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Running Masochist and Orange Shrimp and Broccoli

I sure hope that title doesn’t get me a lot of mail that freaks me out. It doesn’t take much. The following quote made me wonder, are marathon runners and ultra runners masochists? – or maybe we just like control in any form we can get it? By Derek Clayton in “The Masters of the Marathon” I don’t think you can become an outstanding runner unless you get a certain amount of enjoyment out of the suffering. You have to enjoy absorbing it, controlling it and – ultimately- overcoming it. What’s going on at AppleCrumbles that is making us happy? [...]

By Joanne|2011-03-29T17:21:01-04:00March 30, 2011|Quick Meals|5 Comments

The Story of the Shrimp, the cabbage, and the orzo

Funning, we’re 4 weeks out from the big race (Boston Marathon) and I come across my post from last year. I had the live broadcast on at work. In fact, I’ve watched the live broadcast for Boston the last two years, never in my wildest dreams thinking I’d be running it. Got to get excited about that. In my post from last year, I mention how I’d go out of my mind waiting until 10:30 to run. Well, now I have to wait until 10:40 but I know I won’t go crazy and I will wait with all the excitement [...]

By Joanne|2011-03-21T19:39:36-04:00March 22, 2011|Fish|10 Comments

CEimB: Baked Shrimp with Tomatoes and Feta

I couldn't go wrong. Both Emeril and Ellie were in my kitchen When I asked the girl serving at the fish counter in our local market about 1 1/2 lb of medium, raw shrimp, she steered me away from the ones in the display and, pointing to the "Emeril" bag of frozen shrimp, said "these are your best choice". Who am I to question that fishy chick? I was excited about this CEimB night and cooking up a shrimpy dish because I really enjoy shrimp. A true seafood lover which is why I could never declare myself a true-blue Vegetarian. When [...]