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Maine – The Way Life Should Be

July 28, 2010

I love staying at a bed and breakfast.  We woke up yesterday to a ham, egg and cheese casserole (I gave the ham to Matt) plus homemade white bread.  Now I normally stay away from white bread – but this stuff was amazing.  I had some with blueberry jelly and some just plain.  After breakfast, [...]

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DIY Frozen Blueberries

July 27, 2010

I love blueberries.  It should be no secret.  Blueberries are great for you and provide lots of nutrients.  A brief snapshot The health benefits associated with blueberries include improved eyesight, stronger blood vessels,reduced risk of heart disease, reduced risk of urinary tract infections, better memory performance, and promoting and maintaining a healthy weight. Blueberries are [...]

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Vacationland

July 27, 2010

We arrived in Maine yesterday around lunchtime.  My parents are also here visiting from North Carolina.  They stopped at Red’s Eats and picked Matt and I up a lobster roll.  That’s a pound and a half of lobster meat heaven.  I gobbled that up and even left some butter on my shorts. We walked around [...]

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Beautiful Vegetables

July 13, 2010

I picked up our CSA Share this week – I missed it last week while we were on vacation.  In the box this week included: Corn (there were actually 6), zucchini and summer squash A ginormous lettuce (which I have already washed for tomorrow!)   The infamous rhubarb (which is already in a rhubarb/berry crisp [...]

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Enormous Enchiladas

July 11, 2010

For dinner tonight, I made something I haven’t made in a long time Chili-Cheese Black Bean Enchiladas I followed the recipe pretty closely except that I didn’t have a full bag of Morningstar Farms soy crumbles and I used an entire cup of salsa instead of 3/4 of a cup.  The entire mix makes more [...]

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Run Lean Green Turns One

July 11, 2010

Last week while Matt and I were in Washington DC, Run Lean Green turned 1 years old.  I cannot believe I have been blogging for a year – it has gone by so fast.  To celebrate, I made Fat Free Vegan Carrot Cake Cupcakes.  I eliminated the cinnamon and the walnuts.  For the icing, I [...]

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Tired Tourists

July 8, 2010

Matt and I are officially done with being tourists.  It is so hot and humid in Washington that we were exhausted around 5 pm yesterday.  We started and spent most of the day (over 4.5 hours) and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum This was a great museum and I recommended it for next time you [...]

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