Round Up
For some reason I’ve found myself at the end of the week with a bunch of leftover stuff. And by stuff I mean stories, pictures and workouts. Lucky for you all, I’m now writing a round up post to update you on all the happenings that didn’t make the cut earlier in the week.
1. Valentine’s Day Mud Pie
It’s not Valentine’s Day without a big slice of chocolate ice cream, fudge and whipped cream. Joey and I devoured this.
2. New oatmeal glass
I have absolutely no idea what Chimay is but I do know this glass is perfect for oatmeal and really, that’s all that matters.
Gahhh, this was gooood.
And I obviously had too much fun photographing it. It needed time to cool down, okay?
3. Hit salad
As in salads are either a hit or a miss for me in terms of being filling. This was a hit. Or maybe the two pieces of pesto pizza I ate were the hit.
4. Biggest brussel sprout ever
Nuff said.
5. Whole Foods robbed me
Everytime I go to WF and the credit card machine asks “Is this amount okay?” I’m tempted to say no because it’s always more than I expect it to be.
I went to the “Grains, Beans, Greens” bar and got lentils, wheatberries, chard, tomato sauce, asparagus and tempeh.
To be honest, I was really disappointed in this meal, Whole Foods. It was bland and watery. Thank goodness tempeh tastes like heaven.
6. Have you ever seen a celery root??
It’s freaky.
Told you.
I needed it to make a roasted white vegetable soup. Would you like the recipe? Celery root is a beast to peel. Mostly because it didn’t fit in my hand and I couldn’t get a good grip. I kept throwing it on accident!
8. I’m in the midst of a tedious “diet project”
Or so my health and nutrition teacher calls it. We have to keep track of everything we eat and drink for 3 days (Thursday-Saturday) and enter it into a program that calculates the nutrition information of our food. It’s interesting but so much work especially when I have to create new recipes from scratch.
9. Exercise Round Up
Monday: 3 mile run
Tuesday: 2.7 mile run (from my apartment to my car, which I forgot to pick up after Joey took me to dinner on Monday, oops!)
Wednesday: rest
Thursday: hot yoga…sooooo good!
Friday: 3 mile run
I hope the sun stays out so I can get in more outdoor running this weekend.
Happy Friday! 🙂
Lauren Loves Good Food 
The celery root reminds me of artichokes! 🙂
I love your new oatmeal cup! 😀
That diet project sounds fun, even if it is tedious! I love finding out the nutrition content of my meals! I haven’t done it for a long time though, I think I want to do it again so I can see how I’m doing!
I want to go to WF soo bad. There is one 45 minutes from my house, but I’ve never been.
That may be a good (or at least money saving) thing 🙂
Woah, I have definitely never seen a celery root. Although white vegetable soup does sound quite delicious. And that mud pie looks so rich and decadent- yum! 🙂
I have a recipe for roasted celeriac and carrot soup on my blog – it was one of my favorites!
Sounds like something I need to make!
I am a French girl regurlarly reading your blog and I actually smile while reading your sentence “I have absolutely no idea what Chimay is…” !! ;D Chimay is the name of a famous beer that comes from the north of France! This glass is big but it’s a normal size and shape for beer (but unfortunatly for me, I don’t like beer at all!) Now you know what Chimay is!
Keep writing your blog!
Ha ha thank you, Sarah! Oddly enough I was at the liquor store last night and saw a bottle of Chimay but I’m not much of a beer drinker either (yuck!).
That pie looks heavenly. I love the oatmeal cup. I agree about WF prices. I have never seen celery root in person, what do you do with that? That is a big brussell sprout, but I bet it’s yummy. And I usually write down all of my eats daily. That is mainly to keep me on track with eating a well balanced diet. Cuz you know I have a tendency to “overeat” in certain groups and not enough in others.
I roasted the celery root for soup!
lol that is a HUGE brussel sprout!
It scares me when vegetables are bigger than they should be.
HAHA i totally agree about the WF prices… I actually tried to press no once to see what would happen. I’m pretty sure the cashier was not happy!
Love your oatmeal cup, it’s perfect!!
Hahahaha!
Ohh I love the oats cup! Yesterday I spent a whole LOT at whole FOODss too. I got some good eats though, so I’m excited, haha.
haha I always spend way too much at whole foods but I have so much fun doing it so I guess its worth it right?
I could spend countless hours wandering around that store!
celery root is definitely weird looking but tastes so good!
Mud pie- YUM. Oats- look delish. I love that spoon! The giant brussel sprout makes me smile. It’s as big as your hand!
And lastly, WF- yeah… I’m always so excited to hit up their hot food bar or salad bar and then I pay… takes all the greatness out of it. And really, most of the time it’s kind of bland. Oh well, at least it’s healthy. 😉
Maybe the trade off is worth it 🙂
Omg I’m drooling over those magnificent oats!! :O
That is one impressive brussel sprout! (Do they price those by the pound at WF because that might explain the bill!)
I bought the brussels at the regular grocery which does price by the pound!