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In The Bag: Mushrooms, Nuts, Herbs

Working off the following snack-etizers by doing a 50 minute weight workout for chest and arms. Shane and I went for a 4.8 mile run for today’s aerobic activity. Legs were ok but still tired at about the 4 mile point. Did you know that if you are a runner, when working with weights, you should try to do 15 repetitions to build those endurance muscles. What is IN THE BAG?!…. Hosted by Julia of A Slice of Cherry Pie and Scott of Real Epicurean, we’re back to enjoy In The Bag. The hosts provide ingredients, the participants create a [...]

By Joanne|2010-10-12T06:07:34-04:00October 12, 2010|Exercises, Quick Meals|18 Comments

In The Bag: Lemon Love

This month’s in the bag ingredients, hosted by A Slice of Cherry Pie and Real Epicurean, are: Lemons, Garlic, and Sesame Seeds. I’ve been using a lot of those lately so it wasn’t hard coming up with a recipe. This post is a bit of a “grab-bag” because: first I’m offering this terrific recipe using Premium Crab Meat, Lemons, Garlic, Sesame Seeds, Roasted Anise (Fennel), and Easy Mashed Acorn Squash to serve at least 4 people (unless you eat like Ted and I, then cut that by tw0 ), secondly, some discussion about supplements, exercise, nutrition…all that good talk. So [...]

By Joanne|2010-01-27T19:03:21-05:00January 27, 2010|Exercises, Food|5 Comments

In The Bag August: Chicken, Red Chile, Garlic

In the Bag for August hosted by Julia of A Slice of Cherry Pie. This event is so much fun to participate in, challenging creativity and the mixing of ingredients, sometimes never tried before. This month the three ingredients are Chicken, Red Chile, and Garlic. I came up with the obvious, a Chicken Sandwich marinated in Red Chile-Garlic Sweet Hot Marinade. 1 1/2 lbs Chicken Tenders 2 TBS lemon juice Salt and Pepper to taste (about 1/2 tsp each) 1 TBS Dark Brown Sugar 2 tsp Red Chile Paste 1 clove Garlic, minced 2 TBS Honey Mustard 1 TBS Extra [...]

By Joanne|2009-08-24T08:00:21-04:00August 24, 2009|Food, Food thoughts|2 Comments

In the bag: June's Watermelon Meringue Cake with Mint Caramel Drizzle

I love these In the Bag events hosted by A Slice of Cherry Pie. Two to three ingredients are chosen and all interested bakers participate in creating something using those ingredients. Too much fun! This month's ingredients were Watermelon and Mint. At first I thought some refreshing drink. Then I thought fruit skewers. But THEN I took it a step further and thought...create something that you're actually good at. Cake! It needed to be picnic "fun", summer light, and refreshing. First, you will wonder why it's called a cake when you don't see a top layer. Then, you'll wonder why you don't see [...]

By Joanne|2009-06-28T13:42:13-04:00June 28, 2009|Baking, Food, Life|6 Comments

In The Bag: May is Broccoli and Blue Cheese

ITB: MAY hosted this month by Scott at Real Epicurean. Check out the site to see what is going on in his neck of the woods. He has chosen Broccoli and Blue Cheese as our key ingredients for May. Nothing else came to mind except Broccoli Blue Cheese Bread. It works as a great appetizer for cocktail parties, picnics, you name it. It's easy and full of flavor. Don't let the "bread" part fool you. The dough is Pizza dough. A very easy recipe for which a bread machine was used to do all the hard labor. The blue cheese should [...]

By Joanne|2009-05-06T17:05:38-04:00May 6, 2009|Life|6 Comments

In The Bag: For the month of March

For the month of March, the "bag" ingredients were Leeks, Eggs, and Cheese. Obvious recipes were omelets, souffles, frittatas, and of course the recipe by Apple Crumbles: Coddled Eggs with Leek sauce and Cheese. If you are not familiar with this event it is hosted monthly by 'A Slice of Cherry Pie' and 'Real Epicurean'. Bloggers are given three ingredients which they are to use in a recipe. One or all ingredients are used and other ingredients may be added. The Leek: The only negative feature of a leek is that it requires a good cleaning. The lighter portions of the leek are the [...]

By Joanne|2009-03-22T11:06:26-04:00March 22, 2009|Breakfast ideas|3 Comments