Incredible yoga class tonight! It was the best class I’ve done. Super challenging for me both mentally and physically, perfect temperature, great girlfriend company by Emily and Amanda, lots of fun adjustments (a.k.a. massages), and that killer foot massage at the end. By the time savasana came around, I was on cloud nine.
Going to Y2Yoga is really like going to spa. I look forward to it in the same way that I would a massage. And it’s all zen and stuff inside. And I really do get massages!! I bought another 10 classes on my pass tonight 
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I only went on half a walk this afternoon because on my way home a man picked me up in his car!! That man being Matt 
It was funny to have him pull up beside me.
Last week for our late evening yoga class I had a huge snack and then dinnery foods when I got home. Hunger-wise it was a good plan, but logistically it wasn’t that great.
So tonight I did more dinnery foods (which just means veggies were involved) and then a snack when I got home. I’m still in major clean-out-the-fridge mode so I had a random assortment.
And I made something I haven’t made since high school: cheese melted on crackers!!
When I was younger my girlfriends and I would melt extra sharp cheddar on Ritz crackers for a late-night snack. Tonight I melted some Beemster cheese and CheeseCupid Edam and Gouda on some Back To Nature crackers Caitlin brought from EarthFare for our party on Saturday.
SO DELICIOUS!!
On the side – leftover green beans
And a carrot with a teaspoon of Barney Butter
This made a great snack to hold me over, but I still felt too full for the first part of yoga. I’m trying to convince Tanner to teach a 6PM class on a weeknight, which would be so much better for the dinner situation!
I wasn’t really that hungry when I got home but knew I would be soon. I had just what I was in the mood for after a steamy yoga class: a Green SIAC
This is definitely my new go-to Green Monster recipe:
- 1 medium banana
- 1 handful ice
- ~1 scant cup of milk
- 1/2 packet Amazing Meal Chocolate (LOVE this! Can’t say enough how much the touch of chocolate adds!)
- 2 big handfuls spinach
- Zoe’s Granola for crunch
I vegged on the couch with my smoothie watching that 18 Kids & Counting show about the Duggar Family. I’ve been following them on and off since college in the news and TV specials and didn’t know they had their own show now! They are quite the eccentric family. I watched the one tonight where the eldest boy got married. I can’t believe they waited until their wedding day to have their first kiss!!! And for such a modest family, I was surprised at all the wedding night talk [if you know what I mean ].
You know you have some free time on your hands when you watch an hour of TLC without a second thought!
So sleepy. Goodnight!
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Sounds like a truly amazing yoga class…so wish I had time/$$$ to go to a great studio regularly! Here’s to hoping Santa brings me a blender so I can start with the green monster bizz
I love melted cheesy crackers. My brothers have it all the time
It’s a little odd seeing your SIAC, as opposed to SIAB… still looks fantastically refreshing though.
Enjoy the free time before internship season starts up!! I need to try Zoe’s!!!
dinner looks quick and yummy!
Oh yes the duggars, they are too much!
Isn’t the Duggar family nuts? I don’t know how someone can have 18 kids!!!!!!! Craziness! I HAVE to try a green monster soon… I’ve never had one!!
Can I just say those crackers with melted cheese sound fantastic!? I seriously need to try that out And who doesn’t love a good green smoothie!
The Duggar family just baffles me. Why don’t they stop? I can barely handle one, I have no idea how they take care of 18!
I’m fascinated by the Duggars — there’s just something compelling about them.
I LOOOOOOVE melty cheesey crackers! I do the same thing with oven roasted tortilla chips! Cheese really does make everything delish
I also find myself always gravitating towards the Duggars when they’re on TV — so fascinating!
GOODNIGHT!
I love nostalgic snacks! Food and music really take me back to certain times/places like nothing else.
Night girl!
I follow the Duggars too. I’m fascinated by how they have set up their household. Momma Duggar just had number 19, and the baby was born super early. Everything I’ve read says that its doing ok. Sad though.
Momma Duggar may be gettin a bit old to keep poppin’ out the babies.
I have yet to take a “professional” yoga class- it sounds so niceee
Zoe’s granola is SO good but I can’t find it anymore
Cheese on crackers is such a classic combo. Speaking of which, I haven’t had it in ages, too! We have some cinnamon-brown sugar Ritz right now… I think goat cheese would pair well with that
Yep the Duggars just had number 19 at 24 weeks. I hope that the baby is okay
Your yoga sounds delish!
Yummmm…I make that combo of SIAC a lot. So gooood!! I used to make the melty cheese on Ritz allll thee time! Another really yummy cracker/cheese snack is taking triscuits, adding a pickle chunk, adding cheese on top and broiling them. SO good. The juiciness + salt from the pickle and extra crunch rocks. mmm I want some now!
After a really long session of yoga, I look forward to the corpse pose at the end!
Your version of melted cheese on crackers is so much classier than mine usually is–mine typically involves a sliced up string cheese on some TLCs:)
They didn’t kiss until their wedding day!??!?!
Well, I can respect their religion and everything, but geez, that’s just weird. Really weird.
Now that I think about it, having 18 children is weird too. Really weird.
Oh, I used to make those melted cheese and crackers snacks on Wheat Thins and Tortilla Chips! Used to just heat them in the microwave to melt the cheese a bit. It was like a super fast version of nachos!
