I started the day with a java the size of my head and a bowl of oats topped with some peanut buttah, which left me bouncing with energy. Kyle suggested some beach time and I thought, why not?!
Ok, the placement of the peanut butter didn’t work out for the photo at all…
I made the oats on the stove with more water than I typically use and because of that they were super gooey. So even though I tried to leave the spoon on top to show off the PB, the other blobs just sunk to the bottom of the bowl. Good for eating, not good for photographing. Oh well, blog schmog, taste is all that I care about.
After digesting, I threw on my swim suit, snapped a model shot like ma gurl, and grabbed some beach eats.
apple + Sabra + snap peas
Only semi-portable in nature (sandy Sabra?), but still perfectly delicious. We read on the beach for an hour plus…and returned home for a real meal.
This sando had more of the good stuff (hummus): Sabra hummus, avocado, spinach, and tomato.
With another apple a la mode.
After lunch we went to get my bike tires fixed, which resulted in unexpected fees, unexpected delays, and…long story short…my bike now has a week long vacay in the shop. Hopefully when I see my Giant on the flip side it will have gears that switch when I want them too, brakes that stop when I want them to, and tires that don’t deflate when I don’t want them to. Not too much to ask, right?
One Lucky Duck’s blonde macaroons made errrthang better.
I mean look at that gorgeous coconut construction. Ah Sarma, she truly knows what she’s doing. Too bad Crate & Barrel doesn’t carry dehydrators to round out our registry.
Eventually I decided it was time to get dinner started. I really wanted two things: salty nuts and greens. I also knew I had to use up some stuff in our fridge that would go bad while we were away. I felt like it was a Top Chef challenge.
While my chopping technique is mighty fine, my nut crunching skills could use some work. I keep forgetting I have a food processor now!
I went with a more ghetto approach…mashing.
My measuring spoons are heavy, so this was actually a really easy approach.
See?
Now add all the ingreds into a big a$$ mixing bowl.
Carrots, celery, cucumbers, dried cranberries, and mega-salty crushed nuts over a bed of spinach.
Crunch master flex. I doused the entire bowl in Bragg’s liquid aminos and nooch. I’m thinking I need to start getting more creative in the dressing department. I just got this new dressing container (thanks Ethel!), so with that and the help of Brendan Brazier’s book, I think I have some good salads in my future.
I had a steamed sweet potato on the side which I covered in more extra salty nuts.
I was craving nuts like a mad woman (talk about a twss moment). Even after I finished the salad and the taters, I still went back for more. The salt makes them impossible to stop eating, but I managed to peel myself away from them after a few handfuls. For those who know me, this post may have you doing a double-take (I typically detest nuts). What’s the point in trying to explain myself? Who knows how or why I want what I want, but there you have it. Nutty. Do you ever randomly crave something that you otherwise have no interest in?
Sometimes I crave weird stuff, recently, I’ve had cravings for pizza, pasta, steak and spinach. A weird craving, isn’t it 🙂
But usually I crave normal stuff I eat, but maybe haven’t in a while.
I can’t get enough of salty nuts lately, I really have to stop eating them so fast.
I get these weird cravings for tj’s sunflowerseed butter! Best tamed by shoving it down I’m a big spoonful:)
I must must try crushed salted nuts in my salad!!!why didn’t I think of this before??!! I always put just regular,sometimes toasted nuts.hmm elise,you are a genius!!
sometimes just random and simple salads are the best! actually all the time haha.
i get really weird cravings for like pancakes and hummus but like at the same time. so i’m never reallllly sure what to do with that craving and then enters the snack plate hahaha and i’ll end up with pancakes AND hummus but maybe not together? ya feel me b?
OH MY GOD 2 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know you are probably completely trying to distract yourself through blogging but all I can think about is the fact that you are getting mazzered in two days! Unbelievable! So excited on your behalf (and hope that doesn’t sound super creepy).
Also, nuts are where it’s at.
gahhhh two more days! wedding time is here! i love that you seem pretty chillaxed about errythang and are just doin’ your thang – hangin’ out at the beach, making eggless sammies, vino-ing up (LOVE LOVE LOVE the “open that bottle today!”) and eating hummus.
love you lady – best of luck these next couple days 🙂
wowzers that salad! so colorfully delicious!
i love cool, fresh foods to bring down to the beach.
have a fabulous thursday lovely
Have you ever used one of those mini choppers (mine is made by Zyliss)? It chops everything so quickly. . .from large chunks to pretty fine pieces. I started using it all the time for my chopped veggie salads. Thanks to you, I’m a veggie salad nut! Also love those Lara bars and your blog!
Who are you and what did you do with Elise?!? Nuts? More and more nuts?! Where did my nut-hating twin go?!? You are betraying me, lol! I wish I had your weird nut craving (twss), but sadly, it has not gotten to me yet…
Courtney
Mmm those crushed nuts look like the perfect salad topper (no TWSS intended).
i had oats with pb this morning for the first time in weeks – so freaking great!!!
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