Random fact – did you know when I first read about quinoa I pronounced it key-no-a? Even though that I now know it’s pronounced keen-wa, I still have to say it phonetically in my head to write it. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, Quinoa is an ancient grain getting… Continue Reading
Category Archives: lunch
Midweek roundup – Food + fitness
This is what I spent my day looking at yesterday. That, my friends, is my front room. Where a window is supposed to go. A few weeks ago, you’ll remember that I was also working from home, dealing with Home Depot and leaking windows. And they PROMISED me that they were fixing it. But they… Continue Reading
Carrots in my smoothie??!! + other daily eats
So I joined a 7 day green smoothie challenge that Jen from Peanut Butter Runner is coordinating and yesterday I posted my standard smoothie recipe. Today I wanted to change things up so I made a peanut butter, banana, spinach and carrot smoothie. Yes, carrot. I bought some organic shredded carrots (you read correctly, I… Continue Reading
Actually I want a gym
So I turn 30 at the end of April and made it my goal to weigh 128 pounds which is what I weighed when I was 20 and what I weighed at my wedding. I feel like if every time I hit a big milestone I weigh the same as the last then I’m doing… Continue Reading
Food day
The lunch I ate yesterday was so good that I just had to talk about. I haven’t been making my normal bean, beet, yam mixture since I only have a 3 day work week (Maui today woo hoo). So I’d been doing almond butter and jelly sammies but I’d still been hungry. It just wasn’t… Continue Reading
One Awesome Lunch
Like I’ve mentioned before, I make a big batch of something for my weekly lunches. It’s always a combo of black beans, corn and sweet potatoes/yams. But I tend to get creative with the rest based on what I have in the house. Well this week, I struck the jackpot. I knew it was going… Continue Reading
What I ate today
I’m going to try to log my daily eats to help keep me honest and provide a reminder of the good (and bad) foods that are going into my body. Breakfast today was Cream of Wheat (a serving for both Chris and I) made with 1 cup of milk + 1 cup of water. To… Continue Reading