Popcorn bars

As per usual, this recipe is weird. Set all visions of crunchy, salty, buttery popcorn out of your mind. Popcorn in this bar replaces puffed millet or puffed rice that bar-making companies gravitate towards. We have a stockpile of popcorn, yellow and blue. Have you ever noticed how much popcorn a half a cup of…

Pop Tart – not really, not at all

How embarrassing, did I post earlier this with basically no content!? I’m off my blogging rocker.  You mean, when you hit “post” accidentally, it actually posts! Whoops. I don’t think I’ve lost my mind. And, okay, this recipe is not really a pop tart at all. I’ve never purchased Pop Tarts nor have I consumed more than…

Sauerkraut morning, noon & night

I should amuse your taste buds with something crazy for a change. How is your relationship with sauerkraut? To me, it’s like marathoning. I just can’t get enough of either but both go a long way. We are definitely in the heat of marathon season. Fun to follow all the races and hear stories of…

Green Juice Mojito

Toping my list of all-time favorite breakfast foods is easily juice. No, not like grape juice concentrate but real, freshly juiced fruits and vegetables. So for my birthday, what more could a girl ask for than a Green Juice Mojito.  Of course this lacks the rum or whatever you’d put into a true Mojito, but it guards all…

Prerace Grandmas Marathon: racing with my seatbelt on

I’m starting to develop the habit of blog posting just before a race. It’s a cathartic time and a very good time to post even more typos than normal. Grandmas Marathon 2015 is about an hour out, and I’m completely under-prepared. Of course, I’d hoped for bigger things, but this is my course. “Deal with…

Three weeks and three races: a race report bundle

Three races in three weekends, that’s starting to sound like somethin’.  I wish! The good thing to report is that these races were good to me. They were not what I would call “good” but they were good to me. Raced hard enough to feel the workout in the race but not hard enough to…

Super Smoothie: Dark Chocolate-Raspberry with Beet Juice & Protein

You’ll never guess these three to be such the perfect trio. Dark Chocolate + Frozen Raspberries + Beets? [Insert Monkey Emoji with hands over eyes] Just trust me, little monkey, and go with it. The flavors marry well and this fairy-tale-in-the-blender turns into a lovely, deep red smoothie with lots of flavor AND protein! We aren’t even actually using dark chocolate…

My next marathon

I’m already looking forward to my next marathon! Planning to head up to the North Shore again in June. Grandma’s Marathon 2015 Woohoo! So training has begun. Don’t ya think that any time you go to do something you think, “Wait, am I really gonna do this?” especially with big things? But this time I’m…

An award to wrap up 2014

What a nice way to wrap up a crazy December[!] and a wonderful year… My runner-blogger friend, Elle at A Fast Paced Life bestowed upon me the Liebster Award. She’s really smart. Not for sharing the blog love with me but, seriously, just read her stuff, she’s super smart and witty. “Thanks, Elle!” Here’s how I…

Merry Christmas!

Spent the eve of Christmas Eve here. Left clavicle fixed. Not the most fun way to spend the holidays, but, as I keep trying to tell myself, “It could be a lot worse.” Now to get the anesthesia out of the system so as to stop puking. That would be nice. So friends we leave…