tropical oats and king-size breakfasts.

Most of the time, breakfast is the largest meal I eat all day.  I believe strongly in that old adage: “Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper.”  It works for me.

Sometimes, it shocks me that I ever considered one packet of plain instant oatmeal, cooked in water, to be an [...]

swampy oats.

When I began breakfast week, I claimed I never crave vegetables in the morning. That’s sort of a lie. There are several veggie-infused oat concoctions that are favorites of mine. Carrot-cake oats is a classic. I’ve tried zucchini bread oats to less exciting results, sweet potato [...]

breakfast week.

Most of the recipes and meals I’ve shared on this blog are dinnertime appropriate. If you click the “on the plate” tab, you’ll find the amount of savory vegetable dishes largely disproportionate to the plates you might desire in the morning hours. While I know there are some out [...]

catcalls and cupcakes.

As I was leaving yoga class this morning, no doubt red-faced, smelly, and in my scrubbiest clothes [am I painting a nice picture?], I passed a man collecting money for the homeless [New Yorkers, you know the ones, with the empty Poland Spring tubs for cash and coins].  Typically, these representatives shout out [...]

normalcy.

After ten days of beachside vacationing and a fully packed weekend in Boston, I have had some wonderful experiences away from home.  Now, however, I am more than ready to get back to normal.

Throughout the past couple weeks, I have eaten a great host of delicious food.  I’ve had a glass of wine nearly daily, [...]