Day #2 of training

With all of this training that I blog about, I feel like someone is holding me accountable. I can’t slack off now, or can I? No dear reader, all one of you, I won’t.

Had a good day. It was all cardio at the gym (elliptical, spin cycle, and stair mill), oh and some leg weights. Tomorrow’s my running day and it will be a good indicator of where we are with the calves (plural, because now it’s both, damn it).

Onto more important things… I cooked another dish out of my favorite cookbook, At Home with Magnolia. I made the Pasta e Fagioli (I love saying that, with my Eye-talian accent of course). It was fabulous!! My kids even loved it. One thing I’d do next time though is maybe not do so much garlic (half a cup of minced garlic!). It didn’t seem heavy handed on the garlic when you ate it, but I’m not a big fan of the stench rose and so would cut it down by maybe a 1/3 or a half. Maybe. It really was fantastic, so maybe I’ll just leave it alone. Of course my husband insisted I cook all of it (all 8 servings) and now we have enough Pasta e Fagioli to feed a football team.

I want to try her meatloaf next (even though I’m not a meat-eater), or her Mac ‘n Cheese.

Happy eating.

My favorite new cookbook

By Allyssa Torey

I checked this cookbook (At Home with Magnolia: Classic American Recipes from the Owner of Magnolia Bakery, by Allysa Torey) out of our local library and loved it so much that I requested it as a b-day present. Here are some things I’ve made out of it that I’ve absolutely loved. More importantly, my family has loved!!

        Crostini with goat cheese, beefsteak tomatoes, and red onion

        Tomato-lentil soup with spinach, corn, and brown rice

        Vegetable tacos

        Cream cheese swirl brownies with heath bars and pecans

I’m just getting started…