Bento Box!

I am loving this bento box that I got. It makes packing lunch and snacks so much easier.  Well, in today's case, packing dinner :)

This is the only noteworthy meal of today so it's the only one I'm going to post and I am doing it now before I head into work til late.  Had a great trampoline workout this morning too so I'm pretty pumped :)

Tonight's dinner was a yum stuffed bento box! From the top left is dolma, falafel, hummus, carrot, strawberries and pineapple. This is gonna be good!

Hope you all have a lovely day!

Back to basics!

I'm back! Had a long work weekend and just finished off my raw week with more of the same fruits and salads and whatnot.  Back to cooked food today and I'm not gonna lie, I am kinda glad to be back to normal.  I enjoy eating more raw meals during the summer, but a completely raw diet isn't for me.  I do have lots of yummy new recipes though!

Today I had a killer training session. It felt really good to be back to normal :)  Check out the eats!

Breakfast: WHile shopping in Whole Foods last week I found some gluten free english muffins! I really miss my english muffin sandwiches so I decided to get them and have them as a yummy comforting treat every once in a while. I figured that it would only be appropriate to eat a really good comforting first cooked meal in a week so I went for one of my favorite classics: english muffin with peanut butter, banana and cinnamon. And it was damn good.

Midmorning: Iced coffee (the caffeine habit is here to stay for a bit) and some watermelon.

Lunch (and dinner): Lunch was a delicious huge ass plate of rice and beans with green beans and some zucchini (both cooked in tomato, garlic and oil). It was so good!  I ate the leftovers for dinner!

Post workout: Protein shake.

It feels great to be back to normal! :)

Got My Hair Did!!

It is hard to see in the pic but I've got some ginger going on now! :)

More of the Same Raw

Same boring food, different pics :)  I did a 90 minute training session today and it was gnarly.  I'm really tired right now.  And I'll probably be extra sore because of the lack of protein.  Awesome.  Lots of water to be consumed!

Anyway, more of the same!

More watermelon. So frickin delicious. Every. Time.

Another salad.

Homemade citrus larabar. Yum! Check out that awesome chipped nail polish too ;)

More Raw Meals and a GIVEAWAY!!

Today was another day of raw eatin...I'm not gonna lie, I doubt I'll do 100% raw after the end of this week.   I'm finding it a little more difficult than I expected...I think part of it is because of my crazy schedule and workout routines.  I've found it takes longer for my muscles to recover after an intense workout and while I feel like I have a lot more energy from eating unprocessed foods, I'm missing the grains and more substantial recovery meals.  I'm going to stick out the rest of the week but after that I'll go back to eating some cooked foods, mainly after exercise.

That said, check out the eats!

Breakfast: A pile of watermelon and a banana

Midmorning: I couldn't deal with another migraine so I had an 8 oz cup of coffee that was half decaf half regular :(

Lunch: Yummy salad with greens, raw corn, sun-dried tomato, cucumber, carrots and broccoli. Noms.

The rest of the day I just snacked on some raw treats including dehydrated kale chips (totally overpriced from Whole Foods...got the Bombay Ranch flavor and it is so savory I can't eat more than a few at a time), baby carrots, raw nuts and this yummyness:

Homemade citrus (lemon juice and orange zest) larabar :) So GOOD!

OK so Shenandoah Vegan made a great suggestion and I think it is time for a giveaway! I love to bake and since I am going to have access to my brother's big beautiful kitchen in 2 weeks, I'm going to bake some treats and share them with 2 of you!! All you have to do is comment on this post by Sunday, August 28 and tell me your favorite holiday to bake for and why :)  I'll use that random generator thing to choose 2 winners to receive treats I'll bake the week of August 29 :)  Good luck!!

And by the way, I LOVE baking fun, creative treats for halloween which happens to be my favorite holiday! I also love the winter holiday season because everyone is so festive and I love making a huge variety of yummy cookies to share with everyone!

*THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED*

Raw Food Post!

Today is my first day posting all raw eats :) I work late tonight so all of my meals are ready and photographed before I go in so I'll just post now!

Breakfast: Big ol' bowl of fruit - sliced peach, sliced strawberries and cherries.

Midmorning snack: Banana and a small handful of raw cashews.

Lunch: Package of Kelp noodles (18 calories for this huge pile!!) with Ani Phyo's raw sun-dried tomato "hummus" (made with zucchini).  I made the hummus and I liked it a lot and decided to make it a sauce for these noodles!  I liked this meal a lot and I am so stuffed!

Afternoon snack: Macro greens bar - raw superfood bar in Chocolate & Cinnamon flavor. Hopefully it is yummy!

Dinner: Chopped salad with greens, carrots, cucumber, sun-dried tomato and raw corn. This is gonna be good and it looks so pretty!

That is my first documented day of raw eating! Hopefully the next week and a half will be equally delicious ;)

*Edited to add:

I came home from work early today with a horrible migraine inevitably caused by caffeine withdrawal. I'm off to rest but I couldn't wait to come on and post this!

The super sweet and lovely Maud over at Food Feud was kind enough to mail me this raw food un-cookbook! I've skimmed through it quickly (I'll go through it further once the migraine passes) and it looks wonderful! Easy recipes that sound delicious and they also include meal suggestions which I LOVE.  Thanks so much Maud, you are such a sweetheart!!

Relaxing Day

Today I had a great day off. It was definitely needed too and I'm glad I spent it exactly how I wanted to!

I started off my day with an hour of vinyasa yoga.  It was my first yoga class in 2 weeks (My gym only has one class/week and I missed a class while I was away for the wedding and it was canceled last week) and it felt so good to stretch myself out like that.  I also realized that I have a good general knowledge of some flows and poses so I decided that I'm going to try and do at least 20 minutes of yoga on my own every day.  That was I can center myself and stay flexible between classes :) Hopefully I'll be able to lead myself through some challenging routines without an instructor here to guide me.

After yoga I ran some errands and came home and relaxed for the rest of the day. It felt so good, especially since I have to shoot a wedding tomorrow...it is supposed to rain so i'm a bit stressed about it.

Anyway, onto the eats.

Breakfast/Lunch: I didn't eat breakfast until after I took my post-yoga shower so it was a bit late and doubled as lunch so I made a hearty bowl of oats.  Oats, ground flaxseed, cinnamon and banana. 

Since I had such a late breakfast I ended up snacking until my early dinner.

Snack 1: Pile of garlic and herb cashews.  These things are addictive. I have to figure out the herb combo so i can try and make these raw.

Snack 2: Key Lime Larabar.

Dinner: Big ol' salad.

Dessert?!: Yes my chickadees, I had dessert today ;) I was inspired by Food Feud's banana soft serve so I threw a banana and a spoon of peanut butter into a blender and voila! Topped with some dried coconut and cinnamon and it was sweet, cold and creamy..the perfect summer dessert!

Make sure you check out my recipe for Half Baked Truffles in the post below!

Enjoy your Sunday, hopefully the rain holds off!