So, usually when my bananas get too many freckles, I peel them and freeze them and use them in smoothies. Yesterday, however, I had the urge to get a little more creative with them.
Tweaking a recipe I found online, I created a spongey, sweet, and delicious banana bread that even you gluten eaters would probably appreciate!
Here’s...
I seriously cannot take another day of this New York City rain. Every night I go to bed saying, I’m going to the gym in the morning! Every morning I wake up to the sound of rain fall, or like this morning…outright thunder…which makes me hit the snooze button for another hour. It’s really starting to get me down as I yearn for sunshine and happy people on the streets. I’m also feeling stuck in a rut because my life is a little unsettled right now. Many of you personal friends know that my husband and I are...
Last summer I really got into breakfast smoothies. And even though the temperatures are struggling to get over that 60 degree mark these days in NYC (yesterday was SUCH a tease!), I’m getting back into smoothie mode.
Here was today’s yumminess:
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Ahhh…what will 2011 bring? Hopefully health and happiness to you all. If you haven’t been taking very good care of yourself, as has been my case the past month and a half, it’s time to change gears. No more holidays, no more excuses… And believe me this goes for myself as well! I definitely over-indulged this year much more than I did last year. I’m a little disappointed in myself for not practicing what I preach, but that’s the point of this blog- to show you I go through the...
Remember my banana dessert trick that I like so much? The mashed and whipped up banana with whatever fun additions you like? Well, I’ve stumbled on to something else completely delicious and have gone completely overboard with it! But if your options on a night you’re destined to sabotage your healthy ways are this or a pint of Ben and Jerry’s, this should do the trick.
So I had a large can of pumpkin pie mix in my pantry from the holidays. I had every intention to bake a pie, but never got around to it, so on...
This is going to be a new fall favorite. It’s my favorite time of year- Soup and Chili Season! I talked a lot last year about the many benefits of these foods. They’re warm, comforting, can seem indulgent without having to be, and can hide away oodles of veggies. Black Bean and Chorizo Chili isn’t necessarily chock full of veggies, but it’s a slightly lower calorie, fiber rich alternative to the traditional ground beef style.
So Ameesh and I are taking off for a mid week getaway to Atlantic City tonight. I needed food to pack for lunch at work today, and wanted to get rid of some veggies in the fridge before heading out. The ingredients didn’t sound too appetizing on their own: raw sugar snap peas, half of a large cucumber, kidney beans. Yum, right? Needing to think of something quick and creative, I fried up the kidney beans in some grape seed oil. I trimmed the very sweet snap peas, opting to keep them raw because they’ve got such a great sweet...
This is for those of you who can’t get enough of the bean salad I served up at our BBQ this Sunday. It is a hit every time I make it. Thanks to an old friend back in the day who gave this recipe to the Grater family. It’s become a staple! Christina, make sure you keep a huge vat of this on hand for Matt! Read more »
It’s been a while since I’ve written about what it’s like to live in my shoes for a day. So before hitting the gym today, I’m sitting down to update you on my foods of yesterday. For those of you new to the blog, I decided some time ago that I would periodically write what I had eaten on any given day since so many people ask me, “well, what do YOU eat (and/or do to stay in shape)?” in hopes that I’d have some magical response that they could easily duplicate in their own lives to cure all their food...
A delicious, supremely healthy meal doesn’t have to be time consuming, and doesn’t have to be bland. Many people who don’t consider themselves kitchen saavy think that easy meal preparation has to come in the form of pasta and canned sauce, or frozen entrees. Folks, this just isn’t the case. All you have to have is a little imagination. Read more »
