Adventures in Clean Eating

Since I stayed up way too late last night contemplating “The Wrestler”, I had little energy to get a creative meal going on this AM.  Thus, today’s breakfast was very similar to yesterday’s.  I added a tablespoon of ground flax and a dash of cinnamon to my 1/2 cup of 0% plain Greek yogurt, and [...]

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The star of my breakfast this morning was yesterday’s Power Breakfast Granola.  I put a half-cup serving of the granola (how great is it that I can use a whole half cup of this stuff and not feel guilty about it?!) over half a cup of nonfat Greek yogurt and sliced some strawberries on top.

Before [...]

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After grocery shopping today I hurried home to create a new breakfast recipe for the week…

Power Breakfast Granola
by chef Rolf Runkel from The Athlete’s Palate Cookbook
Makes six cups
Ingredients:

2 cups old fashioned oats
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
2 tbsp flaxseed
2 tbsp sunflower seeds
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup dried blueberries
1/2 cup chopped dried apricots
1/2 cup dried banana [...]

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