Yesterday I ate: - Bowl of oatmeal: 1/3 cup oats, 2/3 cup unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze, 1/2 banana, 1/2 tbsp peanut butter, some cinnamon - Salad with romaine lettuce, spinach, raisins, hummus, a couple spoonfuls of the quinoa/veggie/bean mixture, tomato, green and red bell pepper, cucumber, asparagus, radishes, and snow…
Yesterday, Day 4 of the vegan challenge, I ate: - 5 buckwheat pancakes with blueberries and 1/2 tsp agave - 2 lettuce wraps filled with 1/2 cup quinoa/mixed beans/veggie medley - Chopped broccoli and carrots with hummus plus 2 small apples - Strawberry milkshake (1 cup unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze…
Yesterday, on Day One of the Vegan Challenge, I ate: - 1/2 an apple with 1/2 tbsp almond butter (pre-run snack) - 3 buckwheat crepes with fresh blueberries, strawberries, and apple slices, drizzled with agave - Smoothie made with 1/2 frozen banana, handful of spinach, 1/2 cup frozen blueberries, just…
On Day Seven of the Sugar Challenge (Saturday) I ate: - Frozen grapes (and non-frozen grapes) - 1 bowl of oatmeal (mixed with water, a banana, cinnamon, and peanut butter) - Plain yogurt mixed with 1 chopped apple and cinnamon - 1 homemade tortilla grilled with hummus, some Laughing Cow…
Today is the last day! How are you doing? Will you be binging on sugar tomorrow or do you think you will be able to continue eating less sugar in your diet on a more regular basis? I have really had an enormous amount of fun with this challenge, and…
Yesterday I ate: - Plain yogurt with frozen berries (raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, and blackberries) - 2 slices of banana bread with peanut butter (the very last of the banana bread! Sighs) - My own "trail mix" of almonds and raisins (seriously, the raisins are so sweet!) - Salad with spinach,…
At one time or another all of us have been in a situation where we either voluntarily, or are forced because of the expectations of the social situation, try a food or drink that is a ‘challenge to the palate’. Sagan recalls a family trip we all made to the…
Last chance to enter to win my Smarty had a Party giveaway for party supplies! I've been really intrigued by the 100-Mile Diet for several years now. Something holds me back, however, every time I intend to try it out. Travelling is a major issue; if I'm out of the…
Welcome to Part One of the Living Healthy in the Real World Guide to Budgeting mini-series! When I wrote about my Raw Food Diet, I was surprised at the vast number of people who thoughts that spending $230 on food for one month was a lot of money. This was…
My previous attempts to post videos have failed miserably. Maybe my camera isn't compatible with WordPress, or maybe I'm just not technologically savvy at all, but in any case, my blogging has been strictly of the linguistic text variety with the occasional photograph. No videos to speak of around here.…
