Hello, hello! I hear the internet is back at home!! That makes me glow inside with happiness 
I’ve been busy all morning putting together a blog start-up proposal for work and working on designing a poster. If there’s one thing I’ve learned during my internship it’s that I really enjoy design!
I was getting really hungry around 11 and had tea and it magically held me over till 12:45 to eat lunch. Imagine that. I’m just now digging in to my sandwich and it’s heavenly!
Today’s lunch was made with love by Matt last night after I realized I would be home late. I asked if he’d put together something with leftover grilled tofu and avocado and he assembled this killer sandwich.
Grilled tofu, avocado, mustard, spinach on Flax Oat Bran (my favorite Great Harvest bread!)
A juicy organic pear on the side, which I sliced at work and sprinkled with cinnamon that I packed in my lunchbox.
And a Biscoff to end on a good note 
(I also accidentally packed the whole package of Biscoff’s in my lunchbox instead of putting them back in the cabinet so another one might end up in my mouth!)
Weekend’s almost here!!
by Kath on March 12, 2010
tagged as Tofu in Lunch
I’m at a coffee shop mooching internet. Our AT&T Uverse is still down. Don’t they realize our internet is my JOB!? They’re coming today after lunch, so hopefully it will be fixed when I get home. I don’t think I can handle going out at 9PM to upload!
I was up at 5 this morning for a workout. I hate it when I work out in the evening and then plan to get up in the morning. Although it’s two separate days, I feel like there’s not enough time for a full recovery! My back is sore today from last night’s lifting. So when these back-2-back workouts happen, I try to do a lighter resistance or simple cardio as more of a “flush the muscles” deal than pushing myself hard. Today I did 45 minutes of ellipticaling with a magazine and then foam rolled my muscles out. I need a foam roller at home. And I also hope I’m doing it right! I always feel like a funky mermaid on the foam roller!
After two breakfasts out, I could not WAIT for some oatmeal today!!
The Mix
- 1/4 cup rolled oats
- 3 tbsp Bob’s Red Mill Hot Apple Cinnamon Cereal
- 1/4 cup milk
- 3/4 cup water
- Pinch salt
- Half banana
- Half tbsp chia seeds
- 1/3 cup cottage cheese, stirred in at end
- Crumbled Low-fat Blueberry WW Muffin from Great Harvest
- Naturally Nutty Vanilla PB Sauce!
This is me shaking my fist at AT&T for our broken internet!!!
I watched some of GLEE at breakfast. Some people are turned on by men in uniforms. For me it’s a SINGING male. Today Puck sang his version of “Sweet Caroline” and I just about melted. I hadn’t really cared for him until that moment! When Matt and I fell in love almost 10 years ago he used to play songs for me and sing on his guitar. Now it’s dusty in the guest room closet! Hmmm…
Friday dance is totally happenin’ right now!! However, I have a lot of freelance projects to work on this weekend, so I won’t get to fully relax until Saturday night. But I do have an 11 miler planned for Sunday!! Scary!! (Blister is healing well. A new colleague recommending putting Vaseline on it to keep it slippery in my sock and that seems to work really well!)
Have a good one!
by Kath on March 12, 2010
tagged as Oatmeal in Breakfast
Ended professional day with a talk on Epigenetics and called it a day. I did stop by the Juice Plus booth and tried some gummies made from vegetables and fruits. They tasted great, but not as great as kale and brussels and broccoli do chompin’ in my mouth!
I got weirdly hungry around 3 during the talk but then when I headed home it went away. Typical hunger. But I did get to finally try that Tropical Fruit Larabar!!!
I was very skeptical that I’d like it because I don’t really like fruity flavored things that much, but WOW. It was awesome!! I was expecting it to be tart like lemon, but it was very orangey and the pineapple was great. If the other fruit Larabars are brownies (from dates) this guy was a blondie!
I went home, changed and raced over to Emily’s for a workout!!
We went for a 4 mile run before we buckled down to do some mega weight lifting. We did this set through twice. 15 reps the first time though and “as many as we could do” the second.
I got my stressful “I gotta finish this before dinner” blog work on while Casey and Emily cooked dinner!!!
So nice of them
I brought over a spiralizer I got from Open Sky! Would you guys want that in my store?
It was super cool!
We spiraled sweet potatoes and baked them like curly fries!!
Casey whipped up some Chinese spiced brussels
Homemade sauce!
And Emily cooked quinoa, apples and almonds in her rice cooker. I’d kinda like one of those…
Dinner was SO GOOD!
The potatoes were still sort of soft, but they were so fun to eat!
We added some organic ketchup with the potatoes. It was just OK. Tasted too much like tomato sauce!
I am not a huge fan of quinoa. It’s kind of airy and the flavor has never bowled me over. But this was awesome! Maybe I need to alter my cooking method..
The brussels were spicy and perfectly cooked!!
Even the brown dog enjoyed our dinner!
Like my Nutrition Facts glass!?
Round II
Remember the Quaker “Create Your Day” challenge? Good Bite and Quaker raised $25,000 for Share Our Strength in just 3 weeks. Quaker was so impressed they decided to do a round 2 – 25,000 more creations = 25,000 more dollars! Let’s give it another go!
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So I got the word that the internet is down at our house. This could be a big blogging problem in the AM! I’ll do an iPhone post if that’s the case, but if I’m missing, that’s what’s going on.
Almost Friday!!!
by Kath on March 11, 2010
tagged as brussels, Quinoa, Sweet Potato in Dinner
