Birds!
Posted: March 24, 2010 Filed under: Sanibel | Tags: birds, granola, Island Cow, Sanibel Leave a comment »Good Afternoon!
We have been busy today. It started out with shelling at sunrise.
Then we were off for breakfast out!
Mom had been eying the Island Cow for breakfast and they had homemade granola, I was in!
I look very “vacation” in this picture. Some would call it “just awake” or “un-kept”. Whatever. I really wanted pancakes, but also really wanted the homemade granola. I opted to eat 1/2 of a side order of pancakes and an order of granola with milk.
Regular pancakes taste so weird to me now that I have been eating whole wheat varieties, but these were still good!
This was a huge bowl of granola! I ate about 3/4 of it and could have finished it off, but I stopped myself.
After breakfast we rode our bikes to the nature preserve to venture out in the kayak!
Through the mangroves! Check out all the birds we saw!
Ibis.
Night Heron.
Swimming cormorant.
Pelican in a tree!
After about 1.5 hours of paddling we were done and rode our bikes back to the casa and drank a ton of water!
It is 3pm and I think I am finally starting to get hungry again. That granola held me over well! Time to make a very late lunch/snack plate!
Shadow
Posted: February 2, 2010 Filed under: Tuesday | Tags: almond butter, banana, breakfast, granola, oat bran, pumpkin butter, trader joes Leave a comment »Happy Ground Hog Day! I love these crazy American holidays to break up the week! Phil has a lot of pressure on his little furry shoulders. I wonder what number Phil they are on by now?
I don’t know if it was Phil that inspired my oats this morning or the fact that I got in another round of core and arms before getting dressed, but they were amazing!
- 1/3 cup oat bran, 1/3 cup h20, 1/3 cup skim
- 1 large drop of almond extract (again crucial!)
- 1 tsp chia
- 1 tbs vanilla hemp protein
- 1 tbs flax
- cinnamon
- 1 banana – 1/2 cooked in 1/2 sliced on top
- 1 small handful vanilla almond crunch granola
- 1 small handful of TJs fiber cereal
- 1 tsp pumpkin butter
- 1 tbs almond butter
- 1 tbs orange cranberries
- AMAZINGNESS!
Drool!
And now for my favorite part of my morning posts! Food Rule of the Day brought to you by Michael Pollan! Rule #Eat Only Fruits That Will Eventually Rot. “Food Processing began as a way to extend shelf life of food by protecting it from natural competitors. This is often done by removing the nutrients that fungi, bacteria and insects are attracted to ie. omega 3 fatty acids. The more processed a food is, the longer the shelf life, and the less nutritious it typically is.”
Time to get a move on.
Cheers to Phil!
Back to Work
Posted: January 4, 2010 Filed under: Monday | Tags: almond butter, granola, oat bran Leave a comment »Wow, 5:30AM came reallllly early today. Like a smack in the face it is time to get back in the office. Today’s key word: breathe.
It is 12 degrees here with the wind chill so I needed something to warm my bones. Plus the ice on my knee doesn’t have me screaming smoothie.
Pumpkin oats!
- 1/3 cup oat bran
- 2/3 cup skim
- 1/4 cup pumpkin
- 1 tbs flax
- loads of pumpkin pie spice, maybe too much?
- chia seeds at end
- vanilla almond granola
- almond butter
- homemade blueberry jam
I really liked the blueberry jam stirred in. It was like a blueberry pumpkin pie.
Glowing glob toppers.
OK I need to get moving, I spent a little extra time setting up the crock-pot for dinner and I am running behind.
For those of you who are returning to the office today, remember to breathe!
Overnight
Posted: November 16, 2009 Filed under: Monday | Tags: almond butter, banana, bear naked., granola, yogurt Leave a comment »Good Morning! I can’t believe it is Monday morning again. I also can’t believe how awful I slept last night. Actually it wasn’t me, it was Nick. He was tossing and turning the whole night which kept me awake. I told him this morning that if this happens again to please go sleep in the other room or on the couch. Needless to say I was not a happy camper this morning and will not be able to stay awake for the Raven’s game tonight 
At least I had prepared my breakfast last night!
