Marathon Training (a 60 Day Challenge)
Hello hello!!! Today, I wanted to share my goals for this year in terms of running. I am planning on running either a half or full marathon on March 8, 2014. I know that seems like a super weird...
View ArticleMushroom and Artichoke Soup
I’ve been sick the last couple of days, the kind where you are just plain passed out on the couch and drooling. So when I finally managed to peel my tired and sick body off the couch, I wanted...
View ArticleGo Bags
Hello my friends! I just wanted to stop in and say hellooooooo! Hello!!! I’m in the middle of a crazy busy month, but I wanted to share something with you that makes running out the door on hectic...
View ArticleBut, seriously…
The last couple of weeks I have been slowly updating my blog in small ways – tagging recipes appropriately, re-categorizing posts, editing typos, and the like. In the process, I noticed that I have...
View ArticleOhhh Heyyyy Spring!
With the start of spring (please don’t snow again!!) I’ve been sorting through my things and organizing. With my running and work out stuff, I’ve been going through and wearing everyone once more to...
View ArticleCoulda, Shoulda, Woulda….
I hate regrets… “could have,” “should have,” and “would have” are my LEAST favorite phrases. I never understood people with those statements, those regrets, and always thought “just be better.” How...
View Article2015.
Hello! It has been a while… but Happy New Years! I am sitting at my desk watching the snow fall, and really loving the snow. I love the quiet whiteness, the blanket that covers everything. 2014 was a...
View ArticleThe Rice Crispy Treat For ONE (maybe 2)
Last weekend, in the midst of a friend’s wedding festivities, I had a thought. “Rice Crispy… yes… I need one.” The problem with purchasing Rice Crispy (or Krispy, whatever) is that you inevitably get...
View ArticleSautéed Crispy Broccolini with Grey Salt
I get hung up on certain foods… during the winter, I’ll spend hours upon hours peeling pomegranate and slurping down the seeds. When I was a kid, my mother would buy bushels of corn… and I would spend...
View ArticleGrilled Nectarines
What does SUMMER mean to you? Since I grew up in New York, and have 4 seasons – summer is particularly nostalgic. Thunderstorms and hot, humid weather was always a sign that school was finishing up...
View ArticlePersistence
It’s been 7 months since I wrote here… and when I realized how long it had been I sighed to myself. Muttering about how I can’t stay consistent and beating myself up about my on again, off again...
View ArticleBright Orange Kale Carrot Ribbon Salad
My father likes to say that when things are touted as “health” food it’s because “it tastes so bad that people will only eat it if you tell them it’s good for them.” And while I laugh a bit about that...
View ArticleThe Sanctuary
When I was younger, I would banish everyone in the family from the kitchen as I baked. It was my sanctuary, and I was ferocious about protecting it. In a weaker moment and a moment of poor judgment, I...
View ArticleCinnamon Peanut Banana Smoothie
Since finishing grad school, it has been a struggle to find the time to work out and stay healthy. I’m often found, late at night, in my kitchen pulling piping hot homemade pizza out of the oven....
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