Well, I haven’t had the best of days today, but a couple good things did happen:
1. Brant and I started our day with a bike ride around Southie.
2. I ordered a Vita-Mix!!! Yahoo for me. 🙂
I didn’t realize that it was misting a bit when I woke up this morning, so we got ready and headed out on our bikes. The mist didn’t bother us too much, but it was annoying at points. I remembered why I dislike riding my bike around the city – there are a lot of stop lights and a lot of cars (and we all remember my run in with the car, right?!). But, we survived and completed about 10 miles in 45 minutes.
Once I was ready for work, I made up a smoothie. This smoothie was the reason I ordered a Vita-Mix right away! I was already having a not-so-great morning, and my blender would not chop up my frozen fruit!
I ended up with frozen pineapple and cherry chunks throughout. Oh well, there could be worse things!!
It was still very tasty!
- 2 tbsp chocolate hemp protein powder
- 1 banana
- 1/2 cup frozen cherries
- 1/2 cup frozen pineapple
- 1 tsp maca
- 1 tsp spirulina
- 1 tbsp peanut butter
- 1 cup chocolate almond milk
YUM!
Once lunch rolled around, I realized that I didn’t pack lunch?! Where was my head this morning?!
Luckily, a Panera Bread just opened right up the street from work today.
This was a lifesaver!
I ordered my most favorite sandwich – the Meditteranean Veggie sans onions with an apple.
Mmmm…just as delicious as I remember.
No lunch, meant no snacks. But, I found a container of dried kiwi in my desk. Score!
Once dinner time came around, I wanted something very simple, so we grilled veggies on the grill.
We grilled up some eggplant, pepper, zucchini and onion.
While the veggies were grilling, I sauteed up some beet greens and sprinkled them with sesame seeds. Then, heated up some leftover lentils.
This was a great summer dinner! Simple and tasty! And, nothing tastes more like summer than grilled veggies!
So, even though my dad started out not-so-great, it ended a-ok. 🙂
Thank goodness for Friday!
Filed under: Eating Laps | Tagged: dinner, smoothie, vegetables |
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I have been feeling sort of guilty about this, but consider it a blogger-to-blogger confession: Panera’s whole grain bread loaves are one of my favorite, favorite things. I feel bad because I don’t like supporting chains, and I would love to give my money to a local bakery, but… the loaves are the perfect size, slice beautifully, and the price is right. I guess this evens out all the times I dumpstered from Panera in college.
Also, congrats on the Vita-Mix purchase! I dream of that day in my life. Post all the pretty parts and have a smoothie extravaganza!!
Congrats on ordering a vita-mix…that is VERY exciting!!!! I’m obsessed with grilled veggies right now! Love the pretty napkin you can see in the 1 photo 😉
Thanks, I am excited!