Recipes

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Veggggiiiieeees

Lots of veggies in my life this week! Salads, sandwiches, roasted, baked…you name it!

A salad for lunch: mixed greens, bell pepper, cucumber, red onion, corn (frozen…thawed by lunch!), carrots, and goat cheese!IMG_7870
These greenies were transformed into Kale Chips!

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and a super hummus veggie sandwich!
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  • lemon hummus
  • avocado
  • tomato
  • mixed greens
  • orange bell pepper
  • carrots
  • pickles
  • sriracha!
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SOO GOOD! I had many versions of this sandwich for lunches this week :)

Look at this MINI bell peppers I found at TJ’s!! They look like hot peppers but they are just miniature sweet bell peppers…about as long as a finger. SO CUTE!

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I roasted them up tonight… so sweet and a delicious roasted flavor.
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I’ve been varying my coffee this week. Some days I’ll brew with the coffee maker, another with the French Press
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and of course a foamy cappuccino!
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Obviously I’ve eaten more than veggies this week but those are the ones I wanted to share :)

I also made a batch of Ellie Krieger’s Cherry Walnut Bars! My old roommate used to make these once in a while and I haven’t had them since then :( I was CRAVING these babies!

Dry ingredients:

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chopped cherries:
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Batter! Mmm looks like oatmeal.IMG_7888

Baked:

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Apricot preserves heated to glaze:
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All glazed up!
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delish!
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Work It Out

Ok, so today is the first day my foot has noticeably felt better…so annoying.

Monday: Body Combat: I took it easy with the foot work, luckily there isn’t much, so I still got a great workout.

Tuesday: I would of gone to dance class but I decided to take it easy because dance is very “foot” intensive and I basically wear bare feet so there’s no support.

Wednesday: Normal day off because of a class for work

Thursday (tonight!): Still trying to not push the foot so I did 15min on the bike, and then BODY PUMP!! Whoa man! My arms and thighs are SO worn out. Such a great all over strength workout…I’ll be feeling this tomorrow.

Weekend: I want to get in Hot Yoga, and an easy run/walk. I’ve read a lot about Plantar Fasciitis this week and I think with lots of stretching, adding heel/arch inserts, and icing…I should be able to keep this under control.

I think it was partly because my run last weekend was a big increase in mileage for me, and I am not great with stretching before runs…lesson learned.

5 comments:

  1. Those bars look fantastic! I'm going to have to make them-- also, your veggies are fantastically insane!

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  2. Thanks for your comment, thinking of u too for sure :) Hope your foot feels better soooon and bravo for resting it!
    xo

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  3. heyyyy :) How are you? Love all the veggies in this post- especially that hummus wrap- yum! I really enjoyed Ellie's recipes but have never tried that one- I am so adding it to the list! Glad you're taking it easy on that foot. Thrilled to hear you loved pump! Its an addiction ;) Have a great weekend

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  4. I love veggie sandwiches! My favorite additions are avocado or marinated mushrooms -- they add some "meat" to them! Glad your foot is feeling a little better.

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  5. All those photos are so beautiful and colourful

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