In October, the first snow of the season is always exciting. Even the snow through January is enjoyable. However, come March (or April, or May…) the snow gets old. Snow during spring break is a very typical occurrence in Colorado. While it makes me want to curl up in bed and dream of warm beaches, after 25 years (um, am I really 25 years old??!) I’ve found that the best way to deal with a storm is to get out in it. The heavy snows seem less daunting if you can brave your way outside.
That’s exactly what I did this morning (after coffee and a green/brown monster).
The monster: spinach, kabocha squash (roasted), an orange, a handful of frozen berries, water
And I swear, there is no better workout thank shoveling a driveway full of heavy, wet, spring snow
Ahh, springtime in the Rockies. All that work really revved up my appetite!
Lunch – salad and toast
Lettuce, roasted cabbage, steamed cauliflower, crumbled bison burger, hummus, balsamic vinegar, nutritional yeast
I ended up picking out a lot of the bison and giving it to Punky. I just wasn’t feeling it, and Punky loved me for it. Other than that, it was delicious. But the toast was the MVP.
A friend (whom I call Mother Mary) baked this bread for me, she used hand ground millet – it’s insanely good. Meeker and I have polished off half the loaf that I brought home on Sunday.
The rest of the afternoon was spent grading, planning for next school week, and snacking on trail mix.
When dinner rolled around, I thought I would try a new breakfast dish…sweet potato hash brown. First, I shredded the ‘taters in the food processor, and set them on the counter to dry out a bit (this makes them nice and crispy…or so I’ve read)
Then I cooked them in olive oil on high heat, and topped with an egg and more toast.
Absolutely delicious. The hash browns were SO sweet.
Weeee! Meeker just walked in the door with a Dairy Queen Sundae to share. Love that boy.
what delish snowy day eats!! looks awesome girl!! AHH LOVE DAIRY QUEEN-especially their BLIZZARDS! yum!
Drool… There are no words to explain how badly i want a bite of that bread right now. And sweet potato hash? I am totally serious, you need to write a cookbook. That meal looks amazing and i don’t even eat eggs!
How did you like the nutrition yeast on your salad? Beautiful snow pics by the way! Agreed that shoveling is THE best workout with Spring snow.
what a great idea for hash browns! yummy!
That dinner looks great. And your egg looks perfect. I have no patience so mine are always a disaster.
Those hash browns look really good and I just might have to try making them.
The snow looks so innocent and beautiful
I know exactly what you mean that it starts to feel daunting around springtime. When I lived in Sweden, there was at least a foot of snow from November to April, and it never melted in between. While it’s beautiful in the fall… in the spring you just want flowers and green grass. My first winter there was pretty hard to get used to but after awhile I learned to love the snow. I took a long walk every day (after I learned how to walk on it, haha), went sledding, ice skating on the lake, skiing, etc. Now that I’ve moved to NC, it doesn’t seem like winter without it.
Sweet potato hashbrowns sound delicious!! Hope you’re enjoying the rest of the week off! xoxo
That breakfast (aka dinner) looks amazing!! YUM!!!
Oh I just adore sweet potatoes! The hash browns look sooooo good!
I can’t believe you have all that snow! Ugh!
Those sweet potatoes look yummy! We had a bunch of snow and ice here in KC over the weekend and no one knew what to do! We usually don’t get any bad wheather this late in the season!
Your sweet potato hashbrowns remind me of a recipe that I saw in Real Simple (clearly, I’m on a RS kick!)… it was salmon with a hashbrown crust. How good would salmon be w/ a sweet potato crust?! Yum.
Gorgeous pictures of the snowstorm!
Love the look of that sweet potato hash!! Thanks for the ‘recipe’. Simple and delicious.
Thank god the snow is melting – I think we’re supposed to get more soon though.
Those snow pictures are gorgeous, in a frustrating wishing for sun sort of way
Your hash looks delicious, but you should sooooo try “Eat, Drink, and Be Vegan” Tempeh Sweet Potato Casserole. I think you would <3 it!
Agreed, snow is March is terrible! Ours melted this week, but you know there is always still the chance for more….
Hmm…sweet potato hash, never had that!
how did you make that egg look so perfect!? it looks amazing!
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Dairy Queen is the bomb!!!!
Shoveling is an amazing workout!!!!!!!!!!
Your lunch just freakin blew me away!
I love Colorado, but the late spring is one reason I could never live there! At least you got a good workout in with all that shoveling! The potato hash browns look awesome!
Those sweet tater hashbrowns sound so good! I wish I wasn’t too lazy to make them, lol.
wow that egg looks SO perfect!! mine never turn out that pretty LOL
enjoy your DQ
mmmm DQ so good!!
i havent had sweet potato hash browns in months! they are so good.. way better than traditional. gotta love those march, april and sometimes even may snow storms.. eh?!
I want to try those hashbrowns!!
That is one sweet friend that you have!
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all this cabbage youve been eating has me craving it!!! ok, that snow scene is beautiful. what are the temps like there?
oh and about that home-made bread? yeah, i need a friend like yours. hey mother mary – are you reading this??
I totally agree about snow being old by March/April. We had some earlier in the week and I’m so glad it’s gone by now! I have some cabbage I need to try roasting up like that!!
This hash brown and egg dish has got to be the best looking thing I’ve seen throughout the blogosphere in like a looong while! it looks superb! but where does the “sweet” come in? did i miss something or what?
I miss Colorado so much when I see pictures of it on your blog and from my friends & family that still live there……=(…..I know a big snow in March isn’t always wanted but it sure is beautiful and MISSED when you are no longer there anymore!