I’ve been working on a healthy recipe for oatmeal pancakes off and on for over a year. You can ask Dan, he’s had to eat most of them. I’ve had the flavors right for a while, but the pancakes still fall apart when I try to flip them. Needless to say, the recipe is not stage-ready.
So there I was this morning, ready to try one more time. I haven’t made the pancakes in months and thought it would be a good time to try again now that it is the new year and we’re all trying to eat healthy (I mean, just because we want to eat healthy doesn’t mean we don’t want treats like pancakes, right?).
Right. But I burned the first 2 pancakes.
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Tagged as: banana, blueberry, healthy, low fat, low sugar, muffins, oatmeal, walnuts, white whole wheat
This is one of those moments when I feel compelled to make apologies about being a slacker and all around delinquent when it comes to blogging, but I promised myself I wouldn’t say something like “Sorry I haven’t posted in a while”. So I’m not going to say that even if I am a bum blogger.
Instead I am going to distract you with the perfect thing to have in your back pocket: roasted tomatoes. Well, you shouldn’t keep the actual tomatoes in your back pocket, that would be messy. What I mean to say is that this “recipe” for roasted tomatoes is great to have in your arsenal, especially as we head into fall and the tomatoes start to lose their summer glow.
It’s more of a technique really. Extremely easy and forgiving. I’m not even giving you precise measurements, but don’t be scared. I promise this is one of the easiest things you can do with your oven. And if you love tomatoes, it’s a must-try.
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Tagged as: easy, roasted tomatoes, tomatoes
For any of you who read lots of food blogs like I do, kale chips are old news. I first saw crispy kale on Steamy Kitchen in 2009. That’s like so last year.
I wasn’t into the whole kale thing back then. No, I was still making and eating dozens upon dozens of cookies. Ah, yes… those were the days.
Anyway, I do eat kale now. In fact, during the detox I did last month, I ate about a metric ton of kale. Well, maybe it was a little less than that, but still I ate lots of kale and other green things.
Kale is the new chocolate. Okay, that’s a lie. But I do like it. Especially in soups… and now as chips.
Let’s face it, sometimes you just want to munch on something while you’re parked in front of the television. And while potato chips (with a side of M&Ms) might be my first choice in that department, kale chips are a tasty substitute that are easy to make at home (meaning you know what’s in them) and they’re pretty healthy to boot.
What do they taste like? Have you had toasted, salted seaweed? To me, it is a neighbor of that flavor which I love. But even if you don’t like seaweed, don’t be afraid. Dan is not a big seaweed fan but loved these chips (stuffed-them-into-his-face-by-the-handfuls kind of love). He and our friend Tom said the flavor reminds them of pumpkin seeds. I’m not sure where they get that, but whatever they taste like, kale chips are addictive. You have been warned.
Let’s make some…
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Tagged as: chips, eat your veggies, kale, olive oil, sea salt, snack, veggies
Back in May I had turned over a new leaf. I was walking with a pedometer and eating more veggies and felt pretty good about it. I had even lost 1.5 pounds. Soon after, I swapped running for walking and ditched the pedometer (only partly because I felt like a dork wearing a white pod on my pants every time I left the house). I thought the more intense workouts would quickly show results, but I was wrong.
On the one hand, I was getting stronger. I could run farther and faster. And under the layers of cushion, I could feel my muscles getting firmer. But the cushiony layer was not shrinking. The scale was not budging. And my jeans were tight as ever. Frustration set in, and I may or may not have tried to soothe myself with ice cream and a couple of chick flicks (which I realize does not help the weight loss cause but sometimes that’s just what happens when you’re frustrated).
So one day last month, I was talking to a personal trainer about how I could tell I was getting stronger but my weight was not changing at all, despite progressively healthier eating and increasingly intense workouts since January. He said I should consider a detox diet to give my metabolism a boost and recommended The UltraSimple Diet by Dr. Mark Hyman
, saying that the first time he tried this detox a few years ago he lost 10 pounds in a week.
I don’t know about you, but when someone starts talking about losing 10 pounds in a week warning bells go off in my brain. But I was frustrated enough to consider it. I decided to read the book to see what sort of crazy techniques and concoctions the good doctor was trying to sell. Turns out, it’s not all that crazy.
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Tagged as: breakfast, detox diet, fruit smoothie, protein, smoothie, tofu, ultrasimple diet, weight loss
[I don't want to read all this mumbo jumbo, take me to the recipe]
Can you believe it is almost August? Eep. Where has the summer gone? Even without all the E’s, the last few months have been pretty busy around here. At least it feels like it has been really busy, but I can’t really say what I’ve been doing. Okay, fine… I’ve been spending way too much time at Ikea. There I said it. I have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, lots of great stuff for organizing for not too much money. On the other hand, I worry that my house will start looking too Ikea, you know? Ah well. The damage is done.
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Tagged as: chickpeas, dips, easy, garbanzo beans, hummus, lemon, tahini
