Simple Things. November 18, 2009
Posted by lilybeans in Wednesday.Tags: beans, falafel, goat cheese, gym, lentils, squash, Vitamuffin
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Day well done! I hope everyone else had a well delightful Wednesday!
My day wasn’t super exciting, but it was surely successful. I had a productive day on the lovely Obama Stimulus package. I was able to get to the gym because my hip flexor was feeling 100% better. And I had a super delicious dinner.
Simple things can make your day, you know?
Simple thing of the moment…
Seeing Chris O’Donnell back on the screen! Fried Green Tomatoes Anyone.
Such an underrated heart throb.
Anywho, onto the daily eats.
Leftover falafel with spinach, tomato, spinach and yogurt dill sauce. I also had some carrot sticks and 40 spices hummus. I also had a delicious clementine for dessert.
I usually don’t make sticks from my carrots, but for some reason the extra effort made them more special? Is that odd?
Afternoon snack included the classic!
Are you sick of this combo yet? Because I am not, but I am out of orange cranberries and will have to go with blueberries or cherries tomorrow…should be interesting. Please observe the combo of cashew, chocolate and cranberry = wowza!
After work I headed to the gym to take it slow. I didn’t want to push the flexor too hard even though I hadn’t felt any pain all day.
I ended up sticking to the cross training machines. 30min random elliptical and 30min manual speed on the ArcTrainer. Nothing hurt! Simple things! I am did quick arms between the two sets of cardio and then core work at the end.
Dinner was delicious!
Nick had dinner with his mom so I was on my own to make something delicious and not Nick approved!
Carnival squash rings, lentils, leftover taco black beans, goat cheese and cranberry apple chutney. I liked the taco spice with the sweet chutney. I also had a piece of 12 train with smart balance.
Great combo and I have some squishy squash leftover with lentils and goat cheese for lunch tomorrow, yes! Simple Things.
I think I will now go have a vitamuffin with almond butter. Simple Things.
Have a great night!
Weekend Over October 11, 2009
Posted by lilybeans in weekend.Tags: cookie, eggs, grapes, ice cream, lentils, pumpkin, Sabor, salad, steak, yogurt
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So last night’s dinner was delicious! We went to a local place, like 1/2 mile, Sabor. It is a small place that is mainly French with a few additions.
It started off with an amuse bouche of corn biscuit with cayenne and goat cheese.
Followed by a frisee salad with warm sherry vinegrette and blue cheese. I also had some of my mom’s beet salad with goat cheese. There was also cornbread that was really nice because it wasn’t all sugar like most cornbreads.
They were all delicious!
And then the main course came!
Yuckie flash picture, but I was so embarrassed that I had it go off in the restaurant I couldn’t take another. I got the giant NY Strip steak with roasted Brussel sprouts and spaghetti squash. There was also a potato wedge that I didn’t touch so I could save some room for dessert!
This was amazing! Nick and my mom said they weren’t going to have any and ended up helping me out. This was a bread pudding/ flan mix (I can’t remember the exact name) with cranberries.
My belly was full and happy!
Today!
Mom and I woke up early for some omelets and apples.
We then headed out for a walk on the NCR trail to stretch my legs, which were surprisingly not very sore just tired. It was such a nice crisp fall morning! After our walk we hit up Wegmans for some groceries and Caribou coffee for light white berry.
Mom and I also had lentil soup and 1/2 a WW bagel with flax…not pictured because we were too busy finally getting the art work up in our apt!
During the Ravens second loss 
I had a pumpkin pie yogurt and some granola!
I also had a few grapes.
Dinner involved WW pita with leftover lentils from Friday dinner, and a big salad with CT lettuce, broccoli, tomatoes, and a hot pepper that I thought was supposed to be sweet! I also had some pumpkin ice cream and the last of the amoretto cookies from race day! Man those things are D-E-L-I-S-I-O-U-S! Delicious!
Sicily and I are relaxing and watching Marley and Me then heading to bed. We have a long day of putting putting the place back together and another visit to the vet At least I don’t have to go to work! Tomorrow expect a full race re-cap!
Night Night!
