Homemade Butternut Squash Ravioli topped with Pumpkin Seed Oil, Parmesan Cheese, Dried Cranberries and Cracked Black Pepper For dinner tonight I made homemade butternut squash ravioli. Partially because I’ve never made pasta from scratch but mostly because I was incredibly bored. I had basic whipped-banana chia oatmeal with a sea of peanut butter and blackberry [...]
Roasted Brussel Sprouts, All Day Boston Baked Beans, Roasted Butternut Squash How do I stay warm on a rainy day? I turn on my oven. I actually hover over my oven as the food cooks to absorb the warm, beautiful aroma. My hair always smells fantastic. For dinner tonight I wanted something simple and roasted. [...]
Top of the muffin morning to you!Chobani Plain Greek Yogurt with 1/2 a Banana, Cinnamon, Pumpkin Butter and Pecans. Apple-Cinnamon Muffin with Cinnamon-Brown Sugar and Pecan Topping. Green Tea. Despite the chilly temperatures I have been waking up dehydrated and crave something cold. I thought about oatmeal this morning but as soon as I opened [...]
Apple-Cinnamon Muffins with a Pecan Cinnamon-Brown Sugar ToppingButtermilk and apple sauce in the base made these muffins moist and luscious. Yep. Luscious. I love the toasted pecan on top. It reminded me that the world is good .After incorporating apple butter into my yogurt with lunch yesterday, I had an urge to make homemade pumpkin [...]
Saturday at last . I couldn’t wait for my raspberry-coconut lemon bars to completely finish cooling last night. I had one while it was semi-warm and melty so the true texture didn’t shine through. The verdict is still out. I can tell you, however; it was super sweet and excellent with vanilla ice cream.I proceeded [...]
I’m obsessed with checking the weather. I’ll admit it. I probably visit weather.com as frequently as I visit Google. It really does impact what I do during the day and dictates my “food mood”. Lately the weather has been all over the place. It’s hot. It’s cold. It’s rainy. It’s beautiful. It’s hot….MAKE UP YOUR [...]
Pumpkin Pie Pancakes Topped with 1/2 of a banana, Greek yogurt, honey, walnuts, dried cranberries and pumpkin seeds. Hello mid-week-almost-fall-celebration breakfast . It was raining this morning and the thought of this creation was the only motivation I had to get out of bed. I promised to post a recipe and I shall keep my [...]
Monday madness began first thing. I had one of those “how is it already time to wake up?” moments followed by a pounding headache provided by the barking dog downstairs. For the first time in a long time I starred at my refrigerator completely dumbfounded for a solid five minutes before deciding what I was [...]
Overnight Chia-Banana Oats: 1/3 cup rolled oats, 1/3 cup Greek yogurt, 1/3 cup soy milk, 1/2 TBS chia seeds, 1/2 banana, cinnamon, sunshine raspberries, blackberry jam, sunflower seed butter, almond butter. Yesterday was a “lost cause” food day. I went to the Cheesecake Factory for my friends birthday as planned, however; ended up taking my [...]
I’ve had a sandwich for lunch every day this week. For lunch today, I was bread-less. Sad, but I think I made up for it .Spinach salad with avocado, goat cheese, walnuts, raisins English cucumber, cherry tomatoes, celery. Dressed in olive oil, balsamic and honey.1/2 cup plain Chobani, honeydew melon, Nature’s Path Vanilla Almond Flax [...]
