PanCAKE
Posted: July 29, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized 26 Comments »
Mmm, I just made the yummiest pancake for breakfast.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup almond flour
- ¼ cup smashed banana (about ½ a small banana)
- ¼ cup canned pumpkin
- 1 tbs. Sweetener (I used NuNaturals Stevia Baking Blend)
Combine all the ingredients and cook on a griddle or hot pan for about 3 minutes per side. Then I topped mine with the rest of the banana (sliced) and a mixture of agave/peanut butter. It was faaaaantastic.
I’ve got a busy day ahead of me: clean my house, go to school (eek!) to help with registration today, come home to host Bible study at 3:30, and the dinner at the in-laws. I hope to squeeze a workout and a doggie walk in there somewhere. Then, tomorrow morning Meeker and I are leaving on a road trip to see my grandma in Texas. A whirlwind weekend is on the horizon…
A carrot slushie?
Posted: July 27, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: carrot, cherries, corn, ginger, green beans, leftovers, meatballs, POM 32 Comments »Last night as we were falling asleep Meeker turned to me and said: Do you want to come to the gym with me early tomorrow morning so I can run you through a workout? Uh…heck yes. I love having a personal trainer husband.
So this morning, I started off with some water and a snack before we hit the gym.
Usually this is my favorite snack on earth, but I just wasn’t feeling it this morning. I ate the dried apples, and left the walnuts. At the gym, Meeker put me through a fun strength workout which involved me balancing on a lot of exercise and bosu balls. I looked like a bowl of jello for most of the hour as I tried to maintain my balance. I’m just glad it was early morning and there weren’t many people around to stare at me. I left with a tired body – which is the point, I suppose.
I came home and was craving one thing – a smoothie. However, we had not one piece of fruit in the house, so I improvised.
Carrot, blueberry POM, and ginger slushie.
I’ll be the first to admit that this was weird. I blended one carrot, about a ¼ inch of grated ginger, and ¼ cup POM juice, then poured it into my slushie maker. It was alright…not great, but alright. After this I went to the grocery store to remedy the no fruit situation.
Lunch
looked like this:
Last night’s leftovers + cherries
These cherries were so good…I had a few more handfuls throughout the afternoon.
Dinner looked like this:
Grilled green beans and corn + chicken meatballs
I made a soy sauce glaze to put on the meatballs and green beans by pouring soy sauce + mustard into the empty meatball pan and simmering it for a few minutes. It was a little salty for my liking, but it deglazed the pan nicely – which meant less pan-scrubbing after dinner.
Corn was 5 ears/$1 at the grocery store this week, so prepare to see a lot of this…
I just throw it on a hot grill…no oil, no salt, just corn. Mmm, lick.
And with that, I’m off to enjoy some dessert. Happy Tuesday, all.
Just following cravings
Posted: July 26, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: bbq sauce, brown rice, green monster, POM, salad, smoothie, veggies 28 Comments »Like Melissa pointed out, I killed all my junk food cravings yesterday. From French fries to cake…I did it all. Which left me with a need for green when I woke up this morning. My body is pretty dang good at telling me what it needs.
Breakfast number one was some serious green.
1 cup frozen spinach, ¼ avocado, ½ frozen banana, water
It tasted green and healthy, which is just what I was looking for. After downing this, I went for a nice long run with Punky. The only thing I wanted when I got back was more smoothie action. This time I ventured outside of my kitchen for…
I am so very Inta Juice.
The Islander – guava, passion fruit, mango, and peach
When snacktime rolled around – I was seriously craving crunchy green things.
Broccoli slaw with balsamic vinegarette
I get a lot of questions about my broccoli slaw. I don’t make it. I buy it in a bag.
One of the easiest/best things on my grocery list every week. $2.50 well spent.
After snacktime, I went to my co-worker’s house to help him out with his adorable 6 month old baby boy. When I came home – it was lunch time. Enter green and orange veggies.
Raw carrots, raw green beans, cooked edamame + soy vay and bbq sauce for dressing
I ate this alongside a sparkling water + POM juice mix.
POM offered to send me a case of blueberry POM juice to sample, and I jumped at the chance to stock my fridge with this tasty stuff.
Around mid-afternoon, I put my new POM drink to use to flavor some chipped ice.
Last school year, a student gave me a slushi maker for an end of the year gift, and I’m embarrassed to say that two years later – this was the first time I’d used it. What took me so long??! This was such a perfect summer afternoon snack. After about 10 minutes, the juice had kind of pooled at the bottom – but I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Yum.
Dinner was another veggies success. First I grilled some of my favorites.
Zucchini, eggplant, red onions
Then I chopped them up, added some rice and bbq sauce…
Deeeeelish. This dinner will be repeated. In fact, this whole day of eating might be repeated. My cravings led me down the right path.
