breakfast

I often get asked how I recover from a marathon, specifically with regards to food. My answer? I eat what I’m craving… but make it healthy and make sure to get lots of protein. While we were in New Hampshire, Steph’s friend that we stayed with, Pete, put together a gift bag for each of us that included a bottle of real New Hampshire maple syrup. I went to a lot of trouble to get it through security from Portland, so when I woke up on Monday morning, it was top of mind. You all know I love creative uses …

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Several weeks ago, I ended up with an extra bagel after a breakfast at work, so I wrapped it up and took it home and popped it into the freezer. I rarely eat bagels (too many carbs, too many calories), but I figured it would be good for a pre-race breakfast the day before a marathon. Now, I have a thing about everything bagels: I really only like them with veggie cream cheese. However, while there are plenty of varieties of fat free and other fairly low calorie cream cheeses out there, it’s hard to find flavored versions. Besides, I …

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In case you haven’t heard of Hungry Girl, it’s a website that sends out a daily e-mail with fantastic food product reviews and also some innovative recipes that are pretty healthy. They do support the use of Splenda and other products that have crappy chemicals in them, but for the most part, they recommend good stuff. A few days ago, they published some breakfast recipes, one of which sounded amazing. I decided that as soon as I got back home from traveling, I’d try making their Creamy Hot Apple B-Fast with Brown Sugar Crunch. I used full-sugar Jello pudding, and …

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