At the farmer's market yesterday, a loaf of fresh bread was calling my name (and so were berries, broccoli rabe, spinach, guavas, cinnamon peanut butter, granola, and the list goes on and on!). When I came home with a French baguette, I decided that experimenting with crostini combos sounded like a good idea. After slicing the bread, brushing them with olive oil, and throwing in the oven for a few, I began pulling out random things from my fridge to top my crostini with. This was the result: From top left going clockwise, here are the toppings: Goat cheese, fig butter & drizzled honey Fresh mashed raspberries, brie cheese & slivered almonds Arugula, roasted pepper & fresh Burrata (a ridiculously creamy cheese I bought yesterday as well) Sun-dried ... [Read More]
Archives for March 2012
Fake it Til You Feel It
Mantra of the day: Since I got back from my vacay, I've been in a bit of a I-got-to-spend-an-entire-week-with-the-love-of-my-life-and-now-we're-living-on-separate-continents-again funk. I'm fully aware of how lucky I am to have been able to meet up with him during this deployment, but reminding myself that didn't prevent the sinking feeling I had in knowing I was traveling 20 hours back to San Diego in one direction, and he was going thousands of miles in another. As my grandma reassured me on the phone when I admitted to being a bit bummed, it's okay to not feel awesome 24/7. So, I let myself be a little sad for a few days as I recovered from jet lag and got back on track with my routine & sleep schedule (well, sorta.. still working on that part). Then on Tuesday night as I was ... [Read More]
Mega Mexican Salad
This is the look of an extremely happy dog: I had a killer workout yesterday and was feeling all kinds of sore today, so I decided to do low impact exercise & let my body recover a bit. After some days of raininess and cooler weather, it was gorgeous out today, so I figured I'd take advantage of it and head to the park with Harley. It was our first time going for a hike in almost 3 weeks, and she was psyched about it. Following our outdoorsy time, I did some stretching + yoga at home. This evening for dinner I put together an awesome salad that turned out to be massive and filling. Between this salad (which I actually was too full to finish) and my other eats today, I consumed a good 10 servings of fruits & veggies. Whoa, go me! Mexican Salad Serves 1 hungry ... [Read More]
Pumpkin Oatmeal Muffins
Last night I was in the mood to bake, so bake I did! I found 2 pumpkin muffin recipes I had scribbled down and tried before, and mixed & matched their ingredient lists to come up with a recipe of my own. So far, I love eating these babies 1.) warmed, along with some berries for breakfast and 2.) toasted, with a touch of butter, cinnamon & brown sugar on top for dessert. Note: these muffins aren't overly sweet, so if you're looking to make them super sweet, just use more sugar and/or honey. Pumpkin Oatmeal Muffins Makes a dozen 1 c old fashioned oats (Quaker) 1 1/2 c whole wheat all-purpose flour (Gold Medal) 1 TSP baking soda 1/2 TSP baking powder 1 TSP salt 1 TSP cinnamon 1 TSP pumpkin pie spice 1/2 c brown sugar (Trader Joe's organic) 1/4 c honey 1 flax egg (a ... [Read More]
Grilled Portobello with Arugula and Tomato
The first time I checked out model Chrissy Teigen's food blog, So Delushious, my immediate reaction was to call my mother to complain that life isn't fair. Yes, I know that some people are blessed with fast metabolisms and can eat whatever they want without gaining weight. But to see the first two recipes on the blog of a supermodel being oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookies and cake batter popcorn? Now that's just rubbing it in.. Although she seems to love to talk about things like duck fat and bacon (her blog's tagline reads ''Personal ramblings from a girl who loves bacon and can't be fat"), which clearly is not up my alley, I've checked it out a few times since then. The main reason? Her fiancee is John Legend, who happens to be one of my favorite singers ever. I've seen him in ... [Read More]
Recap of Some of My Favorite Thai Adventures
I'm back to my usual routine today... well, sort of. I fell asleep late and woke up bright eyed at 4 AM this morning. WHY HELLO JET LAG! I've been exhausted all day, but am hoping to be back to normal by tomorrow. Before I get back to my typical blogging, I want to do one more post about the adventures I had with Adam in Thailand. Some of these pictures are too fun not to share with you! Sea Cave Canoeing in Phang Nga Bay is one of the coolest experiences I've had to date. We got to navigate our way into these beautiful caves, a few of which we barely fit under. It was an unforgettable part of the trip: We also visited what's known as James Bond Island, where part of the 1974 movie "The Man with the Golden Gun" was filmed: And then we got to see a ... [Read More]