Cooking Confessions Not Confections

In an effort to make 2014 my year of running better, I want to start EATING better and healthier . I need to fuel my runs with something other than tons of coffee and peanut butter soaked bagels ( wheat bagels...I mean, come on, that's healthy right?!) http://ehomnick.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/bagel-with-ab-and-coffee.jpg One of my passions, besides running, is cooking.. baking... and of course, eating everything I make. Although my skills typically are in candy, cookies, and other sweet confections. Albeit awesome, I figured if I want to ever SEE my abs... I'd better add some healthier options to my skill set. So for Christmas this year, I received the Runners World Cookbook . I've started cooking from it and so far, I love it! Now, I know that these days you can pull any recipe you want from online, but there's just something about having the tangible pages to turn and flip through that ta...