I started my day with a 5 mile treadmill run at the hotel gym (which consisted of 1 treadmill, 1 stationary bike and 1 elliptical). Luckily, no one else was there! It always feels great to sweat after a night of drinking.
We were headed to a post-wedding brunch, but I was starving, so I re-fueled with a post-run recovery drink (8 oz Chocolate Almond Milk, 1 packet Chocolate Amazing Meal, ice cubes). It was delicious! This is my go-to recovery drink while on the go. The Amazing Meal tastes great, especially mixed with almond milk, but it tastes best when ice cold. I also had a packet of plain instant oatmeal with flaxseeds and a banana.
A few hours later, we hit up the brunch where they had a wonderful spread of food. I ate some scrambled eggs, a slice of zucchini bread, spinach and fruit salad.
Brunch totally screws up my eating! I snacked all afternoon…yogurt, pita bread, hummus, dried fruit and a supercharge me cookie. I didn’t eat a lot of all of this stuff, but it still feels like a lot because I’m snacking all day instead of eating 3 meals. Oh well. Life is too short to worry about it! 🙂
This afternoon, we hit up the South End Open Market (SOWA), where we picked up some local greens, hummus and pita bread. They all made an appearance for dinner this evening.
Mixed greens and Pea shoots!
Tabbouleh and Whole wheat pitas.
Then, I whipped up some cookies, granola and nut butter for gifts. Homemade gifts are the best (well, I think so at least). They come from the heart and are made with love!
Super Charge Me Cookies (original recipe from Eat, Drink and Be Vegan).
To bring with us to the LOST finale party tonight.
Modifications to recipe:
- 2/3 cup almond flour instead of flour
- 3 tbsp cashew butter instead of almond butter
I have made additional changes in the past, but the original recipe is so good that it’s hard to change too much. 🙂
Crazy Nut Butter
- 1 cup raw almonds
- 1 cup raw cashews
- 1 cup raw hazelnuts
- 1 cup raw brazil nuts
- 3/4 cup raw sunflower seeds
- 1/2 cup raw peanuts
- 1/2 cup flaxseeds
- 4 tbsp chia seeds
Throw all of the ingredients into a food processor and blend until smooth and creamy.
Be patient while blending. The nuts will go through stages, but will eventually become smooth and creamy! This process took about 12 minutes for me.
This made a ton of crazy nut butter! I filled three 1/2 pint jars.
Chai Granola
*I got the inspiration for this recipe from Sarah at The Smart Kitchen. I used most of the dry ingredients, but varied the wet ingredients to what I had on hand!
- 5 cups rolled oats
- 1/2 cup oat bran
- 1 cup chopped raw almonds
- 1 cup chopped raw cashews
- 1 cup chopped unsweetened banana chips
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 heaping tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 cup raw honey
- 2 tbsp brown rice syrup
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 2/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup dried ginger, chopped
1. Add all dry ingredients to a large mixing bowl, including spices (but leave out raisins and ginger, as they may burn while cooking). Mix well.
2. Add all wet ingredients to a bowl and heat on a stove top over low heat until all melted and mixed together.
3. Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients and mix very well.
4. Pour mixture onto 2 parchment lined baking sheets and cook at 375 degrees for 25 minutes, or until slightly browned (take out once at about 15 minutes to mix).
5. Add raisins and chopped ginger, then place back into the oven for 5-7 minutes.
6. Take out and let completely cool before storing in an airtight container.
7. Enjoy plain, with milk or sprinkled over yogurt!
Time for dinner!
I made up a big salad with farmers market greens, tomato, cucumber, orange pepper and feta sprinkled with olive oil, salt, pepper and oregano. With tabbouleh, kalamata olive hummus and whole wheat pita bread.
Off to watch the LOST series finale!!
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