Graham In My Oats February 9, 2010
Posted by lilybeans in Tuesday.Tags: banana, graham cracker, micheal pollan, oats
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It’s coming! 10-20in is on its way for this afternoon! It seems like all I have been doing is talking about weather lately, but this is unreal.
I am just hoping we step it up with closing work tomorrow. I really don’t think I am going to be able to make it in if they only issue a liberal leave.
I have been really phlegmy lately, (to much?) so I omitted any dairy from my breakfast and brought back almond milk!
Protein Banana Graham Oats!
- 1/3 cup 5 grain cereal
- 1/3 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 mashed banana
- 2 tbs vanilla hemp protein
- handful TJs fiber cereal
- 1 sheet of graham (I ate another sheet while the cooked!)
- blueberry jam blob
- almond butter blob
I forgot my chia seeds! Damn
I love honey graham crackers!
Side note: I may have mentioned this before, but how is it that the federal government is closed for the second day and Maryland State is wide open!?!?!
Anywho…It is time for a Food Rule of the Day brought to you my Michael Pollan!
Rule #18: Don’t Ingest foods made in places where everyone is required to wear a surgical cap. (This is different from a hairnet)
This is a continuation from yesterdays rule of making sure humans are actually making your food.
I am going to try and get on the road a little early today to make sure I can get to work on time. I have a dentist appointment this afternoon…lets hope it goes smoothly.
Hello Tuesday!
Cornbread to Love February 8, 2010
Posted by lilybeans in Monday.Tags: cornbread, egglands best, Foodbuzz, Meatless Monday, pesto, salad
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I seriously cannot stop eating corn bread! I had a piece of dessert! The best part about this recipe? It is “healthy” version.
It was so simple to make!
- 1 cup unbleached flour
- 1 cup polenta – this gave the bread a great crunch
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup nonfat plain Greek Yogurt
- 2 Egglands Best Eggs
Thanks to Foodbuzz TasteMakers program and Egglands Best for making one of the ingredients to this bread free!
Check out those amazingly yellow yokes! I have been told that the freshest, least disturbed eggs have very yellow yokes.
Directions: preheat oven to 400, mix dry, mix wet, blend (do not over mix), pour batter into greased 8×8 pan and bake for 20-25min until golden brown on top.
It was greatly enjoyed with the chili last night and with my lunch and dinner.
I had a nice little piece along with my lunch.
I enjoyed my cornbread with the other 6 people in the office and a nice spinach salad with tomatoes, carrots and green chilies.
Seriously though no one was in the office today. It was so odd not to hear the usual people walking around and talking. I actually got into work pretty easily because we live in a community and I can get to my job on major highways.
I broke from work around 3:30PM for my zbar snack
Honey Graham is definitely my favorite flavor of the three I have tried, which is weird because there is no chocolate.
I came home from work did some core and arm work and then got started on Meatless Monday dinner!
Homemade pesto covering roasted rutabaga, spinach, peas, and tomatoes. I also had a nice piece of cornbread with honeycup mustard.
This was delicious! I need to make homemade pesto more often! Unfortunately my food processor broke tonight…I guess I need to get a real one soon! VitaMix! I wish.
Some interesting reading to go along with our Food Rule Series over on Nutrition Data If you have time check it out!
See ya in the morning! We are expected to get 12-20in of snow tomorrow into Wednesday, no joke!
Frozen Over February 8, 2010
Posted by lilybeans in Monday.Tags: muesli, Stonyfield, super bowl
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Happy Frozen Surface Morning!
Yesterday afternoon Nick and I shoveled for over 3 hours. Well actually he spent more time out shoveling out our neighbors. He is so nice 
I had to come in and start making chili and corn bread for our super bowl mini party. Before I started cooking I had a “lunch”.
Chobani raspberry (amazing flavor here), granola, clem.
I didn’t take any pictures at the party because there were two people I had never met before attending. I am happy to report that all of the chili was consumed and I got really good review of my corn bread (recipe will be up tonight).
How cute was Drew Brees and his son last night! I think that was the best part of the super bowl personally.
I totally ate way too much corn bread and chips and salsa last night so this morning no certain breakfast was calling to me. Then I opened the fridge to an almost empty Stonyfield.
I had just bought some Bobs Red Mill Muesil that says it is ready is 10min so I was sold! I added 1/4 cup mussel to my yogurt with a tsp chia and mixed. Got dressed and then returned to add 1/2 cup TJs fiber cereal, 1 sliced banana, granola.
