When the weather is hot I rely on food to keep me functional. This means a cold breakfast and a crisp lunch.Overnight Oats Overnight: 1/2 cup rolled oats, 1/2 cup vanilla soy milk, 1/2 TBS chia seeds, cinnamon, vanilla extract Morning: 1/3 cup Chobani Plain Greek Yogurt, 1 banana, blueberries, MaraNatha Dark Chocolate Almond Confession: [...]
Spoiler Alert! Literally…I am questioning the contents of my fridge. Like my “ice box’? I spent the morning chipping ice and mopping up puddles. When I returned to my apartment last night my refrigerator (which I thought was secured with duct tape) was slightly open. Great. Not Again. Nothing was particularly cold but nothing seemed [...]
After an interesting day of food yesterday, today was back to the same-old-same-old. Breakfast was a creamy, scrumptious bowl of overnight oatmeal. Overnight: 1/2 cup raw oatmeal, cinnamon, vanilla extract, 1/2 chopped banana, 1/2 TBS chia seeds, 1/2 cup vanilla soy milk. Morning: ~1/3 cup Chobani Plain Greek Yogurt, handful of blueberries raspberries and sunflower [...]
My favorite meals are uncomplicated and full of flavor. I’m always surprised how a few really good quality items can make a dish feel elegant and complex. For lunch today I made a Tarragon Chicken Salad Sandwich on Pecan Raisin Sourdough Bread. This sounds fancy but check out the ingredients: Tarragon Chicken Salad (for one): [...]
Last night I had a dream about pecan cinnamon raisin French toast. The loaf I purchased form the Farmer’s Market was SO buttery and doughy that it tempted me in my sleep!It’s kind of hard NOT to have French toast dreams when you have bread that looks like this. I cut a thick slice of [...]
