Productive Sunday
I’m not going to lie I was still dead tired when I woke up this morning but I had a full day of homework so I dragged myself out of bed.
Mostly because I was dreaming of oatmeal for breakfast. Surprising, right?
I ran out of almond milk on Friday so Silk Nog oats it was!
1/4 cup + 1 cup water.
Topped with peanut butter, apple butter and Love Grown Foods granola — Raisin Almond Crunch to be precise.
I loved it!! Not too sweet and the raisins were the perfect addition.
This bowl was just what I needed to fuel me through a longgg morning of writing.
At 1:30 I took a mini break for lunch and an accidental ten minute power nap.
Leftover vegan 3 bean chili + a carrot and hummus. Oh and crumbles of goat cheese on the chili.
I wasn’t sure this was going to hold me over (those are my small bowls) but it was a lot more filling than I’d expected.
Joey went out to watch football and came home with my favorite Christmas movie!
And hung up our countdown. Someone’s in the spirit 😀
At 5 snack inspiration struck.
I knew I’d find a use for my tiny jar.
Cashews on top of dried cranberries on top of 2 dried apricots.
We spent our evening at my friend Claire’s Hanukkah party (we go every year). Latkas, bagels & lox (minus the cream cheese), spanakopita and quiche were consumed but I was wondering where the veggies were 😛
Also had a bite of cheesecake and a Bailey’s filled chocolate, oh and I made Joey snag me a mini cookie-ish/muffin-ish treat that was seriously awesome tasting.
After watching a game of dreidel we headed home so we could crash into bed. We saw this nicely lit house on the way home.
I sure was exhausted for someone who spent the entire day sitting in front of a computer and moving nothing but my fingers and occasionally my mouth.
Merry Monday!
Slap Happy
Let me preface this post by saying I do NOT like country music. That being said, I love this song.
The chrous says “If I die young, bury me in satin. Lay me down on a bed of roses,” but I’ve been saying “If I die young bury me in cashews. Lay me down on a bed of oatmeal” ALL DAY. Joey wants to kill me.
Clearly, I have not had enough sleep lately.
When we got back from standing in line I wanted something a little different for breakfast. Sweet oatmeal did not sound good — I think the sweet pumpkin spice latte did me in — so eggs and an english muffin it was!
I needed to get out of the apartment and away from paper writing so we headed over to Whole Foods for some soup and decided to enjoy it in their cafe (?) area.
I had to do some tasting before I decided on a soup.
Joey enjoyed his potato and bacon soup with a mini baguette of french bread. And almost finished it off — I was impressed!
I went with the vegan three bean chili and it was filling!
Joey snagged a sample of some peppermint ice cream on the way out but I was pretty sure I had no room for ice cream in my stomach so I snapped a pick and handed it back.
I drowned myself in paper writing once we got back and shot angry glances at Joey who was doing what I wanted to be doing, which was taking a nap. At 4 I broke for a run and actually got to do so outside. I probably went something like 3 miles with a few walking breaks. When I got back I unsuccessfully tried to give myself a knee massage (massage talent apparently isn’t genetic) and found a spot that felt like a bruise, yet I couldn’t see anything and my knee didn’t hurt unless I poked that spot. Weird…
Definitely taking the day off tomorrow.
Dinner (eaten in the car — don’t worry I wasn’t driving!) was Friday night’s pizza leftovers. Beetza if you will.
This looks weird but I promise you it was delicious!!
Golden beet slices + goat cheese + a drizzle of honey on pizza dough = recipe for perfection.
Next time I will:
A) Give myself more time to cook the beet. I think I’m cursed when it comes to beet cooking. I wrapped this one in foil and put it in the oven on 425* for 40 minutes and it was hard as a rock. 20 minutes later, still no progress so I sat on the kitchen floor with my hands over my face for 3 minutes (I had a BAD day on Friday and I was hungry, okay!!) then got in the shower and prayed that Joey would fix the problem while I was getting ready. He ended up microwaving it in some water for ~15 minutes and it was soft but a little shriveled and hard to slice 😦
B) Spread the goat cheese on the crust before layering the beets.
Did I mention I got this granola sample while in line this morning??
I’m a little bit too excited about it. Again, lack of sleep.
My car dinner was due to the fact that we were going to the Colorado Mammoth game (yes, that’s lacrosse) and I didn’t trust the Pepsi Center dining options.
I know one of these beautiful ladies — that’s why we went. I’m a tough dance critic but I was really impressed by their performances 🙂
And now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to ignore the pile of dishes I’ve collected next to my desk and crash into bed.
Good.Night.
KB(CO)!
KBCO is a local radio station and every year on the first Saturday of December they put out a CD full of unplugged songs recorded in the famous Studio C. There’s a limited supply of CDs so every year my mom and I line up at 6 A.M. and wait the two hours till the sales begin at 8 A.M. Joey has joined us the past 3 years. Sometimes it snows, sometimes it rains, sometimes it’s just bitter cold and it’s always always dark.
Hence the nice flash picture.
I’ve mastered the art of layering over the years and this year we actually remembered chairs and a blanket.
Starbucks is ALWAYS consumed.
Really though, I don’t even go for the CD. It’s a two CD per person limit so I give mine up to my mom. I go for the tradition. Some years we make friends in line, some years we get in fights with people trying to cut in line and sometimes we listen to Joey make jokes about how I wear gloves that look like they came from Baby Gap but we ALWAYS have fun.
And despite the fact that I’m running on 5 hours of sleep and my toes are still slightly numb (I even wore 3 pairs of socks AND Uggs!!) I look forward to this tradition every year 😀
A few food highlights from yesterday:
I also ran for the first time in what felt like forever but was really only since last Thursday. My dad has diagnosed my knee pain as IT band related so I took it slow and easy and walked in between each mile and felt zero pain during or since (fingers crossed!!). Do I smell a half marathon in New Orleans in February?? We’ll see.
Ciao for now!
Lauren Loves Good Food 