Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bites

I saw this recipe in the January/February 2013 "Clean Eating Magazine" and tore it out.  I was SO hoping it was online so I could just post the link.  I can't find it, so away I type.

If you are looking for something sweet this Valentine's Day, these are pretty easy to make and bite size.  It's even fun to get your kids involved.  My girls helped roll them into bite size balls for the freezer.  Of course I tweaked the recipe a little too ;).

Happy Valentine's Day and all things sweet (from the earth)-
leanne

Food Revolution Day

Jamie Oliver's Global Food Revolution Day is May 17, 2013!  Joelle Gillooly, Food Revolution NC Team Leader/Ambassador would like to invite everyone to join her at the local Whole Foods Markets and Farmers Markets on this day to promote better Food Education & Real Food!

If you are interested in being part of this day by planning an event or volunteering your time, please contact Joelle at FoodRevNC@gmail.com (919-219-0391).

Food Revolution Day Website

Three Bean Chili

A friend passed along this recipe last week.  She got it from a friend who found it in the Cary Academy Family Cookbook.  Like all recipes, Dawn and I tweak them and make them our own.  It makes a lot of chili so you might want to share some with a neighbor or friend.  

Enjoy!

-leanne

Three Bean Chili

We're All Broken

It is said that while an extrovert thinks while talking, an introvert thinks before talking.  As someone who has grown more introverted (not to be confused with shy) in recent years, as a result of the extrovertedness mothering requires of me, I agree.  Which is why I could never be a full time blogger.  The thought of being forced to "talk" every single day, even when I have nothing to say, sounds like some kind of torture!  Sometimes I wonder how I was ever a full time math teacher.  But, things change, and our personalities evolve.  In short, I only write when I have something important to say.  So, here I am.

Thoughts on 13.1

This morning, I experienced a first - running in the rain.  The combination of North Carolina hills , 40 degrees, and a persistent heavy drizzle, could've made for a potential disaster.  I was actually nervous about this 5.5 mile long run. Likely because of last weekend's long run.  But more on that later.  It was a "good" run.  Good as in, I mostly enjoyed it, I finished strong, could've kept running, and felt that runner's high of accomplishment.  And, bonus points, no weird tummy troubles or flu-like symptoms post-run!

Why am I running in the rain, for goodness sakes?  Because I'm committed - to health and fitness.  But, mostly because I am training for my first half-marathon.  This hilly training around here, should be good training for a nice FLAT 13.1 mile race.  LeAnne and I, and a few other girls we know, are signed up for the Quintiles Wrightsville Beach Half Marathon in March.  What better place to run my innaugural 13.1 than one of my favorite places in NC.  Oh, and did I mention it's FLAT.  (smile)

25 Days of Christmas

It's been a while since you've heard from us.  We know you're all waiting with baited breath for a new post from Grab Your Greens!  {wink}  We'll be straight with you - it's just not a priority right now.  And that's okay!  We are busy enjoying our beautiful children.  Our oldest kids are in school, and that keeps us super busy, as ironic as that may seem to those of you without school age children.  And our littlest ones are still at home with us, but will all be starting Kindergarten August 2013.  As in, 8 months from now.  Let's not even get started on how weird that is!  (I'm thinking it will be a sob fest for me!)  They're still our "babies".  They seem so little.  I think we've lost perspective having a big kid, how tiny Kindergarteners are.  The clock is ticking and we're busy treasuring having our babies home with us. 

So, in the Spirit of Christmas, here's a little fun for today, inspired by a 25 Days of Blogging Challenge...

Sweet Potato Chili

Since our family made big changes to our diet over a year ago, I've been wanting to find a good recipe for sweet potato chili.  I've tried at least two different recipes and neither was very good.  I recently had some sweet potato chili at LeAnne's house, though, that was perfect!  She got this recipe from a friend, passed it on to me, and I tinkered just a bit with it to suit my family's preferences.  It's a keeper and will be on regular rotation at our house.  The pineapple and cinnamon, I think, really make the dish.