$.31 ice cream!!

I didn’t get home until nearly 8:30pm last night and I really wanted to make a quick dinner. I threw together a salad that included:

spinach, arugula, mixed greens
diced onion
beets
hard boiled egg
goat cheese
craisins
balsamic vinegar

It was delicious!
Along with a warm bacon-cornbread muffin that I baked in last night’s bread making class (I’ll explain more about the class [...]

Alma’s Peanut Butter Pasta

I LOVE anything made with peanut butter, so I’m definitely going to make this peanut butter pasta dish soon. This meal is high in fiber (ww pasta), full of veggies (sugar snap peas), protein (tofu), and healthy fats (peanut butter). Thanks for sharing, Alma!
Ingredients:
1/2 package whole wheat spaghetti
1/2 block tofu (about 7 oz, drained)
1 bag frozen sugar [...]

Shake Shack Review

Back in March, Nate and I paid a visit the Shack Shack. The burger joint has been a Madison Square Park institution for years and is notorious for its long lines. Recently, a location opened up on the Upper West Side. With great burgers in such close proximity, we knew we had to go! The [...]

Kitchen Creativity

When I was thinking about what to make for dinner last night, I knew I wanted to use up ingredients that I already had in my pantry. I decided to cook a big batch of brown rice, lentils, and sauteed onion. I mixed a serving of each in a bowl and added a few spoonfuls [...]

Best Day Ever!

Ok, maybe today wasn’t “the best day ever”, but it was pretty good. The court clerk dismissed us for lunch around 12:45pm and told us we didn’t have to come back until 2:15pm. Since I was pretty close to the Brooklyn Bridge and the weather was gorgeous (sunny and 70 degrees!) I decided to take [...]

Muscle Recovery, Jury Duty, and Whole Foods Finds

Happy Monday! I can’t believe it’s been an entire week since the Boston Marathon. My leg soreness is mostly gone, but my body is definitely still recuperating. Until Thursday of last week, my quads were SO sore that I had to walk down steps backwards and gingerly lower myself into chairs. So far, I’ve been [...]

Buitoni Wild Mushroom Agnolotti with Broccoli and Marinara

The other evening, I arrived home to find a box on my doorstep (well, actually I live in a Manhattan apartment building, so my the box was being held by the super). I opened the flaps and discovered that FoodBuzz had overnight shipped me some Buitoni pasta to sample! The Wild Mushroom Agnolotti (i.e. big [...]

Boston Marathon Photos

There were some real winners in this batch, hehe. Unfortunately, the quality is rather low since I used the screenshot button.  I can’t believe how much the photograph company wants to charge for prints. Yikes! Anyway, enjoy!
This was at the 1/2 way point – notice the smile on my face. Still feeling good!

I think this is  heartbreak hill. When [...]

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Last July I baked a batch of chocolate chip cookies made with smart balance instead of butter. Nate claimed they were the best cookies I’ve ever made and has been asking me (constantly!) to make some more. I couldn’t recall the original recipe, but I knew the cookies had a chewy, puffy consistency (vs. flat and crispy). I [...]

Jesse’s Orange Dinner

Jesse just cooked a fabulous looking (and vitamin A packed) dinner! It included-
Glazed salmon, baked butternut squash, baked sweet potato, and a salad with carries for the orange! :)
This dinner is so packed full of vitamins and other good things – it’s a nutritionist’s dream! The salmon contributes  protein and omega 3’s, the butternut squash, sweet [...]