Well, I suppose it’s time to get moving on a recap of the entire day! Seriously, where does the time go??
I got back into the cardio groove this morning (thank goodness because my body was craving some sweat action) with a solid run around the park. Stats: 4.2 miles, 41 minutes, 380 calories, average heart rate 160, max 173. Despite the cloudy chill outside, the air sort of smelled like spring. Do you know what I mean? And I saw a few little yellow daffodil buds peeking out on the side of the road. Very exciting!
I got crafty for breakfast. Last night, I mixed 1/4 cup of my spinach oatmeal blend with 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats and spread it on a plate to set in the fridge breakfast cookie-style. This morning:
Because the cookie behaved so well, I smothered it with 1/3 cup of modified healthy cream cheese icing: nonfat Greek yogurt, part-skim ricotta, cinnamon, vanilla, and 1 tsp each of lemon curd and goat cheese. You may be skeptical of the goat cheese-in-a-sweet-meal combo you’ve been seeing on here lately, but believe me when I say it pairs perfectly with the lemon curd!
I topped it all with strawberries, granola/trail mix, and some cocoa-java almonds:
I was running ridiculously late for class, so I ended up rolling the whole thing into a breakfast burrito of sorts and stuffing it into a container so I could enjoy on the train.
And enjoy it I did!
I continued nibbling all throughout class, starting with a sliced apple and my second packet of Barney Butter from the Foods That Fit prize pack.
(Sorry for the recycled picture! I got to class too late to do my usual photo shoot before it started.)
Next was the last two stuffed collard greens:
With a half cup roasted veggies:
And, of course, my colorific tropical fruit salad + yogurt topped with golean crunch:
After all the healthy, I needed chocolate and peanut butter stat. Luckily, Lisa came through with this golden nugget:
When I got back to the Slope later, I popped into the library to return a couple books and pick up my latest reservation, Gastropolis. I’m so excited for this one!
I also stopped into Union Market for samples — a cube of gruyere, two rice crisps, and some marinated mushrooms. I continued the snacking when I got home with 1/3 cup of fruit salad with trail mix and dark chocolate-pomegranate tea (leftover black tea from this morning, a fresh bag of TJ’s pomegranate white tea, 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder, splash unsweetened soymilk, spinkle of cinnamon):
(Warning: Before you try this at home, I did not sweeten this tea because I was in the mood for some bitterness. If you’re not into straight unsweetened cocoa powder, you should prob add some sweetness!)
I got hungry again around 4:00 and decided to just go straight for dinner instead of messing around with some sort of snack endeavor. I made a quick open-faced sandwich with two slices of pumpernickel baguette (from work last week), a smear of goat cheese, slices of radish and granny smith apple (also from work), and two Sweet ‘n’ Spicy Black Bean-Salmon Patties.
In the background, you can see the last 1/3 cup roasted veggies that I tossed in for bulk:
Dessert was brilliantly fun! I heated about 1/2 cup of the Sylvia’s banana bread pudding from work yesteday (thanks again, Pura!) and froyo’d a mix of 1/3 cup Greek yogurt, 1/4 cup part-skim ricotta, 1/2 mashed banana, 1 tbsp cocoa powder, 1 tbsp peanut butter, and 1 chopped hershey’s kiss. Here’s the resulting chocolate chocolate chip peanut butter banana ice cream sundae, garnished with sliced strawberries to appease my dad and his brownness-aversion 🙂
And to conclude, I had 1/2 a chocolate rugelach (from the Gastropolis event mentioned above) and two Jasmine Tea Biscotti Bites.
Speaking of the bites, more reviews have been popping up around the blogworld, thanks to Vani and Brandi. Three dozen of these goodies could be all yours on April 6! Make sure you save the date so you remember to bid on these and other treats during Meghann‘s bake sale for a good cause!
In other exciting news, Dulcie of Daily Dulcie and Leanne of Fuel and Fitness have both awarded me with the Kreativ Blogger award. Thanks, ladies!! This is such a huge compliment coming from bloggers of your “kreativ” caliber 😀
When and where do you feel most creative?
haha I like how you said
“breakfast cooked behaved well” so you gave its award with the yummy topping. you’re so cute =]
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Congrats on the award!! So I just caught up on the last few, and I have to say that the suction cups really freak me out. You got balls, girl. haha. I’m loving the rolled breakfast! I’d say I feel most creative when I come up with a good story idea for the newspaper (student-run). I hope you have a good night and awesome Friday! I’m supah jealous of the amazing dining experiences this week, btw.
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That breakfast cookie looks amazing! I definitely think I’m most creative in the kitchen… and maybe with paint colors.
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Your welcome!! You deserved it 🙂
That breakfast cookie looks especially “Kreativ” !!
As well as your chocolate chocolate chip peanut butter banana sundae! What a DELICIOUS mouthful!
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YUM. Thats all i have to say. Everything looks amazing!
I seriously feel the most creative in the kitchen… but I think thats obvious 🙂
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I love the cookie turned burrito
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I don’t consider myself super creative- but I think I feel most creative in fashion sense- especially creating dance or halloween or party costumes- and doing hair and make up 😀 I love wearing clothes and outrageous makeup for dance that are otherwise socially unacceptable, AND i too ate dinner at like 4:30 today, haha love it!!
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You have officially mastered the breakfast cookie! I need to take a tutorial from you. I really like the addition of spinach as well 🙂
Congrats on the Kreativ Blogger award, you definitely deserve it! I love reading your posts every day and seeing all of the creative meals and recipes you come up with!
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hahah I love the oatmeal burrito on the train, it’s bomb!
And I want to read that book too! Let me know how it is, I’ll have to pick it up if it’s good 🙂
mmmm those biscotti bites are incredible. I only have like two more 😦
I feel most creative at night? When I’m all alone for some reason…but usually after a good day spent outdoors!
congrats on the award, you deserve it!
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I love reading your posts. Your love of snacks and unusual foods is so like me. I want to be your roommate and watch you make delicious things!
And I never feel creative, its just not my thing! I do enjoy making gift baskets, maybe that counts?
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breakfast burrito = genius!
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that breakfast cookie turned burrito looks so delicious!! Lately, I have been trying to get creative in the kitchen (or at least when I was home for break), but I am in no where as creative as you…..I can only try! haha, have a good friday!
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i love the breakfast cookie roll up!
eh….i feel most creative when cooking, usually.
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I feel most creative with writing when I’m bummed—I’m working on being happy-creative! Congrats on the award!! And I’ll link to your biscotti recipe in my “review” (you’re generous) 🙂
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Your oatmeal cookie looks divine! Your stuffed collards look like one of my favorite Iranian recips, dolmeh. It is stuffed grape leaves with a combo of rice, lentils, green olives, olive oil, and other ingredients depending on the cook. I love making these little babies!
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That little burrito is so pretty,
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Congrats on another award!
I think I am most creative in the kitchen. I don’t really have another outlet at the moment, though I suppose the blog counts, but only as a result of the kitchen!
That is a serious b’fast cookie – I have not yet attemped a cookie of that magnitude, but I feel like part of your breakfast secret is having fancy cooked oatmeal on hand already. I’m eating another version of my carrot cake cookie right now, and it is like, blow-my-head-off sweet. Back to the drawing board!
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wow you arrange all of your food to make it look so pretty!! I love it
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