{"id":17314,"date":"2016-11-23T18:35:10","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T01:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=17314"},"modified":"2016-11-23T18:35:11","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T01:35:11","slug":"so-very-tired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2016\/11\/so-very-tired\/","title":{"rendered":"So Very Tired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I had a splash of red wine along with a cheesecake slice that I picked up at Whole Foods. \u00a0I thought that it had a chocolate cheesecake layer and chocolate ganache layer but I was totally wrong. \u00a0It had a chocolate cake layer and a chocolate pudding layer.<\/p>\n<p>Yuck.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2016\/11\/so-very-tired\/wf_choc_cheesecake\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17315\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17315\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/WF_Choc_Cheesecake.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate Cheesecake\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/WF_Choc_Cheesecake.jpg 900w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/WF_Choc_Cheesecake-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/WF_Choc_Cheesecake-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/WF_Choc_Cheesecake-816x544.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I scraped off the cake layer (sorry, I hate cake) and tasted the pudding layer which I ended up not liking. \u00a0I had the regular cheesecake layer and that was only alright. \u00a0It was a total sugar rush and left me feeling icky afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>I should just stick to making my own treats but I always harbor hope that I&#8217;ll find something tasty from someplace else.<\/p>\n<p>We did get to watch Martha and Snoop last night and oh my goodness it was awesome. \u00a0Martha and Snoop in turkey hats!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2016\/11\/so-very-tired\/martha_snoop_turkey_hats\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17316\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17316\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/martha_snoop_turkey_hats.gif\" alt=\"martha_snoop_turkey_hats\" width=\"480\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This morning I got up and went for a run with my friend before hitting the gym. \u00a0I was starving when I came home and could not get food in my belly fast enough.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2016\/11\/so-very-tired\/yogurt_coffee_granola\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17317\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17317\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/yogurt_coffee_granola.jpg\" alt=\"Yogurt Bowl and Coffee\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/yogurt_coffee_granola.jpg 600w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/yogurt_coffee_granola-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yogurt bowl with some frothy coffee. \u00a0The coffee was made with\u00a0SO Delicious Mint Chocolate (more about this stuff on Saturday). \u00a0Standard yogurt bowl:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2% Fage<\/li>\n<li>Granola<\/li>\n<li>Chocolate Chips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After breakfast it was time to get started on some Thanksgiving day prep. I got the turkey in a white wine brine, cubed the potatoes and got those soaking,\u00a0and made cranberry sauce. \u00a0Then it was time for lunch and I kept things simple and easy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2016\/11\/so-very-tired\/ham_wrap_carrots\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17318\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17318\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ham_wrap_carrots.jpg\" alt=\"Ham wrap and carrots\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ham_wrap_carrots.jpg 900w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ham_wrap_carrots-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ham_wrap_carrots-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/ham_wrap_carrots-816x544.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ham, lettuce, and mayo on a grain-free wrap, and carrots. Unpictured but I also had some chips and jalapeno artichoke dip (both from TJ&#8217;s).<\/p>\n<p>I made the pumpkin pie and got the creamy cauliflower casserole started, then I did dishes and that wrapped up all my Thanksgiving prep for the day. \u00a0I am freaking beat!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2016\/11\/so-very-tired\/brat_sweetpot_sugarpeas\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17319\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17319\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/brat_sweetpot_sugarpeas.jpg\" alt=\"Brat, baked sweet potato, and sugar peas\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/brat_sweetpot_sugarpeas.jpg 900w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/brat_sweetpot_sugarpeas-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/brat_sweetpot_sugarpeas-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/brat_sweetpot_sugarpeas-816x544.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still keeping things simple and easy for dinner, jalapeno cheddar brats, baked sweet potato with butter, and some blanched sugar snap peas in a little butter and Flavor God Garlic Lovers.<\/p>\n<p>Now it&#8217;s time to chat with Scott for a bit before heading to bed. I might not even make it to 9pm tonight!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I had a splash of red wine along with a cheesecake slice that I picked up at Whole Foods. \u00a0I thought that it had a chocolate cheesecake layer and chocolate ganache layer but I was totally wrong. \u00a0It had a chocolate cake layer and a chocolate pudding layer. Yuck. I scraped off the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,58,51],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-4vg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}