I have been thinking about a dessert for Valentine’s Day. Something easy and not too time-consuming. Delicious, and of course it must have chocolate. It just wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day without chocolate! I really like shortbread for its buttery richness and slightly flaky texture. However, I didn’t want plain shortbread. Nope. If it’s for Valentine’s [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Weekly Running Recap
Posted in Exercise, tagged Fit Approach, Mother Nature, Running, Skinny Runner, Snow, The Boring Runner, Treadmill on January 28, 2012 | 6 Comments »
This morning I participated in a virtual race, hosted by The Boring Runner! Adam hosts 2 of these every year, summer and winter. As you can tell by the picture, it is a 5k (3.1 miles). This can be done as a stand-alone run, or it can be included in a longer run…basically anything goes! [...]
Daring Bakers’ Basic Biscuits
Posted in Recipes, tagged Biscuit, Daring Bakers on January 27, 2012 | 12 Comments »
In order to continue to challenge my baking skills, I joined “The Daring Kitchen”. They offer monthly challenges for baking and cooking. I signed up to be a part of the baking challenges and this months challenge was to master biscuits! (In case this month’s challenge sounds easy, my first batch failed Also, last month’s [...]
Weekly Running Recap
Posted in Exercise, tagged Weekly Running Recap, Zumba on January 24, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I’m a few days late with this post Sunday: Rest Monday: 3 mile run + 100 crunches and 20 push-ups (x2) Tuesday: Rest Wednesday: Zumba! Thursday: Rest Friday: Rest Saturday: 5 mile run +100 crunches and 20 push-ups (x2) Did you notice something different this week (no, not all the rest days!)? I took my [...]
Apple Spice Whoopie Pies
Posted in Recipes, tagged Apples, Cake Flour, Cinnamon, Cream Cheese Frosting, Ginger, Nutmeg, Vanilla Bean Paste, Whoopie pie on January 23, 2012 | 2 Comments »
WHOOPIE!!! As in hooray! Come on people, behave yourselves! We celebrated Nick’s birthday the other day, and I asked him what I could bake for him. “You know what I like” was his response. Now on one hand, this makes things easy. I can choose basically whatever I want to make. On the other hand, [...]
Weekly Running Recap
Posted in Exercise, tagged HIIT, push-up challenge, Weekly Running Recap on January 14, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Another week. Another spotty week of running. Bah. I’m getting tired of this. Sunday: Rest Monday: 3 mile run + 100 crunches and 30 push-ups (15 x 2) Tuesday: Rest Wednesday: 25 minute HIIT (high-intensity interval training) for me- that means sprints Thursday: Rest Friday: 30 minute incline walk + 100 crunches and 30 push-ups [...]
Photo Friday
Posted in Photos, tagged Buddha's hand, Cats, scone on January 13, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Before we get into the photos for the week, I have exciting news. Well, it’s exciting news to me! My Cinnamon Lover’s Scones recipe is featured on Serious Eats: Sweets! SWEET! This week, Serious Eats: Sweets has a “Share Your Sweets: Cinnamon Treats“. I’m one of 12 that are featured. I tell ya, it makes [...]
