Weekend Eats Part II October 27, 2009
Posted by aprillove1625 in Uncategorized.Tags: Amazing Grass, Amy's, Annie's, goddess dressing, green smoothie
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Yesterday I managed to post that sweet Oprah video but when I came back later to post about Sunday’s foods, my computer pooped out. I’ve been complaining about this POS for a while but still haven’t bought a new one. I cringe every time I have to use this thing and waiting for it to load pics and open web pages is possibly worse than listening to the Jonas brothers. Oh well, a new computer is on the list.
Here’s Sundays eats:
It probably looks like I’m about the last person in the blog world to try these Amazing grass products, but I have had some of them before. This berry flavor is new to me though so I picked up a little trial packet and added it to my green smoothie which also contained:
- Banana
- Frozen peaches
- Mango
- Acai berry juice
- Spinach
- Vanilla protein powder (EAS brand)
Thumbs up on the Amazing Grass addition. Lunch was just a salad, one you’ve seen on here many times. I didn’t get a pic but I must talk about this dressing though. It’s GOOD. I’ve been a big fan of Whole Foods Italian dressing for a while and once I find a good dressing, I really don’t stray but I’d been eyeing this one for a while. SO GLAD I tried it, it’s awesome! It’s so good I could almost drink it with every meal and there was a time when that was only reserved for gravy.
Here’s the description:
“Creamy tahini mingles with lemon, soy sauce and chives creating this well-loved dressing.” Go try it now!
I had grand plans of coming home and doing something with sweet potatoes but this sight greeted me when I walked in the door:
Not much cooking going on in the kitchen that night! Todd had to paint some trim that was still unfinished so he brought me back this Mediterranean sammich from Panera:
Oh, I also finished off this little bag of goodies….um yeah, I bought these Saturday, whoops! I love ‘em though! Restraint is not my middle name so I can’t have these in the house too often.
I didn’t work out Sunday but did manage a run on Monday. I had a great run Friday but Monday’s run….not so much. I barely eeeked out 2 miles. I had a side stitch about 3 laps in around the track and I barely get those so I’m not sure what my deal was. I just wasn’t feeling it. Perhaps because I didn’t eat much on Monday? I cleaned my house ALL day and sometimes when I’m at home all day, I just don’t get hungry. I had a couple of cups of coffee and a veggie burger later in the afternoon and that was it. Veggie burger compliments of Amy’s All American burger on a sandwich thin with hummus and a slice of chipotle cheddar cheese…way better than Boca…
All right, I hear old episodes of The Office in the other room. I’d better go check it out. Good night!
Friday October 23, 2009
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Happy Friday! I’m sad to say that I did not go to the gym this morning 
. The bike geek husband and I went to see Race Across the Sky last night. Unlike most biking related events, I wasn’t surrounded by spandex, sweat and packets of Gu That was a nice change. Don’t let me fool you though, I love going to Todd’s races and enjoy mountain biking myself.
The movie we saw (of which we scored free tix from the bike shop Todd rides for woot!) was interesting, inspiring and motivating. It’s all about the Leadville 100 which is a mountain bike race held in Leadville, CO. It looks to be like the equivalent of an Ironman in the mountain biking world. All the hype around this race is that it’s being touted as the ride that brought Lance out of retirement last year. And watching him race this was just amazing. The dude is a machine! Intermixed in there are some stories of other riders and the grueling specifics of the race. Unfortunately, if you want to see it, it was only showing last night. If enough interest is sparked though, I think it will be released with more showtimes.
Todd really hopes to get selected in the lottery for this so I’m keeping my fingers crossed fo him! Even if I do think he’s nuts!
Prior to the movie, we stopped at Ruby Tuesdays for a quick dinner. Sorry for the blurry photos, I’ve used my camera phone the past two days.
Breakfast this morning was a green smoothie – I haven’t had one in a while!
I also had half of a pumpkin spice breakfast cookie mid-morning.
Lunch was a salad with spinach, onion, blue cheese crumbles, kalamata olives, carrots, ‘shrooms, almonds and dried cranberries along with some veggie soup and whole grain baquette from Panera.
I better wrap this up and get some work done. Off to the gym after work! Have a great rest if the Friday!
Monday’s Post Today September 15, 2009
Posted by aprillove1625 in Uncategorized.Tags: Blackberry balsamic, green smoothie, larabar
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Due to Jay Leno airing at 9 o’clock last night, I didn’t post yesterday’s eats last night like I should have. I don’t usually watch Leno but wanted to see what all the hooplah was about with the new time slot and all. And dang, Leno! Making Kanye cry like that! Glad I tuned in, though I doubt I could care less that he hurt poor wittle Taylor Swift’s feelings. She should go back to CMT anyway. I’m not a big Kanye fan and he totally pulled a dick move at the VMAs, but look at all the publicity he’s gotten. No publicity is bad, right?
