After living with a cold-stricken man for the past week and trying to resist the bug, I've officially caught an annoying upper respiratory thing. Whomp. While I'm confident that I can overcome cold #237 of my life (okay, perhaps that's a dramatic overestimate), it never feels good to have a pounding headache, itchy throat, and feel exhausted for no apparent reason. I love to relax for a couple hours, but beyond that, I seem to have a tough time just hanging out. I suppose I just like to be busy and productive. But today, I resisted the urge to push myself to do a lot and kept it pretty low-key. And keeping it low-key means no-fuss meals like tonight's dinner, soup and salad. It took all of 5 minutes to put together, and was a healthy under-the-weather meal. Every ingredient happened to ... [Read More]
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Baked Acorn Squash & Apple Chips
Happy Friday! I've skipped a few weekly "what this vegetarian ate today" postings, but I'm bringing it back to answer the all too familiar question, "So exactly what do you eat?". My breakfast was cottage cheese + cantaloupe + almonds: For lunch, I ate whole wheat toast + sliced banana + cinnamon peanut butter + sprinkled cinnamon: Speaking of peanut butter, I have a very important question (I'm being only partly sarcastic). Does anyone else think that peanut butter tastes very different from brand to brand? This is the kind of thing I say that makes my hubby think I'm crazy (his taste buds are DULL, while mine are the opposite), but while I was at my parents' house last week, I ate banana with Jiffy peanut butter and wasn't a fan. I can even tell a difference between ... [Read More]
I’m All About the Produce
Growing up a vegetarian, I've always eaten a lot of fruits and veggies, but recently, I decided to be even more conscious of what I'm eating on a daily basis. I made it a rule to make sure to eat at least one fruit or veggie every time I ate. The exception to this is snacks, as I'll have a protein bar, dessert, or other nosh that sometimes won't involve any produce. I'm constantly throwing a piece of fruit into or on the side of everything and anything, and I definitely feel like incorporating as much produce as I can to my meals fills me up more and provides me with an ample amount of vitamins and antioxidants. In this week's installment of "what this vegetarian ate today," my Monday eats are a typical example of this rule: Breakfast: A frozen berry bowl Lunch: Kashi 7 grain waffles ... [Read More]
WOD: A Triceps & Chest Circuit Routine
Happy June and Friday! According to my calendar, today is Go Barefoot Day. Apparently it's also National Doughnut Day. I'm celebrating the former by walking around barefoot, though I pretty much always do that... I'm excited that it's June 1st for a couple of reasons: The start of June signifies the real downhill slope of my marine's deployment, as he supposedly will be coming home in July (the key word here being supposedly...Anyone involved in the military knows that if there's one thing for certain, it's that plans are constantly changing, but we'll pretend that it's totally happening according to schedule unless we're told otherwise ;-) ). The thought of him being home makes me ridiculously happy. The other awesome thing about June beginning is that I'll be heading back ... [Read More]
Starting Your Day Off Right
Happy Monday! Rewind to yesterday: I started my Sunday off hiking with my pup at a nearby park. There's just something so serene about hiking in a great park, whether it's sunny or not. It's so peaceful for me! The rest of my day was full of football, and I'm quite a happy girl because THE GIANTS ARE IN THE SUPER BOWL!!! Besides being glued to my TV all afternoon, I made a dinner worth sharing: hhomemade tomato soup! I am a big tomato soup fan, and I usually buy the organic Trader Joe's brand. While eating some of it last week, I decided that I should try to make my own. That very day as I was flipping through a magazine, I saw this advertisement: (My apologizes, blurry photo courtesy of an iPhone shot.) I decided to give it a go! I tweaked some of the ingredients a bit, and ... [Read More]
