I am not a foodie; BUT...

So, I don't really cook.

I mean, my family and I do eat. I can brown ground beef and throw it into sauce for spaghetti or toss it over lettuce for taco salad. If we're getting fancy I'll mix the meat with boiled potatoes and broccoli for my version of shepherd's pie. If we're talking poultry, I'll do fried chicken strips. Or perhaps I'll cut veggies and make chicken fajitas. On standby I have a couple noodle concoctions of my own--dishes that once resembled actual meals.

But that's about it. That's my rotation of dinners. Seriously, I just mentioned ALL my options... unless Michael makes breakfast for dinner or burgers.

Don't get me wrong, I wish I could/would make cool, tasty, good-looking, non monotonous meals. Maybe I lack creativity, or patience, or maybe I just get overwhelmed when a recipe has 50 millions ingredients. I also have this thing about following directions. I'm not a fan.

I subscribed to Rachel Ray's magazine for a couple of years and have kept all of the monthly issues. They are tucked safely away in a shelf, collecting dust. I'll break them out now and again to get inspiration--especially when the thought of eating spaghetti makes me feel ill. But I usually get distracted reading the "Celeb Fridge" articles. I end up sitting in a pile of magazines and scribble "spaghetti sauce" on my grocery list.

When it comes to recipes and cooking I'm not even moderately adept.

So I'm not going to pretend that this blog will be remotely "foodie."

HOWEVER, with that rather lengthy note of disclaimer, I must say that I made an excellent waffle this morning. An excellent healthy waffle. And I felt the urge to share it here, in this little space I call my blog.

Whole Grain Banana Waffles
Makes 1 waffle

1. Turn on and warm up your waffle iron

2. Stir together wet ingredients:
1/2 cup of milk
1 egg
1/2 a banana--mashed up

3.) Then add dry ingredients:
1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour or whole grain spelt
dash of baking powder
dash of salt (if desired)

4.) Mix all ingredients; but don't over stir. It will be lumpy because of the bananas.

5) Pour into the waffle iron and let it cook for a few minutes—depending on the waffle iron. Mine are usually ready in about 5ish minutes. But just check to make sure the dough is cooked through and not too mushy--unless you like it like that.

Then viola! Pour maple syrup or honey on top if you desire; but the bananas make it slightly sweet on their own. 

Enjoy with a cup of coffee.

A Little "Me Time"

Recently, "Me Time" is sitting down with a cup of coffee (albeit sometimes instant) or iced tea by my side and a blank canvas (computer screen) in front of me. It's time when the Itty Bitty is asleep in her crib and the Hubster is away at work. The apartment is still and quite--all except the hum of a floor fan and the low buzz of the baby monitor. Sounds I can easily block out to get into "The Zone."

My newest hobby is free-writing with a twist. It's actually free-typing, but carries with it the same idea as a the old school, free-write with pen and ink. I'm using www.750words.com as my catalyst right now. It challenges me to write at least 750 words each day. Hence the name 750 Words.

Every time I've written so far, it gets my mind thinking and my thoughts stirring. It helps me pull together the miscellaneous (yes, I just spelled that word correctly WITHOUT using spell check) thoughts in my mind that often seem fragmented and incomplete. And sometimes I realize thoughts I didn't even know I was thinking.

It's hard to describe the sense of satisfaction it gives me to type my heart out and, at the end, see what's there. It's refreshing, invigorating, and inspiring.

What do you do for your own "Me Time"?