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I'm a 20-something running my way through Denver.

2012 Races

Colfax Marathon (5-20) Boulder 70.3 (8-5)

Rest Day Recipe: Eggplant, Kale & Tempeh Goodness

When Neil said he really liked this recipe, I asked him to come up with a name for it.  All he had was smorgasbord, so this is the best I could do.  This is kind of a stir-fry and kind of a sauce, and lots of deliciousness.   First off, I have to give credit to [...]

Rest Day Recipe: Butternut Squash Burgers

Since Kansas City got a dusting last night, our flight this morning was delayed.  Sadly, I didn’t find out about the delay until after I had woken up at 6 am and checked out of the hotel.  Needless to say, I’m going to bed as soon as I hit publish on this.

On to happier [...]

Roasted Vegetable Casserole

I love, love, love roasted vegetables.  I make them at least a few times a week with a variety of veggies: broccoli, squash (summer and winter), sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts, peppers, onions….you name it, I’ll roast it!  A few weeks ago I attempted to make a roasted vegetable casserole so I could include my favorite [...]

Vegan Banana Nut Bars

I’m feeling the beginning of a cold today, so I’m lucky that I had already planned to work from home.  I plan on resting a lot, some smoothies and maybe making soup.  I started the day with a baking experiment.

Vegan Banana Nut Bars

Ingredients for 8 servings

1 very ripe banana .25 cups [...]

New Year’s Resolutions

Yesterday I went on what I like to call a “baking binge.”  I spent the morning cooking stuff that I could freeze and have once I returned to work:

Frittatas, one of my favorite, easy-to-make and freezable 2 point breakfasts:

Lentil Soup Lentil Barley Burgers Black Bean Burgers.  I froze all of these [...]

Lentil Barley Burgers

Last week I had the most delicious veggie burgers at Meridian Pint.  They were Lentil Barley burgers.  I tried to recreate them at home, but mine weren’t quite as “meaty” tasting.  These are still delicious and will become a part of my regular cooking rotation.

Lentil Barley Burgers

Ingredients:

½ cup dry lentils 1 cup [...]

Spaghetti Squash Lasagna

I’ve had sore hamstrings all day from yesterday’s boot camp, so I’ve taken it easy on the exercise front: a walk/hike in Rock Creek Park this morning and 20 minutes on the stationary bike. I also spent some time rolling my hamstrings out on the foam roller – it hurt so good.

Neil had basketball [...]

Butternut Squash Pasta Bake

Last night after browsing a bunch of recipes online, I decided to wing it and put together my own pasta casserole.  It turned out tasty, except I burned it a little at the end, d’oh!

Butternut Squash Pasta Bake

Ingredients

Butternut Squash, 2 cup, cubes Olive Oil, 2 tsp Kale, 3 cup, chopped (you could probably [...]

Eat. Sleep. Repeat.

In addition to setting goals for my race, I’ve set some mini goals for the week. 

Include carbs at every meal.  I thought this would be the easy part, but it’s actually been a little bit of a challenge.  OK it really hasn’t been that hard but does take some planning.  Aside from the [...]

Flavors of Fall

The trees in DC are slowly but surely changing colors.  There is still a quite a bit of green though. 

I <3 fall colors and fall food, especially squash.

My brother and his fiancé have been coming over once a week to watch Dexter (my current favorite TV show) since they don’t [...]