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Breakfast for Dinner at Cafe 217
Friday night Chris and I needed dinner but were not in the mood for cooking. After debating for a while on where to go for something good and relatively inexpensive we decided to hit up Cafe 217 on Delaware Avenue, one of our favorite late dining spots. I think we ate here on third date, actually! Even though it wasn’t late, it was still dinnertime and it was completely empty! Chris got a veggie quesadilla for an appetizer. I had a piece and it was tasty, just your standard quesadilla. My dinner was actually breakfast! I love that this restaurant serves breakfast all day! I chose scrambled eggs with a…
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Jen’s Top Five Albany Eateries
Have I ever mentioned on this blog that I loathe chain restaurants? I highly dislike eating at chains (I won’t name names, but I really don’t like most of them), so whenever I go out to eat you can find me at a local establishment. I’m not very picky when it comes to food, but I do like to have a good selection of somewhat healthy/delicious meals. Although I admit, sometimes going out to dinner, you just have to induldge once in a while. Here are my top five faves, in no particular order: Albany Pump Station – Downtown Albany I always think of the Pump Station as a place to…
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The Dunkin’ Run 10K
Well, I have another 10K under my belt! 🙂 Today I ran the Dunkin’ Run 10K in Albany! Admittedly, I was a little nervous about running a race today, as I’ve been traveling…but I felt really great when I woke up this morning. I started my day with my standard pre-race breakfast! Bagel thin + maple pb + banana. I actually wasn’t feeling the banana this morning so I took some of it off. I think it was a bit too ripe. I also had a cup of green tea, which I think really helps. Maybe its the caffeine? I also made sure to drink lots of water yesterday, so…
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Banana Pancakes and Tulips
Yesterday morning I woke up craving pancakes. I had this recipe for a while, but decided today would be the day to try it. I think I might have made them once before, but I’m not really sure…anyway, I had all the ingredients so I went to work. I tweaked the recipe a bit. I had some wheat bran lying around, so I added about 1/4 a cup to the mix of dry ingredients. I also added about a tablespoon of ground flax seeds. I had those in my fridge I wanted to use up. So the pancake batter looked like this. I’m pretty sure these were the best pancakes…
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Confessions of a Chocoholic
So, I have to admit something. I’m a chocolate addict!!! For the longest time I avoided all candy and chocolate (while I was in the process of losing weight) but once I hit my goal, I decided to splurge once in a while and have a piece a day. Eventually, one piece turned to two, and two to three, and on and on. Now I usually eat 3-4 pieces a day. I know, this is not good of me, I need to stop. I need to only eat chocolate when I’m seriously craving it, and need that chocolate fix. So this is my current short-term goal: cut back on chocolate!!! Anyway, since…