Summertime is right around the corner which means it’s almost time for cookouts that often include deliciously indulgent foods. The appetizers, entrees, drinks and desserts that typically pop up at a summertime barbeque are often quite heavy. If you’re anything like me, you tend to fill up on chips and dip and sugary frozen drinks…
Things I’m Loving Friday XVIII
It’s Friiiday!!! The weekend is almost here and that in itself it something to smile about, right? Keeping up the Friday trend around here, today I’m sharing another short list of things that are making me smile lately. As always, I’d love to hear about things you’re loving lately in the comments section of this…
High Protein Banana Soft Serve
Come in close for the good stuff. This, my friends, is a glorious bowl of high protein banana soft serve. We’ll get to that in a minute. Workout This morning my workout began with 20 minutes of cardio split between the stair master and the elliptical. Then it was time for weights! I completed an upper…
Banana Custard
When I first stumbled upon Gena’s blog post about banana soft serve, I was immediately intrigued. After creating the creamy concoction by simply whirring up frozen bananas in a food processor, I was overjoyed! The result was a creamy, cold and delicious bowl of soft serve that exploded with the sweet flavor of banana. Though…
Looks Like the 4th of July
Judging by my breakfast, it looks like the 4th of July came a bit early! “It makes me want a hot dog reeeeal bad!” 😉 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVmIHUDkYBI] (Love that movie.) Today’s red, white and blue concoction was quite patriotic and tasted great to boot! Definitely a winner in my book. My patriotic parfait was inspired by…
Dinner Guests
Tonight we had guests for dinner… my parents! They stopped by our apartment en route to St. Pete from Jacksonville and we enjoyed a tasty dinner of slow cooker chicken tacos. I inhaled these tacos and went back for another plate full of taco salad. Do you prefer hard shell or soft shell tacos? I’m a…