Overnight AB&J with banana oats!
Last night I mixed the remains of my plain yogurt with 1/3 cup of oats, berry jam and a little almond milk.
This morning I added banana, flax, almond butter and Bear Naked granola.
I love this combo! Off to fill up my coffee cup. This is going to be a looooong Monday. I hope your day is going smoother than mine!
Hello Friday!
Posted: November 6, 2009 Filed under: Friday | Tags: almond butter, bear naked., cookies, granola, soda, waffle, wine merchant, wrap Leave a comment »Oh boy I forgot to post last night when we returned from kickball last night. Truth be told I thought about it and then was super sleepy and had to hit the hay. You didn’t really miss anything too exciting. But here is the run down.
For a little lunchie I had a WW wrap with spinach, leftover carnival squash and black bean salsa, a strawberry yogurt and two little French cookies. There is a little cookie boy on the front if them named Lu?
My snack was a new product that I asked for a sample of a long time ago and finally got around to eating.
Bear Naked Cranberry Raisin Cereal…I don’t think this company makes a bad product I just wish they would cut back on some of the sugar, but I am assume a lot of it was from the raisins, cranberries and apples.
I hit the gym after work for an easy 6 miles at 6.5 and then increased for the last mile. Sooooo boring, but there was some awful news reporting on the TVs while I ran. Fort Hood, wow.
My dinner was amazing!
We hit up Wine Merchant on the way into the city for Powerhouse sandwiches.
Cucumbers, tomatoes, sprouts, munster, lettuce and peppercorn dressing on multigrain. Sooooo goood! I also had an apple and…a diet Root beer…for some reason it didn’t make it into the camera, but I can’t remember the last time I had soda pop. It made me burp a lot!
TODAY – FRIDAY – DAD COMES – LAST DAY OF THE WORK WEEK
Waffle Friday!!!!
I made the usual waffle with added amazing grass, and heated frozen berries, almond butter, a wee bit of maple syrup and Bear Naked granola on top.
Great way to start the day!
I have to find something great to do with my 2nd waffle! Almond butter and apple sandwich tomorrow??? We shall see!
OK got to jet. I hope everyone has a great weekend!!!
ANY GOOD PLANS THIS WEEKEND??? Mine is going to be very busy!
Ravens Win!
Posted: November 1, 2009 Filed under: Sunday | Tags: crab cake, granola, salad Leave a comment »RAVENS WIN! Not only did they will the beat the undefeated Broncos by a ton! Still in the game!
During the game I snacked on an un-pictured 3/4 of a grapefruit and then I dragged my butt to the gym. I really didn’t want to go and NEED to get there before the Ravens game! I hurt my heal last night, so I did 30min on the ArcTrainer and 30min on the stairmaster, arms and core work. Oh and I was totally wrong about the sun…I got it backwards, too bad I won’t be getting up at 4:30AM to run.
When I returned I decided to make up some crab cakes over a salad. Not the best crab cakes I have ever made, but the crab was still good.
I found a recipe that used yogurt instead of mayo and went from there. I also used oat bran instead of bread crumbs. Also in the cake; parsley, S&P, cumin (found out Nick does not like this), lemon and ground mustard. Broiled.
For a little sweetness I had a bowl of zapped black raspberries with a 1/4 cup granola. New 1 cup bowl!
This was actually a good combo. Chewy and naturally sweet!
Now I am sipping on some peppermint tea and throwing on a scary movie.
See you all for Monday!
Kitty Alarm Clock
Posted: September 28, 2009 Filed under: Monday | Tags: almond butter, coffee, granola, oats, plantains, Sicily Leave a comment »So I guess my post last night never went up nor did it save…here are two of my favorite pictures from the array.
Photo booth photo shoot. I loved this thing!
Sicily and Nick both love Sunday football, but for different reasons.
There was more but Sicily woke us up very early this morning and I really don’t have the energy to re-write the whole thing. So sorry.
I think the fact that it is Monday does not help!