Tomorrow! October 9, 2009
Posted by lilybeans in Friday.Tags: acorn squash, half marathon, lentils
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Tomorrow is the big day! Mom is here and almost all my stuff is laid out or packed up. Tomorrow at 9:45AM think of me!
My day in pictures…
x5 natures candy.
Green marathon!
Play like a Raven! Packet pick up was on club level! Awesome!
Pumpkin bread, applesauce with cinnamon and spinach salad with leftover veggies from sausage pasta and hummus.
Back of our race shirts.
100% recycled materials packaged in a plastic bag, irony?
I don’t even know how much I nervous ate of this plus an apple for my afternoon “snack”.
Dinner with mommy! 1/2 acorn squash filled with lentils, spinach, carrots, onions and mushrooms. Also a wee bit of parm on top and a slice of bread with butta.
OK time to finish packing up and get to bed early!!!!
See you after the race…I will not be posting in the morning because I don’t need the added stress!
Monday, not so Fun Day September 28, 2009
Posted by lilybeans in Monday.Tags: almond meal, brussels sprouts, chicken, hummus, kashi, lentils, mushrooms, oat rounds, orange, salad, seltzer, squash, tofu
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Monday Done!
Always the best feeling!
How I Met Your Mother was pretty lame tonight, which kind of puts a damper on things. I still need to pack lunches blah. OK positive, positive! I am making Nick go apple picking with me this weekend! So that is something to look forward to. They even have pick your own broccoli! I am super excited, Nick not so much, but he is a trooper!
It was actually quiet around the office due to the holiday so I got work done without too many interruptions. One of them was a delicious packed lunch.
Organic romain, leftover brussels and lentils along with a large dollop of spinach hummus. I also had some kashi crackers and an orange.
Hummus blob!
Tick, tick, tick…slow moving afternoon and I couldn’t wait for my snack around 3:30. My last 2 apricot carob oat rounds. I thought I would never get to the end of them.
I also had a La Croix cranberry raspberry seltzer.
I took it easy at the gym today. I was a bit sore from my run yesterday and my knees were bothering me a bit from the combo of dancing in heels and running 11 miles. (Pause to get ice from freezer and place on knee)
I just did 30min on the ArcTrainer and 15min arm set and 15min core. Just got the blood flowing and my arms really need some more work!
My knees actually felt better after I got it moving.
I got home relatively early due to my shorter workout so I was able to finish up the cleaning I didn’t get to yesterday…moping and bath room cleaning. Oh the joy!
I had seen Meghann use the almond meal from TJs on chicken tenders and I thought it looked mighty good!
I doused mine in egg whites then a mixture of almond meal and garlic herb salt free spice.
It came out really well! Just like healthier chicken tenders! Nick enjoyed them too. I also sautéed some mushrooms and onions in low sodium veggie broth and I baked triple summer squashes along with the chicken for 20min.
I had 1.5 tenders, a ton of veggies and a piece of WW Anadama bread with a bit of butter. Yum, and different! I am trying to make new things…getting kind of sick of the usual.
For dessert I had one of my exploded chocolate tofu bombs.
It was basically like a doughy chocolate pudding cup.
Time to go hang with my lady and man. I hope she doesn’t wake us up at 5am again!
Night all!
Kitty Morning! September 19, 2009
Posted by lilybeans in Friday, fr.Tags: chicken, GoLean, kashi, lentils, mushrooms, onion, orange, salad
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Today is kitty day! It is also a sad day in the kitty world. It is the one year anniversary of my Lily cat being put down. She died from two forms of cancer last fall and she was the best cat hands down. I know I am bias, but I have converted dog people with her! I know she will be helping me pick out a kitty today at BARCS.
So a quick post of the rest of yesterday eat and then I have to get to Petco to pick up kitty supplies!
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English muffin toasted with cheese and mustard, simple salad with hummus and tomatoes, orange. Can you tell it is grocery store day?
Melty swiss! I also had a little tootsie roll love.
I had two apricot carob bars for my PM snack to fuel before my 7 mile run!
On the way home this is what I see…mom don’t freak out there are lots of people out there!
Seriously depressing!
