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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…
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Home Made Maple Peanut Butter
Lately I have been obsessed with Strawberry Salads. I go through salad phases. Sometimes I despise them and sometimes I love them. Weird. Lately, I’m loving the strawberry, spinach, and feta with raspberry dressing. My packed lunch. One of my new favorite dressings is Newman’s Own Light Raspberry & Walnut. So tasty. So fresh! Love strawberries. Since today was a “rest/cross training” day, I had some spare time when I got home from work. I wanted to get creative in the kitchen! I’ve had maple peanut butter on my mind. And since I ran out of my favorite kind by Saratoga Peanut Butter, I decided to try to make my…
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Who is Salt?
Thank goodness it is finally Friday. Hurray! I’ve had such a busy week that I haven’t had any time to post. But let’s get to it! Last night I went to a special premiere at the Palace Theater of the new movie “Salt” featuring Angelina Jolie. I got free tickets a few weeks ago. Why was there a special advanced screening of this movie, you ask? Well, part of this movie was filmed in downtown Albany! There is a five minute chase sequence that they filmed here in the Spring of ’09, and it caused quite a stir around the downtown area, with all of the street closures, etc. They…