Welcome to March

**Written while binge watching The Walking Dead**

It's finally March!

That means a few things.  My social media gets bombarded by March Madness talk, Shamrock Shakes are back, Girl Scouts will tempt you with cookies, and most importantly, Spring is approaching.  I can start to slowly switch my coffee to iced.

Newest obsession: Chai Tea Lattes
I tried the Starbucks one a couple months ago, and I am HOOKED.  If you have never tried one, they are creamy, warm spicy drink.  Highly recommend.  I like to buy from local, small businesses, and Moka is pretty amazing.

Craving one now.

Since, ya know, the seasons are starting to change, I'm trying to spruce up my breakfast situation.

My quest for a healthy lifestyle is forcing me to be creative and stuff.

I have major culinary skills now, because I finally learned how to poach an egg.

This was my biggest accomplishment of the day, considering it was my lazy day off work.

I bought some gluten free English muffins.  Yum! Maybe it's sad that these types of things make me excited, whatever.

My little creation today was delicioso.

If you've never poached an egg before, it's pretty simple.

Fill a sauce pan or a skillet with 2-3 inches of water and bring to a boil.  Reduce to a simmer.  Use a spoon to create a "whirlpool" in the pan.  Break egg into a small bowl, and pour in close to the water's surface, in the center of the whirlpool.  Cook for 3-5 minutes, and use a slotted spoon to remove from the water.

Easy!

I just topped a toasted English muffin with spinach, sliced tomato, egg and some salt and pepper.  

*Optional add-ons: cheese, avocado slices, hollandaise, HoT sAuCe, that's all I've got for you.  

TGIF!

It's Friday! I decided to switch up my usual breakfast today for something more exciting, because it's the end of the week.  

On a typical morning, I have two eggs scrambled with a handful of spinach.  Kind of boring, but I actually crave it, oddly enough.  

I don't know why I already had a picture of this...it wasn't planned

BUT, today I did something different! *woah* Strawberries are currently on sale at the Co-Op for $1.99! So, in true Kirsty fashion, I bought them just because they were on sale and not because I actually needed them.  

I made PANCAKES.  Yum.  I used to make them all the time and haven't had them in a while, so I thought, I need to use up my last banana and I have strawberries so, why not?

Yum yum yum yum.

I have TWO variations because I have made them different ways before.

1: 

• 1 ripe banana
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup oats
• splash of vanilla
• cinnamon

blend in a food processor until smooth! 

2:

Found here

I do everything a little different, 'cause that's just me.  I don't have any pure maple syrup.  Sadly, the kind I bought was purchased almost 2 years ago, so it has tons of gross stuff in it, and I should probably just throw it away.  Here's what I did:

I used the second recipe this time.  Made the pancakes with my protein powder, not the one listed.  Because it's me, I accidentally got some egg yolk in there. Oops!  I topped it with sliced strawberries, banana, unsweetened coconut flakes (I think I'm obsessed with coconut), and blue agave nectar.  

Happiness

Seriously delicious and eaten in 1 minute.  

And of course, my coffee: Hazelnut with a splash of almond milk and honey in the super cute mug I got from my cousin, Andrea, for Christmas. 

Ok, I'm going to go back to doing productive things now like my laundry or eating leftover Valentine's Day chocolates.