Pizza Night

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Katherine Swanson

Tonight I came back from my run and had no idea what to eat. After standing in my kitchen for 10 mins contemplating it I decided on pizza.

I used whole wheat crust, tomato, goat cheese, prosciutto, onion, garlic, and S&P. Goat cheese is so delicious and I love the FM tomatoes right now! Pizza was yummy, carby, and easy to make. Clearly all of my favorite things.

Tonight I used about 1/3 of the dough that comes in the package and it only made about three slices.

Also, if you were wondering, eating a brownie before running isn’t motivating, it just hurts your stomach when you run. Although I cannot complain too much. It was not too hot, not too cold and not too humid. Love running in LA.

Finally, Iz is trying to escape…

or she’s hunting… I can’t decide but I thought it was amusing.

Eggplant-wich

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Katherine Swanson

Tonight was not a blogger fail. Tonight was an eggplant sandwich. I’ve made it before, but there were some select alterations this time.

This time I used panko instead of breadcrumbs (as you can tell there was a small amount of burning, but not so burned as to taste bad). Toppings included goat cheese, prosciutto, tomato, and an onion that the farmers market man said was “so sweet you can eat it raw”.

Side dish was potato “chips” and roasted chickpeas!

Love a roasted chickpea!

I also had some citrus. According to Real Simple it boosts your mood and contributes to a sunny disposition.

Two important items of business:

1) I need to stop buying things because I love how they look on me. I will go broke if this habit continues. Don’t worry M&D, it was only an $18 dress from the Buffalo Exchange.

2) I have a new fav blog! It’s called yes & yes. They have a variety of “lifestyle” related posts and I love their “words of wisdom” section. I found this there:

That is your reality check for the day. Lets be zen now everyone and don’t sweat the small stuff!

Blogger Fail

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Katherine Swanson

Sorry gang, today was a blog fail. I took this picture of onions with the expectation of blogging the actual meal.

After I took this picture of onions I forgot to take more. What can I say? It was a blog fail. I will say that it was whole wheat pasta with goat cheese, prosciutto, red onions, and broccoli.

Earlier today I posted my training plan for the 1/2 Marathon. Read about it here. I mostly plan to run like I normally do, get to yoga once a week and do a longer run on the weekend.

Also, in other important news: I changed a light bulb all by myself. This may seem like a small task but I have been putting off changing the light bulbs until a tall male is in my house because hey, that’s what they’re there for. All my lights were out except for two (one of which was the bathroom) and it went out on Tuesday. There is no natural light in that part of my apartment and I toughed it out for several days but yesterday I had to face facts and do it myself.

Success! Moral of the story? Sometimes you have to be a woman and take care of business yourself. Ah, the milestones you experience living along.

Tavern Brentwood

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Katherine Swanson

Guess where I’m going for my birthday dinner?

Tavern in Brentwood! Its not for a month, but I am so pumped!

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I can’t help myself

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Katherine Swanson

Can you ever pass a cheese and bread display and not buy something?

Obviously the answer is no.

This cheese was incredible, better than the brie I usually buy.

Excuse me because I have to eat more.

Workouts

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Katherine Swanson

I finally put something on my workouts page! Check it out to hear about which races I’m doing and how I’m prepping for them.

Buitoni Riserva Ravioli

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Katherine Swanson

Tonight I had a treat…

Before I blog, full disclosure: I got this ravioli for free, but my opinions are completely my own and are in no way swayed by the fact that it was free.

With that being said, I do love Buitoni. Whenever we had pasta growing up it was Buitoni, so I have fond memories of eating raw pasta while my mother cooked. I also love how easy and quick Buitoni is to make.

The I decided to make a sauce. I didn’t really have a concrete plan. I just kinda went for it.

Whoops, blurry shot! This has tomato, zuke, garlic, s&p, oregano, red onion and scallions. Let cook over medium heat and watch to tomato reduce.

Then I added in the pasta and of course decided to top it off with cheese.

The sauce turned out shockingly well considering I winged it. I would probably make this sauce again. The oregano was a really nice flavor and fresh tomato is really nice in contrast with the tomato paste I typically add to pasta sauce.

As for the pasta? Delicious. I generally don’t love packaged cheese ravioli. I have a thing against ricotta. Its the one cheese I just don’t love. This pasta was totally different though. I could barely taste the ricotta and the texture was not ricotta esque which made me a very happy camper.

Man do I love pasta.

Farmer’s Market Friday

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Katherine Swanson

Yup, today was another farmers market Friday. Today I opted for a quesadilla.

I only ate 1/2 because it was BIG. I knew I wanted to run after work and I didn’t want the meal to be sitting in my stomach like a brick.

I also had a samosa. Rather 1/2 a samosa.

It was DELISH! This was by far the best part of the meal and I will be enjoying it again. Did you know its vegan? Well it was and it was also super yummy. I was concerned that having one wouldn’t be enough for lunch but if I were to add a salad it would be a passable lunch, right?