Congratulations 300 Club! You have completed the first week of lunging. How did it go? Hopefully your soreness will be easing up as you get into the groove. Last week, we started with the basic lunge. This week, I want to challenge you with the walking lunge. It’s just like the basic lunge except that you take a step forward each time. Make sure that your knee does not go…
photo by Sunil Photos We are in the middle of a move this week, so this will be a short post. I wanted to get this conversation started though. I talk to many parents who, while cooking for their family, choose not to add herbs & spices to their food until the children’s portion has been taken out. While I understand this theory for spicy items (cayenne, jalapeno, etc.), I…
If you have jumped onto the Meatless Monday train, tonight is your first meatless night! Last week I gave you a list of meatless meal ideas, but I wanted to give you another one today. This one is perfect for those of you who don’t always plan ahead. Keep these ingredients in your pantry, and you can whip up a quick vegetarian dinner any time you need one! Vegetarian Grilled…
At the beginning of this year, I told you that I wanted to challenge you. So far, I have thrown three challenges your way: the Hated Veggie Challenge, the New Veggie Adventure Challenge and the Meatless Monday Challenge. Because those all center around food and nutrition, I wanted to throw a fitness challenge into the mix. Enter the 300 Club Lunge Challenge. As you may recall, last fall I completed…
With Oprah going vegan for a week and the popularity of Michael Pollan’s book In Defense of Food, you have probably heard the term “Meatless Monday”. Meatless Monday actually originated in World War I when the US government encouraged citizens to decrease their consumption of the food staples meat and wheat to aid in the war effort. They proclaimed “Meatless Mondays” and “Wheatless Wednesdays” and over 10 million families took…
photo by myu Lauren from Foodtrainers wrote a special post today for her husband listing her definitions of love. Her post inspired me to make my own list of thank-yous to my husband of nine years. In nine years, we have never made a big deal out of Valentine’s Day, in part because February 14th is usually the early report date for pitchers and catchers, but mostly because we don’t…
Most of you know that we are moving to Phoenix at the end of the month for a new career adventure. Last month, we drove up to look at some houses and ended up at Joe’s Farm Grill. If you haven’t heard of it (you may have seen it on Diners Drive-ins and Dives), they focus on “common food done uncommonly well and served quickly.” The grill…