Breakfast Adventures.

It is day two of Eloise's Breakfast Adventures and I'm still going strong. 

Today's breakfast included:

Ezekiel 4:9 Cinnamon Raisin Bread(with more cinnamon sprinkled on after toasting)

Scrambled Egg White

with 

Blueberries and Strawberries

and water.

I LOVED this breakfast!

I'm usually not into eggs and toast for breakfast because it doesn't fill me up. But today this did. I was fully fueled for my run and bike ride.

Then I proceeded to have a protein shake, apple and some popcorn(of course) after my run/ride and now am off to tech. 

Hopefully this will go pretty fast

Tech days are always the longest!

please pray 

xoxo

Day off tomorrow...

baking

baking

baking

so excited!

Day One.

Day one of being adventurous:
Here it is

1/3 cup of Kodiak Cake mix

1/3 cup water

with oatmeal

ground flax

and wheat germ

cinnamon 

Stir all these ingredients you may need to add more water depending on how "cakey" you want your pancake to be.

Then heat up a small frying pan on medium heat

spray a little nonstick spray onto the pan

pour 3/4 batter into pan

lay sliced banana's evenly onto pancake 

top the pancake with rest of batter 

cook 2 minutes, or until bubbles begin to form on pancake

flip

cook for 2 more minutes, or until desired crispness

top with:

more cinnamon 

1 tablespoon peanut butter

maple syrup

Heat up the pancake with all toppings in microwave for 30 seconds

then ENJOY!

YUM! This was a great filling breakfast, that was fast and easy but fueled me through my bike ride this morning.
and also through the Harry Potter movie.

Yes, I know that it makes me a grandma for going to the Harry Potter movie at 10:45 in the morning but...that was the only time we could see it!
The movie made us laugh, cry, sob, smile, and was great closure to the movies they had made! To say I loved it would be an understatement!
So go see the Harry Potter movie if you haven't already!

I'm also going to bake up another batch of Levain Copy cat cookies soon...what kind should I do?
chocolate peanut butter
oatmeal raisin
oatmeal chocolate chip
chocolate chip

or should I make something adventurous and new...?

                                                    Hummm? Help me decide.
                                                                       xoxo
                                                                  

Breakfast.

Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day.
It is also the MOST important
Sadly every morning I eat the same thing for breakfast...

Cereal with fruit, and a protein shake.

same food

every day

boring

boring

could I be more boring.

This morning as I was shoveling my cereal into my mouth, I looked at my bowl and realized I was sick of eating the same boring breakfast....

I want something:
yummy
healthy
easy
and filling...

Any Ideas?

So my goal for today is to search for delicious breakfast ideas, I will post them tomorrow. :) Get excited!
xoxo
Also if you weren't able to sleep last night because you were worrying about my blueberry crisp
It turned out perfectly crispy.
Bravo.

Pined.

I said that I wouldn't give in...and I did...dang Pinterest.
The site is addicting, DO NOT GO TO IT(go to it!)

Like I need one more thing in my life to distract me...well I found one!

Speaking of distractions...anyone find that they have been distracted so much by the fun of summer to even realize that it is already July 13...
meaning the Harry Potter movie comes out on Friday.
I can't use the birthday excuse anymore... :(
Summer is more than half over...depressing.
The word school doesn't even exist in my vocabulary.
Especially when I just baked up a batch of Levain copycat cookies....

I'm a mad cookie scientist....they taste just like the real cookies...i'm dying. literally!

Excuse the lighting. I took the picture at night.

Did I mention they featured me on their Facebook page.

When my Aunt and Uncle ordered the cookies for my birthday, they talked to the owner of Levain and told them about my blog and she actually read it.

AHHHHHHHH!

 I seriously am obsessed...don't even doubt for a second that I am not going to apply for a job there when I move to NYC!

My cookies are a problem...sometimes I hate myself for baking.

but then I think again...and look at the delicious masterpieces in front of me and smile!

