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Oatmeal mixed with cinnamon, a bit of vanilla, peanut butter on the spoon (Thanks, Kath), and Hullabaloo trail mix I bought from Whole Foods.
I went to Pennsylvania this weekend for our family reunion and made beer bread and french honey bread.
They went over pretty well! My Uncle Jack and Aunt Martha were particularly impressed, and they make their bread from scratch (no machine). Even though the bread machine does the work, I still took this as a compliment.
On the way to Pennsylvania, Bill and I stopped at our favorite weekend breakfast spot: Kirsten’s Cafe. I often get cravings for an egg sammy made on an everything bagel. I had to eat in the Jeep while Bill drove as we left a tad late:
The reunion was really fun and lasted nearly 7 hours (we go ALL day). I got to see some family members I haven’t seen in a while, including my cousin, “Cow” (Marissa). She works on a dairy farm milking cows and will soon get her license to operate heavy machinery… she is quite the woman!
And then she snapped a close-up photo of me:
All in all – a great weekend. I didn’t eat particularly well, but I’m back home and ready to go this week. Oh, and how could I forget about the family auction? Bill and I snagged the following items for our new place:
A photo of tulips taken by my Aunt Pat, a set of 4 brandy glasses (2 shown here), homemade blueberry-raspberry wine, a nice little clay pot, a shell-shaped candy dish, and a new plant that we’ve named Muriel.
I am spent, and Bill has been cleaning the kitchen for nearly 45 minutes (which is rare..) Time for bed!
I made Peanut Butter & Banana Bread last night as an experiment and tried a bite today – delicious! One of my bestest friends got engaged and I plan on giving this to her as a “Congrats” gift tomorrow night — she loves PB + Banana anything..
Bill and I are going to Pennsylvania for the weekend and decided we needed to use the asparagus quick! I found a recipe for Asparagus Frittata here. It was fantastic, a bit too salty, but that’s how I like it. Next time we’ll cut the salt down to 1/2 teaspoon for Bill. This was the perfect meal post lifting and running at the gym. WSC didn’t have air conditioning yesterday, and I didn’t realize this until about five minutes into my run. I kept going, drenched when I hit the weight bench. I treated myself to a Whole Foods trip afterward 
Ah, vegetables and air conditioning.
I wanted to start this blog by mentioning that I am an opportunistic vegetarian. If the opportunity presents itself, I will eat vegetarian. It just so happens that cooking in my own kitchen gives me the option every night! Don’t get me wrong – I still like chicken and fish. But I won’t touch red meat (too many years of growing up on my grandparents’ farm…) Thankfully I have Morning Star Crumblers to fill me like some red meat would (and honestly, I think it tastes so much better!)
Tonight, after going on a nice 30-minute run, I made black bean tacos using the Morning Star crumbles. I wrapped the mixture in whole wheat tortillas and baked them for about 10 minutes. I really like baking soft shell tacos because it gets a nice crunch to it; I prefer this method over the often-too-hard crunchy shells. I ate the taco with a nice side of broccoli.
Yogurt + Granola + 1/2 banana = easy breakfast
(Boyfriend) Bill and I have deemed Tuesday night as Tofu night. It seems Tuesday nights encompass everything I love – Kickboxing class, Tofu, and open mic night at the College Perk Coffee House. Tonight Bill cooked while I was at the gym. I have discovered that the best thing about the Washington Sports Club in Silver Spring is the Whole Foods across the street. I stopped there on Sunday morning and randomly bought some bok choy, something I’ve been meaning to cook since watching Top Chef more than a year ago. Bill made it using this recipe.
Bill used one tablespoon of soy sauce, and the bok choy was still too salty. I’d recommend using less soy and definitely using BABY bok choy. It’d make for an easier meal, eating wise.
I enjoyed a nice iced latte at the coffee house but unfortunately I didn’t have my placemat, so no photo. Just think about skim milk with some great espresso and ice cubes bobbing around. Yum..
This morning I made a museli of sorts with a mishmash of items from Laura’s refridgerator: Peach Yogurt, Organic 1% milk, a Flax and Oats packet that was hiding among the Oatmeal and a few blueberries on top. I chilled for fifteen minutes in the refridgerator. It was much better than it looks in this picture, though the blueberries were a little, eh. I was surprised that the peach and blueberry combo didn’t turn out horribly though!
I am looking for ideas on what to take to my family reunion this Saturday in Pennsylvania. It can be healthy, but it needs to be disguised as something that isn’t. No one will eat it otherwise 
I’m traveling 3.5 hours. Any ideas on things that will last that long?
Tonight I am cat-sitting for a coworker, and to be honest, it hasn’t been easy. I had to feed the cats first, which sounds simple enough, except that Howard has kitty asthma and needs to take medicine. I thought I hid her pill good enough, but no. I essentially continued to entice her to eat the food by putting a small treat on top of it. Nope. I think it’s still in there, but I am going to get her to eat it by the end of the night.
After 20 minutes of trying with Howard, I decided to make dinner. Laura had chicken in the fridge and some brown rice on the counter for me. I mixed this up using only soy sauce and some frozen veggies. Make due with what you have! I am now enjoying that same glass of wine as featured in the photo.
I will post pictures of the cats tomorrow. The internet is going slow…
