I woke up and went for a nice, leasurily six mile run this morning. Running sometimes makes me crave salty foods, which leads me to crave sweet foods…and so went the rest of my day.
After my run, I went on a cleaning frenzy, then realized I was starving…so I made a yogurt mess with this guy as the base:
It was so delicious. Especially combined with some chocolate protein powder, peanut butter, and granola.
Sweet and salty…in one bowl. Yum.
This wasn’t quite enough…so I had two slices of bread with pumpkin and cinnamon spread on top.
That did the trick, and I went to school for a few hours to get some planning done for next week. I always feel so organized and relaxed after I work on Saturdays…maybe it’s being there without 24 kids in the room.
When I got home…I wanted salty.
Kale chips have my heart. This is one bunch of kale, washed, ripped into pieces, drizzled with 1 tbs. evoo and sprinkled with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Baked at 375* for 12 minutes. Crispy, salty, delish. But it inevitably made me want sweet.
I ate a couple of apples. Here is a math problem for you: I started out with 9 apples on Thursday, and now I have 3 left. How many apples have I eaten in 2 days? There are worse things to be addicted to than apples.
My hunger wasn’t quite satiated, so I reached again for the salt.
Seven wafer thin crackers…
All nicely sharing 1 tbs. of crunchy peanut butter.
This marks the end of my sweet and salty Saturday. We spent the afternoon getting a new battery for Meeker’s truck, went to a little league football game, and now we are headed over to a family friend’s house for pizza and salad. (Jealous, Cait?)
Hope you all had remarkable and relaxing Saturdays. Hasta mañana!
I’ve never tried that coconut milk yogurt (I just typed yoga, lol), nor have I made kale chips… guess what I’ll be picking up at the grocery store tomorrow?
ummmm i HEART kale chips. try making them with a sprinkle of parmesan – TO DIE FOR.
sweet and salty combos are amazing!
Hope your pizza and salad dinner was amazing!
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I love salty and sweet days, although I tend to put it all on one plate though!
Your Kale Chips look amazing! Mine either come out burned our too well done. I’ll take your advice and cook them just that long next time
Also I am glad to hear you liked the plain coconut milk yogurt, I want to try it bad!
AH! YES!! I’m so jealous! I’m also jealous of all your peanut butter. It all looks so good. And I’ve had that So Delicious Coconut Milk Yogurt before and LOVE LOVE LOVE it
I think it would be even better with granola and chocolate protein powder though!
I blogged pictures of my nieces and for some reason that makes me think of you. Haha.
Have a lovely Sunday and Monday to follow!
Those crispbreads look like little doilies! So cute.
That yogurt looks delish!!! I’ve tried the soy one before and was not impressed (I thought it smelled like feet, to be honest), but coconut milk? Sounds amazing, especially with PB and granola! Hope you had a great day!
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I’ve never tried pumpkin on Ezekiel bread before–just spread it right on there or did you mix it with AB or something else? Interesting…
I just mixed it with a little cinnamon…it worked well!
mmm LOVE kale chips, I sometimes find myself craving them! (normal to crave kale??) its ok, I do love it so I think its normal
those sesame chips are so beautiful! and have not tried that yog before but I have tried a sample of the ice cream by that same brand and WOWWWW it was great!!
That yogurt sounds really good! I’ll have to look for that!
You’re right, being addicted to apples is a pretty good problem to have
thats it, im now determined to make kale chips today.
i can only IMAGINE how amazingly productive you are on a saturday when you arent up to your ears with a million little kiddos!!
I’m exactly the same way with sweet and salty. Normally I try to incorporate both into a meal so I’m not searching the cupboards for a snack 20 minutes later…
Does the yogurt taste primarily like coconut, or does it have the ‘tang’ of traditional yogurt? I would love to find a creamier, less tangy yogurt. Thank you!
sweet & salty is one of my faaaavorite combos!
I NEED to try out kale chips – every time I see them they look amazing!