What's for dinner

It's not beef. That's for sure. Especially not during Lent.

Every year during Lent I give up meat. I do it for a variety of reasons.

Lately my friends and I have been exchanging more ideas for dinner. The boredom of winter cooking is setting in.

Therefore I give to you tonight's dinner plan.


Homemade whole wheat pizza crust topped with homemade tomato sauce, fresh slices of mozzarella, black olives and sauteed mushrooms.

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Vegetables from scratch

It is time to start the seeds. To sprout a little hope for the new year. A taste of Summer. My favorite season.


There is nothing to be seen at the moment but promise. The promise of a delicious mortgage lifter tomato (great story behind this one), Hale's Best melon, Jenny Lind Melon, Principe Borghese Roma's, and one other Heirloom that sounded so juicy I couldn't resist.

Last year, I planted too many tomatoes and not enough peppers. This year I hope to have too much of both!


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Rye Bread

Today is the day. It took me several weeks to have all of the ingredients plus a day when I could be home to accomplish each of the steps to make rye bread.




One of the blogs I read www.smittenkitchen.com had a gorgeous picture and recipe a few weeks back. I was inspired.



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Nor Rain Nor Sleet Nor Bitter Cold

I took a one question survey about running outdoors versus indoors in the winter season today on the Runner's World website. It was interesting to read the responses of all of the different reasons people chose option a versus option b. It made me think about my own reasons of why I chose this winter to run in the house.






The snow has been continuous for weeks here and the ice isn't thawing in between. Add the raw wind and I'm done.

My lungs don't deal well with the cold. I am scared to death to run in this year's icy landscape. I have been to physical therapy several times in my life and all of those injuries have been painful recoveries. To me it is not worth the risk. One false step on the ice and I could be out for the season.

Call me conservative but this year I'm playing it safe. At least until the ice melts. I'm planning my best year ever and hoping to do everything possible to avoid injuries.

Homemade Butterscotch Sauce

My husband always talks about putting love in the food. The Italian side of his family all seem to agree with this statement wholeheartedly.




I think I may have discovered a brand new weapon in the arsenal of romance. Homemade butterscotch sauce.

It is thick, creamy and luscious. And even for me, who is devoted to the gym, it is beyond irresistable.

I got the recipe from www.smittenkitchen.com and there's no going back.



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New Year's Resolution

In 2007, I ran the Hartford Half Marathon. I had been through the cycle of pregnancy and childbirth three times in five years at that point.

Why did I do it? I needed too.

I wanted to prove to myself that I was still the major athlete I once was.

From about 1987 to 1994, I spent three hours a day at the gym five days a week at practice plus games. It was fantastic.

So fast forward to 15 years later which is today.

What's my New Year's resolution going to be...



I'm going to run the Hartford Half again.

I'm going to change my personal best to be even better.

See you there!

Electronic Books

I bought a book two nights ago in electronic form. This was my first time into this modern age of books. I was a bit skeptical but it was late at night, I was suffering from my typical insomnia and everyone else would have been disturbed if I had gotten out of bed and turned on the light. Thus, I figured out for a minimal price I could have an electronic book delivered to my telephone. Wow. No lights. No movement. Just me and my book.


Because I have purchased many books from amazon in the past they made good suggestions on what I might like to read. Impressive and helpful.

I liked the convenience and the lack of dust.

I bought two more last night. I'll post all three reviews soon!




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