{"id":8372,"date":"2009-09-12T18:29:24","date_gmt":"2009-09-12T22:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=8372"},"modified":"2009-09-12T23:01:13","modified_gmt":"2009-09-13T03:01:13","slug":"september-12th-2009-im-taken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/09\/september-12th-2009-im-taken\/","title":{"rendered":"September 12th, 2009: I&#8217;m Taken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi gang!\u00a0 This will probably be a super short post because while we&#8217;ve done a lot today, writing it out doesn&#8217;t sound like all that much. <img src='\/images\/lol.gif' alt=':lol:' \/><\/p>\n<p>Rocky was having no form of sleeping in this morning so I got my butt up at 7am.\u00a0 It was actually good because it gave me a chance to do some emails and work on blog stuff.\u00a0 I poured myself a sad cup of coffee.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8374\" title=\"Coffee\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/OHC-09-12-09_coffee-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Coffee\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/OHC-09-12-09_coffee-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/OHC-09-12-09_coffee.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were super desperately low on creamer, so I saved what we had for Scott and used some SO Delicious coconut milk in my coffee.\u00a0 It works better than soymilk but it still wasn&#8217;t all that great even after adding some cane sugar.\u00a0 Coffee was just meh this morning.<\/p>\n<p>I worked on yesterday&#8217;s post and started formulating out my restaurant review post.\u00a0 Scott was up by this point so I made us some breakfast!<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8373\" title=\"OJ and oats \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/OHC-09-12-09_breakfast-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"OJ and oats \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/OHC-09-12-09_breakfast-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/OHC-09-12-09_breakfast.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had a lot to do after <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Muay Thai'>MT<\/abbr> class today, so we needed a filling breakfast that would also go the distance.\u00a0 I have found that pumpkin is great for that!\u00a0 The added fiber and protein to the oats help keep me full, satisfied, and energized for an extended period of time.\u00a0 I also finally found some unsweetened coconut at <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Whole Foods'>WF<\/abbr> the other day when we were there.\u00a0 I put that along with some crushed walnuts on the pumpkin oats today.\u00a0 Outstanding!\u00a0 The coconut is fantastic and I don&#8217;t think I could ever go back to sweetened coconut again.\u00a0 The sweetened that I have left will need to get used up somehow!\u00a0 With a little bit of OJ on the side for some juice action.<\/p>\n<p>We hit <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Muay Thai'>MT<\/abbr> and worked our hineys off.\u00a0 Then it was out to run some errands and go through Meijer as quickly as possible.\u00a0 Well, I got sucked into the produce section today, checking out all their sales and new items to try out.\u00a0 Plus, for a Saturday, there wasn&#8217;t too many people around.\u00a0 This is the one upside to OSU football (sorry, not an OSU fan; I don&#8217;t watch college or pro football) is that it makes everyone scarce on the weekends and shopping becomes a breeze!<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, listen friends, you are never going to believe what happened to me today while perusing the produce.\u00a0 I got hit on!<\/p>\n<p>I know totally crazy!<\/p>\n<p>And I had to laugh because I&#8217;m straight outta <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Muay Thai'>MT<\/abbr> class, so you know, yoga pants, sweaty shirt, no make-up and basically not working the HAWTness at all.\u00a0 Anyway, this dude had started conversations with me here and there.\u00a0 And then after a while he just came straight on over to me and asked me if I was single. :p\u00a0 At least he was straightforward and didn&#8217;t try any silly pickup lines, unless you consider, &#8220;Do you cook greens a lot?&#8221; as a pickup line.\u00a0 Well maybe it was, I was holding some kale at that point.\u00a0 Anyway, I told him I was married and he said, &#8220;No harm in asking.&#8221; <img src='\/images\/lol.gif' alt=':lol:' \/>\u00a0 Too much!<\/p>\n<p>Scott got a kick out of it.\u00a0 He&#8217;s not one to act all jealous or possesive or anything like that.\u00a0 Unless some dude tried to get touch-feely and then said dude would have to deal with The ThaIrish Thunder that would erupt as a result of his poor behavior.\u00a0 <img src='\/images\/wink.gif' alt=';)' \/><\/p>\n<p>Once we got home and sat down to eat &#8220;lunch&#8221;, it was flipping 4:30 in the afternoon.\u00a0 Dang!\u00a0 Talk about a day just slipping away!\u00a0 Gotta give props to the oats for lasting as long as they did!\u00a0 So here&#8217;s what I just tossed together for a quick &#8220;lunch&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8375\" title=\"Smoothie, veggies, crackers, and fruit \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/OHC-09-12-09_lunch-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Smoothie, veggies, crackers, and fruit \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/OHC-09-12-09_lunch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/OHC-09-12-09_lunch.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Smoothie:<\/p>\n<p>1C Carrot juice<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1C US cranberry juice<\/li>\n<li>.5C Pomegranate blueberry juice<\/li>\n<li>Kale<\/li>\n<li>Spinach<\/li>\n<li>Parsley<\/li>\n<li>Frozen blueberries<\/li>\n<li>Frozen peaches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Delicious!\u00a0 And on my snack plate are some:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carrot<\/li>\n<li>Cucumber<\/li>\n<li>Leftover salmon<\/li>\n<li>Leftover crabcake<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sneak peek of Friday&#8217;s dinner! <img src='\/images\/biggrin.gif' alt=':D' \/>\u00a0 In the middle is a new to me fruit, a minneola!\u00a0 The description Meijer had was that it was super sweet.\u00a0 It&#8217;s slightly larger than a tangerine but smaller than a naval orange.\u00a0 It&#8217;s actually not too sweet.\u00a0 When I cut it open, I thought it had a sort of lemon smell to it.\u00a0 It was sweet and tart. making it fantastic!\u00a0 Not a bitter tart like grapefruit, but like a lemon or lime tart with the sweetness of an orange to sort of balance everything out.\u00a0 And those babies gave off a lot of juice as well!<\/p>\n<p>And then on the side are some bread and Kashi crackers with some sundried tomato and basil cream cheese. \u00a0A new flavor, and in all honesty it wasn&#8217;t too bad.<\/p>\n<p>I picked at my little snack plate and then fed Rocky dinner.\u00a0 A lovely hot shower later and now I&#8217;m kicking it in my jammies.\u00a0 I&#8217;m pretty sure there will be dinner at some point and I know for shizzle there is some chocolate zucchini bread in my future!\u00a0 I just don&#8217;t know when that will be.\u00a0 In the meantime, we&#8217;re working on the spare bedrooms trying to get those organized and cleaned up!\u00a0 Till tomorrow my lovies, have a excellent Saturday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi gang!\u00a0 This will probably be a super short post because while we&#8217;ve done a lot today, writing it out doesn&#8217;t sound like all that much. 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