Thanksgiving Dessert – Baked Cinnamon-Nutmeg Apples Stuffed with Rolled Oats Dates & Sliced Almonds
There's something about the smell of baked apples wafting through the house that screams the holidays have arrived! These apples are stuffed with a simple mixture of rolled oats, chopped dates, sliced walnuts and little big of coconut oil to hold it all together. I used a honey crisp apple which, while incredibly delicious, didn't cook up easily … Read More...
Week Six Day Day Two On My 6-Week Eat To Live Challenge – Recap & Recipes + Thanksgiving Recipes
Today was a bit of a challenge caused by some technical difficulties with my computer and camera equipment. I'm not sure what caused it, but I had to re-shoot all of my photos multiple times. That might not sound like a big problem, but given the much shorter daylight hours, I had to photograph things in less than desirable conditions. But that's my … Read More...
Thanksgiving Side Dish – Roasted Green Beans & Shallots with Toasted Almonds & Seasoned Breadcrumbs
I used to think that the only way to get crispy onions to top a traditional holiday green bean dish was to deep fry them. Not so! Roasting thinly sliced onions or shallots in the oven achieves the same deep-roasted taste and crispy crunch without a ton of oil. Yes, I used a small amount of cooking oil spray to keep them from burning and drying out, but … Read More...
Thanksgiving Salad – Wilted Baby Spinach with Shallots Edamame Dried Cranberries & Chopped Walnuts
This salad can be as lean or as decadent as you please. If you want to keep it lean, just use hot apple cider vinegar to wilt the spinach. You can always whisk in honey, Dijon mustard and extra virgin olive oil to the dressing if you think it's necessary to please the crowd you are serving, but I personally don't think it's necessary. Why? Because … Read More...
Week Five Round Up Report On My 6-Week Eat To Live Challenge + Week Six Day One Recap & Recipes + Thanksgiving Menu
Week Five Results After last week's 1/2 pound gain, I was relieved to find that I lost 2 pounds during Week Five. So with one week left in this challenge, I need to to lose another 2 pounds to hit my goal. Although I have my Thanksgiving menu planned out (see below), I still have to navigate a family dinner where there will be plenty of temptations. … Read More...
Week Five Day Five On My 6-Week Eat To Live Challenge – Recap & Recipes
Winter is making itself known today, so I felt the need for hot foods today. Salad just wasn't going to cut it. And turning on the oven to roast veggies made the kitchen a nice, toasty warm place to hang out. Breakfast and lunch were so good that I decided to make separate posts for the recipes (see links below). My goal this week is to drop 2 pounds to … Read More...
Roasted Vegetable & Mushroom Fajitas with Guacamole
At the end of every week, I try to create meals out of what ever is left over in the fridge. This week, the fridge was pretty full, but it was just a lot of small portions of everything. I found 1/2 an onion, a pint of grape tomatoes, and unopened package of mushrooms, a bell pepper, cilantro and 3 avocados - two of which had gone bad. Bummer. When I … Read More...
Chocolate-Banana Quinoa Breakfast Bowl & Raspberry Sauce
One of my favorite breakfast cereals as a kid was Count Chocula. Sugar and chocolate disguised as breakfast! As an adult, sugar-coated cereals don't appeal to me. But chocolate certainly does! Just not the sickeningly sweet variety. This breakfast bowl really has it all -- protein, banana-induced sweetness, tangy raspberry, it's fast and easy to … Read More...
Friday’s Surf & Turf #38
Here’s this week’s list of 10 articles I came across on the internet that I thought were interesting. Most of the articles are about health, nutrition, the environment and sustainability, but a few might have nothing to do with those topics. Some have video or audio. Some may make you laugh, or cry, or scratch your head, or warm your heart. Please … Read More...
Week Five Day Four On My 6-Week Eat To Live Challenge – Recap & Recipes
I was pretty hungry all day. Even though I had a good-sized breakfast, I was still hungry. That prompted me to start cooking around 10:30 (see lunch below). I had a large bowl of curried squash with tofu but still felt hungry. I decided to get away from my desk and go run some errands to get my mind on something else. But when I came back, I was still … Read More...