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CNYEats A Taste of Utica White Bean Tomato Salad

This was the PERFECT lunch following an enjoyable 26 1/2 mile bike ride around Utica. It was fresh, power packed with bean protein, healthy fats, and garden fresh tomatoes and herbs. Labor day will soon be here. This would be a delightful dish to bring to that family and friends picnic. On page 70 of our book, A Taste of Utica, Mario posts this weeks recipe White Bean and Tomato Salad – serves 4 1 15 oz can white beans (cannellini beans, white kidney beans), drained and rinsed 1/2 cup red onion, chopped *I forgot to buy the red onion [...]

By Joanne|2010-08-29T18:38:31-04:00August 29, 2010|Taste of Utica|8 Comments

Orange Chicken Salad with Sweet Potato Croutons

Running, weights, and bike rides I was awake at 3:40 am and the alarm had just begun to glow. I decided I would wait for it to sound instead of getting up. By 4:10 I was in the gym. Shoulders and abs were on tap today. Great workout for shoulders, 12 reps per set and beginning with cables: presses x 4 sets. upright rows x 4 sets. lateral raises x 4 sets. Using a set of 20 lbs dumbbells, I did more presses x 4 sets. In between the shoulder sets, abs were worked x 4. 16 sets of shoulders [...]

By Joanne|2010-07-01T16:20:13-04:00July 1, 2010|healthy cooking, Running|10 Comments

That’s a Big Banana

Early this morning, much earlier than anyone on vacation should get up, Shane and I went for a run. Shane didn’t want to run. He slowed us down. We were suppose to do 40 minutes ending with 6 strides. We ended up doing 30 minutes with 6 strides for a total of 4.2 miles. We had to go for an early run because we were leaving for the airport at 6:30 am. Ted was hopping a plane to Florida to visit with his daughter Pam. He’ll be back on Sunday when I pick him up and we head back to [...]