MaxieR's Profile

After I run always have a lot of water first and then hit the shower. This helps me cool down and decide how hungry I really am. Then, usually I go for a piece of fruit (my favorite is a giant sweet honeycrisp apple, nice and cold from the fridge) for quick sugar energy and Greek yogurt for protein. After long runs (8+ miles) I'll also have a banana or coconut water for electrolytes and potassium. For triathlon training, I make these raw energy bars and cut them into 1 inch cubes. http://www.justasdelish.com/raw-energy-bar/ I take them with me on my bike-to-runs and double training days, and they are great fuel without being too heavy or sugary like store-bought energy bars can be.

Spring: Herb omelet, raspberry jam on brioche toast and earl grey tea at home.

Summer: Blueberry pancakes with berries from the garden, melon & bacon, and strong black coffee on the back porch.

Fall: French Toast, scrambled eggs and sausage at the diner down the street.

Winter: walnut and brown sugar oatmeal, grapefruit and fresh squeezed OJ, cozy on the couch with a book and a blanket.

french onion soup topped with crusty bread topped with camembert!

Breaded and fried slices of camembert!

Camembert trivia: This the cheese that inspired Salvador Dali's melting clocks in his painting "The Persistence of Memory".

Home smells like the starchy steam coming out of a boiling pot of pasta. When the pasta was cooking I knew dinner was almost ready, and I would hover around the stove until my mom announced "COME EAT!". She would let me "help" her dump the pasta into a colander in the sink and big billows of starchy steam would give us a pasta facial.