Tuesday morning’s stroller strides was one of my favorites! I was sore a mere 12 hours later which is unheard of for me….and I’m getting more and more sore as the hours tick by. I usually don’t feel anything until 24 hours after a particular workout. My legs were burning that evening though.
We played at the park after and I lost track of time hanging with my kiddo and mama friends and before I knew it I had to hightail it home to squeeze a shower in before picking P up. I WENT TO STARBUCKS TOO!!! This is the first time I’ve gone to the Davis Starbucks in so long I can’t even remember. Maybe two or three months? Maybe more…I stopped because they couldn’t ever get my drink right and I am so frugal it broke my heart to waste money on something I didn’t even end up liking. As a treat, every other week I go to the Lafayette starbucks before going to OIT in Fremont, because they don’t seem to have a problem making my drink. But aside from that I have quit the bucks.
My lunch was accidentally amazing. I opened the fridge no fewer than 10 times to try to make something out of the odds and ends on hand. And look how awesome it ended up being!
I used both plain kale and a cabbage, brussels, kale blend (cruciferous crunch mix from TJs), the house made Thai dressing from Nugget, leftover baked salmon, roasted salty cashews, and avocado.
I also had baby carrots, the rest of the roasted sweet potatoes, and a bunch more cashews.
Since V took an extra long nap I let P help me with dinner prep. Initially he was having a hard time cutting the plastic top off the crust but once I drew a line in sharpie for him to follow he had no problem.
The hugest pepperoni ever! It was the only kind I could find by applegate, even though I swear I’ve gotten smaller ones by their brand before.
What a beauty! This is the first time I tried the frozen crusts from TJs. They were out of the cornmeal Vicolo ones I usually get, but this was a nice (lazy) alternative since I really didn’t feel like getting the uncooked dough, and it’s also organic, so that’s nice. It comes with two in a package, but since Kyle’s gone I just made one for the kids to split and kept the other in the freezer. They are packed in separate bags so I don’t have to worry about freezer burn from re-wrapping it myself.
It wasn’t freezing or raining so we took advantage and met some friends at a park. It got dark so early though! Oh well. At least they burned off some steam and did kid stuff. Nothing makes me happier than seeing them occupied with their little imaginations in overdrive.
I used up a gobble meal (leftover from a while back) for my own dinner. We had eaten the sides that came with it already but I wanted something in addition to the steaks and bearnaise sauce, so I pulled this cornbread from the freezer and then made some sautéed spinach, too. This fancy meal really makes me feel good. Like I’m treating myself well while Kyle’s gone. I think he’d be proud that I’m not having the same salad I made for lunch again out of pure laziness. While it was delicious and I could have definitely had it again, cooking a warm meal for just me sets a tone that I want to continue. Being nice to myself.
I had planned on giving them some spinach too, but it wilts down to nothing! So I ate it all. In an effort to give them something in the veg family, I just chopped up some bell peppers. Good enough.
Theirs vs mine…I’m not sure who wins! Both look so good!
Mine does though, right? That cornbread is SO good. I had another sliver before wrapping the rest up, but I could have easily eaten the whole wedge.
It’s surprising to me that they like pepperoni, but I won’t challenge it.
I forgot to zero the scale with the spoon (I remembered the bowl) so I grabbed another spoon and weighed that to be sure P got exactly 50 grams of yogurt. 🙂
I wasn’t going to have dessert but I was actually kind of hungry later that night, so I made a plate for myself with TCHO salted almond (best one of all), endangered species hazelnut toffee, and TJs pumpkin caramel squares. The endangered species is the nice kind of chocolate that you can take a reallllly long time to eat because it’s so dark and lovely to take nice and small bites.
First of all both of your children are getting so big and just thriving!!! With your and Kyle’s love, immense interest and encouragement to expose them intellectually and to the world around them. It so reminds me of our home and how we raised our two children–ironically we had an older boy and younger girl too. I just wanted to share with you how you have helped me recently with that I never realized I ate to many(good, but to large a serving) of my carb at dinner. I have down sized it by 1/2 (that’s alot😱). I am talking about sweet potatoe, black rice, etc–nothing out of the ordinary it was just to much and left me feeling to full. I also wanted to ask you, I use to be plant based like you were years ago and now I feel I need diff proteins some days bec I am so active. You where raised eating animal protein I assume seeing what you eat at your parents home–fish, meat and chicken? The meals you eat when home at their house seem to be salmon and meat same as u cook in your home. What is your beliefs on all this. I do believe protein is important for the brain. I read alot about it and Alzheimer’s and how important protein is for our brain health. I respect your opinion a lot and was interested what you believe.
Hmmm…so actually my mom didn’t (still doesn’t) eat any meat aside from poultry and fish. She was vegetarian for a long time but we ate chicken and fish in our home. She cooked plenty of veg meals though and basically I can’t recall any real emphasis on anything in particular. I just know we always had some form of protein (be it beans or meat) and a vegetable and a carb. Very balanced and wholesome and real food that she cooked herself. My sisters and I are all lactose intolerant now though, and we all have husbands who eat red meat, so my dad takes advantage and cooks red meat whenever there are more mouths than his own to feed. 🙂 Those are the meals you see me eat at home with my family.
As far as eating for the brain, I feel like every minute some new research is out that proves one thing or the other. To drink wine or not? To eat the yolk or not? To have coffee or not? To skip dairy or not? To eat meat or not? It’s all too much. I think listening to your body and balance (everything in moderation) is the best policy and of course being as diverse as possible especially with veggies and fruit. I agree with you that at times my body wants meat and at other times it doesn’t as much. Maybe we are more in tune with our bodies physiological needs than we give ourselves credit for?! Maybe if we all realllllly listened to what our bodies were asking for we’d be doing alright? But maybe not, since you and I are the only looney tunes who crave kale. Ha.
It’s funny you just switched to lower carbs at dinner because I was just thinking last night that maybe I needed to increase my carbs (I’m soooo into sweet potatoes right now) and that might help me quit my dessert habit. I may try it. I’m pretty low carb right now so a little extra may be good for me.
I love our conversations about this. I feel like I could chat with you about diet all day. How are things going lately with your trials anyway?