All in Recipe
This simple snack made the perfect second breakfast before a weekend bike ride. The greens, a mix of spinach, baby kale, baby mustard greens, and a few others I couldn’t identify, were so flavorful and peppery on their own that I left them raw. I fried the egg in a little olive oil, so that plus the egg yolk, salt, and pepper stood in for salad dressing.
This New York Times article on Crown Maple Syrup inspired me to create a salad dressing using maple syrup. Madava Farms, where Crown Maple is made, is where we held my baby shower last December. Since visiting the farm, I’ve been using Crown Maple all over the place: in my favorite granola recipe, as a topping for yogurt and pancakes, and as a sweetener in my coffee. But I hadn’t yet thought to make a salad dressing with it until this morning.
When I first decided to go gluten free to help control allergies, I struggled to get enough carbs in my diet to fuel my workouts. Without carbs, my workouts would start off ok, but would start to fall apart halfway through. Unable to make it through a 6k swim without my pre-workout bagel, I started and stopped my wheat-free diet three times before it stuck.
Over the weekend my mom visited for 24-hours. I've always looked forward to visits from mom, but now as a mom myself, I get how helpful they can be. Even though I've been able to manage everything okay on my own, just having my mom around made me feel like I was on a spa vacation. Well, I shouldn't say I've been managing on my own, most of the credit should be given to our baby nurse. Having a nurse for the baby is a big luxury, but it allows me to do the essentials: sleep and focus on getting back into shape.
How do professional athletes celebrate St. Patrick's Day? With kale, of course. Laurel spent the day watching the LA Marathon and riding her bike along PCH. I watched the NYC half marathon on TV and hiked to the Mohonk Mountain House in a March snow shower.
The only twin-like thing about our days is that we both ate kale.
Are sodas over 16 ounces banned in New York City or not? Large sugary drinks' days were numbered until yesterday when a state supreme court judge overturned the ban that was supposed to go into effect today. I've been known to guzzle large amounts of Coke during long, hot bike rides, so I can't say I was totally against the ban.
