3 Ingredient Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

Happy National Oatmeal Cookie Day!  In honor of this special cookie holiday I made that infamous 2 ingredient cookie recipe that’s been around since the dawn of time (or Pinterest, I’m not sure exact dates). But I made this batch of cookies super amazing by adding chocolate chips. Yeah, you can add raisins but… um, why?

This cookie recipe is super easy, doesn’t have any processed sugar and can be made gluten free (make sure you get gluten free oats if you have an allergy). Since they’re pretty healthy, I think adding in chocolate chips is 100% necessary to be officially considered a cookie.

The next time you have super ripe bananas… add in some oats and chocolate chips and you’ll have a delicious batch of chocolate chip oatmeal cookies in about 15 minutes!

3 ingredient oatmeal cookies recipe…

Ingredients: 
1 cup oats (quick cook)
2 ripe bananas
1/2 cup chocolate chips or raisins (or your favorite cookie add in)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Smash banana, mix in oats. Add chocolate chips.

Spray baking sheet with nonstick. (*It’s important to use non-stick spray or a silicone baking mat since these cookies don’t have any added fat and may stick to the pan.)

Form cookies (roll into balls and gently press down) and place on baking sheet.
Bake for 9 to 15 minutes or until firm.

Store leftovers in refrigerator and carefully heat for a few seconds before eating for optimum deliciousness.

Question: What is your favorite way to have chocolate chips? 

(Asking because I have half a bag left and am eating them straight up!)

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Fast French Toast Recipe

Hello! Here’s a fast French Toast recipe you can make any day of the week. The ingredients are simple – probably food you already have right now. And it only takes about 7 minutes to mix up the eggs, dip the bread and cook. (It takes me about 2 minutes to devour it, but I’ll work on that later.)

It’s a great post-run meal because it has whole grain carbohydrates and protein – both are important to fuel your body!

It’s also a good choice because … syrup.

Fast French Toast Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 slices whole grain bread (or gluten free)
• egg mixture: 1 egg, 2 egg whites, 1/4 tsp: cinnamon & vanilla extract, dash salt

Toppings: maple syrup / honey, nuts / nut butter, fruit

Directions: Heat skillet and grease with coconut oil or butter.

Mix egg mixture ingredients in a shallow bowl. Dip bread into egg mixture, distributing evenly on both sides of each piece.

Place egg dipped bread in hot skillet,  flip half way through and make sure it’s cooked through. It usually takes about 2 minutes each side depending on heat.

Top with your favorite French Toast toppings!

Enjoy!

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Q&A Podcast Episode 77

Answering your questions on running, eating and my life… and today I’m posting this on the podcast and on video. So, check it out however is easier for you.

Questions on Running, Eating and Random via Instagram:

What’s the difference between intervals and repeats?

RER: It’s run, eat REPEAT not run, eat INTERVAL. Okay, that’s not the real answer!

What do you run with to carry water? Fuel belt? Camel back? Handheld water bottle?

 Depends on the weather, race and distance I’m running.

How fast should I run or walk on the treadmill?

Speeds are so individual…

Have you ever NOT had red hair?

I was born with red hair and it’s stayed red except for a few months post-college where I wanted to bleach it… I didn’t look good with blond hair and it was no bueno so I cried and then let it grow out back to my old self.

How do I grow my hair longer?  What are you doing or are you taking supplements to help your hair grow faster?

I’m still taking Basis – that supplement I tried a few months ago and thought was magic.

And Advocare has a new Glow System with a Hair & Nails supplement (plus skin and collagen). Both of these have monthly options because consistency is key (with running, supplements and wellness routines!).

Do you miss Ben as much as I miss him on the blog?

Hmmmm….

Do you love Jesus?

Yes!

Do you follow a specific half marathon training plan to stay in shape between races?

I don’t follow a specific plan…  but I do try to stay in half marathon shape. I do that by running about 5 days a week and I mix in longer-ish runs depending on what’s going on with my running and life.

How do you get motivated to run? I’m training for a half marathon and need help with motivation!

Make sure you have enough rest and are fueling well – basically, make sure your body isn’t telling you something is wrong. And then focus on your goal – eyes on the prize! Remind yourself why you’re training – what do you want?

I missed my long run!! Help! What do I do?!

Missing one long run – probably okay. Missing 8 runs – probably need to reexamine your priorities.

How do you lose weight with intuitive eating?

Rebuild trust with your body. It’s a long process, but be patient and understanding with yourself.

If you have a question for me…

DM me – @RunEatRepeat on Instagram

or email me RunEatRepeat@gmail.com

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Meal Prep for Busy Runners

Hello! I did a week of meal prep yesterday and wanted to share my menu and grocery list. I get a lot of questions like:

“What should I eat while training for my half marathon?”  (or insert any race distance in there!)

