Today's Take it and Run Thursday topic is food.  This is where I come out.  

I'll do all kinds of things to improve my performance.  I run in all kinds of weather.  I run fartleks and negative splits.  I make careful plans and I faithfully log my miles.

However, I'm barely on speaking acquaintance with vegetables.  I also go through at least a pound of cheese a week.  I'm not even repentant about this. 

My favorite dish?  Cheesy rice.

Here's my recipe:

Cook your rice so that it's just a little bit soupy.
Then add four ounces of cheddar cheese cut up thin and stir it in until it melts (this is for one serving of rice, mind you).

Now you have a creamy, happy, cheddar cheese rice dish that you can snarf.  Mmm.  Cheesy rice.


There are few things quite as much fun as going out and running seven miles or so, getting all cleaned up, and eating your cheesy rice knowing that you've already burned every one of those 700 calories.  Life is good.