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Vitacost Inspired Kamut Salad with Carrots and Raisins

We were slugs on Sunday. It started out with rain early in the morning. We got soaked while running and someone tried to run me over. Not just a close call but a true as the day I was born, attempt to hit me with their car. Luckily I was near a telephone pole and able to duck in next to it. Was the person drunk? At 6 am on a Sunday? Doubtful. Was the person on their cell phone? I threw my arms in the air and screamed at the top of my lungs. The reaction from the car [...]

By Joanne|2013-07-09T17:43:44-04:00July 8, 2013|Salads|4 Comments

FOFF Baked Chicken or Vegetarian Option with Capers

Really rotten run this morning. BLAH! It was the first run with snow covered sidewalks, slush in the road and a slippery surface from the winter weather. It was a run laden with several stops because of Shane, because of winter running pants falling down, and finally, because of Zoey. I didn't stop the Garmin everytime we took a "time-out" which is why I didn't even run 6 miles in an hour. Came close but not quite the goal. I don't like having bad runs like those that the winter weather can cause. It feels as if I didn't even [...]

By Joanne|2012-11-29T09:15:43-05:00November 29, 2012|Fusion Food & Friends|Comments Off

FOFF Brown Rice and Broccoli Pilaf

We have TONS of rice in our pantry. We have HEAPS of brown rice. What we didn’t have is BROWN BASMATI rice and that’s just what I needed for this recipe by Carla Vavala in her book Fusion of Food and Friends. I used brown long grain rice and, lucky for me, it worked out. Not that I’d suggest making that the permanent substitution because if you use basmati rice, the result will be a little bit creamier with a softer mouth feel. Still, don’t skip the recipe just because you don’t have the exact ingredients. Get creative. Take a [...]

By Joanne|2012-10-23T19:28:41-04:00October 25, 2012|Fusion Food & Friends|6 Comments

FOFF Good A Spinach Quiche

Gosh I hate working out in any way, manner or form after work. But I did. It seems I messed up my running schedule this week and Ted has the Cazenovia Triathlon on Sunday so there was little room to work with in making up running time. I had to do a double on Wednesday. It was hot. I was tired. I did it. 56 minute run complete and now I can have Friday to rest before my long run with a fast finish on Saturday. Only one problem: doing the double workout Wednesday then getting in the 90 –105 [...]

By Joanne|2012-08-08T20:30:35-04:00August 8, 2012|FOFF, Fusion Food & Friends|3 Comments

Yasso’s Yes? or No? and Ratatouille Pasta

This week’s speed work was 800 repeats or some would call them Yasso 800’s. The Yasso 800’s are for marathoners looking for a very specific time goal. A lot of folk do the Yasso repeats then a lot of folk say they don’t work. I incorporate them into my workout simply for variety. How to do the 800’s: First of all, the name "Yasso" is from Bart Yasso, a well known distance runner who popularized the workout. This is how to do a Yasso 800 workout: Convert your marathon goal time in hours and minutes to minutes/seconds. Example: If your [...]

By Joanne|2012-07-24T19:56:42-04:00July 24, 2012|Exercises, Quick Meals|3 Comments

More Marathoning and Easy Baked Pilaf with Edamame and Artichokes

Don’t you just dread the work load that awaits when returning from a really good vacation? I was hit hard this past week after returning from Arizona all because of, among other things, an upcoming trade show in Philadelphia. This month has been one trip/event right after another. It’s a shame to rush through life but I can’t help but look forward to May coming to an end, culminating in a long Memorial Day weekend. As June approaches, the thought of undertaking another marathon training program looms in the gray matter over my shoulders. It won’t be 20 or 18 [...]

By Joanne|2012-05-16T19:02:48-04:00May 16, 2012|Quick Meals|8 Comments