Happy Memorial Day weekend! Chocolate. Banana. Peanut butter. When your morning starts off with these things, you know it's going to be a good day... but first let me back up to last night. I had a girls' night at my friend Jackie's house, complete with good conversation, sweatpant attire, yummy food, wine, and playing of the game Apples to Apples. I put together a roasted red pepper hummus platter to bring to her house: Roasted red pepper is my favorite type of hummus, so it only makes sense that I would try making this kind myself. I'm all about hummus these days! It's really become my go-to appetizer to quickly whip up when having people over or going to a get-together. The recipe differs only a bit from my classic hummus, and I think this is my favorite hummus combo so ... [Read More]
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A Very Cherry Friday
Harley is not a good running buddy. She sprints ahead then suddenly stops to smell flowers (or dog poop). She jerks herself from one side of me to the other. She feels the need to try to say "hi" to every canine and human being she sees. And even though she has a super high energy level, her running stamina is lower than mine (ha!). She's more of a sprinter. In ten minutes flat it goes from her pulling me to run obnoxiously fast, to her running by my side, to me pulling her to keep running. For a person who doesn't love running, it'd be more fitting for me to have a dog whose a great runner and pushes me. Instead, I'm the motivator! Nevertheless, between boxing all week and strength training my biceps and shoulders on Wednesday, pretty much my whole body is feeling achy today ... [Read More]