Prior to all the TV excitement, here’s what I ate:
Breakfast was a green smoothie that contained:
- Spinach
- Pineapple
- Frozen banana
- Blueberries
- Yumberry juice
- Pineapple/coconut juice
- Flaxseed
- Scoop of Perfect food
Lucky me, I had to take my dad to the doctor for eye surgery for cataracts. I knew I’d be waiting a while so I brought 50 Secrets of the World’s Oldest Living People (here is a review I found) to read and the Tropical Fruit Larabar I hadn’t tried yet.
I particularly liked the section that says to “Have a Glass of Red Wine with Dinner” 
Tropical Fruit Tart Larabar verdict? Eh, it was OK. My favorite is still Apple Pie. The Tropical Fruit one was heavy on the pineapple and while I love fresh pineapple, I guess I just didn’t love it in this form.
After dad had his eye surgery, he wanted to grab something to eat since he hadn’t eaten since the previous evening. The guy loves Village Inn for some reason (probably because he’s old) so that’s where we stopped. I only like Village Inn when it’s 2am and I’ve done shut down the bars and need some flapjacks buuut I haven’t done that in a while so I humored him and had a late lunch with him. I found something halfway healthy. A pita wrap with:
- Eggs
- Avocado
- Tomatoes (not very good ones)
- Spinach
- Swiss cheese
It was supposed to come with bacon but I had them omit that and I ate about half of the hashbrowns that came with it.
I didn’t get home until almost 8pm after dropping off my dad and listening to him yap for a while so dinner was quick and easy. Todd had some leftover hot wings from the other night so I had free reign on what to make for myself. I had some quinoa already cooked so I just roasted some brussel sprouts, broccoli and asparagus and mixed it in. I added in some fresh from the garden cherry tomatoes, some blackberry balsamic vinegar and leftover baked tempeh from Saturday and dinner was done.
Because I was with my dad ALL. DAY. LONG. yesterday, I did not get my 9-mile run in so I’m off to do that now. I’ll leave you with a picture I took last night. While driving home from my dad’s, I actually paid a little attention to the sky and saw how pretty the sunset was. I drove to a lookout point right by my house to get a pic. It’s rare that I take a minute to take in my surroundings and I’m glad I did last night. It’s scenes like this that truly make me feel tiny in this big ‘ol universe.
My little Fujifilm doesn’t do this sunset justice but you get the idea.
It’s Been a While May 19, 2009
Posted by aprillove1625 in Uncategorized.Tags: Asics, curry tacos, green smoothie, Nike
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Gawd, I haven’t posted in a while! I’m so lazy! I wish I were a little more Type A, I’d get more done. The weather is just too nice out for me to be anal about anything, I’d rather be outside playing! Speaking of nice, it’s 88 degrees here today, bring on the summertime!
I met my friend for a 4 mile run, of which I didn’t do very well. Must be the humidity? I’ll blame it on that anyway. I’m trying to follow a training plan as I do believe I’m signing up for this half next month. I haven’t signed up yet and the husband keeps calling me a wuss and that I just need to do it. I’m just scared as I’ve NEVER ran that far before. I don’t even drive that far to work! I did an 8 mile run last week and it went really well so I’m hoping I’ll be prepared for it. I have a 9-mile run scheduled for Thursday, eeek!
With all of this running I’ve been doing, my poor old Nike Air Max 90 shoes need to be retired. They’re not used to so much use! I have had them a while though and it was time to replace. 2 weeks ago I strayed from Nike and bought the gel Nimbus Asics shoe. I hadn’t done any research and thought I’d just buy some Nikes again. Unfortunately the store I went to had Nike Air Max shoes but they were $159 and that’s about $50 more than what I wanted to spend. So I thought I’d try the Asics as I’ve heard they’re excellent shoes. My husband has some and really likes them. Thankfully the Finish Line has this 15-day return policy. Meaning you actually get to wear the shoes for two whole weeks and if you don’t like them you can take them back. What a rockin’ exchange policy! So it’s what I did with these Asics. My feet didn’t hurt as bad in my old Nikes as they did in these shoes. My toes hurt, my arches hurt, even my ankles hurt. And I got a blister on my 8 mile run on the inside of my right foot. I’ve worn them almost every day for two weeks hoping they just needed more breaking in (I hate returning stuff) but they never got better. Guess I’ve learned not to stray from what I’m used to! Here’s a pic of the new babies:
They’re the Nike Air Max Tailwind style. I really don’t like getting shoes with so much white as they’re impossible to keep clean but they’re really comfy and didn’t have any other color options so I’ll just make do.
As far as food today, I started this morning off with a green smoothie that included:
*Banana
*Pineapple
*Blueberries
*Blueberry juice
*Spinach
*Flaxseed
*Scoop of Perfect Food
After my run is when I ran to the mall to return my shoes. I was starving so I headed home and heated up some leftover Curry Tempeh Tacos from a couple of nights ago. I got this recipe a while ago from a magazine out of Vegetarian Times. These are so good and easy to make. I added a little feta cheese which the recipe doesn’t call for but cheese of any kind makes anything better.
I’ll have to wrap this up for now. I’m off to shower, find a birthday gift and take my friend to birthday dinner. Oh, and do some laundry, don’t be jealous!
