Daily Archives: February 1, 2012

Snacktastic

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As predicted in my last post, about 5 minutes after hitting publish, I went looking for something to clean my palate get rid of my cilantro breath.

After rummaging a bit in the freezer, I found the dark chocolate mini pb cups I had stashed there after Christmas. I figured a taste test was in order, you know, to make sure they didn’t have freezer burn or anything ;)

No worries, they’re still good!

I did homework for another hour or two until I started to feel hungry.

I topped a small white corn tortilla with sunflower seed butter and fig jam and then put it in the toaster oven for about 3 minutes. I dipped the triangles into some plain yogurt topped with some sugar, chocolate, & coffee bean grindings. I also had a clementine.

My snack powered me through a couple of hours of good homework AND some race searching. Let’s just say I have the rest of 2012 pretty much planned out in terms of racing ;)

Dinner
I made my taco soup recipe for dinner. I went on a whim and added frozen peas to mine. It was a nice switch up! I also tried a new cornbread recipe but both Ian and I thought it was bland so I won’t post it for you guys. Now what do I do with the leftover cornbread?

I topped my soup with some tortilla chips and shredded cheese.

Yumm!

After a hot dinner I wanted something cool for dessert. I mixed pumpkin, greek yogurt, peanut flour, and a little maple syrup and topped it with granola (+ two cereal squares) and raisins.

It hit the spot.

I have a little more homework to get to and then I’m calling it a night, finally.

What’s the best thing you ate today?

Less Frustrating

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I started out the new month with a great 10 miler. The weather was perfect- not too hot or too cold and more importantly, there wasn’t any snow in sight! Even with my ipod dying at mile 2 (really!?), I managed to push myself to average a 7:50 min/mile. It was definitely a less frustrating run than last Sunday!

On a side note, pacing is really hard in the city, there can be way too much starting and stopping, so I try not to read too much into my Garmin. Gernerally, I am pleased if I average under an 8 min/mile. I do really need to get my butt over to the Lakeshore path though so I can run without stopping at every block.

Breakfast was something new. A week or two ago, I remembered that I had purchased raw oat flour awhile back and have started trying to use it more (protein cupcakes etc.). I have also always wanted to make one of Ashley‘s breakfast bake recipes but never wanted to buy buckwheat flour. Well, in one of her recent posts she mentioned that you could sub oat flour for buckwheat flour in the breakfast bakes. It was like the stars aligned, I could make a breakfast bake ;) .

I made her banana cinnamon protein quick bake. The only change I made was using Aria protein (vanilla flavored) instead of Raw.

I also mixed some plain greek yogurt, peanut flour, and maple syrup together to make some protein pudding to put on top.

This was a great quick breakfast option. I love that it didn’t take long to make. It was also surprisingly filling! I will definitely be making this again :)

I have a lot of assignments due in the next two weeks so I started working almost immediately after finishing breakfast. I forced myself to finish my homework due tomorrow before even thinking about lunch.

But when I did, it was glorious.

Arugula, tomatoes, mushrooms, snap peas, and sausage-less sausage.

The true star of the show was the salad dressing.

If you love cilantro, you will love this dressing. Although, I will warn you that you will most likely not love what it does to your breath  ;) .

I kept lunch light because I’m working from home today and I’m sure in an hour or two I’ll need a break from homework and I’ll find myself searching for a snack in the kitchen.

Alright kiddos, back to the books!

And don’t forget, I’m still looking for blog advice. You can comment on the post or send an e-mail to runningthewindycity@yahoo.com!