“What do you eat after running?”

“Do you create meal plans for runners?”

So, I’ve been collecting all your questions about what runners should eat to post more menu plans and lists of best practices for fueling. For now let’s look at the meals I put together for a busy week. This means there’s not a lot of variety but there are a lot of ‘grab and go’ healthy meals that will be prepped for Monday through Friday.

This is what I’m eating this week so it’s not a formal plan but is what’s on my menu! Let me know if you have any questions…

For my grocery list I usually make sure I have at least –  5 options for carbs, 4 options for protein, 5 veggies and 3 kinds of fruit and 3 options for healthy fats. From there I can build a lot of different healthy meals. But I usually have more than that when I use freezer and pantry staples.

My Meal Plan for Running this week:

Breakfast: Overnight Oats Monday through Thursday, Fast French Toast on Friday

Lunch: Hummus wrap on Monday, Leftovers the rest of the week

Dinner: Stuffed sweet potato with beans or chicken, Burrito bowls, Homemade Pizza

Pre-run: This week I’ll probably do PB toast since I’m obsessed with crunchy PB lately and I drink Spark before running

Post-run: If I don’t eat breakfast right after I’ll make a protein shake or have yogurt

Snacks: Trail mix, Yogurt, Popcorn, Whatever else I scrounge up…

 

Breakfast Meal Prep:

Overnight oats with yogurt, oats, fruit and nuts – I just mixed these up in small mason jars. This is a very easy ‘grab and go’ breakfast that you can make ahead for the week.

It’s great for a post-run or post-workout meal because it has a good combination of carbs and protein if you use Greek yogurt. Regular yogurt (non-Greek yogurt) and milk alternative yogurts don’t have as much protein so check the nutrition info if you are choosing another type.

Lunch and Dinner Prep:

To Do List:

1. Steam rice – use a steamer and follow package directions for 5 servings (or more if you are prepping extra). I added cilantro and lime juice & lime zest to rice  since I was using it in a chipotle inspired burrito bowl.
2. Cook sweet potatoes – I ‘baked’ these in the crockpot (see directions here). You can bake them in the oven but I think they come out so good this way.
3. Bake chicken for burrito bowls – Cut raw chicken into 1 inch pieces and season with garlic, chili powder, cumin, S&P. Chop onion. Combine and bake at 350 degrees until chicken is done. Cooking time depends on how thick the pieces are – mine took about 25 minutes.
4. Bake chicken for stuffed sweet potatoes – optional. You can stuff them with beans & nuts and either add chicken or switch out the beans for chicken.
5. Chop vegetables & roast or cook veggies that you prefer to eat cooked
6. Rinse off beans

Sweet potatoes: Let cool a bit before handling – they are super hot and juicy. Cut open, mash a bit and combine with beans or baked chicken. Serve with your favorite green veggie.

Burrito bowls: Build the burrito bowls by portioning out a serving of spinach, rice, beans, chicken, corn, salsa and veggies into each container.

Anything not on the list – like the salmon… I made for dinner during the week and cooked that evening.

What I eat before a run and snacks – I didn’t prep those this time but I’ll include them in an upcoming menu!

Let me know if you have any questions… leave a comment or email me RunEatRepeat@gmail.com

Question: Do you plan out what you’re having for breakfast, lunch and dinner or just ‘wing it’? 

Do you meal prep?

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Running and Eating for the week of April 15

Hello! Welcome to another week of running and eating updates from Instagram and Facebook! I like seeing them laid out like this – it’s kinda funny to say that because that’s what the blog used to be = running and food pics with my random commentary!! Ha! And I’m acting like it’s this new thing. What a weirdo.

In non-running or eating news… I lost my car key.

And I still can’t find it.

Luckily my mom had my spare key.

Unluckily she lives an hour away.

Randomly a friend who I used to date text me as I was looking for it and I mentioned the situation. He just happened to be driving near my parents’ place and offered to stop and pick up the spare key and bring it to me. It was actually on the way and perfect timing!!

So… this person is someone I dated casually for a while and we’ve stayed friends but the timing of when we met was a little weird so none of my friends and family ever met him.

AND HE WENT TO MY PARENTS’ HOUSE TODAY like it’s no big.

I just think it’s so funny and random.

Between the keys, technology challenges this week and a boy I used to like meeting my mom… I need a shot.

Which means I need to post this update and get to it!!

These are out of order because everything in my life is out of order today. Thanks for understanding.

Friday’s Run Report 

If someone is mean to you give them a cookie and then they’ll be nice. Or just eat a cookie yourself and you won’t care.