Meeker and I just decided to turn on the AC for the first time this summer. It’s supposed to be over 100 tomorrow, so we thought it was time. I’m off to enjoy my cool house!
No Rhyme or Reason
Posted: July 25, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: banana, chips, coconut, french fries, hot tamales, hummus, peach, raw chocolate cake 26 Comments »There is no rhyme or reason to what I ate today. I didn’t plan any of my meals, and I just ate the first thing that popped into my head when I was hungry. Here you go…
One smashed banana with a mini piece of raw chocolate cake (which is just cocoa powder, walnuts, and dates) plus fresh coconut
Meeker and I went to church last night, so there was plenty of time to relax and eat my cake for breakfast this morning.
Then around 11ish I had a hankering for some sweet and salty.
Hello random snack. Chips + hummus and a peach
Not 45 minutes after this, we went to lunch with my in-laws. I was not very hungry (I can’t imagine why), so I had…
A small order of skinny fries with malt vinegar on them – yum city. Then the fam went to see Inception together. It was incredible and it made me think. I highly recommend it. Plus Leonardo is dreamy.
Afterwards, we came home for a bit and I had leftovers from last night’s dinner…
Rice noodles, chicken, beef, shrimp, pork, veggies – I ate about half last night and half today. Then we went to my in-laws house for dinner to celebrate my brother-in-law’s birthday. They had lasagna and cheesy bread – but that kind of food doesn’t sit too well with my tum-tum – so I just had some salad. (Not to mention, I had just eaten a couple of hours before).
After dinner I had a few bites of cake (duh…when it’s offered…yes, I want cake) plus a handful of hot tamales. We were sitting in the dark on the deck, so the pictures are non-existent. My apologies. Just imagine some sugar being thrown down my gullet.
There you have it. I don’t eat like this very often, but when I do, it makes me crave vegetables. Prepare to see veggies tomorrow.
I hope you all had spectacular weekends! My last full week of summer starts tomorrow!! I plan to enjoy it to the fullest with lots of sunshine, exercise, and sleep.
My battle with the coconut
Posted: July 23, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast | Tags: coconut, fruit cereal 32 Comments »Maybe it’s because I just got back from a vacation in Mexico, but I was struck with the urge to buy a whole coconut yesterday. This morning, I woke up and wanted to break it open immediately. Easier said than done.
I hacked at it with a big butcher knife for a while, and that did nothing but throw brown coconut shrapnel all over my kitchen. So I went out to the garage and came back with…
A hammer. At 6:30am. My neighbors probably thought I had lost my mind, but it doesn’t matter, it yielded a beautiful thing.
After I made the initial crack, sweet coconut water started coming out (kind of like a piñata), and I put it over a glass to drain. Once it had emptied, I wedged my butcher knife into the fissure and hacked away until I had successfully split it open.
A true beauty. I nibbled on the edges for a while (I used to love doing this in my mom’s kitchen when I was younger), and then made the most glorious bowl of fruit cereal you’ve ever tasted.
Peaches, strawberries, fresh coconut, and vanilla soy milk.
It was so pretty that I had to make it my new header. I realize it’s not cake, but it is gorgeous food, and I like gorgeous food just as much as I like cake. So there.
Happy Friday Friends!!
Who doesn’t love French Fries?
Posted: July 22, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: agave, banana, bbq sauce, cinnamon, franks and beans, french fries, hummus, peanut butter, salad, toast 29 Comments »The best day of the week (Thursday) was a busy one! I went for an early morning run, bible study, grocery store, my co-worker’s house to help with is little boy, a few more errands, the grocery store again (forgot something!) and was supposed to go to a concert in the park, but Meeker had to work late, so we didn’t make it. Whew! I’m actually glad to be home. In between all of those things, I ate some food.
Breakfast
Holly Style – millet toast, peanut butter, smashed banana, cinnamon, drizzle of agave
Lunch
Lettuce, broccoli slaw, mushrooms, leftover chicken sausage, hummus + BBQ+ water dressing
Luscious leaves.
Snack
Dried apples and walnuts
Dinner
Since Meeker had to work late, I pulled leftover franks and beans out of the freezer and heated them up. They held up pretty well! Since dinner, Meeker has gotten home, made some French fries, and I’m currently snacking on some of his Ore-Ida goodness. Who doesn’t love French fries??
Alright, I’m off to relax! Hope you all are having fantastic Thursday noches, and if not…smile, tomorrow is Friday! In just 12 days that will again mean something to me, but for now – I’m going to relish the summer and pretend I have no idea what day of the week it is.
What is your favorite day of the week?
Early Bird Special
Posted: July 21, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: broccoli slaw, chia seed pudding, chicken sausage, grilled corn, salad, turkey burger 30 Comments »Since this morning’s post was so wordy, I’ll make this brief for you all. I started the day with some chia pudding topped with dried coconut.
