It’s Friday! Which means you need some new tunes to power through the weekend. I will not be running this weekend. I will be working Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta which means I will be up for pretty much 24 hours straight on Saturday. So thus, I pick Martin Solvieg – The Night Out for this week’s Fired Up Friday. And because Madeon rocks, I pick his remix. You want to spend the night out?
Single Serving Chocolate Cake
16 Oct
It is no secret that I am capable of eating an entire cake by myself. Though no one has witnessed this act, many have seen me slice my own “piece” of cake; it doesn’t take much imagination to guess what happens when I don’t have judging eyes on me. I’ll give you a hint: there is no knife involved.
Cake is my kryptonite. And donuts. And ice cream. Man… I’d make a sucky superhero. Although, I could trap evil villains in a thick flood of buttercream. But I digress. My complete lack of impulse control around cake means I can’t have one in my apartment. Ever. The single exception is my birthday. If you’re ever in charge of getting me a birthday cake, it should be a Publix marble cake, two layer with vanilla buttercream. The more flowers, the better. Continue reading
Pumpkin Bread
13 Oct
If there is happiness in bread form, it is pumpkin bread. But, I guess I equate any bread with happiness, so that first statement isn’t terribly profound. But still, how can you not be giddy when you those see thick, soft slices of pumpkin bread – that deep caramel color with a pop of orange. Oh! The sight makes me happy, warm and tingly all over. Instead of saying “I have butterflies in my stomach” the saying should be “I have pumpkin bread in my stomach,” because odds are good that there IS pumpkin bread in your stomach and I’ve heard some butter flies are poisonous, so they really don’t belong in your stomach anyway. Continue reading
Fired Up Friday
12 OctI know pumpkin won the vote this week, but it’s Friday, which means its time for Fired Up Friday — here to make sure your iPod is filled with the motivation you need to get through that last mile, last turn, last hill or last call. Pumpkin can wait until the weekend.
I think the radio had an overdose of David Guetta this summer, but I’m glad at least one song from the Nothing But the Beat album didn’t get played to death: I’m a Machine ft. Crystal Nicole. I will need to be a machine for the next week as we get ready for the final race of the season – Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. If you see me sprinting across the Yokohama bridge, I might have this song playing in my brain.
Taste of Atlanta
8 Oct
You know what’s nice about living in the ninth largest city in the U.S.? They have FOOD FESTIVALS!! I went to Taste of Atlanta last year and was in foodie heaven. The 2012 installment has been on my calendar since the date was announced. For $25 you get 10 coupons with which you can purchase tastes of food items from nearly 80 restaurants in Atlanta. Each food stand has one to three items ranging in cost from one coupon to three coupons. While you can buy more food tickets, it’s still important to make your choices wisely; don’t just get drawn in by the name, the smell or the glob of BBQ sauce on that dude’s beard, make sure you weigh whether the portion size is worth the coupon count as well. Continue reading
Fired Up Friday
5 OctTo motivate your run, bike, swim, jujitsu or mall walking this weekend, I offer you this gem to add to your playlist. It’s perfect for when you need that last push at the homestretch or when you hit a hill. I’m going to need it if I expect to run 10 miles on Saturday. Plus, I think it’s an appropriate Fired Up Friday debut for Adventures of a Hungry Redhead – march to your own drummer and brace yourself…
S’more Cookie Bars
3 Oct
Good things about s’mores: graham cracker, chocolate, marshmallow, gooey
Bad things about s’mores: need flame, need to consume immediately, messy
It’s a crisis we all face daily: you want a s’more, but it’s just not convenient. Problem solved – S’more Cookie Bars. The added bonus of the S’more Cookie Bar is you’re essentially taking a chocolate chip cookie and turning it into a s’more. So, according to redhead math adding sexy chocolate chip cookies to sinful s’mores makes them seven times better than a regular campfire s’more. Continue reading
Pumpkin Pancakes
30 Sep
I’m a journalism major, so I didn’t have to take any math courses to earn my degree, but a positive, plus a positive equals a super awesome positive right? Thus, pumpkin plus pancakes equals super awesome pumpkin pancakeness.
I love these pancakes because you should be able to throw them together without making a special trip to the store, unless of course you don’t stock pumpkin in your pantry. If you don’t, it means you don’t like pumpkin, which means you won’t be making these anyway (see, no math skills, but my logic game is on point). Continue reading
This is my first ever post. Like ever.
30 SepWell hello there. Somehow you have stumbled upon the very new, very fancy, very tasty blog that is Adventures of a Hungry Redhead. After months of trying to determine the perfect name for my food blog, some of my friends and family might be disappointed with the name, after all, Gateaux Rouge, Locks of Yummies, Ginger Bites, Ate O’Clock etc. are all very clever. But in the end, I went with something more straightforward. You won’t be disappointed for long, because you want samples. (Seriously, keep checking back because I’m going to be sending special deliveries in the near future.)
To kick things off, I just want to acknowledge all the incredible people in my life that kept pushing me toward this. We don’t know where this is going to go, but a deep, heartfelt thank you to those who provided words of encouragement (and ass kicking). You know who you are.
Years from now, no one will understand the Taylor Swift reference in the title. They’ll just think I’m a valley girl. Wait, nobody even remembers what a valley girl is now. Ooof – getting old is tough.
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