Hello friends. Yesterday was a very sad day in our house. Our loving friend and companion Buster unexpectedly passed away. I cannot tell you how much this saddens my heart and we miss him so dearly. He was one of us, a member of the family with such an incredible personality. He was such a good dog and full of happiness and life. I want to share some of our favorite pictures and moments with our Buster doo. He will be remembered in our hearts forever. (more…)
August 8, 2011
March 7, 2010
all for the dogs
Be prepared for some cute doggie pictures!!!
But first, just a little re-cap of the weekends events 🙂 Thanks for all your entries into the giveaway! I’m lovin’ those barstools. I think my favorites are the backless ones. It looks like the Blender Express Plus is pulling in for the lead with the immersion blender coming in a fairly close second. You have until Thursday, March 11th @ 8pm PST to enter! (more…)
January 29, 2010
FYF: Safe Weight Loss for Athletes
Welcome to the first installment of Fuel Your Fitness!
I’d like to feature a different sports nutrition topic each week, or every other week, here at eatingRD to help fuel your performance, reach your personal fitness goals or just provide interesting information. I’m open for any suggestions too and have already received great ideas from many of you, which I’ve been researching and compiling. I picked Friday not only because it goes well together — Fuel Your Fitness Fridays–, but because the weekends can be the start to a great fitness opportunity. Many of us are very busy during the week and sometimes let workouts pass, but I’m hoping that featuring this important information on Fridays will motivate those weekend workouts 🙂
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While one would think that active individuals never have to (more…)
January 27, 2010
you may not know . . .
Happy Wednesday!!! Wait, Is it really only Wednesday??
Man, oh man this week is draaagin’ . . .
These cute awards have been making their way around the blogosphere and I think it’s a great way to connect with the community and learn fun facts about our fellow bloggers and friends. I was nominated for the Beautiful Blogger award from Kasey and Kristen and also the Happy 101 award from Michal. Thanks guys! I will list 7 things you may not know about me and also 10 things that make me a happy camper. Ok here goes . . .
January 26, 2010
multitasking
Thank you for all your kind words on the site! I’m super excited and happy you guys enjoy it. If you haven’t yet, be sure to enter my giveaway for some Mighty Leaf tea and an Anthro mug here. I first thought I gave the wrong feed address, but it seems that both of the ones below will work when added to your feed. Please let me know if it’s not updating in your reader so I can remedy. I’m a computer retard!
http://eatingrd.com/?feed=rss2
http://feeds.feedburner.com/eatingrd
I am having the darndest time getting up in the morning lately! ugh, 5am is just too darn early and when the alarm goes off I moan and groan wishing I could just stop time for a few more hours. I’ve always had this fascination with wanting to be able to stop time. Wouldn’t that be awesome? ha, in the mean time I’ll keep wishing for that day and get my butt out of bed! I think it does have a lot to do with not getting to bed till close to 11pm, which I need to fix.
I’ve been trying to get (more…)
January 25, 2010
it’s finally here + a giveaway!
After much contemplation, brainstorming, searching, asking, thinking, organizing, trying, re-trying and frustration, I can finally announce the launch of the new eatingRD site!!!!!!!! aaaaaah I’m so excited and Chris and I have been working diligently for many many hours to at least get it up and running. By all means it’s not perfect, but it’s getting there 🙂
You will notice that many of the page links (more…)
January 23, 2010
just a quick hello
Hello! I hope you all had a nice week! I think Vegas has gotten more rain in these past 4 days than we have in all last year! Crazy. I can’t believe how much rain California is getting too. Overall this week has been nice, work wasn’t too crazy, I got my committee together for my thesis (finally) and I may be doing a couple cooking classes for Whole Foods! The site is sooo close, but there are a few things that I need help with still, so I just won’t say a date anymore 🙂 ugh. (more…)
January 19, 2010
some good eats + quality time
The best part about the weekend, aside from getting to sleep in till 7am and getting caught up with life, is being able to whip up some tasty meals and really enjoy the company of family. Usually during the week I rush home to get something on the table, talk briefly about the day’s happenings and then spend the rest of the night trying to catch up on school work, research, blogs, blogging, etc, never being seen again till bed time. I don’t like that, although for the next 3 semesters it’s going to have to suffice somehow 🙂
I just wanted to share a couple tasty recipes that I hope you can enjoy with your family and friends or simply in the solace of your own company . . . (more…)
January 17, 2010
January 12, 2010
just a few new finds
I don’t have too much time to blab on today, as I’m trying my darndest to focus on my proposal, but I did want to just stop by and share a few good finds I discovered and some eats I made this weekend.