I love the texture. It’s like tiny tapioca that’s not quite so dense. Have you tried it yet?
I was hungry early, so at 11:15 I had lunch, a turkey burger salad.
It looks pretty boring, but there was a lot of good going on in there: lettuce,
broccoli slaw, roasted potatoes, mushrooms, turkey burger with hum-acue (hummus + bbq sauce) for dressing.
I went to the gym after lunch, and asked the hub to give me a butt kicking strength workout – which he did, and now I can’t move my arms. Job well, done, Meek. Afterwards I had a very un-photogenic banana/coconut protein shake.
I ate dinner at 4:42pm – my muscles were hungry after that workout!
Grilled chicken sausage, sautéed broccoli slaw, grilled corn
Is there anything more summery than grilled corn??
Drool.
Considering I hit up the early bird special for dinner, I’m sure I’ll be snacky later…I’m thinking some melon or peaches. I’m deep into summer-food mode right now; let’s not discuss that fact that I have less than 3 weeks until school starts. (Eeek! Why did I even type that?!?)
What time do you eat dinner? I have no set meal times during the summer. I eat when I’m hungry. Sometimes 4:30, sometimes 8:30.
Some Housekeeping Items
Posted: July 21, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized 11 Comments »Hello!! I missed you all while I was speaking Spanish down in Mexico. On the plane ride back I actually considered writing my vacation recap post all in espanol just to keep the vacation mentality alive¸ pero, yo no sé si alguien lo entendería.
The first item of business is this:
Please bear with me as I’m making some changes to the blog look, and I actually want to bake a cake today to get a new picture for my header. I’m excited. All should be said and done by lunchtime.
Secondly:
Push-up-progress:
I can now do 16 real push-ups in a row! I am actually surprised at how quickly I have improved. To build up to this, I have been doing between 30-40 real push-ups a day (sometimes incline push-ups on my coffee table if I’m feeling weak), but scattered into sets of 10s, 8s, and 4s. I love seeing progress so quickly, but for some reason – I have a really hard time motivating myself to actually do them. I usually remember when I’m watching TV at night – and then I just break them up throughout a TV show…better than nothing!
Thirdly:
First of all – I LOVED reading all of your jokes. It provided for some entertainment at the airport while I was waiting to board the plane back home. Thank you!!
Using random.org, the giveaway winner is…
Congrats, I will email you the coupon code! Happy shopping!
With that, I’m off to bake a cake for a photo shoot…
RRR
Posted: July 20, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: mexico 37 Comments »I’m back from Mexico! We went to Playa del Carmen with Meeker’s family and some family friends of theirs. The trip was short, but refreshing, relaxing, and rejuvenating (RRR).
Look at the color of that ocean!
When I wasn’t swimming (which was often because the water was the PERFECT temperature), I was sunning/reading…
Or jumping off of things…
Or snorkeling in caves…
Or just moseying around on the beach with the scuzzband.
We also did a lot of walking.
It was a gorgeous ½ mile walk from our room to the beach.
Along the way we saw wildlife galore! Peacocks…
Flamingos…
And these guys…
The first time we saw one of these things Meeker said: Oh look, it’s…a mammal! We really have no idea what they were, but they kind of looked like lemurs with anteater noses. Anyone know?!
Oh, this is a food blog? Okay, here is what I ate…
I had about 100 plates just like this. Pineapple, beets, peppers, carrots, cucumbers…mmm fresh.
I ate a lot of mango and refried beans, too.
Standard Mexican fare.
There were often LaraBars on the beach.
And airport snacks along the way. (Also, I’ve changed my name to “Kayle”)
I am fortunate to have such generous in-laws that let us tag along on their vacation. I feel recharged and ready to soak up the last couple weeks of my summer! I’ll be back tomorrow morning with a giveaway winner (it’s not too late to enter!) and a push-up challenge update.
Oh, Mexico
It sounds so simple I just got to go
The sun’s so hot I forgot to go home
Guess I’ll have to go now…
Blog Birthday Giveaway!
Posted: July 15, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized 62 Comments »Happy Blog Birthday to Yes, I want cake! I cannot believe I’ve been at this gig for a year – I honestly love it MORE than when I started. In honor of this day (and all of my wonderful, loveable readers!!), I’d like to send you all a slice of birthday cake…
But since that is nearly impossible, I’m going to give you something else: a chance to win a $60 gift certificate to CSN stores.
As many of you know, CSNstores.com has a multitude of goodies. Everything from a bathroom sink to cookware, they really do have everything you could ever want. Perhaps a food processor? A griddle? A juicer? The possibilities are endless…
All you need to do to enter the giveaway is leave a comment telling me your favorite joke. I want to laugh, people.
I’ll randomly choose a winner when I return from my vacation in Mexico! Good luck!!
