Merri (top left), Me and My Girlfriends
Last night at girl’s holiday movie night Merri brought me two protein breakfast cakes she made this week.
Like me, Merri works out in the morning. After eating a small bowl of oatmeal before her workouts, she’d still feel lightheaded in the gym. Her trainer told her to incorporate more protein into her morning meal. Since she is at the gym early, she wanted to eat something she could grab quickly and found a recipe for a protein-packed breakfast cake.
Protein-Packed Breakfast Cake
She made the cake into muffins to create a grab-and-g0 breakfast. I loved this lil’ cake! I gobbled one up last night and ate the other one she gave me after my morning run. This recipe is great pre- or post-run fuel.
Merri’s Protein-Packed Breakfast Cake
Ingredients:
- 2 packets of oatmeal (banana bread flavor or Kashi Golden Brown maple oatmeal work really well)
- 6 egg whites
- 1/2 cup skim milk
- 6 tbsp Splenda or sweetener of choice
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 2 tsp cinnamon (sprinkle on top before baking as well)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix all ingredients and bake in oven in a 9×9 pan or make individual servings in a muffin pan for approximately 20 minutes.
(You may also find this recipe here.)
Workout
This morning I went for a run with my favorite running buddy, little Miss Sadie. She’s the best running partner because she always goes my pace and is ridiculously excited to be running. Plus I like to say things like “only one more mile, Sadie” to make me feel better offer her encouragement. It’s nice to have her cute little face look up at me when I’m plugging away.
Today we ran for an hour. Once again it was very foggy. My hair and eyelashes were wet from all the moisture.
Orlando Fog
Breakfast
Breakfast today was easy and yummy and very similar to Monday’s morning meal.
- Chobani Greek yogurt
- Clementine
- Kay’s Naturals honey almond cereal
- Yogi Tahitian vanilla hazelnut tea
Tuesday's Breakfast
Festive Clementine
Kay's Naturals Honey Almond Cereal
Easy and tasty – that’s all I ask!
Engagement Gift
Ryan and I have been fortunate to receive some really thoughtful and wonderful engagement gifts. Last night we received one of our very favorites from my Aunt Barbara and Uncle Randall.
Engagement Gift
How wonderful is that picture? It already found a home on our wall. 
What’s the best gift you’ve ever received?
I love my Kindle, I got it for MBA graduation and it is by far my favorite!
Mellissa
aw thats a great engagement gift. too cute.
I wish Eddie was more of a runner. I have to encourage him a little more than I should
lisaou11
Ohmigosh I LOVE that picture! It is too cute!
Jessica @ How Sweet It Is
I love the way Merri spells her name!
I think Boomer is my favorite gift
April
I am your number one fan!! I love your blog!! haha My favorite gift…hmmm, I’ve received a lot of really nice ones but probably my Diamond studs from Pete or the Keith Urban concert Leah took me to for my birthday one year.
merri
Oh that picture is SO cute! Love it. What a great gift. The best gift I ever got was my engagement ring from my hubby.
Sara
That picture is awesome!!
I also love the recipe for the protein cakes…that is going to be on my “to-try” list for this week.. I love finding good healthy alternatives to pre-workout eats rather than the overly processed bars. Thanks!
Kelly
Btw – I added an extra packet of oatmeal into my recipe to make them more “muffiny”…fyi!
merri
thos elook amazing!! & you and your friends are all so pretty
xoxo
shelley
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shell625
Those muffins look so yummy!
Just a random thought…I would be careful posting pictures of where you run. Both Morgan (cautionredheadrunning.blogspot.com) and I live in Orlando and she had some creepy dude try to contact her and follow the places we have run before. You just never know who is reading on this great internet of ours!
Therese
Wow, that is an awesome engagement gift! I wish I had some quality pics like that. We had a friend who is just getting into photography take ours and as aweful as this sounds…i wish I had better pics!
Becca
Those cakes look yummy!
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Happy TUESDAY!
Katie
Katie
OMG I LOVE that picture.. beautiful.. what a fabulous gift! You and your girlfriends are adorable
Abby
My best present.. hmm I have two! my IPad for undergrad graduation, and my kitchenaid mixer for my 23rd bday!
meg