And for lunch I will have:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Salad<\/li>\n
- Smoothie<\/li>\n
- Fruit of some form or another<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
And for some reason I am thinking that you are incredibly bored reading about what kind of salad I had or which option I went with for breakfast.\u00a0 Oh the suspense!\u00a0 So I’m thinking that I’m going to skip over those.\u00a0 I’ll mention it in passing I think and maybe talk about the smoothie more in depth, but what I’m going to start focusing on is dinner.\u00a0 While we do have some specific days, like Fish Tuesday, dinner tends to be a bit more creative and different.\u00a0 This will also allow me time to post on other topics I want to discuss and extend these posts to include more talk on training or whatever strikes my fancy.<\/p>\n
Now if I do something totally different for breakfast or lunch, I’ll give you a heads up.
<\/p>\nTuesday, December 29th:<\/strong><\/p>\n
I got up to snow that didn’t go away, slapped on the YakTraxs<\/a> and headed out for a 4 mile run.\u00a0 I wanted to go farther but my foot was still a bit sore and therefore I didn’t want to push it too hard too fast.\u00a0 This was the first day I rebelled and didn’t take a photo of my breakfast!\u00a0 It was a huge yogurt mess and it was pretty glorious.<\/p>\n
Lunch was typical and then later in the day we headed over to our stick fighting school to help demo the inside a bit.\u00a0 It was a “spring cleaning” of sorts and also some walls were getting ripped down to get redone.\u00a0 We helped with that and then headed back home to get all snug and comfy.<\/p>\n
I will take this opportunity to say that I’m totally jealous of all the folks who got snuggies this year.\u00a0 Those of you that got DSLR cameras this year for the holidays, well that’s nice but really this sister right here wants a snuggie.\u00a0 I will stick with my point and shoot canon (which is awesome BTW) because a snuggie is where it’s at.\u00a0 My lamenting about not having a snuggie lead to this conversation:<\/p>\n
Me:<\/strong> I am totally jealous of those that got snuggies for Christmas.\u00a0 I for shiz want a snuggie.<\/p>\n
Scott:<\/strong> You want a snuggie?\u00a0 Snuggies are just for one person.\u00a0 When we snugs on the couch it’s about all of us snugging together under the good blanket.\u00a0 You can’t do that with a snuggie.<\/p>\n
Me:<\/strong> Well seeing as how this vacation the entire first half of the day is me spending time with myself because someone is sleeping till noon, a snuggie therefore would seem appropriate now wouldn’t it?<\/p>\n
Scott: <\/strong>*crickets*<\/p>\n
Me:<\/strong> Oh snap! If you wanna play that game, I can totally dish it out right back at you suckah!<\/p>\n
Scott:<\/strong> I’ll get you a snuggie.<\/p>\n
Me:<\/strong> For shiz.<\/p>\n
Although to make his point, he’ll probably get me the zebra print one and tell me that’s all he could find. I’ll know it’s just because he really wants to see me in some zebra print.
<\/p>\nBoth of us were hungry but I wasn’t sure what to make.\u00a0 In all honesty, I was a little seafood-ed out so I didn’t really want Fish Tuesday.\u00a0 Instead I made some pasta.\u00a0 You don’t see that too often here at the HQ!<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-29-09_dinner-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Pasta")
<\/a>Whole wheat and spinach penne in a tomato sauce that had:<\/p>\n- \n
- Chard<\/li>\n
- Onions<\/li>\n
- Yellow squash<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
With some asiago on top for extra cheese factor.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-29-09_dinner2-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Pasta")
Bread on the side, my pieces are unbuttered.\u00a0 The pasta was just alright because I am just eh about tomato sauce.\u00a0 I was going to make pumpkin penne since that is my favorite way to eat pasta but then decided against it.\u00a0 We always have that if we have pasta because I love it but Scott really digs on tomato sauce, which we hardly ever have.\u00a0 I decided that it really wasn’t fair of me to always make my faves, he should have some too, and therefore I went the tomato sauce route.\u00a0 It had some leftover wine in it for depth and some red pepper flakes plus cayenne for some heat factor.\u00a0 It wasn’t bad just not entirely my thing.\u00a0 It left me wanting some pumpkin penne! :p<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-29-09_chocolate-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Sea")
<\/a>While watching TV, I had 3 squares of my love, sea salt chocolate.\u00a0 Mmm!<\/p>\nWednesday, December 30th:<\/strong><\/p>\n
