This morning I ate an egg over easy on some sourdough bread. I washed it all down with an Izze Sparkling Blackberry soda.
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Breakfast
Posted by Ruby
on April 15, 2010
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Breakfast of Champions
Posted by Ruby
on April 13, 2010
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So, this morning, I woke up distressed about my blog and went right to work trying to fix it. Now that it is fixed, I am eating chocolate chip oatmeal cookies that I baked last night. I know, not the healthiest choice…but there is oatmeal in them, right? That has to count for something.
In other news, the weather here is awful. Rainy and nasty, which means no puppy play date for Colby. You can see how she feels about the whole thing. She loves puppy play date.
OIAJ and TC Masters
Posted by Ruby
on April 7, 2010
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There are really no words to describe how wonderful it feels to be home. Not only did I sleep in my own bed last night, I am now blogging from my computer again, which is so much better than the iPhone. Don’t get me wrong, the iPhone is awesome, but I mis typing on a real key board and being able to customize my posts.
Breakfast this morning was OIAJ or oats in a jar. It’ a pretty popular way of eating oatmeal in the world of food blogging. What you do is use your nearly empty nut butter jar as a bowl. The hot oatmeal melts the peanut butter of the sides and out of the crevices. It’s delicious and prevents any waste of that yummy nut butter. My oatmeal was the standard banana variety (1/4 oats, 1/4 water, 1/4 2% milk, 1/2 banana, flax meal and brown sugar)
It’s going to be a warm day here and spring is really here. I plan on doing an hour on the treadmill today. I really need to get back on it after all that junk over the Easter break.
And in case you aren’t aware, my favorite show, Top Chef is coming back tonight on Bravo with a second installment of their Top Chef Masters series. I love TC so much. I find a lot of inspiration from the chefs and just enjoy the show. It’s on at 11pm tonight and 10pm every Wednesday after that!
Good Morning, sports fans!
Posted by Ruby
on March 31, 2010
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This morning was bright and beautiful. Ethan, my five year old cousin, made us breakfast. I had the chef’s special: monster eggs. It was an egg scrambled in the pan with ham and a sprinkle of cheddar cheese. I also toasted a piece of bread left over from dinner last night. I usually prefer whole grain, but it’s tough being choosy when you are staying at some one’s place. Today, we are planning on driving by the houses that my grandmother and grandfather grew up in. Since, I am posting from my iPhone, I plan on posting a wrap up post with all my good pictures next week when I get home. Later, we’re going to see my godson, Christian Cabana. He is just over 2 weeks old. I will post some cute pics when we get there. For now though, have a good day!
Banana Oatmeal
Posted by Ruby
on March 29, 2010
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Good Morning!
This is Colby, my 11 month old black lab, and her favorite thing in the whole wide world is waking me up. She shakes her butt and wags her tail and is generally crazed by the idea of a new day!
This is our kitchen floor where she hangs out while we cook. Sometimes, she will be right behind me. She’s pretty cute.
So, on to breakfast. I have always had a weird relationship with oatmeal. In college, I would make those instant packages in microwave. They were tasty but have a bunch of not so awesome stuff in them. As an adult, my husband would make them for me, but only with water. Nothing else. Not only is that boring, it isn’t tasty. It wasn’t until I stumbled upon Kath Eats Real Food, a blog by a kick ass gal named Kath (duh), that I fell in love with oatmeal. (I should mention quickly that I adore Starbucks new oatmeal, too.) 
Kath makes her oatmeal with equal parts milk, oats and water. I used 1/4 cup of each because I find that I get full quickly when it comes to oatmeal. She also puts 1/2 a banana into the oats right at the beginning and stirs the oats the whole time to melt them into the oatmeal. The banana makes this oatmeal. For reals. Here is Kath’s video on oats. To my oatmeal, I added a pinch of salt at the beginning. Once the oats are thickened, I added 1 tablespoon of Bob’s Redmill Flaxseed Meal and 1/2 tablespoon of brown sugar. I also stir in a wee bit of vanilla extract, this doesn’t really taste like much of anything, but the smell is intoxicating. The best part of this oatmeal? THE PEANUT BUTTER!
My favorite peanut butter in the entire universe is Peanut Butter and Co.’s White Chocolate Wonderful. If you haven’t tried it, you are missing out. I use it in my oatmeal but my husband will eat it right out of the jar. In fact, we hide this stuff from each other because we have been known to eat a whole jar in a weekend.
I also had a glass of 2% milk with a little bit of NesQuick chocolate syrup. We use this brand and not Hershey’s (even though we live an hour from Hershey, PA!) because Nestle doesn’t use high fructose corn syrup. While we are not food puritans, we do try to stay away from that nasty stuff. In fact, we generally follow the gospel of Michael Pollan (more on that in future posts).
Anyhow, I have lots to do today before I head of to sunny Pittsburgh, PA to spend time with my family! Look for another post after dinner!