Category Archives: Banana
Southern Belle
Chicken and Andouille Etouffee; Skillet Cornbread with Honey; Kale and Garlic Saute with Cherry Tomatoes and Parmesan Cheese; Cabernet Sauvignon. Born and raised in Upstate New York. Southern girl at heart. Dinner tonight was leftovers. Typically I dislike leftovers. I love cooking and they deprive me of the opportunity to make something new. Even though [...]
Cozy Comfort
I woke up this morning to a curious kitten crawling under my comforter, snuggling in my arms and playing with my feet. Truffle attack: 6:45am. Time to rise and shine. I gave her food and tip toed into the kitchen, cautious not to make too much noise and wake the lady that lives in the [...]
Warm My Soul
Hot Chia-Banana Oatmeal: 1/4 cup rolled oats, 1/4 cup instant oats, 1/2 TBS chia seeds, cinnamon, 1/2 cup vanilla soy milk, 1/2 cup water,1/2 banana, blackberries and 1 heaping TBS crunchy natural peanut butter. I’m all smiles. The fall weather is finally here. After my run today all that I wanted was a gigantic bowl [...]
My First Dinner Guest
I am proud to say that my parents were my very first dinner guests. They came up today to help finish my apartment. I feel so lucky and am beyond grateful. I made them dinner as they worked hard to hang blinds and photos.Fettuccine and Scallops with Zucchini, Summer Squash, Cherry Tomatoes in a White [...]
Excessive Grocery Shopping
It’s FRIDAY!! WOOH Let’s celebrate with good food! Starting with breakfast in a fun bowl. I decided to give my over-sized tea cups a break this morning and put my overnight oats in a fancy dish. Banana-Chia Overnight Oats (1/3 cup rolled oats, 1/3 cup vanilla soy milk, 1/3 cup 2% Greek Yogurt, 2 tsp [...]
Leftovers and a Half-Marathon
Leftover Rosemary-Thyme Roasted Chicken, Green and Red Leaf Lettuce, Tomato, Green Beans, Dried Cranberries, Walnuts and Goat Cheese dressed in a mixture of Olive Oil, Honey and Balsamic. Leftover Roasted Chicken Lift-up #1: Harvest Salad Beauty.Whole Wheat Toast dusted with Cinnamon and topped with Homemade Blackberry Jam from the Farmer’s Market. Lunch was a pleasure [...]
The Purr-fect Name
Truffle is inquisitive about the kitchen. I think it’s safe to say I appropriately named her after food.Overnight Oats: 1/3 cup rolled oats, 1/3 cup 2% Greek Yogurt, 1/3 cup vanilla soy milk, 2 tsp chia seeds, cinnamon, 1/2 a banana, blueberries, blackberries, almond butter, sunflower seed butter and honey. Truffle wanted some too. Don’t [...]

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