I got up super early and busted out 5 miles.\u00a0 I again was still taking it easy on my foot.\u00a0 I didn’t wear the YakTrax this time around as most of the snow had disappeared except for a few areas on sidewalks.\u00a0 I wanted to do 6 miles but the thought of having to plow through 3 inches of snow again to hit another loop wasn’t very appealing to me so I turned in and headed home.\u00a0 Ahhhhh warm!<\/p>\n
Breakfast was a huge bowl of oatbran and some coffee.\u00a0 When Scott got up, we headed out for the day running some errands.\u00a0 First up was Panera though for some lunch.\u00a0 I forgot to take my camera so unfortunately there are no pictures!\u00a0 Shame on me!<\/p>\n
I have to say, that I used to love Panera and now I do not.\u00a0 First of all, they only have two salad options that do not contain meat, Ceasar and Cafe or whatever it’s called.\u00a0 I cannot get behind Ceasar salad because it has nothing going on.\u00a0 It’s romain and croutons.\u00a0 Not enough veg for me.\u00a0 I chose the cafe salad which was a bit over dressed and still no veggies really.\u00a0 Some tomatoes, red onion, and cucumbers.<\/p>\n
Give me carrots, and broccoli, and some seeds, and maybe a pepper or to.\u00a0 And I would also like some English seedless cucumbers, not the flavorless, wax heavy, regular cucumbers.<\/p>\n
I had a side of veggie soup which tasted okay but was weird.\u00a0 It had these white things floating around in it that I did not understand.\u00a0 It was too soft to be rice or barely, so was it disinegrated potato?\u00a0 I do not know.<\/p>\n
I did order regular portions of both, none of this “pick two” business because that is not enough food for me.\u00a0 I might be small but trust me when I say that when it comes to veggies and fruit, I can pack it away and create a food bellah like no one else!\u00a0 The cashier was surprised, “Oh! Full sizes of both?!”\u00a0 “YES!”<\/p>\n
Plus the restaurant is always freezing cold, what is up with that?!\u00a0 Gimme some heat, it’s winter yo!<\/p>\n
I will be sticking to just hitting Panera for some bagel and bread fix.\u00a0 Which I got before leaving; a dozen of asiago bagels, 2 demis of asiago bread, and 2 gingerbread bagels.<\/p>\n
That’s right, I said gingerbread bagels.\u00a0 Let your mind wrap around that one for a minute!<\/p>\n
After lunch, we hit Lowe’s for some Method <\/a>stuffs because Lowe’s has the biggest selection of it, which is surprising.\u00a0 Then it was off to Target to check out the sales rack.\u00a0 Target already has swimsuits out.\u00a0 OY!<\/p>\n
However I did score some pretty sweet deals.\u00a0 I got a very nice wool brown winter dress coat, long, for $25.\u00a0 Holla!\u00a0 I also got some fleecy stuff, a sweatshirt, and a few other shirts for el cheapy.\u00a0 They did not have any running tights, mittens, or running gloves out though.\u00a0 Booo!<\/p>\n
After Target, we headed back home to feed Rocks and then it was back to the school for more demo work.<\/p>\n
When we got back from that, it was finally time for some supper!\u00a0 By this point it was late and I was starving but lazy.\u00a0 Scott had leftovers and I decided to have what I really wanted.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-30-09_dinner-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Tea")
<\/a>Some tea and a huge yogurt mess.\u00a0 Basic messiness:<\/p>\n- \n
- 2% Fage<\/li>\n
- Bit of maple syrup<\/li>\n
- HUGE red delicious<\/li>\n
- Homemade granola<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The tea was a relaxing one with rooibos and chocolate and mint.\u00a0 I used my brand new teapot that Scott got for me.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-30-09_teapot-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Teapot")
<\/a>It’s glass and light as a feather.\u00a0 It holds 48oz of tea and has a cute little bamboo block it sits on.\u00a0 I love this teapot!\u00a0 It’s totally elegant and functional.\u00a0 I had a mug and a half of tea, and Scott also had a mug and a half of tea.\u00a0 Mmmm!<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-31-09_breakfast-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Oatbran")
<\/a>I am showing you breakfast today because it’s oatbran with a twist.\u00a0 I decided to make “gingerbread” oatbran this morning because I have gingerbread on the brain.\u00a0 I did the typical oatbran prep:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-31-09_pizzastone-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Pizza")
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-31-09_pizza_baking-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Pizza")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-31-09_pizza-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Pizza")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-31-09_pizza_slice-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Pizza")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/OHC-12-31-09_dinner-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Pizza")
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