• Tropical sunrise smoothie

    Well, the diet has been going pretty well, although the exercise portion has been a challenge. It seems the fates have been conspiring against me, but I have managed to swim a little and take a few walk/runs over the bridge near our house. Anyway, I’ve found the biggest challenge, food-wise, is to get and […]

  • Banana oat pancakes

    Last week was Toby and my fourth anniversary. And I weigh 30 pounds more than I do when we got married. Yikes. That’s major. That’s like… a toddler. So, I am on a diet for at least a month. These pancakes are not part of that diet, although they do have a lot of whole […]

  • Kale chips

    ***So remember how I told you Isabel knows things, but I make them up? Apparently my darling husband accidentally bought collards instead of kale. Oops. These chips were still good, though. I would suggest actually using kale if you make them, though.*** One of my many food weaknesses is tortilla chips. Specifically: tortilla chips served […]

  • Curried squash and red lentil soup

    You should know that I generally dislike soup. Of course I eat chicken noodle when I’m sick (Chick-fil-A’s is great) and recently had some amazing roasted tomato in Michigan. But I don’t like things that are watery/brothy. So the first time I attempted to make this recipe, I was concerned about the amount of water […]

  • Mmmm… lentils.

    I’ll be honest. About a year ago, I didn’t really know what a lentil was. I figured it was some type of bean-type item, mainly because my diet book told me I should have a cup of beans, chickpeas or lentils at various points. But the other times I did the diet, I stuck to […]