Asparagus and Macaroni Salad

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Asparagus and Macaroni Salad is interrupting the regularly scheduled story of Ironman Texas today.  I had another post ready to go but then I went to Food Republic and saw this picture on the site and immediately thought…..I need to repost that and let people know about this recipe. This recipe couldn’t be any easier [...]

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Homemade Granola

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Homemade granola is not difficult to make but when you can buy it for relatively cheap you just pick up a box or package.  It is my version of convenience food.  That is until yesterday.  I was at Sprout’s and needed to get some cereal for the Big Bowl I have been eating and I [...]

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Food Coaching

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Could Food Coaching be on the list of things I add to my resume?  I am a running coach and will be looking to get my USAT Level 1 Coaching Certificate soon as well.  We all know that you cannot out train a bad diet.  We have all seen it.  The guy who is at [...]

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Cookie Monster

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Cookie Monster is the nickname given to me by my wonderful wife.  That or El Snackito and that is because I am always perusing the house for a snack.  An apple is a snack.  Carrots and Celery is a snack.  Rip’s Big Bowl is a snack, but the real snack for me is cookies. I [...]

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Brown Rice Muffins From The FeedZone

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Brown Rice Muffins sounded perfect to me the moment I saw them in The FeedZone Cookbook.  Ever since I made Pancake Muffins I have always thought of other ways to make food in a handy bite size way.  Today on my run I thought about Lasagna Muffins and even Quesadilla Muffins.  Recipes will have to [...]

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Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream

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Peanut Butter Cups might be my favorite candy of all time.  I make my own so I know everything that goes into those little candies of heaven.  Not having the patience to melt chocolate and then wait for them to form in the fridge I took it upon myself to make ice cream.  Seeing as [...]

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Can American Change?

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Can America change is going to be the question that is asked quite a bit in the immediate future.  Most of it will be surrounding the political spectrum of elections. Can we switch from a Democrat President to a Republican and have things get better?  Can we change the House and the Senate and have [...]

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A Taste Of Puerto Rico

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A Taste Of Puerto Rico is a cookbook that my Mom gave me years and years ago.  I think I cracked the spine on that book once.  I felt like I knew how to cook the dishes I wanted, and what I didn’t know Mom knew how to make.  When Karen and I went to [...]

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Food: Can’t Live Without It

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Food is something we can’t live without.  Go ahead and say it altogether now:  Thanks for the information there Columbo.  Let me be clear about what I mean.  We need food to not only provide us with energy, in the form of calories, but we also need it to prevent illness as well as to [...]

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New Way To Reduce Junk Food Consumption?

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Reducing junk food consumption is one way to help this country shred the fat.  We are a society of convenience and big business has jumped at our laziness and created all sorts of ‘food’ for us to consume on the run.  The problem is that this so-called food is nothing more than processed chemicals to [...]

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