great grains | Apple Crumbles

26.2 and Teff Stew

Apple Crumbles FINALLY got the 26.2 trademark for baked goods. I’ll be promoting healthy, energy supplying bars, cookies, bread, and muffins. These will be foods that are easy to pack or grab & go when runners have an event. Half marathon and marathon focused food. If you want to be a “test subject” let me know. Boston Training, round 4 Going into week six of this year’s Boston training plan. It hasn’t been easy since this winter has covered the roads with ice and snow. We’ve had our share of very cold days which also challenge the body. This coming [...]

By Joanne|2014-01-19T15:28:17-05:00January 19, 2014|Health and Nutrition|6 Comments

Oh DEER and Teff Stew

It’s been a summer filled with deer sightings daily. Today after work there were two more sweet little surprises in our back yard. Enjoying dinner. So peaceful and relaxed. But then…there’s a noise It’s those darned dogs! Might want to get a move on. If they come out, there will be trouble. Don’t have to rush, just slowly, tauntingly stroll away. One last mouthful. These babies are adorable, aren’t they? I just wish there weren’t so many of them AND they didn’t like our yard so much. VEGETARIAN TEFF Stew Another great grain recipe using Bob’s Red Mill Ancient Grains [...]

By Joanne|2013-08-15T17:53:04-04:00August 15, 2013|Health and Nutrition|3 Comments

23 Glorious Miles and Millet Salad

Today was my last long run before the marathon. For confidence sake, I had to do 23 miles. It started out as a really bad run, got heaps better, went a bit down hill, then ended on a good note. I wore the top and skort that is the outfit for my marathon. I wore the pace band around my lower arm to protect against the chafe that the phone sleeve gives me. I wore my Newtons and my Injinji socks. I had the running fuel which I planned to use for the marathon. Banana, Gu Shot, Clif Shot, Sports [...]