Back in the groove(s)

I've been feeling inspired lately. Inspired to blog more, to photograph meals and cooking again, and to go for runs. Maybe it's the warmer weather blooming (while just above freezing is not warm, it is warmer).

Yesterday I spent a greater part of the morning cooking. I prepared my Monday lunch (millet mixed with beans, salsa, and sugar snap peas and a side of cottage cheese; along with some grapes), baked white bread in the bread machine, cooked up some grains, and made our lovely lunch. I also went for my first run of the year (only about a mile, but it felt really good.)

I made two pots of grains: the one in the back is millet, the one in the front is barley. Millet has a similar taste and texture to couscous, but is gluten free. The barley's gluten free too, and I like eating it as a breakfast cereal, as a replacement for oatmeal. While it's typically eating in soups and stews, it tastes really nice with fruit and nuts. I'll show one of my barley breakfasts later this week.

Steve and I ate the same lunch too: multigrain Fairmount bagels, more Le Pizy cheese, some raw red pepper strips, and red grapes; I had a cup of peppermint tea too. We're trying to eat more veggies to stay healthy as we plow through the end of winter.

I'm off to get ready for bed, in hopes for an early night before rising at 5:45am! At least the sun is peeking through closer to 6:00, making the early mornings much more pleasant than back in December. Good night!