So back to my run…I think it was about 7 miles with some killer hills. I can totally feel it this morning, bit I NEED to be running hills to get ready for the big race with 7,500 other people! Huge field!
Nick and I got to sit down to a nice dinner tonight.
To start off I had another glass of our boxed wine from the beach!
Along with my wine I made up lemon herb chicken with fresh parsley from the garden, sautéed mushrooms and onions in butter, TJs harvest grain with lentils added and a few asparagus. 
Can you even tell I added a whole serving of lentils? Nick didn’t, shhhhh.
After dinner we headed to the local watering hole for a few blue moons and then hit the hay!.
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This morning I woke up to enjoy a special delivery!
Kashi free sample I feel like I signed up for months ago!
I actually think I like the original better but it was still tasty! I also had a South African orange along with and a big mug of coffee.
***Side note Ellie Krieger just told me that light tuna had less mercury because it comes from smaller fish that have not had time to accumulate high levels of mercury. Thanks for the tip Ellie!***
I am off to Petco!
I will be back with pics of the new addition!
Later!
Movin’ September 6, 2009
Posted by lilybeans in Uncategorized.Tags: cereal, lentils, mojo bar
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Finally getting things settled around here. I’ve taken a few pictures along the way.
Moving lunch from the natural brothers food market. Lentil burger wrap and grilled cheese with avocado. The wrap was less than par, but the grilled cheese was pretty good. Along with the sandwiches Nick and I spilt some BBQ chips and two honest teas.
I also found a piece of pie hiding in Nick’s fridge!
I’ve been eating a lot of cereal and not getting enough fruits and veggies but I did really enjoy this peanut butter pretzel Mojo bar!
I really enjoy sweet pretzels and peanut butter!
Oh look more cereal!
At least I have my own bowls back! North Carolina pottery!
OK well I am going to try and get back to normal posting very soon! I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! I feel like it has been a whole week because we have done so much. Off to target!
Pomegranate Chip August 25, 2009
Posted by lilybeans in Real Simple, Tuesday, ice cream.Tags: carrots, ice cream, lentils, Real Simple, tempeh
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Hello All! I hope everyone had a wonderful Tuesday. Mine went pretty smooooothly and I am now in relaxation mode.
So I have to start off my post with some yummy ice cream!
Purely Simple Pomegranate Chip! And they aren’t really chips they are more like whips!
So backing up to after breakfast.
I talked to some local officials about reporting their stimulus money. Some were so nice to me today! It was amazing!
Lunch.Finally.Came.
Arnold sandwich thin with tempeh, red pepper hummus, cheese, and pickle. Coffee yogurt, 1/2 a nectarine and a baby CT plum!
I also had a dark chocolate Adora disk.
A few more hours of reporting later…It was time for an amazing snack!
One of the oat bran rounds I made last night with almond butter? that seemed to have seeped into the round??? Is that normal?
This was delicious and I could eat the whole plate up right now!
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It was yoga day today. After Sunday’s session, I wasn’t really feeling this class. I think yoga is just a once a week event for me for now. I found myself looking at the clock a lot and it seemed to drag on.
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To put a little pep in my step I walked to the grocery store for a few things I had run out of from going home this weekend. It was such a nice night I just couldn’t bring myself to get in my car and drive. It is only about a mile round trip so driving really shouldn’t happen. I wouldn’t even imagine driving that distance in Boston, but Baltimore is different with horrid public transportation.
Once I got home I was READY to eat! Working on getting rid of this so I have less to move, I settled on lentils.
I boiled 1/2 cup lentils in 1 cup of veggie broth. When they were 1/2 way done cooking I added carrots, onion, spinach, garden parsley, S&P and oregano. Lentils are so delicious! I am glad I have extra for lunch tomorrow.
Along with the lentils I had a salad with FM lettuce, garden tomatoes, cuc and balsamic.
I also had a roll up baked and broken into pieces for dipping in the broth.
Yum this was good and don’t forget the ice cream from the beginning! In case you forgot…
Ok I am going to read the new Real Simple and try to start organizing my life for the big move!
What magazines do you always find yourself reading? Mine are Real Simple, Health.