I need a little chocolate in my life this morning. In steps a chocolate explosion cupcake that were in the post last night.
One of these were broken over some oats.
1/3 cup oats, flax, choco explosion cupcake, cut up plantains (made those last night too), country pumpkin granola, almond butter.
Oh I also mentioned that the Ravens won last night and the Stealers loose! Number 1 in he AFC north! holler!
Got to finish up my oats and play with my alarm clock kitty.
Have a good Monday!
De-Stress
Posted: September 24, 2009 Filed under: Thursday | Tags: granola, pear, salad, Sicily, tofu, wrap, yogurt Leave a comment »Hello! Welcome to Thursday night! It actually isn’t a super night because we lost at kickball, and the team was not in so much of a chipper mood when I left. At least I had my lady to greet me at the door!
This is her current position and we are watching Bones! Reminds me of Kelly (but I am sure she knows they get is all wrong!)
Before I could get home to my girl I had a seriously stressful day. The EPA is coming for a visit soon and we have quarterly reports due so the day was seriously crazy!
I had to scarf down my lunch in between after calls with Region III.
WW wrap with avocado, spinach, egg, hummus (could have seriously used some hot sauce!) I also had plain yogurt with pumpkin nola and a pear that got a bit beat up in the lunch box.
Still tasted good!
On the to kickball I had two of my apricot carob oat rounds (yes there are still a few kicking around).
I had planned on doing sprints before kickball, but due to me forgetting my clothes at home and tons of traffic, I did not get to the field in time. I was seriously stressing out about this and I know I really shouldn’t be because it is one run! Just one training run! It will not kill me! I know Megan has talked about this and Caitlin (Congrats to Caitlin again!). I just tried to channel Nick the whole time and kept telling myself “I can’t change it, just roll with it”. Love his calm outlook one time, sports are a different story. 
Even though we lost our game I still had a good time hanging out with some good people.
When I got home I heated up leftovers that I had planned on eating and made a side salad.
3 min total. Left over baked tofu and butternut squash.
Side salad with romain, garden mater, snap peas and feta.
Off to finish Bones, play with kitty and watch the new Office!
Good Night All! Tomorrow is Friday!
Top Chef #3
Posted: September 3, 2009 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: cinnamon, granola, kashi, Nature's Path, peach, Top Chef 1 Comment »Oh man who didn’t want to try Eli’s BBQ last night on top chef??? And that bacon lettuce wrap! Wow they sure are churning out good food over there, but why did they single out the only veggie dish. I guess it is hard to make a vegetarian dish with only canned item, but still at least they were thinking about everyone!
My breakfast was Totally not inspired by Top Chef…cereal! Trying to get rid of at least one box before tomorrow, and I did finish off my granola.
Lets see what we got? Nature’s Path Blueberry Cinnamon Optimum, Kashi H2H, Uncle Sam, Back to Nature blueberry apple granola and Nature’s Path Flax flakes. On top I had my last white peach and a ton of cinnamon!
I think life will be a little bit back to normal at the office today. Lets hope no more food gets brought in! Cake, doughnuts, bagels yikes!
Today is my FRIDAY! But tomorrow will be nothing but easy. I am getting super excited/anxious.
Have a super duper day!
Posted: September 1, 2009 Filed under: Atwater, Parfait, September | Tags: banana, blueberries, flax, granola, Greek yogurt, Peanut Butter and Co. Leave a comment »
I am not ready for it to be fall yet! I still haven’t gone on vacation! Don’t get me wrong, I love the no humidity in the air, but I am not ready for my bathrobe in the morning yet!
At least this weekend looks like it is going to be gorgeous for moving and hopefully a little relaxing.
For breakfast I went a little out of the box.
2 slices of Struan bread from the FM with PB&Co Cinnamon Raisin Swirl. And a yogurt parfait.
Chobani plain, banana, Greek, blueberries and flax, Greek, rest of naner and granola.
This was a nice change to have a texture party mix in my mouth.
Time to get a move on!
Already September…where did summer go? I miss the summer days as a children when summer felt like it would never end. Sigh.