I need to get my butt in gear and try a Green Monster. They look great. I need to find Amazing Meal too…
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Hooooray for an awesome yoga class! I met someone in a yoga class the other day that said she was from C’ville and that they didn’t have flow classes there! I have a hard time believing that since that is what most of the classes here in Richmond are but you may want to scope that situation out!
Whaaaaa!? No way! I don’t have the means to open a bakery AND a yoga studio!!
oooh what a great looking green monster! I really need to start trying those!
I’ve always melted cheese on chips but never on cracker! Yummy.
Those Back to Nature crackers are really good! They almost taste like a Ritz. Glad you had a good night
I love recreating childhood favorites and making them a little more sophisticated. I use to eat that cheese from a can stuff all the time and put it on Doritios. Ugh, the thought of it now kind of makes me a little sick, but I guess that was what the teen years were for.
Glad you had an awesome class!
I love melted cheese….its the best. Yeah, I’m surprised you had time to sit and watch TLC! You’re always on the go!
OMG, you were the one who had left that comment on Cristin’s “eat like me” blog awhile back that she ‘looked like one of the Duggar children’!!! Makes total sense now!!
LOL?! Someone said that!? Wasn’t me!
Oh the Duggers – somehow so addicting…
Your crackers and cheese look yummy – my go to dish as a kid was ramen noodle soup… yours sounds better.
I used to do the same thing, except I used bread instead of crackers. It rocked!
Sounds like a glorious yoga session!
I don’t think I’ve ever made melted cheese on crackers! Melted cheese on bread, yes (even had a song about it! haha)
Wow, that sounds like an awesome yoga class!! I know, the Dugger wedding special was so risk-ay… Hahahah I loved the part when the Father explains to the boy “It’s like legos…” hahahaha And the book he gives him!! OMG!
At my old yoga studio, the teacher used to come around at the end of class with tiger balm and give a mini neck massage with it. It was AMAZING. I miss massages during yoga time!
I want to go to that yoga studio – it sounds divine!!! I totally can’t do yoga at night though. It makes me feel sick! Has to be before lunch with just breakfast in my tummy or else I feel too full and icky. Plus I lose workout motivation as the day progresses
I love some of those TLC and AMC shows. Have you ever seen Hoarders? OMG, such a crazy show.
I love the duggars. I think that even though they are a bit out there their kids have the best values and sense of others. They are willing to help anyone out at the drop of a hat and they have 18 kids and no debt..lol. Amazing.
That smoothie looks SO delicious! I am going to check out that Amazing Grass stuff.
wow..just reading some of these comments! I don;t think the duggar family are nuts or crazy…
She feels as if she was put on this earth to be the best mother she can be and have lots of kids and thats exactly what she is doing…they haven’;t gotten a divorce..they have raised ALL those kids (who are all amaziingly behaved) The built that house and do not have any debt…serious…we should be taking lessons from them. And as far as the modesty thing goes…I think it was sweet they saved that kiss for the big day…
Just my 2 cents.. anyways lol
I think they are a very sweet family. I really like Michelle! She runs a tight ship. And kudos for 18 kids. And the dad is so sweet
It’s more the lifestyle restrictions that shock me – esp. relating to Josh and courtship.
The lifestyle restrictions on the girls are a little odd too–like they all have such long hair because thier “dad really likes it”…and the girls have to do the WORST chores and the boys have to like fix the car and mow the lawn.
Well, duh Megan….do you not have to mow the lawn at your house??? Are kids not supposed to have chores? Plus, the girls have beautiful hair…not a man alive who doesn’t admire long hair on a female! I think we all may just be a tad jealous of this industrious family because they make it all work and they make it look SO easy! Don’t knock ‘em…just enjoy watching ‘em
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I have never had melted cheese and crackers!! do you put them i the microwave or do you bake them? Really want to try this for lunch now!
I’m sorry – I definitely think those Duggars are wackadoo! A part of me wonders if they don’t just do it all for the publicity… I mean, every time they have a kid, they go on the Today Show, get their own TV show, etc. They definitely profit from it. Also, can you imagine what 19 kids does to your body? Not good!
I don’t think they do it for publicity. They seem too sincere! (Plus they started this 21 years ago!) But I do think they are a bit wacko!
“Wacko” is drowning yourself with alcohol until you’re sick…all in the name of having fun. This family has fun without altering their senses…they have REAL fun just being together each day and living life to it’s fullest.
I saw that episode too! Wow! I seriously can’t imagine having 18 children. You definitely have to be super organized to manage that household!
Uggg all the CREEEPY sex talk made me want to vom!!! And why do josh and anna always wear matching clothes?!! I think maybe you and matt should start that…
hehehe
I love TLC shows! I have to wait til I come home to watch them because I don’t have cable in my apartment!
would you believe I have never melted my cheese on crackers (with the exception of baked brie-which still wasn’t melted ON my crackers)??!! how is this such a revelation to me? I mean, i do it on crostini, on bread on EVERY carbaliscious vehicle possible, yet ive never actually melted my ritz and cheese… this must be resolved within the next hour.
MA
I hate badly timed classes! I just finished up a session of tennis lessons last night that ran from 6:45-8, which meant no dinner til about 9 which meant snacking while making dinner! My next session is from 5:30-6:45 pm to solve the snack attack problem – thank goodness I have a flexible schedule!
I love the Duggars but was a bit uncomfortable with the wedding night talking. I definitely didn’t want to talk about that with my parents before my wedding.
MMMmmmm! Cheese on crackers for dinner. I think I’ll need to try that the next time I don’t know what to make. yum!