Healthy Snacks

Healthy Bites

Do you get magazines that you’re sure were never subscribed to?   We don’t subscribe to any yet a few continue to arrive in the mail.  They aren’t on my credit card bill so I’m not sure who’s paying for them.  Probably about three quarters of the publication is all advertisements so as quickly as it is taken from the mail box the magazine is put in the trash. One such magazine is Health. So does anyone know, is this SUPPOSED to be a free publication? or are they somehow getting money from somewhere that I don’t know about?  Anyway, I [...]

By |2016-05-22T14:08:55-04:00May 22, 2016|Health and Nutrition|Comments Off on Healthy Bites

Surprises times four with Mary’s Secret Ingredients

It has been quite some time since my last blog post. 2015 was quite a year and it left me a bit on the UNsocial media side. But I'm back for a good cause which is to give a shout out to Mary's Secret Ingredients. If you have never heard of Mary's Secret Ingredients, it is (and this is copied right from their site) "...a limited edition culinary surprise subscription box containing unique, gourmet products you've probably never heard of, along with a small kitchen tool, delivered right to your door. Every season, a limited number of curated boxes are [...]

By |2016-01-14T19:25:29-05:00January 14, 2016|product review|Comments Off on Surprises times four with Mary’s Secret Ingredients

Mary’s Secret Ingredients and Friday Night Dinner at Beardslee Castle

    Haunted Castles and… Secret Ingredients!  Could a Friday be more fun?! Not just food but neat kitchen gadgets as well (a Cit-Tease: removes citrus from the peel). Mary’s Secret Ingredients:  Inspire Your Cooking and Fight Hunger. Visit the blog at LoveTheSecretIngredient.net Exciting new flavors.  Seasonal shipments.  More about the company: The food and recipe blog LOVE – the secret ingredient, is on a new mission. Two missions actually: To deliver favorite ingredients packed in seasonally themed sets to your front door, and to help hungry children across the country. As a passionate cook, Mary, blog owner, is always [...]

By |2015-05-08T11:32:26-04:00May 8, 2015|product review, Restaurant Review|1 Comment

Protein Cookie Disks, an Iron and B6 Loaded Snack

Once again creativity in the kitchen abounds by combining nutritionally rich ingredients resulting in a flavorful, guiltless protein, energy snack.  Good Points:  Low Cholesterol, Low Sodium, High in Iron, VERY High in Vitamin B6           Bad Points: Can be high in sugar if you use regular dried fruits, regular peanut butter. Makes 30 Protein Disks each about 2” in diameter and 1/4” thick 1 cup Kashi GoLean Vanilla Graham Clusters (or Original GoLean Cereal) 1 cup Rolled Oat – dry/uncooked 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 1 cup raw pumpkin seeds 2 1/2 cups 50% less sugar Craisins – OR use raisins, dried [...]

By |2014-10-11T18:57:56-04:00October 11, 2014|cookies|Comments Off on Protein Cookie Disks, an Iron and B6 Loaded Snack

Pumpkin Crunch and How Training Has Changed

I’ve been fueling my 1 1/2 hour workouts some really good seeds.  See below for the recipe.  But first…about those workouts… This year I’ve really changed my workouts. 1.  No more getting up at 4 am.  I give myself 30 to 45 minutes more sleep and sometimes even more if I’m only doing an hour. 2.  My weight routine is done FOLLOWING my runs rather than preceding them AND chest/back, arms/shoulders are done on weekends which is why most week days I have more time to stay in bed. 3.  I’m stretching after EVERY run.  Maybe I should stretch before [...]

By |2014-03-21T15:46:49-04:00February 7, 2014|Health and Nutrition|6 Comments

Weighty Matters and Gluten Free Sugar Free Banana Nut Breads

From “1001 Pearls of Runners Wisdom” Quote by Don Kardong If you run 100 miles a week, you can eat anything you want.  -Why? Because a) you’ll burn all the calories you consume, b) you deserve it; and c) you’ll be injured soon and back on a restricted diet anyway. Let’s not get injured and lets not get “weighty”.  Nut flours paired with banana and a touch of cinnamon. The house smells great and the little banana nut breads taste superb.  These breads are baked small because the batter is very dense, in fact it will hold it’s form so [...]

By |2013-02-28T17:58:04-05:00February 28, 2013|healthy cooking|3 Comments
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