Guess whose a happy girl? After a week of wearing the dreaded cone, Harley's rash has healed and I was able to take the cone off of her. In true Harley style, having the cone on was anything but easy. Besides her being generally miserable and refusing to eat for the first couple of days, there were 2 particularly annoying parts of the cone: 1.) The first night she had it on, Harley walked around whining and pacing my bedroom the entire night. You'd think she would tire herself out, which she would for 20-30 minutes at at time, but then she'd be back at it. It.sucked. 2.) While driving with her in my backseat, I had the window cracked for her. Harley took it upon herself to put it all the way down (yes, she just pushes the button), and just as I was telling her to get her head back in the ... [Read More]
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Honey Almond Ricotta Fruit Parfait
Hi friends! What a lovely Thursday night it is -- despite the New York Giants losing tonight's football game and going 0-6 of the season. Whomp. After a hard workout at the gym, I came home to whip up dinner and watch the game in hopes of a first win. With a pumpkin pie candle burning, the game on my TV, and my favorite grilled cheese for dinner - cheddar & gruyere with avocado, fried zucchini & horseradish mustard - I couldn't help but think what a relaxing autumn evening it has been. Ya know, despite my having a slight heart attack and yelling at my TV in between bites of deliciousness. The focus of today's post is a breakfast or lunch combo that was born out my need to break out the new mason jar I bought in Amsterdam and start my day off in a fancy schmancy way. I started off ... [Read More]
A Few of My Favorite Eats This Week
Hi friends! Since we're on the backend of this week (YAY for Friday tomorrow!), I thought I'd share a few of my favorite eats from the past several days. While I wasn't feeling green monsters last week and sort of took a short hiatus from them, I've been back at it this week drinking them as my morning fuel. This week's pick: strawberry apple cucumber spinach swiss chard juice. My thoughtful, wonderful grandma made my day at the beginning of the week when I opened my door to find this Edible Arrangements fruit delivery from her. She sent them to me as a "hope your foot feels better soon" gift. I've been enjoying the fruit from it every day! This is the grandma whose hospital bed I sat by in the ICU for weeks back in February in NJ, who just finished chemo and is now starting ... [Read More]
My New Favorite Dessert: Wine-Baked Peaches
This week my favorite nearby winery, Clos LaChance, was having a sale on a bunch of their wines. Naturally, I felt the need to stop by the winery yesterday to nab a couple of bottles on my way to the gym. Can't let a sale of yummy local wine pass me by! Besides buying bottles of grenache and pinot noir, I also got a bottle of their sweet late harvest semillon nectar white wine with one thing in mind: dessert last night. I had a couple of ripe peaches hanging out in my fruit basket ready to be eaten, and had the brilliant idea of baking them with some of the nectar wine, sugar, and cinnamon - because I love to sprinkle cinnamon on nearly everything - then pairing them with vanilla frozen yogurt. Oh.my.gosh. It was SO DELICIOUS and such an easy dessert to make. First I sliced the ... [Read More]
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]
PB Cherry Granola Apple Sandwiches
Hi friends! Today was just another manic Monday filled with the usual activities. I had a long, sweaty workout at the gym this evening, and now my body is feeling pretty tired. I think it's going to be one of those nights when laying down on the couch and watching some TV will feel great! But first, I want to share a healthy, easy snack/light meal combo that I make often... in fact, I had it for breakfast just this morning: I've seen variations of apple sandwiches around, and while I may have mentioned eating them on here before, I don't think I've ever shared my take on this yumminess. I think this combo is great for people who don't have time or energy to prep a healthy snack or late-night bite to eat. I also think this is a perfect thing to whip up for kiddos! Let's face it: A lot of ... [Read More]