Monthly Archives: April 2009

Mixed Vegetable and Quinoa Stew aka “Fridge Cleanout Stew”

[Soup Photo]

Hi everyone!  We are giving you a little change of pace today, another voice in the blog.  My name is Erin; I’m Matt’s wife.  I too am an avid runner and new pescetarian.  And I’ve also recently gotten into road biking.  I typically get to reap the benefits of Matt’s delicious cooking, but truth be…

Product Reviews: La Brea Bread and Gimme Lean Ground Beef Style

[La Brea photo]

A little change of pace for this Sunday afternoon, and something that I hope to do more of since we’re trying so many different products as part of this new lifestyle.  One is good, the other not so good (notice I didn’t say “not so much,” because people need to stop saying that).  I’ll start with the good. La…

How I Plan to Qualify for the Boston Marathon

Photo of Matt running 1]

I mentioned in an earlier post that my goal, for as long as I’ve been running marathons, has been to qualify for Boston.  For my age group, this requires a time of 3:10:59 or better in an approved marathon.  That’s 7:17 per mile, for 26.2 miles.  My personal best so far is 3:20:30, at the…

Classic Margherita Pizza

[Grill photo]

Okay, so maybe “classic” isn’t the right word.  I’m still trying to perfect this one, but hey, it’s pizza!  If the many recent tofu and tempeh recipes I’ve tried have had you rolling your eyes, saying “See, that’s why I could never be vegetarian; all they eat is that tasteless fake crap,” then roll those…

I Can’t Quit You, Coffee

[Starbucks-Escher Photo]

It’s time to come clean.  As you know if you’ve been with this blog since the beginning, I didn’t drink an ounce of coffee for ten straight days a few weeks back.  After the headaches stopped on the second day, I didn’t even miss it.  As far as I was concerned, coffee was no longer…

Szechuan Tempeh with Sweet-Spicy Peanut Sauce

[Tempeh photo 2]

After reading my lament on the sponginess of tofu, my sister, who bakes in a vegetarian restaurant and knows much more about vegetarian food than I do, suggested that I try tempeh.  As she put it, “People who don’t like tofu like tempeh.”  This made me a prime candidate (though to be fair, I have…

Orange-Glazed Salmon Fillets with Rosemary

[Salmon Photo]

Just a quick one today; I spent way too much time getting the new site up and running.  This salmon recipe is inspired by one from Cooking Light.  Not a magazine we subscribe to, just something that Erin picked up at the store to try.  I say “inspired by” because I made my own version…

No Meat Athlete Grows Up!

Well, I’ve been maintaining this blog for just over two weeks.  Up until now, the blog has been hosted at WordPress.com, where anyone can literally set up and start writing a blog in ten minutes (which I highly recommend if that seems fun to you).  Though there’s not much flexibility at WordPress.com, I initially thought…