Happy first day of summer! Summery things I did today include: Going hiking with Harley... ...and thoroughly enjoying this dinner on my patio this evening... Lightly fried zucchini + beefsteak tomato + cheddar + horseradish mustard = one bangin' grilled cheese. I was craving grilled cheese all day, and this guy totally hit the spot. I refrained from eating a second one... though I easily could have! And now onto more yummy eats... Recently I had a blogger date with Gina, the chick behind Health, Love and Chocolate. We met for lunch, and while we were both enjoying kale caesar salads, I started talking about how I'm a pretty new kale eater. I told her I feel confident that I can whip up a yummy kale salad now, but that I like the kale super tender and never seem to get it quite that way ... [Read More]
Archives for June 2013
This Vegetarian’s Wednesday Eats
Good morning! I'm switching up my day a little and blogging on this Thursday morning, instead of my usual nighttime blog action. First off, in the past couple of days I've made some blog changes I'd like to point out. For one thing, I've updated my recipe page. My recipe list was getting too extensive to be on one page, so the recipe tab you see on my menu bar above is now a drop down list, so you can check out whatever category of recipes you want to look at in separate pages. I think this makes it easier to view. I also have added a "work it out" tab in the menu, which contains links to workout related posts I've written. Feel free to browse. :) Lastly, I also added access to my Instagram on the blog, and it's now on my sidebar under my Twitter feed. I haven't really been too ... [Read More]
Losing My Family Dog: A Tribute to Rosco
For the past couple of days, I've had a heavy heart. After finding out that my family's dog was really sick with a mass that was obstructing his bowel movements, he had to be put to sleep this morning. I grew up with Rosco. I remember the day we got him nearly 14 years ago. When I came home to an empty house one day, my mom, infamous for leaving notes around for everyone, had left me a note that read, "There's a cute puppy in the laundry room!" I found an adorable, excited, stinky black lab in our laundry room. Turns out that this puppy, along with the others in his litter, had been found in a drain pipe, and my parents decided to adopt him on a whim. Rosco was quite a rambunctious pup. For awhile he had a food complex where he would scarf down his food as fast as he could, only to ... [Read More]
Best Easy Day Hikes San Jose: Miller Ruins Loop in Mount Madonna County Park
Now that I've lived in the San Jose area for almost 3 months, I've developed a couple of favorite spots for hiking and biking. But since I like to explore as much as possible, I recently made a trip to the book store to get a hiking guide for the area. I was a bit disappointed at the selection - or rather, the apparent fact that there aren't all that many awesome hikes in my immediate vicinity. A lot of the Northern California hiking books had mostly hikes that were hours away. This isn't good for me because 1.) I like to hike with a certain canine, but she's an absolute nightmare in the car, therefore I avoid long car trips with her unless necessary... and 2.) while I like to do all-day hikes, there are definitely a lot of times when I want to do a hike but don't have the whole day ... [Read More]
Honey Peanut Butter Banana Bowl
Hello and Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful dads out there, especially mine! Wish I could be with you today dad, but I'll be seeing you in just a few weeks! When I popped into the health food store in my town last Friday, I left with a couple of goodies, including this flavor from Peanut Butter & Co: Peanut butter blended with honey? Yes please. I also nabbed a couple of speckled bananas. Even though they were about to be too ripe, bananas are a staple in my house so I figured I'd grab a few anyways. As I was walking out, the man working at the store asked me if I wanted to take more bananas for free, since they were going to go bad soon. I obviously couldn't turn down free produce or let them go to waste, so it's been a weekend full of banana eats. I put most of the ... [Read More]
Quickie Cardio Leg Blast
Hi friends! After a couple of days of feeling icky and taking it a bit easy, I'm feeling more like myself today. Having more of my normal energy levels, my Thursday was a nicely active day, with half hour walks with my dog first thing this morning and also tonight, and squeezing in a quick hour of volunteering at the Humane Society walking dogs before heading to the gym for a sweaty workout this evening. On my way to volunteer, I slugged down a bottle of Well Well Wow! - a liquid blend of chlorella growth factor and eleuthero that's meant to energize you without the jittery side effects of caffeine. As I've talked about before, I'm a fan of consuming algae. Chlorella is a superfood algae that is thought to detoxify the body. So when the makers of Well Well Wow!, Sun Chlorella, asked ... [Read More]