 

Hellooooo strawberry season!
I got excited when I spotted the farm stand selling strawberries recently but dropped the ball and bought them from the grocery store.
They weren’t very sweet so incorporated them in this delicious recipe…

**Strawberry Shortcake Overnight Oats recipe here**

Run Report for Thursday:

Run Report for Saturday!! What’s your workout, run, rest … for today?  @runeatrepeat – headed out now!! Have a great run!

Run. Eat! repeat.
Breakfast… eggs and toast with crunchy PB.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I’m eating a cookie
Without you.

(Cute bakery sign I posted to insta and Facebook)

Instastories got mixed in here and I’m gonna leave it…

Pineapple Upside Down Shake! Instead of cake, get it?

This is why outdoor dining was invented….

When you finally get to love somebody… guess what…

It’s gonna be MAY instagram

( now I’m going to have this song in my head for a week)

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High Five To My Favorite Instagram and French Fries…

Apparently it’s National High Five Day!! And in honor of this fun (but super random) holiday of the day I’m giving a high five to my favorite things / people / running stuff / other…

5 Favorite Instagram Accounts:

1. @F***Jerry – funny!

2. @AmyShumer – because I want to see I Feel Pretty and I never want to see movies!

3. @FozzCook – this is the first Golden Retriever account that showed up when I just checked. But I love all Golden accounts way way way too much.

4. @TheDad – I love dad jokes. Have we ever talked about this? I think half of my jokes are super cheese dad jokes and the other half are so inappropriate I might need to do some extra credit to get into Heaven.

5. @BlueZones – The blue zones are places in the world where people live a long healthy life beyond the standard age and health of others. I read about the Blue Zones a few years ago and have been obsessed with them ever since. And I love to talk about them with people who show the slightest bit of interest in them. Love!

5 Favorite Races:

1. Jerusalem Marathon

2. NYC Marathon

3. LA Marathon

4. Las Vegas Half Marathon

5. Catalina Marathon

***Actually – I don’t want to commit to this list of favorite races. I keep switching the order and changing some of the races… and 5 hours later I’m just going to post this and say that I like these races a lot but I’m not saying they’re the best in this order. But also – maybe they are.

5 Favorite Foods this week:

1. Mangoes – super ripe ones are magical.

2. Pad Thai

3. Homemade pizza

4. Yogurt with tons of toppings

5. Boom Chocolatta Ben & Jerry’s ice cream – this was a very unexpected delivery from a friend and far be it for me to turn down ice cream.

5 Things You Should Know:

1. Des Linden thought she might not finish the Boston Marathon at the beginning of the race. Apparently she told Shalene Flanagan she might tap out and offered to help block wind or support Flanagan. She slowed down when Flanagan stopped at a porta potty.  <- nothing leading up to this point would lead you to think should would end up WINNING the race.

She kept going. One of her mottos is “Keep Showing Up”. Remember that. Keep going. Keep showing up.

You can read more about Des Linden’s Boston Marathon win and how sportsmanship I mean sportswomanship may have helped her win.

2. Scientists found an easy way to prevent blisters!

3. You can get FREE McDonald’s FRENCH FRIES this month by using their app to order and paying with Apple Pay – as long as it’s on Friday. Free French Fries on Friday!! This is the best! But – can you get Apple pay on android?? Get more details at Food & Wine here.

4. National Oatmeal Cookie Day and National Raisin Day are April 30th. Is it a lil weird that they’re on the same day and raisins in oatmeal cookies are the reason I have trust issues?

5. The OC Marathon & Half Marathon is May 6th! It’s on my schedule and I unexpectedly got off the waitlist for Mountains to Sea … so I think I’m doing both! We need to talk about this! (read as: I need to talk this out in therapy and with you since I haven’t run a marathon since last year and suddenly I’m running 2 in 1 month??)

Anyway.

If you want to run the Orange County marathon or half marathon get a 10% discount with coupon code: RER10OFF

Question: Who is your favorite Instagram runner or eater? What are your 5 favorite foods this week?

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Strawberry Shortcake Overnight Oats Recipe – Runner Breakfast or Post Run Snack

This strawberry shortcake overnight oats recipe is an easy and healthy breakfast for runners or post-run snack. Make it ahead of time so you don’t have to worry about making breakfast  (and can use that time to stretch).

The good news is strawberries are in season! I’ve spotted the local farms selling them from booths set up all around Orange County in random parking lots. That’s how I know they’re in season – and they are so delicious fresh from the farms!!

So strawberries were on my mind but I didn’t get them from the local farm booth… that was a mistake. I have 2 pounds of the fruit and this batch is not very sweet. Womp womp.

But I used them in this Strawberry Shortcake Overnight Oats and it was delicious!! This recipe suggests using a tablespoon of sugar on the chopped strawberries – it’s optional but does help them breakdown and get even more juicy overnight.

Overnight oats is a great post-run meal or snack because it has a good combo of carbs and protein to refuel your body. This can be mixed together before a run or overnight – just make sure you let it set for at least 2 hours.

