Power of the Purse

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Power of the Purse

Today I had the pleasure of attending the Power of the Purse Luncheon sponsored by the United Way of Summit County. This luncheon celebrates the impact women have on giving in our area. We had a terrific speaker named Jessica Clements. Jessica was hit by a roadside bomb while serving for the US Army in Iraq. She was given a 2% chance to live due to the massive brain trama she suffered. Despite these terrible odds, Jessica was miraculously able to recover. She spoke on the importance of persevering, challenging yourself, and giving back. What an amazing and inspiring speaker!

Breakfast #1

Last night, I cooked up two of my lil eggins with the 1/2 of a link of Jennie-O’s hot turkey sausage I had leftover from the Jambalaya! (I apparently can’t type that word without using an “!” after it 🙂 )

The eggins consisted of 3 egg whites, S&P, Franks Red Hot, Red Pepper Flakes. I baked them up in a 350 degree oven for 27 minutes. I also had the other half of the english muffin that was leftover from yesterday’s egg love.

Despite looking slightly creepy, the sausage/egg combo was so yummy! 🙂

Stats on eggins & 1/2 english muffin: 193 calories, 18g carbs, 6g fat, 23g protein, 4g fiber

Breakfast #2

Chobani Blueberry greek yogurt with 1/2 serving of Bear Naked Maple Granola

As much as I L-O-V-E greek yogurt, I am seriously looking forward to making up some overnight oats tonight. There are just so deliciously cold and creamy! And addicting!

Stats on yogurt + granola: 205 calories, 31g carbs, 2g fat, 16g protein, 2g fiber

Lunch

Good news / bad news on lunch.

Bad news = I didn’t make anything fun for lunch because of the luncheon, nor did i get any pics of what I ate! Bummer!

Good news = I jotted down a few inspirational quotes from the speaker at the luncheon:

Don’t give up the first time you do something and it turns out terrible.

Every day strive to be the best “me” you can be

I especially liked: Live for today. Yesterday is gone, and tomorrow may never come.

I’m trying a couple new recipes tonight! Pumped! (as always 😉 )

Mary

Hello! I’m Mary, a self-proclaimed fervent foodie and carbohydrate connoisseur. This blog is about my life—my passions, adventures, and failures—through food. I’m a bean counting CPA by trade, but my true passion is food. It is the unabashed soul of my being. The history, the culture, the taste, the experience–I am fascinated and enchanted by it all. I devote my free time almost entirely to scouting out delicious restaurants and cooking up new recipes. It makes me especially happy when I can take a recipe and “healthify” it. By this I mean turn it into something healthy and nutritious that still tastes friggin’ delicious. I love to connect with readers, restaurants, and those in public relations, so email me and let’s talk food! Google