Saturday, March 17, 2012

Green Everywhere!

Hey everyone! Hope that you all had a great Saturday/St. Patrick's Day! It was such a lovely day today it totally lifted my spirits :) I started off my day with an hour of cardio at the crack of dawn. It felt good and I was glad that I got out of bed and did it. My intention was to go to work but I decided that it was too nice to spend the day inside when I didn't really have to.

My friend asked me to do a quick maternity portrait session for her today so I went over there and took some pictures of her and her husband. After that I decided to take a ride out to Whole Foods and enjoy the weather for a bit. There is nothing like driving around with the windows down on a beautiful spring day. It even made the horrific traffic a little more bearable :)

So as I mentioned yesterday, my plan was to eat all green food today. I think I was pretty successful! Check it out!


Green smoothie after my workout for breakfast. This one is a Banana Berry Smoothie! Frozen strawberries and blueberries, a small banana, almond milk, Vanilla Almondilla Shake and Go Powder, lots of spinach. Delicious!


S&M salad for lunch! Greens, nori, hemp seeds, and avocado dressed with some lemon juice. Very delicious.


A green snack was difficult but I ended up eating some Veggie Booty. A little processed food once in a while is totally ok in my book :)


Dinner was a spinach and Daiya quesadilla. I was going to put more avocado on top to make it even more green but decided against it because the cheese would make it rich enough and I wasn't super hungry.


I mentioned my backpacking adventure yesterday and FF asked if I had any photos. Unfortunately I have no idea where they are, this is the only file I could find! It is one of my favorite photos I've ever taken. It is out of the window of the Louvre in Paris and it is blurry but I feel like that makes it look like a painting :) I love this shot.

I'd say mission accomplished! This was fun :) I'm not going to lie I'm still feeling a bit lethargic so I'm looking forward to a relaxing evening at home. I'm glad I went to Whole Foods today because now I can just relax tomorrow morning and not rush out of bed.

Hope you all had a Happy St. Patrick's Day! Can't wait to see what you all ate :)

14 comments:

  1. happy st. paddy's! i love that you ate green all day! we ate mexican food, haha. but i did have a green margarita :)

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    1. Thanks! Yum mexican food is always delicious and I won't lie I was craving a margarita all day. A strawberry one though, not green ;)

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  2. Yea for green food! That salad looks great; I also think it's really funny that it's called an "S & M" salad - hee hee.

    Nice picture. It does look kind of like a painting.

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    1. Thanks, lol I know I'm still trying to figure out how it got the name! And thanks :) It is the perfect photo to remember my trip.

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  3. Ooh I love veggie booty although it's really hard far me not to eat the entire bag - they're so light. Nice pick! Everything else looks great too - I've got to try that salad.
    Impromptu days off are the best days off, I think. Sounds like you made the most of it.

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    1. Veggie booty is so good, and it has that cardboardy texture that I love :) Definitely try the salad it is so good! I agree, I had a really nice day yesterday and I'm so glad that I took off. It was relaxing and such a beautiful day.

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  4. Looks like a fantastic green day! I'm glad you didn't go in to work, I know you've been putting in a lot of hours. What a beautiful salad, and it is packed with nutrition. The quesadilla looks fantastic. The saddest thing happened yesterday - my grocery store was out of brown rice tortillas. :(

    What a gorgeous photo of Paris! I wish to go back, as it's been far too long.

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    1. Thanks Ingrid! I'm so glad I didn't go too. I definitely deserved a day off :) The quesadilla was so good, I love spinach! It would be even better with caramelized onions I think. Oh no! Next time make sure you stock up :) I always get 2 packages and freeze them.

      Thanks! I was surprised by Paris. I knew it would be beautiful but I just didn't expect to love it as much as I did. It is hard to explain. But it was absolutely stunning, I had an amazing time there and it made me really happy I chose to take French instead of Spanish in high school :)

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    2. Noooo!! I looked for the brown rice tortillas at another store, and they (WF) pulled it off the shelves. I investigated, and found this:

      http://www.foodforlife.com/about-us/press-releases

      What does it mean? Will we have to say goodbye to them forever??

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    3. I didn't get that from the press release at all! I don't know unless I'm reading it wrong I'm assuming that the gluten testing on a batch came up positive or something? To me it just seemed like they were talking about how thorough they are with their testing. I don't use that brand actually, I get them from Trader Joe's. I'd give it a little time, I'm sure they are just working on fixing the problem and they'll be stocking them again in no time! :)

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  5. What a fun green food day!

    It was a beautiful weekend out, wasn't it? So energizing!

    Lovely shot in Paris. :)

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    1. Thanks Molly! It really has been such a great weekend! And energizing is the perfect word! I have been so productive today :)

      Thanks!

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  6. Veggie Booty! Excellent choice for St. Paddy's Day! Your pic really captures how it tastes.

    That's so great that you took a picture out of the Louvre in Paris. Very beautfiul.

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    1. Thanks Shen! The veggie booty was so good and I bought it on a whim. I thought it was the perfect green snack!

      Thank you. I can't believe I can't find any of my other photos but I'm glad I still had that one.

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