Belated Saturday Post

Workout

I used Savannah's workout DVD which ended up being a really good workout! It was Strong Body, Ageless Body with Erin O'Brien.

Breakfast

For breakfast I whipped up another SIAB. This time I used

• 1 cup frozen strawberries
• 1/2 banana
• handful spinach
• 1/4 cup almonds
• 1 carrot, shredded
• 2 pitted dates
• just enough water to get things mixing

I topped my SIAB with

• the other half of the banana
• 1 tsp. chia seeds
• 1 tsp. sunflower seeds
• 1 tsp. pumpkin seeds
• 2 tsp. cacao nibs...cause it was Saturday :)

Such an opera singers breakfast with all those flowers! hahaha

Snack

Later, Savannah and I spent the day shopping around for our recital dresses and we were successful! We both were getting really hungry by the time we finally made out decisions so I split my Cherry Pie Lärabar with her. All the credit goes to Savannah on this shot!

Lunch

Even though it was really late in the day to be having lunch it was technically lunch for us. We decided on Silvergreens where I built my own salad. This is why I love Silvergreens, all the nutritional info comes on the receipt.
My salad had

• baby spinach
• almonds
• apples
• broccoli
• carrots
• cucumber
• green onions
• cabbage
• snap peas
• tomato
• sprouts
• lemon-tahini dressing.

Devoured! That salad was humongous!
On my way to opera I had one of Kelsey's Coconut Cashew Cookies. yum!
In between acts I throughly enjoyed the last of this Righteously Raw chocolate.
soooo good!

Dinner

When I got home I was pooped. But I was also hungry so I had the other half of this Polenta with Mushroom Ragout.
And one more of these Coconut Cashew Cookies!
This was my last day of being raw and I stuck to it. Recap of the raw-ness coming soon!

Silvergreens for Dinner

Dinner

I was completely unprepared for dinner! I don't know why but I was hoping that there would be a break between opera rehearsal at three and work at six. I was wrong! I had work from 6-10 and I didn't pack any of the tasty food I could have brought with me. It actually ended up being a tasty mistake but I would rather not do that again.

While I was at work I called in an order to Silvergreens.

I got a half salad with

• baby spinach
• almonds
• broccoli
• carrots
• cucumbers
• tomato
• avocado
• and balsamic vinagrette

and a cup of tomato basil soup. This was suuuuch a tasty dinner!
Now I'm pooped! I have an appointment to bring my crazy car into the dealership at 9:30. Think I will wake up in time to shower in the morning? Yeah...it's a gamble. I think I can do it!

Now I'm off to find something a little sweet ;)

Night!

Whateva whateva, I do what I want!

Snack

This snack eventually evolved into lunch but started out with a crostini and zucchini slices, perfect for dipping into...

hummus!!

Lunch

Then I decided I should probably just have a something more meal like and call it lunch! I ran out of bread so I made a eggplant patty on a bed of spinach with plenty of avocado. It was quite delicious!

For a 'dessert' I had a chocolate brownie flavored Z Bar. Yum! Mostly I just wanted to show my newly painted nails in this shot. RED!
When I finally got down to business later that afternoon to work on my paper I kept the peppermint tea flowing to stay hydrated and focused. Also, I was having a weird stomach ache... I don't know what caused it! Too much fiber? Too much fat from the hummus and avocado? Ugh.
Eventually I tried mixing powdered ginger into my tea since ginger is supposed to help tummy aches!

Dinner

Part 1! It's funny because when I was little my parents told me that I used to confuse hunger with a stomach ache, always saying that my tummy hurt when really I was just hungry. Last night I was having a moment like that. I really couldn't tell if I was just having digestive pain or if I was hungry! I decided it was a little of both. I wanted to put something friendly in there so I made a sort of rice pudding/cereal thing lol. All it is is

• 1/2 cup uncooked brown rice
• 1 cup water
• handful raisins
• shake cinnamon
• shake ginger
• 2 tsp. brown sugar
• soy milk to taste

I soaked the brown rice for just over an hour (which probably didn't make much of a difference in the long run) and then brought it to the stove to cook. In the last 5 minutes or so of being done I added all the ingredients save the soy milk and let that cook till the timer went off. I portioned out little by little, adding soy milk on top to make it like a cereal. It was pretty good!
I couldn't handle eating all of it at once but I did eventually eat all of it. I made it last!
Part 2! Later that night Savannah and I decided we deserved to just relax and do whatever we wanted! We bundled up and walked to a favorite 'healthy' food place "Silvergreens". We both went with the half soup half sandwich meal which is always a winner in my book. The soup was a hearty tomato vegetable. It was a little salty even for my taste but still good.
For the sandwich I got the Hummus & Avocado (I know, did they invent that just for me? I think so.)
I was just really appreciating letting someone else put together my food last night. haha, sometimes you just need a break! (Plus...I think I'm running out of my staples :/)
For a little dessert I sliced half a banana and sprinkled it with blueberries, chocolate chips, mixed nuts, and a drizzle of maple syrup. I throughly enjoyed this concoction!
Gangs of New York was on last night and Savannah and I completely lost track of time watching it. Leo is such a hunk, he's so talented. By the time we realized how late it was, Spring Forward had happened and it seemed even later!!

I definitely slept in this morning but I whipped up something spectacular for breakfast. Post coming sooooooon!