• Cooking,  Food

    Recreating the Mixed Grill

    Happy Monday everyone. Today, it was back to reality for me, after a much needed, relaxing vacation. Catching up? Here are my posts about my trip to Pittsburgh: Fried Pickles in Pittsburgh Exploring Pittsburgh Trader Joe’s in Pitt Colossal Sandwiches and Carousels Last night I finally had some extra time to spend on making food! I have been craving steel-cut oats, in the worst way! (Check out the post I wrote about the different types of oats!) Thankfully, I had just enough left to make a whole batch! I also added in some oat bran. They came out fab. I’ve been missing the crunch of steel-cut oats! I also mixed…

  • Cooking,  Events,  Running,  Training

    Fall is Coming??

    Did you enter my Chobani giveaway yet?? You have until September 6th at midnight! DO it! — Notice anything different about my blog? I changed the header this morning in honor of the first day of September, and of course, the start of my favorite season, fall. Hope you like it! Although, it doesn’t feel much like fall right now, as the weather has been above 90 for the last few days. I was driving home tonight and summer is still in full force. Even though I’m excited for fall, I’m trying to savor the last bit of summer, because it will be gone so fast! My training continued yesterday,…

  • Books,  Food,  Running

    A Summery Dinner

    Look what I finally picked up today!! Caitlin‘s book! I’m soooo excited! I love the whole idea behind Operation Beautiful. You can read more about it on the website. I think this book may help me, actually, because I know I’m guilty of “fat talk” every once in a while (what girl isn’t) because I’ve struggled with a negative self-image for most of my life. I’m slowly learning how to ban fat talk, but it is difficult, I will admit.  Anyway, I can’t wait to read the book. 🙂 Since I’m still pretty low on food due to lack of groceries, I had oatmeal this morning. Never a bad thing.…