

I was so busy at work yesterday and we had storms last night so the computer had to be off, but I am excited for everyone who is jumping on board with your May goals!  Maybe just print out the picture of the salsa to keep you motivated! Guess what?  Tony and I are going on vacation!  We are going to Austin to visit my...