Now it is time for our Monday addition of Food Rules brought to you by Michael Pollan! Rule #17: Eat Only Foods That Have Been Cooked By Humans. Corporations tend to cook with way too much salt, sugar and fat as well as preservatives. Variations to this rule to come!
OK well I need to get moving so that I have extra time to figure out a different route to work…apparently none of the city roads have been plowed, but don’t worry we are open!
Be safe out there!
Super Bowl Snow February 7, 2010
Posted by lilybeans in weekend.Tags: cake, chicken, french toast, snow, soup
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We made it through the snow! It is nice and sunny out now, and I am dreading digging out my car today.
Here are some pictures from yesterdays snow.
The wind covered our window in snow.
Sissy’s entertainment of the day.
Walkway and yes those mounds are cars.
Nick and I went for a walk before digging out his car.
This snow mound was almost up to my arm pit. When we dug the car out it came up to my waist. We got 27in, the most amount of snow on record.
To warm me through the day I had Sissy.
She doesn’t look happy, but she really does like napping like this.
Amy’s soup and toast with cheese.
The best thing I made yesterday was Brandi’s Applesauce Chocolate Ginger Cake
This cake was so delicious! I was worried Nick would not like it because of the ginger but he ate a giant piece and gave me 2 thumbs up! I am glad I got a chance to use the crystallized ginger my grandmother had given me for Christmas, I had been raking my brain for a good recipe!
I loved the crunchy crust with the warm moist bread. I had two pieces throughout the afternoon.
After Nick and I went for out walk and digging adventure, I didn’t want to make anything for dinner. I had a grilled chicken breast from earlier in the week and I just made a simple chicken salad. with Greek Yogurt.
Chicken salad:
- cumin lemon grilled chicken breast
- cumin
- lemon juice
- Greek yogurt
- celery
- tomatoes
- S&P
I also had a glass of my favorite brew. I took me forever to drink it because I was still thawing out!
I passed out on the couch watching Mean Girls and would not move when Nick tried to get me to play Scene It. I think I am fighting some sort of cold coming on. I have been really sleepy lately.
This morning I had no idea what to make for breakfast, I was still feeling a little off. I just went with French toast.
regular french toasted topped with a microwaved apple with cinnamon and maple syrup and a quinoa crunch bar.
It was good, but I am just not feeling anything today.
I need to plan my super bowl menu for this afternoon. It is going to be simple because I don’t know how many people are going to be able to make it. Chili, cornbread, the rest of my ginger chocolate cake, chips and guac, mixed nuts and a veggie plate.
Ta Ta for now!
Who are you cheering for this afternoon?
I know it shouldn’t, but I will be cheering for the Colts. I really just like Payton Manning.
See ya later gators!
Blizzard February 6, 2010
Posted by lilybeans in snow, weekend.Tags: cereal, cookies, pancakes, snow, soup
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Helllooooo from the snow storm!
Currently Outside my window…
This all started yesterday when I got home from work. I stopped by The Natural food store on my way home to get some Greek yogurt and I was enticed by their mung bean soup for lunch!
Along with my soup I had a bowl of cereal, which tasted sooooo good, and a giant cookie!
The soup was really good, and this cookie was a monster but greatly enjoyed it for cookie Friday!
I spent the afternoon doing a little work I brought home and then once Nick got home we watched Finding Nemo and look a nice long nap.
The snow really started sticking around 4pm and hasn’t stopped since. The plows have been out there all night, I feel really bad for them right now, but I am sure they are getting paid well.
Due to our late lunches Nick and I had a pretty late dinner.
This was another one of Ellie Krieger’s recipes, but again I couldn’t find it online. It called for pork chops, but I stuck to tofu and Nick got the pork. Both were browned with and then I made a red wine scaloppini sauce because I didn’t want to open my bottle of while and it came out really well!
I always say, anything with lemon tastes amazing!
Along side by tofu scaloppini I made mashed sweet potatoes with garlic and rosemary and Spinach with mustard vinaigrette. This was the first time in a long time I used frozen spinach, I really missed the fresh stuff.
After dinner Doug and Ray came over to play Risk, Scene It Disney and Bop It! I can’t believe they went out on the snow, but they just live down the street and I guess they were ok getting home at the end of the night. I had a black Russian and caramel filled chocolate chip cookie while we played.
This morning I first woke up at 7:00AM and when I looked out the window it still looked like it was 3AM! So dark, windy and snowy! I went back to sleep until 8:30AM and had to feed the kitty. She was staring me down.
