I’m sure I have written about my pumpkin bread recipe before but I made it recently to share at a meeting and was asked for the recipe so I am going to get it out here again. On top of that, I have new photos. First, I would love to give credit to the friend… Continue reading Pumpkin Bread
Last week I wrote a piece on TheRunChat.com that discussed the one thing I see is missing from every runner’s Holiday wish list. I want to tell you about another thing that I now consider indispensable. Aside from membership in a local running club, I think every runner should have a collapsible water bottle. My first… Continue reading Water Bottle
Marathon number 5 is in April. April 20th to be exact. I will be running up and down the mountains in and around Roanoke, Virginia in the Blue Ridge Marathon. So today is the day. 18 weeks of training begins today. The calendar is set. I have plotted out my training schedule. The only… Continue reading And So It Starts
I am all for trying new things. I am still finding, other than beans, my go-to item as a vegetarian. Even this recipe has beans in it. I generally go to chick peas or black beans so like when things get mixed up with white beans. A warning on this recipe: I needed to add… Continue reading Spicy Bean Soup with Wild Rice
I have a lot of chili fans in the house but the reason I like chili is that I can make it and separate some out to make a vegetarian version for me while the kids have chili with meat in it. I also tend to use chili as a dish to use up meat… Continue reading Quick and Easy Chili
I love trying to put more veggies on the holiday table. Top that off with broccoli being a huge favorite around here and I decided that the new recipe for our Thanksgiving table would be Walnut and Cranberry Broccoli Salad from the November issue of EveryDay with Rachael Ray. Add to the delicious items in this salad… Continue reading Walnut and Cranberry Broccoli Salad
Yes, it’s December. Yes, I should be getting ready for Christmas. Yes, I have been shopping for gifts. Yes, I have been decorating slowly but surely. No, I do not seem to be getting in the mood. I went running this week in a running skirt and short sleeve shirt. In December. In Upstate New… Continue reading Bah Humbug!
Do you run the same races every year? I try to support my local running club by running local races but I do not get to all of them. I like to volunteer at some of them so that means not running. There are only two races I have run every year since I started… Continue reading Running Improvement
No, I can’t believe I typed that as a title. First off, when did December get here? I realize it usually comes after Thanksgiving but still … It is already the 3rd. Ack! So what did I do the first weekend in December? I put the wreath up on the front door. Actually, it… Continue reading First Weekend in December
Not that my December is not already full of items that need to be done. I am willing to jump full on into another challenge for the month. Why is it I think I can do a monthly challenge having to do with photographs or I can do a running challenge that lasts a little… Continue reading December is Coming!
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