At last year’s Raw Health Expo, I attended a great session on sources of protein for vegans and learned that eating a range of grains and beans is a better source for amino acids than meat. So I’ve been challenging myself to get more adventurous in trying a wide range of exotic grains this year […]
Gym Time & Snacking
I did a crazy thing yesterday – joined a gym. It’s only $10 a month and gives me access to a lot more cardio and weight equipment and allows me to mix up my workouts more. And it’s just a couple of blocks from my job, easy access for after work workouts. I tried the […]
Long and Wacky Week
It has been a long and strange week with lots of stress. Work is still nuts – the company is growing lots and that’s great. Except for the IT department who’s been dealing with lots of last minute upgrades, new equipment deploys, and unhappy users because we’re having problems keeping up with all the work. […]
Fresh & Easy Dinner Night
Since I was flying solo for dinner tonight, my mom and I decided to have a girl’s night and check out the new Fresh & Easy Market that just opened. While we weren’t planning to make it a full shopping trip, we challenged ourselves to scope out the offerings and find something fresh and easy […]
Tangy Ginger Dressing
I have a confession – there are days, like today, that I wish I could trade places with Miko and do this all day at home. And another confession – I’ve had this pricey, unopened package of Transition Nutrition Irish moss in my pantry for over 6 months. I bought it at Living Light while […]
Sweet Potato Gnocchi
Since I had some free time in the kitchen today, I decided to get a little crazy trying a complicated recipe that I’d never attempt on a weeknight. Apparently I was making such a mess running around the kitchen manically, Leela was getting a little nervous. And Smokey, well, was not. Even hubby took one […]
Hard Run & Hummus Stacks
Spring forward is a dirty trick! I woke up nice and early this morning thinking I had plenty of quiet time before having to hit the gym and dash out to get the day going, then looked at my computer clock and remembered we lost an hour. Not fair! But Miko doesn’t seem to care, […]
Mexican Quinoa Salad
After another long day at work, I got to decompress watching this little maniac race around the house with his over-sized cow toy flopping around. And that toy gets heavy when it’s saturated with dog slobber, I know because he likes to do flying leaps onto my back with it while I’m doing plank exercises. […]
Fresh & Easy Sacramento Launch Event
When we moved to this area in 2006, the pickings were slim for health food shopping – Costco, Trader Joe’s, and small, pricey health food sections of regular grocery stores. Since then things have changed a lot! We got a new Whole Foods, Sprouts Farmers Market, and a Sunflower Farmers Market. But the latest edition […]
Creamy Curried Lentils
Our little dog party is over, my mom picked her chihuahua up today after giving them all a little lap time. So we’re back to having just two in the house. I think Miko is a little sad not having another male buddy around, he was pouting. It’s rough getting pushed around by bossy Leela, […]