Strawberry Shortcake Overnight Oats

Ingredients: {makes 2 servings]

• 1 container vanilla Greek yogurt
  1 cup oats
  .5 cup almond milk
  1/8 tsp vanilla extract & salt
  1 Tb. chia seeds (optional)
• 1 cup chopped strawberries
  chopped nuts or nut butter
  1 Tb. sugar (optional)

Directions: Combine yogurt, oats, almond milk, salt and vanilla – mix well.

Mix strawberries with sugar if desired (mine are not sweet today – this varies depending on your taste and the season).

Layer oats and strawberries, dividing them between 2 containers.
Store in fridge overnight or for at least 2 hours.
Top with nuts or nut butter before serving.

Enjoy!

Other strawberry recipes to try:

Strawberry Protein Pancakes

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Oatmeal Recipe

Adult Strawberry Milk Recipe

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Smoothie Recipe

Question: What did you eat after your run / workout today? 

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Running and Eating April 8 to 14!!

Hello!! So I realize that I have been blogging everyday for the past few years except most recently it’s transitioned to Instagram and Facebook.

Like I said in my ‘I miss you post’… I miss updating running repeat every day but I felt like I was since I was posting running and eating on social media.

I definitely want to keep longer posts, recipes, run recaps and training tips over here. It’ll make those posts easier to find or pin to Pinterest if it’s something you want to come back to later. And instead of choosing one way to post over another I’m going to start doing a round up of updates and sharing them here.

I’m actually heard that this is a good idea for a few reasons:
a. If Instagram, Facebook or Pinterest ever go away or decide to stop letting red-headed Mexicans post on their channel I could lose all the content I posted there!! (also I think there are some limitations to my rights to the content once I post it)
b. It’s hard to search for specific posts on most other sites or apps… I’ve had to scroll through tons of post to try and find something I wanted before.
c. It’s easier to save posts on a blog or website vs social media update – outside of Pinterest of course!
d. I have a lot of loyal followers that aren’t necessarily on other social media and I still wanna hang out with you!
e. I started to put together a similar end up last week and realize that it was kind of fun to see running and random food pictures in order of my life. – not ‘in order’ as in organized, but just in the order of the days of the week.

So… all of that is to say that this is a Roundup post of some of my recent updates.

Sunday: Run day or Rest day?

Monday: I’m doing a lil dance for Monday!! Time to check in for 4.9.18 … – What’s your workout today?
– Got a mini goal for the week?
Check in! Let’s go!!

Example of breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert…

Breakfast: oatmeal cooked with almond milk, stevia and topped with crunchy peanut butter blueberries chia seeds and cinnamon.

Lunch: big salad with sweet peppers, onions, chickpeas, corn tortillas, avocado, dressing and sriracha.

Dinner: yellow Jackfruit curry with Jasmine rice from Trader Joe’s plus extra veggies.

Dessert: dark chocolate with some sort of orange essense that I thought was going to be gross but it was at the 99 cent store and I really need a chocolate and it’s actually super delicious!

Snacks: ( include but are not limited to) super juicy mango, trail mix, Quest bar, Spark drink mix 

Tuesday: Run Report Check in!

And why do runners overshare…?

New Podcast was up on last minute tips and thoughts on The Boston Marathon

I’m sharing the best tips and secrets to have an amazing Boston marathon race morning!! – New @runeatrepeat podcast up now talking about: – why you need 2x as much fuel as usual
– ideas for that poncho
– why your phone battery might die
– DM me if you’re taking a helicopter And more!! Marathon and half marathon packing checklist on the blog now – link in bio. The lists and tips apply to anytime you’re running out of town. Oh and- tag me with what you’re doing while you listen!

Wednesday: Run report!

Eat your greens (in the form of avocado)!

Hanger.

Thursday: 

And a super short strength workout on Instagram

Do you have all your toenails right now?

Friday: Run Report and check out these videos from my meet up with 2 of the runners doing the Boston Marathon today on the Hyland’s Powered team!! Check out my Instagram for the videos (it’s not letting me link to that specific post right now).

Saturday: 

I went to run somewhere new to me and it was super pretty!! But I couldn’t find water fountains when I needed them and had to cut my run short. I need to plan better for long runs!

And a very important poll about the Boston Marathon vs. Coachella…

(The Boston Marathon won by a landslide!)

Whew! That was a lil snapshot of my week.

Next time I’ll share my run and strength training workouts for the week but my Garmin is MIA right now (probably in my car somewhere?) and I can’t stop and look for it right now.

Well… I’ll be back soon with more running and eating! Also – I’m working on recipes and other good stuff like that for runners… Can’t wait to share more!!

Question: Do you log all your workouts?

Where? How? Why? Can you do it for me? 

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