A few weeks ago, I stopped at the Vitamin Shoppe to pick up a few goodies (and buy my first box of Quest bars!), and they had a store party going on. I walked out with a bag of samples to try, which I was obviously excited about. It's the little things in life people! One of the samples in the bag were hemp seeds, which I've heard a lot about but have never tried (at home at least). Today I used my sample and whipped up one awesome salad for lunch. I adapted this recipe from Vegetarian Times, switching around some ingredients and amounts, and making a single serving portion since it was just little ole me. You can view their original recipe here. To make the clusters, I toasted the hemp seeds with walnut pieces, honey and cinnamon. So easy to make, and such a tasty addition to a ... [Read More]
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WIAW: Taco Night in Less than 10 Minutes
Fact: I love stretching, and typically do so on a daily basis. When I don't stretch for a couple of days, my body starts to feel achy and stiff. This doesn't happen often, but while my girlfriends were in town this past weekend, I didn't do any real exercise besides walking around San Fran and taking Harley for long walks - and I did very little stretching. So this morning when I woke up, I was looking forward to getting a nice stretch in post-walk with my pup. My foam roller felt glorious! (source) My workout at the gym this evening was my first sweat session of the week, and it was a good one. I got the okay to take off my foot cast a couple of days ago - WOOHOO! My foot has been feeling better, so I think the bone is healing and there's less inflammation going on. I've definitely made ... [Read More]
Goddess Kale Salad
Happy first day of summer! Summery things I did today include: Going hiking with Harley... ...and thoroughly enjoying this dinner on my patio this evening... Lightly fried zucchini + beefsteak tomato + cheddar + horseradish mustard = one bangin' grilled cheese. I was craving grilled cheese all day, and this guy totally hit the spot. I refrained from eating a second one... though I easily could have! And now onto more yummy eats... Recently I had a blogger date with Gina, the chick behind Health, Love and Chocolate. We met for lunch, and while we were both enjoying kale caesar salads, I started talking about how I'm a pretty new kale eater. I told her I feel confident that I can whip up a yummy kale salad now, but that I like the kale super tender and never seem to get it quite that way ... [Read More]
Strawberry Avocado Sunflower Seed Salad with Strawberry Balsamic Dressing
Hi there! My weekend has been filled with fun and gorgeous weather. Yesterday I researched some hiking spots in the area and we ventured out to explore one of them. Though we wound up not getting to the trail we had originally been aiming for, we still found a pretty area to get some exercise in. I think I'm almost getting used to having cows roaming around near me. We saw a couple of pretty deer frolicking in a field, and on our way back saw a man riding a BULL. I had no idea that riding a bull on the side of the road is a thing that people do nowadays. In response to this comment, Adam said, ''Well at least one guy does..." Yes I suppose! Today we had our first real beach day since moving to the Bay Area. We went to Santa Cruz, and there was not a cloud in the sky. When we got home from ... [Read More]
Artichoke & Chickpea Salad
Happy Hump Day! Today I want to share a couple of things that I'm loving this week: #1 - My new Oakley sunglasses I stopped by the mall yesterday to do my last Christmas return and wound up getting a new pair of sunglasses. I have super sensitive eyes and have always relied on high-quality sunglasses to help protect my peepers when I'm outside. This is my first pair of Oakleys. I like them because they're sporty but also good for everyday wear, and they're also polarized, which I think is really neat. I tried them out today during a lunchtime walk around my neighborhood trail with Harley. She wanted no part in taking photos with me... ...though I certainly tried: #2 - My gym: Last night I did a group class at my neighborhood's gym for the first time in quite awhile. I didn't know if ... [Read More]
My New Favorite Salad Combo
Hello, hello! I realized that I haven't posted my day's eats in awhile, so to answer the question, ''What the hell does this vegetarian eat all day?" here goes my rundown from yesterday's meals & snacks: Wednesday is a bit of a different day for me food-wise than any other day. I volunteer at The Humane Society in the evenings, so I eat a quick early dinner and eat 1 snack instead of 2 for the day. Because of this, I usually make my breakfast or lunch heavier than usual. For breakfast, I ate some oatmeal with sliced banana, a pack of Justin's honey peanut butter, and sprinkled cinnamon: For lunch, I ate my new favorite salad. I've eaten it 3 times in the past week and am really diggin' it. It's a chickpea feta salad with sliced almonds: To make the ... [Read More]