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Category: Non-Running
June 11, 2019
Rice Krispies Recipe
Another simple addition to my recipe collection: Rice Krispies. We made this because we had lots of leftover marshmallows that we didn’t want to go to waste. It’s a classic of childhood, but also gluten free, which is all the rage right now. The recipe is essentially the one from the Kellogg’s Rice Krispies website. Ingredients: 50 mL or 1/4 cup margarine or butter 5 cups miniature marshmallows 2 mL or 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 6 cups Rice Krispies cereal Melt the margarine in a large saucepan. LARGE. There will be over 6 of Rice Krispies added later, so make[…continue reading]
June 10, 2019
Signature Punch Recipe
There may not be a lot of running posts for a while. So, I’ll continue generating content with something different: Recipes! This is probably the simplest recipe, ever! But, I served this punch at a party recently, and many, many people asked for the recipe. This particular punch is tasty, and has quite a bit of effervescence. Really, there are only 2 ingredients in this punch: Frozen Fruit Punch (295 mL) Ginger Ale The frozen fruit punch has a recipe on it which says to add 3 parts water. So, empty the fruit punch into a bowl, then fill the[…continue reading]
June 6, 2019
Hospital Funnies
The illness journey was pretty dark and hard (that’s what she said). But looking back there were a few moments of levity. Early in my hospitalization I was very confused. Not sure if it was the neurological auto-immune illness or the drugs that were treating it, but I was certainly not sober. It was scary and hard for my family, but a few gems emerged. For some reason, my wife left my phone with me, and disoriented Paul got into some shenanigans: 5am Pickup I sent a Facebook message to a friend at 5am. I insisted I needed him to pick me up[…continue reading]