So smile today and appreciate all that is in front of you.

xoxo

Say a prayer for my next attempt at blueberry crisp tonight.

Life is Good.

Thank you EVERYONE involved with Hairspray!

What an amazing show and such a great experience.

So.

Much.

Fun.

All good things must come to an end. Boo hoo.

But

life is still so GREAT.

 Like these "life is good" T-shirts my sister and I bought the other day.

 They matched our personalities perfectly so we decided it would be a crime to pass on the purchase.

(And it was buy one get one 50% off!)

Balance
for the sister.
The life is good guy is in a "teaser" which is a pilates position.
This is so perfect for her since she is a pilates teacher. 

Bike for me
of course.

My sister is my other half

but she actually has another half

literally.

If you didn't already know, my brother and sister are twins.

Although I have never felt left out by not having a twin,

I have always secretly wanted to be one.

And at last I have finally found her!

meet:

AMY!

She is our ASM(assistant stage manager) this summer and my newfound twin!

We run on the same wavelength.

Here are just some of our twin-like qualities:

1. We are picky eaters

2. We love to read food blogs

3. We like working out

4. We wear glasses

5. Amy is from England and I wish I were from England :)

(I should find out if Amy is a bad speller like me...then it might be freaky how similar we are!)

and most importantly

6. WE LOVE SWEETS!

We are such twins!

Amy's parents came to see Hairspray and they brought along British chocolate and she gave me some!

Yum.

The British know their chocolate.

One more reason to move to England.

xoxo

More to come

on the Ragtime play

which starts rehearsals this week.

:)

HAPPY to Be bad!

Happy Birthday America!

Also

Happy Papa Day to all!!

Papa is my Grandpa!

He celebrated his birthday along with America.

As the most selfless person I know he was always happy to share his birthday with America.

Sometimes I do bad things.

Like
Not make my bed
Or
Eat dessert with my breakfast
Or
Forget to check my phone...

ever.

Don't even ask about checking Facebook.
:)
whoops.
I'll get to it next life.

I'm not a bad person, I just do bad things sometimes.


Like thinking I remember the Blueberry Crisp recipe off the top of my head...but realize when the "crisp" has been baking in the oven for 35 minutes and instead of turning into a crisp it has become a pool of blueberries...that maybe I got it wrong.

uh oh.

nothing a little improvising and name changing can't fix.

When the Blueberry Crisp you are suppose to bring to "Soul Food Thursday" doesn't crisp up it can easily become:
Brown Sugar Blueberry Sauce
(served atop vanilla bean ice cream)

No one will ever know.

I also forget to blog sometimes.
I am really tying to be a committed blogger. Like the other blogs I read. For example, Kath.
She blogs three times a day, owns a bread company, and takes amazing photos of everything she eats and makes...I don't know how she does it.
I'm working on it.

We are in the mist of tech! The show opens Tuesday!
Here is a pic of our set:

 Costume pictures to come soon!

xoxo

Bake some Patriotic treats to celebrate the 4th!

Need Ideas?

Go Here!

spoiled.

I'm spoiled.

But not like the milk that was in my fridge this morning.

Gross. To think I almost ate my cereal with the gross spoiled milk.

I bought this milk on Monday...and it was spoiled by today.

How can this be?

I'm also spoiled because:

I laughed so hard today, I cried.

I was surrounded by amazing, talented people who made me laugh so hard that I cried.

I went on a fabulous bike ride.

I made friends with a baby bird that I found across the street.

She is so cute, and was just sitting in the street.

After I fed her a small piece of bread she walked away to join her family again.

and lastly I found three tennis balls on my bike ride for my dog Olive. She was very pleased with her present.

I am spoiled but not in a bad way.
xoxo

ALSO
make sure you

Check out the Lyric website to see information about Hairspray and other coming shows! 

Ryan and I are the featured bloggers for the summer.