I decided to make some tropical pancakes to combat the winter wonderland outside.
Silver dollar strawberry kiwi coconut pancakes!
My usual pancake mix with 1 tsp chia seeds, 1 tbs flax and vanilla.
Pressed with kiwi, strawberries, coconut and a little maple syrup.
I would like to go for a walk in this snow, but if the wind is still crazy I don’t really want to get snowy wind burn.
I have plans to make some ginger chocolate chip bread and that is about it. We’ll see if Nick had some ideas when he wakes up!
Going to cuddle with Sissy and start looking at vacation spots!
Do You Have Enough TP? February 5, 2010
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The storms is brewing! It is supposed to start snowing this afternoon and not stop until Saturday late PM!
Sorry I missed ya last night! We headed downtown right after dinner to hangout with some friends we will be missing over the weekend due to the snow fall! You didn’t really miss any interesting food.
This mornings breakfast was certainly a hit, and made up for it!
I was bored of bowls of oatmeal so I went with an oat meal pancake!
I used the KERF recipe of 1/3 cup oats, 1/3 cup egg whites, cinnamon, almond extract, 1/4 tsp baking powder.
I love these because just like a bowl of oats the toppings are endless!
I topped mine with:
- mashed naner
- chia seeds
- unsweetened coconut
- quinoa crunch square
- TJs bran cereal
- almond butter
I also had a kiwi on the side.
Yum!
And now it is time for the Friday addition of Food Rule of the day brought to you by Michael Pollan!
Rule #Buy your snacks at the farmer’s market. “You’ll find yourself snacking on fresh or dried fruits and nuts – real food – rather than chips and sweets.” I think this is a great one for someone who is trying to diet correctly by changing what they eat instead of turning to diet foods or no food at all!
OK it is time for me to find my snowshoes and head out the door. I am hoping to leave work at 11:30, before the 12pm rush and after the snow starts falling. I am sure my office will be empty today.
Happy Friday!
It’s Coming… February 4, 2010
Posted by lilybeans in Thursday.Tags: breakfast, micheal pollan, oats, snow
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You can feel the snow in the air. It is coming!
That mass in the deep south is heading right towards us! People are already freaking out, but I am just making a to-bake list 
It would also be a good time to do my taxes and plan my vacation with my mom, even though it will most likely be through the phone 
I think I have had oats every day this week! I need a change tomorrow, but this mornings bowl was still delicious!
- 1/3 cup; oat/oat bran mix, water, skim
- 1/2 mashed in banana
- cinnamon
- almond extract
- 1 tbs flax
- 1 tsp chia
- 1 scoop amazing grass
- 1 quinoa crunch square
- small sprinkle vanilla almond crunch granola
- raspberry jelly
- almond butter
- 1/4 cup Kefir
- other 1/2 of banana
Glamour shots.
Banana hat!
What time is it? Food Rule of the day time! Brought to you by Michael Pollan!
Rule # 15 : Get out of the supermarket whenever you can. “You won’t find high fructose corn syrup at the farmers market”. In fact you won’t find much processed food unless you count hand made sausages or homemade cheeses as processed. Another good this about farmers markets/ Co-Ops and CSAs is that the food most likely traveled a much shorter distance to get to you and therefore had a smaller impact on the planet. You win and the planet wins! No brainer there!
Time to gobble down the rest of my breakfast and get on the road!
Have a great Thursday!
Seriously More Snow Coming?? February 3, 2010
Posted by lilybeans in Wednesday.Tags: apple, chicken, Ellie Krieger, lentils, quinoa, tofu
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Did I move to Maryland or Maine? They are forecasting another 20in snow storm this weekend! They are saying it is going to be similar to the storm on the 19th of December. Nick and I are going to need some fun snowed in activities! I am thinking about renting Sonic for XBOX. I know lame, but I want to play. The worst part about the snow is that doesn’t look like my mom is going to be able to visit me this weekend
I got into work with no sweat today! The trees were so pretty, but I kept my hands on the wheel today.
I had a lovely vegetarian lunch today!
Sandwich on quinoa bread with an LC wedge, avocado, spinach and hummus. I also had 2 carrots and a quinoa crunch bar.
Looks like cream cheese!
I ended up having my afternoon snack at home and added a blob of DCPB to my apple.
Oh I love you natural light!
Dinner was another new recipe from Ellie Krieger’s So Easy.
Marinated Chicken (and grape skewers) with Garden Lentil Pilaf
I cut out the grapes and skewers
I couldn’t find the Garden Lentil Pilaf, and It is published so no posting! Let’s just say it was good!
