Kath Eats Real Food

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Gobble Trot

One of the best things about having a blog is being able to recall holidays past!

Thanksgiving 2007 Recap – 5.3 miles + oatmeal pancake

Thanksgiving 2008 Breakfast – 6 mile run + granola oatmeal

Thanksgiving 2009 Breakfast – 5 mile run + muffin oatmeal

And this year….

….6 miles and a green muffin smoothie!

It’s obviously tradition to get up and run with Matt and then have a late breakfast : ) Our run today was a bit slower than usual. I think because I had a late workout last night so my legs weren’t 100% fresh. We averaged 9-9:30 miles (including hills, of course) but all-in-all, it was a fantastic way to begin a day in the kitchen.

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During our run I gave Matt a quiz:

Yogurt, oatmeal or smoothies? Smoothies.

Spinach, fruity, chocolate or vanilla chai? Vanilla chai.

Muffin or granola? Muffin.

In a bowl topped with muffin or in a glass with side of muffin? Bowl.

He LOVES SIABs with coconut butter topping!

I had mine in an empty PB jar!

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All Mixed Up

Serves TWO | Makes 20 oz

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Toppings! Pumpkin Chocolate Chip muffin + wheatberries + coconut butter melted on the stove top

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Matt’s bowl

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My jar.

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DA-licious! The pumpkin soaked in smoothie was actually wonderful!

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Mom and Dad will be here within the hour – I need to go dry my hair! Our dinner is planning to be served at 4PM – so there is still a bit of natural light for this photographer!

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  7. Happy Thanksgiving!!

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  13. Hi Kath! Since you are a dietician who also cooks, I have a question for you. My mother brines her turkey every year and it is deeeelicious. I have actually experimented with brining pork loin and chicken breasts and I love it. My question is, how does brining affect the nutritional quality? More calories? Is the additional sodium extreme? Would love to hear your insight if you have any.

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    • Hey Nancy, I don’t know much about the effects of brining, but my best guess is that the only effect would be an increase in sodium in the dish. Unless you’re on a low-sodium diet for a clinical reason, I don’t think it’s anything to worry about. It shouldn’t add any more calories.

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  16. My family did a gobble jog this morning too. Complete with green recovery smoothie. Wish I’d thought of eating it soup-style with a muffin on top. One day I will learn to read your blog before making breakfast choices…

    Happy Thanksgiving!

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  18. Have a Happy Thanksgiving to you and Matt! i got up this morning and went on a nice five mile run….guess who stayed in bed and slept….the lazybear Monson haha!! hope you guys have a great day

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  24. Since you linked to those previous Thanksgiving posts, I clicked on the 2007 one and then read a bunch of your posts from 2007. I was not a reader then, and it is interesting to see how you have changed as a blogger and as an eater.

    You have obviously really developed your photography skills over the years! The 2007 ones are kind of like what I would take, whereas your 2010 pictures are so beautiful (and nice and big). In 2007 you used to put certain words or phrases in bold, and you don’t do that anymore. You still have a tendency to use exclamation marks liberally. You had very few comments back in 2007 — what a difference! But the biggest difference seems to be in your approach to food. In 2007 you were counting calories burned and consumed, and although it seems you enjoyed your food, you seemed to always have calories in mind, sometimes regretting little bites you had. Now you seem like much more of a “foodie”, not counting calories at all, trying to be sensible most of the time, but still ready to eat high-calorie things when the moment is right — most of all loving food. You seem to have a much better relationship with food now — it’s so great to see! (But maybe it was necessary to be a little bit obsessed when losing weight.)

    I also notice that back in 2007 you talked about the little struggles and decisions you had to make every day. Whether to snack, when to snack, evaluating fullness/hunger, when to stop eating, how you were trying to listen to your body, things you regretted, things you were proud of, etc. You don’t post much along those lines I am wondering whether you still analyze your eating like that (and just don’t post about it), or whether you no longer need to analyze so much because eating has become more natural for you? (I’m hoping it’s the latter, because that’s where I hope to be someday!)

    And one other little question for you: I notice back in November 2007 that you often had for yogurt or cottage cheese with cranberry sauce. Is this regular cranberry sauce, like Thanksgiving-type sauce? Or is it a special recipe? I might like to try that. Sounds like an interesting idea for getting more cranberries in my diet — I know they’re great for anti-oxidants.

    Your blog is always an inspiration. I’m not American so my Thanksgiving is not today, but in your honour I will give thanks for your blog! Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving!

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    • You are perceptive and very accurate in your observations 🙂 I think my brain has come a long way as I left weight loss and moved into a permanent era of maintenance and mindful eating. I have always enjoyed food, but I do think now I think a lot less about the content and more about how it makes me feel.

      I do think I share less of “this is why I decided to make this decision” because people seem not to want to read about those type of things based on the comments I got over the years. So that was an intentional editorial decision. I suppose for those who haven’t lost weight or had problems with portions, etc. find it distracting from the beauty of the food. I do have reasoning behind some of the choices I make, but like I said about, it’s more about how I feel and balance of food groups than about calories.

      Yogurt + cranberry sauce is awesome! I started doing it as leftovers from Thanksgiving and continued to make batches of cranberry sauce to eat it more full time. I never got around to cooking my cranberries this year, but they’re in the freezer ready for a snack! So yes, I eat it just like the Thanksgiving style.

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  26. Oooh, I *love* the idea of smoothie-soaked muffins! Sometimes I crumble muffins and pour warm soymilk on top… yours is the fancier version of that!

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