Too Many Cows in the Kitchen!

Any six-year-old can the name element 20 on the periodic table that runners use to fight and prevent the evils of stress fractures (aka build strong bones). However, be cautioned that the most common way to consume this mineral might result in a white mustache above your upper lip.  Milk! (calcium) 

In a house with seven runners, cartons and gallon jugs of milk can clog up our refrigerator. But I’m not complaining.  Why? Because I like to bake! And whenever milk is called for I’m certain I can find some expired milk hiding in the back corner of the fridge. This morning as luck would have it I was able to find two cup of milk that expired the first of May! Perfect for my waffles!

Wunners Waffles:
2 eggs

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 3/4 cups milk

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 tablespoon white sugar

4 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract








Steve enjoying a generous helping of peanut-butter-granola waffles!

  

What kind of room has no windows?

A handful of my teammates and I- about a dozen of us- hit our alarm clocks this morning in order to be ready to hit the track at eight this morning.  Next on target is the Regional Meet in Eugene Oregon- what does this mean? Now that it’s summer Time to start living the runners life style. “Run. Sleep. Run.” might be a funny slogan printed on t-shirts found at Boulder Running Company, but the truth is, this is the what the running life style comes downs to. Running and Recovering and Repeating- of course where this blog plays a roll is in the recovering. What we eat enhances or inhibits recovery.

Today after spiking up on the track and spending some time in the weight room , Steve and I hobbled our way three quarters of a mile up the Boulder Creek Path to the Farmer’s Market. 

Any fatigue that was being felt was submerged as the bright colors and energy of the Farmer’s Market washed over us. We sampled cheeses, granola, yogurt and nuts, before making it over to a Vietnamese food tent and devouring up a bowl of noodles.

At the Market I got some fresh mushrooms for tonight’s dinner plate-

Stuffed mushrooms with mozzarella, basil and tomato:

Food that's extremely simple, filling, and your body will appreciate. Portabella mushrooms, the kind I bought  today, can even beat bananas in a potassium battle! Yep that little fun guy (uh fungi) can have more potassium than your rich yellow bananas! (medium sized portabella mushroom verse a medium sized banana)

The little herb garden I started from seed this spring break had just enough basil to fuel this dish! Can you get any more fresh than this!

 Stuffed mushrooms with mozzarella and a little basil....

Toped with a tomato, add some grated cheese, and sprinkle a basil....

 Bake at 350 F for about 20 min.

 Enjoy!

Summer Reminiscing

Coffee stained shirts, baggies under our eyes, the kitchen littered with gum wrappers- but smiles on our faces- we have survived finals week. Welcome summer!

It feels unreal that a year has been pulled out from under us. We are all free from the textbooks (at least for a short while). Boxes are being packed, as some move out and others go home for a visit. As for myself, I will be here to monitor the kitchen. There is still training and races to be had for some of us. 

Sitting at the kitchen table on what is marked as my third day of summer I reminisce of all chaos, laughs, and stress that has been had in this house:

From the day we all moved into this house, feeling like we were going to be swallowed by the house that still felt foreign and unfamiliar.

Celebrating Birthdays with still no more than a couch and a few chairs as items of furniture to fill empty rooms-

To fall jack-o-lantern carving and toasted pumpkin seeds-

   

To making holiday gingerbread cookies with my engineering roommate:

(Diana won the "prettiest cookies" award in an Engineering competition with these cookies.

This year has flown by and I have no regrets about any of it. I look forward to another year full of adventure, messes, and of course good food!
New roommates will come into the picture and this time we're branching out from just the distance runner. Sprinting, throwing, jumping will be added to this up coming year!