I had a mix of tofu and chicken with my lentil salad both marinated in the above mix. I love citrus flavors and this was packed with lemon! P.S. so are the lentils.
I grilled the chicken and tofu on the Griddler while the pilaf cooked on the stove top. I love making new things!
This was delicious and DIFFERENT! I have Ellie’s book!
After a shower and some cleaning up I still wanted something sweet to round out my night. Enter the graham cookie-wich.
This would be a double chocolate organic cookie from Country Choice heated between a sheet of graham crackers. This was so warm and soft! Perfect!
Alright Sissy and I are off to watch Bone and check out some breakfast ideas from Ellie!
Night All!
More Snow February 3, 2010
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Good Moring! Well we got some snow, and our management company has yet to come and plow/shovel. I think I will be able to get my car out once I get it cleared off, but where are they?!?! Surprisingly we don’t have any sort of delay today. I guess the roads are OK out on the main drag. Oh I hear the plow!
Thus being said I have to make this post a bit short!
breakfast was another winner bowl of oats!
- 1/3 cup oat bran/oats mix, 1/3 cup water, 1/3 cup skim
- 1/3 cup plain Stonyfield – stirred in at end
- 1 tbs lemon curd
- 1 tbs flax
- cinnamon
- almond extract
- 1 tsp chia seeds
- 1 Quinoa crunch bar
- sprinkle vanilla almond granola
- blackberries
- almond butter
I know I am going to get sick of the almond extract, but until then I am seriously enjoying it!
Now it is time for our fast (no pun) Food Rule of the day brought to you by Michael Pollan!
Rule #14: Eat foods made from ingredients that you can picture in their raw state or growing in nature. This rule really decreases your chance of ingesting added food chemicals.
And now I leave you with a new pictures of Sissy playing with her new laser toy! I spoil here I know! Have a good one!
Snow, Again February 2, 2010
Posted by lilybeans in Tuesday, quina.Tags: bars, beef stronganoff, parsnip, quinoa, spaghetti squash
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It’s snowing again! I am really hoping we either get work canceled but no liberal leave! Liberal leave means we have to use vacation time and I am not all about that!
Check out the sunrise I saw this morning driving to work (yes I was driving when I took this, but was not looking!)
The picture doesn’t do it justice, but it was amazing.
Work came and went and there were a few interruptions for food.
Leftover spaghetti squash with mater sauce and the last of a box of kashi crackers.
Around 3:30pm I had a lovely apple and seltzer to finish off the day.
For dinner I had planned on making a healthier beef stroganoff. I used to love the super unhealthy hamburger helper version of this when I was younger. Full of fat and lacking a single veggie. (Just so my mom does not get mad, she never made me this)
Today’s version was from Ellie Krieger’s book So Easy – hint I would like this for my birthday! Ellie’s beef stroganoff.
The only changes I made were:
- regular whole wheat pasta instead of egg noodles
- veggie broth instead of beef
It got a little saucy and I think I would use less veggie broth next time, but the flavor was all there!
I had mine over a pile of peas instead of pasta and a side of parsnip fries.
I really enjoyed this meal and Nick liked it. He didn’t even know there was yogurt in it! He HATES yogurt.
Before I began dinner I decided to make a batch of bars. I had seen Kath make Kelsey’s bars earlier this week, and I used to make her baked oatmeal bars all the time. I felt it was about time I cooked up another batch! Only problem, I was running a little low on oats. What to use? Quinoa and Steel Cut Oats!
I went off Kesley’s bar recipe but sort of 1/2ed it.
- 1 cup dry Quinoa
- 1/2 cup steel cut oats
- 1/3 cup chopped mixed nuts
- 1/4 cup ground flax
- 3/4 cup mixed of chopped dried apricots, cherries and orange cranberries
- shredded coconut ~ handful
- cinnamon ~ good couple shakes
- 1 egg
- vanilla ~ 1 tbs
- 1 cup skim
I baked these for 30min at 375.
These smelled so good in the oven! I cut them into 16 squares .
I had to try one…two for dessert!
These were great! Crunchy and chewy deliciousness! They were no sweet, but I think the dried fruit gave it enough of a sweet touch to not add the sugar. I think I am having a slight love for toasted quinoa lately.
I am sure you could make these with any fruit/almond milk/seeds the possibilities are endless! If you makes these please let me know what you think!
It is still snowing, and sticking!
Time to get ready for Biggest Loser! Woohoo!!!!
Have a great night!
