Totally Mod
I’ve discovered my now empty Ball jar is perfect for oatmeal parfaits!
Layers from the bottom up:
- Whipped banana oats + flax
- Pomegranate seeds
- Whipped banana oats + flax
- Orange cranberry granola
- Whipped banana oats + flax
- Justin’s Chocolate Hazlenut Buttah
Yes, you could say my Friday was off to a good start. And it only got better form here.
Joey politely asked if I could pick up some work related papers for him on Thursday between class and work, since I was you know, already in Boulder.
My reply? But I’m hungry and my knee hurts and, well, I just don’t want to.
Don’t you wish I was your girlfriend? Anyways Joey ended up dropping into Boulder today to pick them up for himself and how convenient that I should have a lunch break up for grabs. But where to?
Mod Market, of course.
Beanie and I have been wanting to go to this place ever since we sampled their delicious salads at the Farmers’ Market so this was the perfect opportunity.
Their food philosophy definitely matches up with mine. Real food, in season, no preservatives, vegan & vegetarian options. YES.PLEASE.
The three of us were quite surprised to see the giant line once we got inside. Apparently our fellow Boulderites know good food. Despite the line our food was out really quickly.
I started with a cup of the vegan Cashew Butternut Squash soup.
It was everything a butternut soup should be. Creamy, thick and exploding with flavor.
Followed up with the half order of vegan Garden Pizza. It came with sauce, red peppers, broccoli and a vegan cheese.
I don’t know what that “cheese” was but I do know this pizza was 100% delicious. Who says vegan can’t be fun?
Speaking of mod, the restaurant itself was just that.
Yes that is a row of grass on the wall. Oh, and Beanie’s Green Chicken Chili Soup.
Speaking of soup I totally forgot to mention the awesome Nutty Vanilla Sweet Potato + Kale soup Joey made the other night. Compliments of Kath, of course.
I re-heated on Thursday night when I finally got home at 8 PM (by the way, it turns out the highway was closed due to a pedestrian death!!).
Okay so I ended up adding A LOT of veggie broth to this soup! It was so thick it just looked like mashed up sweet potato and mixed in kale.
The flavor, however, was SPOT ON.
I just went on a windy, but otherwise lovely 3.8 mile run (because I had to make my weekly mileage add up) and now I’m off to dinner for a friend’s birthday and then a Halloween party that I have NO costume for…
Happy Friday, again? I just realized I already posted today… Hope you don’t mind!
Thursday Morning 10K
I was feeling a little lot blah yesterday. I was tired and just wanted this week to be over. I totally believe I was in a funk because I hadn’t ran or cooked up something especially good in what felt like a millenium but in all actuality was only a couple days.
I was SO excited to look up the forecast for Thursday and see no wind. FINALLY!
I was determined to run so I did a warm up mile on the treadmill then put on my gloves and headed outside for a wonderful 5.2 miles rounding out my total to a nice 10K. I feel like I can conquer the world after I get in a good morning run. Anyone else with me on that one?
The Run:
- Total time = 57:46
- Pace = 9:11 — I felt so slow during my first mile outside and was shocked to see I ran it in 9:07!!
I may or may not have been wheezing during the last quarter mile…
Oh one more thing I blame for my funky mood? No hot oats this week!! Say what? This had to be remedied ASAP.
So what was in the crazy OIAJ concoction?
Homemade peanut butter, of course but also… pomegranate seeds!
This was the first pomegranate I’ve ever eaten. I had to look up how to de-seed them and was glad I did because apparently there’s a special way to do so. Maybe I’ll do a post on how to do so later but for now you can refer to this.
I didn’t get any pom juice on my nice school clothes. I did dump the contents of the blender ALL OVER MYSELF about half and hour later but more on that in a minute.
These were whipped banana oats + pinch salt + 1/2T ground flax, topped with pom seeds and orange cranberry granola.
I was blisfully full.
I made the vegan mac and “cheese” sauce as part of lunch. I’ve made this twice before — here and here. This time I used rice instead of noodles and mixed in some steamed bell pepper and 1.5 carrots.
While making the sauce I knocked the blender over, spilling it all over my jeans and the kitchen floor. Fail.
C’est la vie. I just started over and everything turned out just fine.
SO.MUCH.FOOD.
You better believe I ate every “cheesey” bite.
This kept me full for hours and good thing because the bus ran into a huge accident on the way home and the highway was closed so we had to sit in traffic and find another way home. It took a full hour to get back from work.
I went to bake my pumpkin seeds and discovered that they were sprouting…
Word to the wise: don’t let your slightly wet pumpkin seeds sit out for almost a week.
Off to watch the Halloween episode of Glee. Time Warp, anyone?
Happy Happy (and Spookey?) Friday!
Me oh my I love pie
And last night I made my very own pumpkin pie from scratch.
Okay, so we bought the pie crust but cut me a break I cooked my own pumpkin for crying out loud.
The pie was dairy-free to boot!
My mom deemed it “the best pumpkin pie she’s ever had.” What a compliment!
We were supposed to let it cool for 2 hours after baking but who can sit in the same room as a cooling pie without eating a piece before the 2 hours is up?? Not the Dorsey family, that’s for sure.
I’m actually really glad I used a carving pumpkin instead of its sweeter relative the sugar pumpkin because the pie was really mild and not overly sweet.
Raise your hand if you’d like a repeat of this pie at Thanksgiving. I’m raising my hand.
I’d like to say the pie was the highlight of my Tuesday night but everything else was good too. Family, Halloween movie watching and jambalaya!!
This recipe is from Cooking Light if you’re so inclined to make it. I asked my mom if it was authentic tasting and she said absolutely not! Ha ha, oh well it tastes pretty darn good to me!
Dare I say Sleepy Hollow is Johnny Depp’s best looking movie?
Oh, I dare!!
Earlier day eats included a thick pumpkin smoothie
In the mix:
- 1/2 cup pumpkin
- 2T pumpkin butter
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1/2 frozen banana
- pumpkin pie spice
Cinnamon raisin bagel with butter on the side.
Lauren Loves Good Food 