Monthly Archives: March 2011

March 28, 2011 · 3:25 pm

Egg Sandwich

Did you have a good weekend?

Mine was low-key.  Lots of walking, good eats, and a few projects around the ol’ homestead.

Yesterday was an egg sandwich!  Eggy breakfast and dinner sandwiching a long walk.

I finally got around to making soaked English Muffins again.   These doughy disks have been on my mind since I made them two months ago and they didn’t disappoint.

This batch featured white whole wheat instead of spelt and loads of rosemary.  I soaked the dough for about 15 hours.

I love the chewiness of the crust and the dense doughiness of the center that is an English muffin. Mmmmm.

My feet carried my 15 miles around Cville between Saturday and Sunday!  I am only 15 miles away from my goal of 100 miles of walking this month!   Honestly I didn’t think that I would make this goal but now that I am so close I am totally determined.

Anyone want to join me to commit to walking 15 miles over the next four days?  That’s only 3.75 miles a day or a little over an hour of walking at a moderate speed.  Sound like a lot?  Break it up into two or three sessions!

Matt, Kath, Tate and I walked a meandering 6 miles around town yesterday afternoon.  The best milage is with friends. 🙂 After two hours I wasn’t ready for it to end, I could have walked for another hour.

[KERF]

More eggs!  Simple Sunday supper.

Veggie-full frittata and salad.

I ♥ frittatas and this one was especially good, I think it was all of the nutmeg and veggies.

Quinoa sprouts!  Red quinoa sprouts!

These are awesome.  Sprouts add so much flavor, texture, and nutrients, love them.

Usually my craftiness revolves around the kitchen but this weekend I got crafty with the paint brush also.

Chalkboard jars!

Nearly everything in my cupboards is stored in jars and now I can keep track of whether those buckwheat groats are raw or toasted and what the nutritional stats on the oat bran are (I’ve looked that one up countless times!).

I haven’t mention Exercise TV in a while but I still use it at least a few times a week.  Yesterday I did my favorite (Exercise TV) yoga video, Yoga Fitness Plus with Elise Gulan.  This 45 minute intermediate vinyasa flow is fun and leaves me wanting for nothing (except Savasana, you have to do that on your own time).

Stay warm and make a great day!

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March 25, 2011 · 3:08 pm

Nature-Nurture

Thanks for all the great comments on yesterday’s question of whether children develop their taste in food through nature or nurture.

I highly recommend reading through the comments if this is something that interests you.

Like most things, this seems to be a case of a mix of nature-nurture with a larger percentage of nurture or environment.

One of the most interesting comments  sparked from research that says the food a mother eats while pregnant changes the taste of the amniotic fluid and thus effects a child’s taste in food once born.  Wow, huh?  Is this why many mom’s say “I have two kids, I treat them the same and offer them the same food but one is an adventurous eater and one is very cautious and picky.”  Maybe the mom was sick more often with one pregnancy and ate a bland diet or maybe the pregnancies occurred during different seasons and so the mother ate different with each one.  Food for thought. 😉

A reoccurring theme in the comments was that while nature plays a large role in whether or not a child is a particular eater, it’s nurture that influences healthy eating habits and tastes. I see this with my niece.  She has particular tastes; she won’t eat scrambled eggs without onions and chard and she loves greens but they must be doused in balsamic vinegar.

Today’s much cooler than it’s been for weeks and there’s snow in the forecast!  I love spring but the temperature fluctuations are hard to keep up with sometimes, I always feel like I need extra sleep in the fall and spring.

I’ve been craving a good hike this weekend but the weather prediction might squash my motivation. 😦  Do you have any active plans this weekend?  Are you more active on the weekends or weekdays?  I think I’m actually more active during the week with walking and biking.  By the weekend it’s also easier to let my workout plan slide.

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