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New Products

March 2, 2010 16 Comments

Yesterday I had a very exciting day of trying two new products.

You know me I tend to eat the same old stuff day in and day out so to me two new things in one day is BIG!

The morning started off with my typical green monster shake however there were some changes.

Instead of using Amazing Grass I used my new Vega Whole Food Optimizer:

I have been wanting to try this product for a while now. I like the idea that it has all the “green” food plus maca plus chlorella and protein all in one. And vegetarian sources of protein to boot.

I ended up using one scoop of Vega, almond milk, almond butter, flax seed, 1 banana and frozen berries:

I think this morning I will use half of scoop instead and omit the almond butter and add spinach.

It was very thick and much more filling than my usual mix. But it tasted good!

Last night our dinner was created around this second new product:

My mother in law from Fit and Sixty turned us on to these egg white salads. They have quite a few varieties at TJ’s. We decided this one would be good in a salad.

First I made a delicious mix of all things veggie:

Bill sautéed some asparagus in an olive oil blend:

Topped the salad with sun-dried tomatoes and the egg white salad mix:

All together now with the asparagus:

It was delicious!

We ate while catching up on some Dexter episodes.

Any Dexter fans out there?

Have you tried any worthy new products lately I should know about?

Hope you have a great Tuesday!

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We rarely eat meat of any kind but for some reason I was craving salmon. While I was doing the weekly grocery shopping at good ol TJ’s I picked up a Cajun spiced salmon and knew I had to cook it up for dinner.

It turned out sooooo good. Granted it is not wild salmon which would explain why it was so buttery tasting but sometimes you just have to eat what you are craving.

So good! Especially on a big salad with hummus.

Before I made dinner though I did something I have not done in ions-YOGA. I think Averie at Love Veggies and Yoga has inspired me! Granted it was just 25 minutes of Hatha Yoga from Yoga Download but it was amazing. I forgot how much I LOVE it. Thank you Averie for inspiring me to get my Yoga mat out.

Today I finally woke up feeling a bit like my old self.

Started with a warm cup of coffee and computer time:

And then felt energetic enough to go for a run! It had been way toooo long.

I felt pretty decent though Pepsi was not too spry. Sometimes she seems like a young girl and other times she seems like an old girl. Today I was running with “old girl.” Makes me sad.

Came home.

Got ready for work.

Walked to work with my lovely ladies, Debbie and Julie.

Drank my green monster and ate my fiber cake:

The rest of the day went by in a blur. Sometimes teaching is just one crazy episode of action after another.

And now, I am sitting here in my living room relaxing and getting ready to make something to eat. I think lots of grilled veggies are on the agenda tonight.

After I completed my short yoga session I mentioned above, I realized it was something I had been missing from my daily routine. I am going to try to do a few yoga practices each week again.

Is there something you feel is missing that you would like to reintroduce back into your routine?

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Antioxidants

February 11, 2010 15 Comments

So I have battled the case of the “icks.” Can’t seem to beat the achy, tired, throat thing.

With that in mind I started my day with a carrot juice inspired smoothie and my favorite Tazo tea:

I also decided to dig into my supplement cabinet for an extra boost:

Has anyone tried these babies? They give you quite a boost which I needed today!

Had a wonderful salad beast for lunch (inspired by the Ftnessista!):

It was delicious and followed by my home made vegan energy bar:

So in my effort to

welcome in the long weekend
get rid of this cold

I decided to have one of these after work:

You know red wine is supposed to have antioxidants!

I just had to have a glass……or two.

So by the time I got home I was not in the mood to cook for one.

Instead I made a green monster:

And am looking forward to my new reading material:

Tomorrow Pepsi and I are headed to Orange County to meet up with my parents for the day.

We have four glorious days off!

Are you off for the Presidents day holiday?

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Dirty Tea

January 27, 2010 10 Comments

I have definitely been experiencing the winter “blahs” this week.

No motivation to get out of my warm bed and run in the dark.

I have still been walking my Pepsi-girl and walking to and from work.

However running/biking/circuits have been put on the back burner.

Hopefully I will wake up tomorrow with a burst of needed energy!

This morning started off with my morning coffee.

Then I made my shake.

This is what I use to blend with minimal clean-up needed:

Love the Magic Bullet! Seriously could not live without one.

Here are my ingredients:

On my walk to work, I stopped here:

And got this tea:

Don’t think I would get it again. It tasted kind of “dirty” like dirt. Hmmmm…..weird. I have had regular Yerba Mate but not this chocolate flavor. Not a fan of it.

Got to work and ate my breakfast: