I would much rather spend my day riding my bike, hiking, reading in the sun, or reading blogs

But today I felt like shopping!

But first I ate a fabulous bowl of fruit.

And oat bran with chia seeds drizzled with tahini and a small scoop of almond butter.

I paired my breakfast with a Kombucha.  I am feeling a bit rundown today.  Hopefully just tired from all my tough workouts this week.

Then I took of and went shopping

It was nice and quiet because it was early and it because it is a weekday.  Please so not take me shopping on a weekend and please do not take me to an enclosed mall.

I scored quite a few summer and work items at really good prices at Old Navy and American Eagle.  It was a good shopping day with lots of discounts.  That made me happy!

Then I raced home because I was starving and devoured another Kombucha and this Trek bar I got yesterday.

Now I got my feet up, relaxing, reading blogs and waiting for Bill to get home so we can start the weekend.  I am going to make Jenna’s no oil pesto tonight and pair it with gluten-free pasta.

Can’t wait!

What are your plans for this glorious 3 day weekend?

Are you a shopper?

Have you noticed that I tend to rotate between pasta and salad throughout the week?  Sorry if I bore you with my lack of variety

Do you have two types of meals that you rotate through a lot?

We decided to give this pasta a shot:

Do you use this pasta?  Do you think it is better for you than others or not?

While the pasta was cooking, I steamed up carrots, broccoli, snow peas, and spinach.

Once the pasta was done and drained,  I put it back into the pot and mixed in some crushed garlic, the steamed veggies, a can of tuna, and this delicious find:

Before serving I added some leftover hummus and a bit of shredded parmesan cheese:

After my tough workout yesterday with Khrystle and Bill’s tough bike ride last night, the pasta really hit the spot

Thank goodness we have it for lunch today too.  Don’t you love leftovers?

I always try to make extra at dinner so we have lunch for the next day.

Do you do that too?

Today is the last day to enter my giveaway for a super cute thermal hoodie.  Any comment you leave on the original post or this post today will count as an entry.

The contest ends tonight at 8pm and I will pick a winner tomorrow.

Hopefully if you win you will be wearing your hoodie next week!

Happy Hump Day

This morning I thought it would be fun to share some of my highlights from yesterday.

First highlight was a glorious run in the morning. I have had a few things on my mind lately and sometimes the only thing that will clear it is a good run.  I felt so much better afterwards.

Next highlight was a really yummy and very green Green Monster to start the day.  This one had almond milk, 1 scoop Vega meal, flax seed, banana, frozen berries, and lots of spinach-YUM!

I just love starting the day with one of those!

Next highlight of the day was this silly face.  I had just given her a treat.  Unfortunately I missed the picture of her eating it because she is sooooo fast when it comes to grabbing those snacks from me.  Not sure any camera could keep up!

I think she wants more.  She looks starving.

After work I headed over to the next highlight of the day:

Yes I got my hair done.   I have to admit it-I have gray hair-it sucks-I am getting old.  I have to go to my favorite girl every six weeks.  She keeps me looking beautiful!  Thanks Rachel : )

And the last highlight of the day was his and her pastas.

Tonight was “make your own pasta” night.  We boiled up a big pot of pasta.  We mixed white and wheat.  And laid out a bunch of toppings.

His:

Hers:

Yes that is hummus on top.  Am I the only one who likes hummus on everything?

I wanted to mention a couple giveaways that are going on around us.

• First one is a delicious Hershey’s giveaway at Apple Crumbles.

• And the second is a tea giveaway at One Fit Foodie.

Speaking of giveaways!  I won one!  I never win anything…….Check it out at The Nutritious Foodie. Thanks Gelareh.

Do you have anything fun planned for the weekend?

I hope to do a 5K on Sunday but it is supposed to be pouring rain…..We shall see if I can be as tough as Berni!

Have a great day and thanks for reading : )

I baked it in the oven at 350 for about an hour.  The house smelled heavenly.

When it was finished and resting.  I chopped up eggplant, zucchini, peppers, mushrooms and added cherry tomatoes, and sunflower seeds to a roasting dish.

Sprayed them with olive oil and seasoned with salt and pepper.

This is my new favorite kitchen device:

I broiled all of it for about 20 minutes.

Mixed the broiled veggies with cut up kabocha squash and brown rice, flax seed, avocado and eggplant hummus:

It was delicious along side this glass of vino:

Tonight I think we will have some pasta.

I am off to pack for the weekend!

Bill and I are headed out-of-town to visit his parents.  His Dad is doing much better but we thought it would be fun to pay them a visit.

Do you have any fun plans for the weekend yet?