Can I just say that it is absolutely glorious sleeping in till 7am and eating when the sun is actually up!! Because we went out to dinner a bit late with our friends Friday evening (terrible pictures by the way), I decided to sleep in just a little bit. I love having the sunshine to be able to take food pictures!! Yay! Most of the time I leave when there’s not enough sunlight and get home when the sun is just going down. Dang you time change.
I could even take a nice picture of breakfast! This is just a mixture of Wallaby yogurt mixed with a scoop of LF cottage cheese, topped with frozen blueberries, cereal, banana, and flax. I also had 1/2 a date bran muffin I found in the freezer. Those muffins are definitely our favorite!
Saturday we spent most of the day running errands and grocery shopping. I found some items I can’t wait to try . . .
For lunch I made a munchie plate with crackers, hummus, string cheese, apple, and salmon salad with pistachios and persimmons.
I tried a Fuyu persimmon for the first time this season and I really enjoy them. It tastes like a subtle creamsicle to me? I like to put them in chicken lettuce wraps too.
I also found the Laughing Cow cheese finally and am looking forward to adding it to various recipes like so many of you do!
Persimmon Pistachio Salmon Salad
- one small can wild salmon with bones (for added calcium!)
- 1/3-1/2 cup low fat greek yogurt
- 1 Fuyu persimmon, peeled and chopped
- 1/4 cup cranberries
- 1/4 cup chopped pistachios
- various seasonings (all-purpose, garlic powder, s & p, splash of vinegar)
Mix it all together!
I found this quick cooking barley at Walmart. This will be great to add to soups, oats or make a salad with because normally barley takes quite awhile to cook.
I have to say I am impressed with Walmart’s selection of healthier items and brands at a reasonable price. For some families, it’s just being able to find these and make the choice to buy them over what they usually do, and that can be tough.
That afternoon we went to a bike demo for a local bike shop that we like to go to and it was also a charity event for our local Shade Tree Shelter. Lots of bikes!
We signed a waiver and then tried out a few of them. Most of the people there were mountain bikers, which is a completely different crowd than road bikers. Kind of like the laid back surfer dude type.
First we tried a couple road bikes. Boy, it’s amazing how much better those felt compared to my baseline model. I was really looking forward to trying a tri bike, but they didn’t have any there to sample. We also got to ride around Red Rock on a mountain bike. It was so much different than a road bike but a lot of fun!
Hey, even this dog was enjoying a little road biking! I thought this was too funny. How does that little guy stay on there?
After a C25K run/walk this morning, I made one of my favorite festive bowl of oats this holiday season. I call them festive oats! (gee that’s inventive)
I just love Egg Nog and usually find the low fat version or the soy version around this time of year. I also saw some kind of pumpkin spice nog at Walmart that I’ll have to try. Both low fat nog versions taste equally yummy. I could imagine these would be awesome in your morning coffee too.
Here’s my version this morning:
- 1/2 cup soy nog or low fat egg nog
- 1/2 cup skim milk
- pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, fresh nutmeg
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1 banana (1/2 mashed to add with oats, 1/2 for topping)
- 1 tsp flax mixed in
- splash of vanilla extract
- 2 dates
- Handful of Kashi cinnamon cereal and shredded wheat
- sprinkling of pistachios and pomegranate seeds for the festive touch!
It’s not even Thanksgiving quite yet, but I thought this would be fun 🙂
How do you add a festive touch to your dishes? Any favorite items only available during the holiday season?
If I don’t post again till Thanksgiving I sure hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend no matter what holidays you celebrate! We are going to visit Chris’ dad and step mom who just moved into a new cabin for their retirement. It’s going to be freezing, but I’m looking forward to spending time with family and enjoying a great meal. I am definitely most thankful for my family without a doubt. It just wouldn’t be the same without their never ending love and support. Hope you all enjoy your time too 🙂
