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 [...]
Moving Means Takeout
We are surviving the move. Well, at least Truffle has been having a blast. She plays in the jungle of boxes and bags and then promptly falls asleep.She’s the same size as my candle! Yesterday, my parents met me around noon and we got down to business. By 9pm everything was out of my old [...]
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