Weekly Running Rundown: December 31-January 6

January 6, 2012

I have truly missed running.  A lot.  The end of last semester was crazy with a few things at work that really got to me and caused me much stress and angst.  I am not a big fan of New Years Resolutions but I want to commit to finding races that keep me motivated to [...]

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Return of an old Favorite

January 5, 2012

When creating my grocery list for the week – from New Jersey – it was hard to think about what was in my kitchen.  We had been gone for close to a week and had left the fridge pretty bare (for our standards that is).  I wanted to pick a few meals that I knew [...]

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Mushroom Bolognese

January 4, 2012

Before Christmas, a friend came over to make cookies and brought a bottle of red wine – we drank about half of it and she left the rest of the bottle.  Not being the biggest fan of red wine, I remembered a recipe that used red wine and decided to cook with it tonight. Needing [...]

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Date Shake

January 3, 2012

I have pounds and pounds of medjool dates in my apartment – my mother-in-law even gave us more for Christmas because she knows how much I love them. Now that I’m searching for ways to use some of them, I found a great recipe for a Date Shake Matt and I didn’t clearly read the [...]

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I’ll Be Back–in 2012

December 31, 2011

Wrapping up 2011 in words… Happy New Year! Thank you for reading Running Leaner and Greener. Tweet

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Banana Oatmeal Cups

November 18, 2011

While doing my Real Food Challenge a few weeks ago, I noticed a recipe on Green Lite Bites that I thought would would be easy to fit into the challenge.  The Banana Oatmeal Cups appealed to me for the real ingredients (minus the chocolate chips) and the simplicity of the recipe.  Of course I made [...]

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Mocha Cappuccino

November 17, 2011

Two weeks ago I treated myself to Bolthouse Farms Mocha Cappuccino.  It was love at first sip. Oddly enough I hate coffee – but add chocolate or give me coffee ice cream and I’m in heaven.  This drink has been my “treat” every day – a small glassful after breakfast.  It is expensive and pretty [...]

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