Daily Archive: June 16, 2011

Flaky

I didn’t mean to hold out on you after that giveaway teaser in my last post.  No worries, though, I’m not flaky when it comes to hooking up my readers.  Or am I? Har. Har.  I couldn’t resist the pun, sorry.  [I almost deleted it, it’s so bad] How much do I love coconut?  Let me count the ways… (1) flakes, (2) shreds, (3) chips, (4) butter, (5) oil, and that’s just the beginning… They enhance the simplest dishes…cereal, granola, oats, cakes, cookies, bars, pancakes…you get the idea. Clearly, the common denominator (yeah, math vocab!)… Read more >

Kale vs. scale

My meals are breaking my back!  Fortunately, I have learned proper posture (even if I had to learn the hard way).  In all honesty though, nursing hasn’t re-aggravated my back pain in quite some time because I’ve been SO cautious in practicing good body mechanics. I’m happy to report that lugging all this loot on my back while biking to work didn’t hurt either.  But it really is heavy.  By the time I squeeze the zipper over my food, scrubs, klean kanteen, and coffee mug, my backpack is easily tipping the scales into the double… Read more >