• Food,  Restaurant Reviews,  Running

    Co-Op, Justins, and First GM

    Ah, the weekend of somewhat unhealthy eating. I usually try extremely hard to make good decisions while eating out during the weekend, but it can be tough sometimes. Saturday I went to the Honest Weight Food Co Op for the first time. Its located on Central Avenue in Albany. It was a little bit intimidating at first, because I had no clue where anything was, but after a while I got used to it. I had my little list and found mostly everything I was looking for! Smooth Roasted Almond Butter Toasted Wheat Germ Whole Grain/Quinoa Blend Good Earth Pomegranate Superfruit Tea (I had a coupon!) Unsweetened Honest Tea “Just…

  • Food,  Running,  Wine

    Pizza and Wine

    So, tonight I was in the mood for some pizza, but not the UNHEALTHY kind, so I made up a couple of pita pizzas for dinner. I remember this idea from when my mom was on Weight Watchers years ago, and she used to make mini pizzas with pita bread for the crust. I started doing the same thing when I began eating healthier. I use Joseph’s Whole Wheat & Flax Pitas for the crust, plain pizza sauce, and low-moisture part skim mozzarella cheese. I topped them with some red pepper and sundried tomato. So yummy! Defintely helped my pizza craving! To go with my pizza, I had to have…

  • Baking,  Farmer's Market,  Restaurant Reviews,  Running,  Wine

    A Lovely Saturday

    The weather this weekend has been pretty nice, so I decided to take advantage of it! Saturday morning Chris and I went to the Troy Farmer’s Market to see what it was all about. During the winter it is inside the Atrium, but in the summer it is outside by the river, and I can’t wait to go to that. But it was pretty cool despite being inside. They had some decent vendors — lot of meats and cheeses. I was looking for goat cheese but didn’t find any…next time I will ask. Chris amd I each got two bottles of wine from the Cascade Mountain Winery (New York wine! yay!) I got…

  • Food

    My Very First Post!

    Last night I went grocery shopping…spent entirely too much money on food. Thankfully I should have enough to last me the next couple weeks. For breakfast this morning I had a Thomas’ Bagel Thin with Apricot Mango Preserves. It was pretty good, a nice little change from the usual Special K cereal I have in the mornings. It filled me up for a while. For lunch today I made a salad with some of the things I got last night..Crasins and Walnuts! sooo good! I love this combination.  The salad was delicious–spinach, sliced red peppers, baby carrots, crasins, walnuts with raspberry vinagarette dressing. However, I think I might need more…