Living a Life Fueled by Healthy Food and Fitness
Is a salad a salad without lettuce or leaves? I’m thinking yes because there’s chicken salad, tuna salad, fruit salad… all without lettuce. Therefore my lunch today merits the term “salad.” 🙂 The base of my salad was a roasted acorn squash. Last night as I was makin’ pasta for dinner, I let the squash…
Cranberry sauce is one of my favorite dishes on Thanksgiving. It’s also delicious as a spread on leftover turkey sandwiches with cream cheese (if you’ve never tried this, you must). What’s your favorite Thanksgiving dish? This week I impulsively bought a bag of cranberries at the grocery store when a random idea popped in my…
I discovered Carba Nada noodles on Netrition.com about two months ago. I wasn’t sure how they would taste when I ordered them because they have significantly less carbs than typical pasta as well as more protein and fiber (each two ounce serving has 140 calories, 24g carbs and 12g protein per serving). (Here is my…
Onions are delicious and add so much flavor to any dish that needs a little oomph. Case in point: a boring turkey sandwich. Throw in an onion bagel and some sauteed red onions and your boring lunch staple is transformed! Today’s lunch was a simple turkey bagel sandwich prepared on a fresh Alternative Bagel onion…
Today’s breakfast was a 4-C super meal: cocoa Cheerio cottage cheese! I could really get crazy and add in “crunchy” and “creamy” but let’s not take it too far. 😉 The base for my mornin’ meal was no salt added cottage cheese (terrible on it’s own, but delicious when blended) blended with sweetener and cocoa…
I used to hate sweet potatoes. My sister and I would scoff at the orange tater when my mom would serve it at dinner. Sometimes we need extra time to develop our taste buds. I’ll never forget the moment I realized sweet potatoes were delicious. Ryan and I were on a hot date to Boston…
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