Ice cream for breakfast and other delights
I can't say I am clever enough to come up with a way of eating ice cream for breakfast without actually eating ice cream for breakfast. But thankfully, I read a blog of someone who is. Of the few food bloggers I read, Heather of Heather Eats Almond Butter, consistently comes up with (really) healthy versions of less than healthy →
Despicable Me & a Nicoise Salad
Egads! I just realized that it has been way too long since I posted on my food blog. Insert the usual excuses here. Busy, yes. But not to be cooking, baking and eating amazing food. The fact of the matter is, my food and culinary life is pretty much the best it's ever been. Not only am I kicking back →
Big bowl of nutrition
I eat healthy, nutritious, real food. Even my indulgences (like a certain muffin obsession) are healthy and can be consumed on a regular basis without question. I think back to my diet when I was a high school and college basketball player and shudder, it was pretty opposite to what I eat now, though I have always been a fan →
Not reinventing the wheel
Beef Bourguignon, the perfect way to end a weekend This weekend was an absolutely wonderful and blissful weekend. In food, running, life. It was Valentine's Day Weekend which has never meant a thing to me one way or another. Like most holidays, I don't get swept up in the commercialism and hype. I do my own thing. This weekend was no →
Taming the Green Monster
I know I am a strange person. That is not news to anyone who knows me. Yesterday I was reminded again that the things I eat and the foods I crave are also not normal. I was doing an interview for DailyMile and we were discussing food and I mentioned craving salads and vegetables which produced a quizzical look. Later on →
California Winter Wonderland
I am so happy. I love where I live. California rocks. Seriously. View of the Pacific Ocean from Point Lobos Over the weekend, I headed down the coast for a super secret mission that involved a trip to the Monterey Aquarium, wine tasting, and all sorts of adventures from San Francisco down to Monterey. There was Whale Spotting from Point Lobos Wildlife →
Christmas Feast and New Cooks in the Late Year
Christmas Eve Traditions Christmas Eve dinner for as long as I can remember has always been the same meal for my family. No matter where we are, it doesn't really feel like Christmas unless we are noshing on prime rib for dinner and my sister's special sugar cookies. Even though when we get together the question is often posed, "what do →
Cook the Book: grilled mushroom risotto from Jamie Oliver’s Jamie at Home
Herb Salad with toasted walnuts and goat cheese On Halloween night when everyone else was heading out, I was tucking in for a very nice home alone. By choice, I had a date. A hot date with myself. It was a perfect Saturday night. Sunday night supper was already planned and out of my hands, so I decided to cook for →
Summer’s end farmer’s market
I love the fall. And I can tell it is upon us. I get very excited for the changing of the leaves, the rain, the cool temperatures, wrapping up all comfy and cozy. I also like all the great food that fall and winter bring. That is not to say that I am happy to see the bounty of summer →
Sweet Summer Eating. Perspective Cooking.
I am finally back in the land of kitchens and culinary, back from a transformative journey brimming with ideas, direction and passion. Passion which is directed not just towards my running, but my passion for cooking. I am more motivated than ever to share my recipes, nutritional know how and culinary skills. It makes me giddy to think about getting →
Road Food- what’s your excuse
I am back on the road again. Up in Colorado trying to acclimatize to the killer altitude before running TransRockies from Aug 23-28th. I know it will be hard enough just to run, so I wanted to minimize the suffering where I can. That means 3 weeks pretty much without a kitchen. Am I worried, heck no! I am a →
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
Yes, its that old saying: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Its funny when I decided to name this post that since I realized as I made my beautiful salad, that what I am really imitating is myself. Let me clarify. There is a cafe in the Marina in San Francisco that I adore called Blue Barn. I go →
Farewell Fare for a beautiful spring day
I am once again about to head out on the road for a bit to San Francisco, DC, San Diego and Belgium, so I decided that last night I wanted to actually spend sometime in the kitchen cooking a nice farewell dinner for my mom. I had to cook a meal to hold her over for a month or two →
Pleasures of the flesh
Ah the pleasures of the flesh. No silly, not that kind of flesh. Potatoes. Come on, this is a food blog, the only porn you'll ever see on here is food porn (unless a sneaky spam bot successfully gets itself into my comments...). Yesterday mid morning, I was struck by an intense desire to eat (another) something I haven't had →
Go West, Young Salad
I like Hummus on my salads. Alot. However, traditional hummus doesn't necessarily go with every kind of salad. I was in the mood for a Southwestern inspired salad so I made a "winter worthy" salad by adding sweet potato roast disks and a chili bean-corn spicy hummus. While the look of this particular hummus came out looking more like steak →
My kind of weekend
What a glorious weekend. No, I didn't jet set or road trip off to somewhere exciting. No, I didn't do anything even that interesting. But it was perfect. I did exactly what I wanted and needed. Run, eat and sleep. After being sick, tired and working a bunch a four day weekend was just what the doctor ordered. By friday, I →
All things in review: a brief vignette
Yes I know, I know, I haven't blogged in forever. And within that forever there has been everything. Ok, well maybe not so expansive as that, but starting last Thursday life has been stuffed and sometimes with snot. And instead of continuing to look for the opportunity to blog about all that has happened in that time and adding and →
School Days
Remember back in elementary school when you were on the playground and playing some game at recess and you got to do a "do-over". Some days, like today, you wish you could just rewind a few hours and have a "do-over" of the day and somehow make it better. Alas, we cannot, but it is one of those days where →
la belle nouvelle vie; an overture in three parts
Despite being an up and down week, it truly is a beautiful new life. My saturday has been productive, I ran errands, I ran miles and I threw down in the kitchen! What more can you ask for? Bubba Cakes-a work in progress This morning I decided to attempt to make a vegan gluten free oak cake, based on the "flying aprons" →
The Changing of the Guard
Its funny how the seasons can seem to just change overnight. I have noticed (and appreciated) the edge of spring that has been slipping in between the seams of the day: a warming sun, a hint of blossoms on the wind, glistening afternoon sky. I've felt it too in my taste and appetite. Where the last few months have been →
Run. Eat. Sleep. Write.
When I grow up.... I have been musing about what I want to with my career and time a lot lately and I have come to the realization that what I would like most would be to combine my interests in a creative and active way. The more involved I get in blogging and cooking, the more I want to turn →
