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Doesn’t Feel Like Tapering and FOFF Chimichurri Chicken

When you begin a two or three week taper as the marathon approaches, there’s a tendency to get antsy, begin to worry about your training, the desire to keep on keeping on. During this taper period for my last 6 marathons, that’s exactly how I’ve felt. But this time it’s different. This week my feet hurt and I’m tired. Sure, my training runs are shorter in time and miles so overall miles will be less but my body wants time off completely before the big day in Boston. Next week I’m going to super taper. I’ll take every other day [...]

By Joanne|2013-04-04T14:25:41-04:00April 4, 2013|Fusion Food & Friends|2 Comments

FOFF Walnut Crusted Chicken

Looks like we got lucky here in upstate since that nasty winter storm will barely touch our area. I’m tired of cold winter snow. The dogs love it but me, not so much. I’m looking forward to leaving the house in a matter of 3 minutes when I get ready for a run. Right now, it takes me 10 minutes to put on all that wintery protection. Maybe it should be considered part of my workout? I know spring is just around the corner because we might even hit 50 degrees on Sunday. Good news for me, bad news for [...]

By Joanne|2013-03-06T16:33:42-05:00March 7, 2013|Fusion Food & Friends|1 Comment

FOFF: Roast Sun Dried Tomato Fish

Chef Carla Vavala of Fusion of Food and Friends prepares a chicken recipe topped with my favorite, homemade sun dried tomato pesto. Instead of using chicken, I made the dish for both Ted and myself therefore substituting with a nice white fish. Examples of white fish are, cod, haddock, sea bass, pollack, hake, sole, halibut, flounder and turbot. Check the sustainable seafood list if you have concerns regarding fish that is being threatened by over fishing and under regulations. Here is a partial list (focus on white fish), more can be found HERE. Atlantic cod *there are some exceptions, Haddock [...]

By Joanne|2013-02-23T09:13:50-05:00February 23, 2013|Fusion Food & Friends|1 Comment

Someone’s Listening and FOFF Tequila Lime Chicken

I was feeling down and out and trying to decide whether my malaise was due to recent events regarding tummy trouble, the cold winter weather, or thoroughly depressed because I missed an event I had my heart set on for years, The Goofy Challenge. The thoughts of this years big birthday loomed heavy on my mind and certainly didn’t do anything to make matters better. The dogs demanded attention, having no pity on the sick, wounded or depressed, I took them on a walk down the road. It was cold, gray, and snowy outside. Everything seemed so gloomy. Thoughts went [...]

By Joanne|2013-01-24T06:31:07-05:00January 24, 2013|Running|8 Comments

It’s Time and FOFF Chicken or Tempe Pad Se Eew

It’s time. Time for The Disney Marathon Weekend. We're excited to head South and get into some really warm weather. We don’t care about being acclimated because our events are all about having fun. If we need to walk, we walk. If we need to stop and take a photo with some characters we’ll stop for a photo. It will be fun seeing Disney after being away for so long. As for our training, Ted took his plan off of the RunDisney site for half marathon beginners. It worked out great for him. We’re both 100% sure he’ll have a [...]

By Joanne|2013-01-09T20:32:05-05:00January 9, 2013|Fusion Food & Friends|3 Comments

FOFF Dressed Up Chicken

When work is especially busy and the days seem so short with all the chores that have to be done, cooking a big meal on the weekend isn’t always a pleasure. It’s those weekends when I just want to put my feet up that we go in search of “meals in minutes”. The following recipe by Carla Vavala turned out to be just what we needed last Sunday. Ted was able to enjoy a hearty dish of chicken,stuffing and potatoes, while I simply reheated some homemade vegetable soup. Both of us were happy. Dressed up Chicken This recipe found in [...]

By Joanne|2012-12-05T19:53:43-05:00December 5, 2012|Fusion Food & Friends|1 Comment