Adventure Begins in the Kitchen
Breakfast: Leftover Swag Cereal & Almond Milk
Lunch: Souped Up Soup
Dinner: Barley & Bean Salad with Green Beans
The shining star meal of my day was most definitely the soup. I usually keep a few Simply Asia soups in my pantry for when I’m feeling brothy and boring. And today I souped up the brothy and made it far from boring by adding a cup of frozen kale and two tablespoons of hot and spicy marinade. I can’t even describe how much this soup hit the spot – so spicy, so crunchy, so noodle-y!
With all of this traveling, it’s been super difficult to find time for the hour drive to see my gramma. So last night as I hung out lazily at home, I called her to make breakfast plans, set my alarm for 7:30AM (yikes for a Sunday, right?) and stuck to it. Crawling out of my cozy bed this morning was tough, but once I hopped in the car and sung my heart out to sweet tunes, all was good in my world.
I picked her up and we headed to her regular breakfast joint, The Ram’s, where we were cordially greeted by the owner. The place was packed yet quaint and had the perfect amount of bustle for a weekend meal. We both ordered our own version of the two egg breakfast and did some long overdue catching up.
And on our way home, we stopped by my uncle’s house to see The Pie! It was a lovely Sunday morning indeed.
What is your idea of a typical Sunday?
Last night was a slight whoops. I had plans all week to meet Val and Meghann for a late happy hour: 7PM, Cheap, be there, done. But earlier in the day, I found out our Tampa office was awarded a $26M project in a still downward spiraling construction market, so happy hour started a tad earlier than I had planned. Like… 4PM, Yard of Ale, the entire office, yay? See, whoops.
My uber productive, first Saturday at home in quite some time turned into not-so-productive. I popped an umeboshi plum (a supposed hangover cure) and headed to the pool to meet Val and Amber.
It was HOT! I lasted a solid, muggy hour and then attempted to hop back on the path of productivity. It was looking good! Fabric store, Village Health Market, fresh and sinless lunch. I was going places!
… until I got home and found comfort in my couch. In the battle of lazy Kristin vs. couch, the darn couch wins every time!!
Any tips on pulling it together when you’re feeling oh so lazy??
A few weeks ago before I left for a DC work trip, I remembered that I had a long overdue Clearly Fresh Bag review in my queue. I chopped a leftover onion in half, put one piece in a Ziploc, the other in a Clearly Fresh Bag, and presumably grabbed my luggage and rushed out the door. When I returned a week later, the Clearly Fresh Bag onion (on the right) was clearly the winner.
Now fast forward to hearing Dawn Jackson Blatner speak at the Healthy Living Summit last Saturday… Of the many amazing mantras I took away from her session, there was one in particular that I felt I should start practicing immediately: everyday veggie tray.
The concept behind ‘everyday veggie tray’ is that veggies that are already washed and chopped are just as accessible when you’re busy as a packaged snack. Seems simple, I know, but most healthy living concepts are simple, so simple that they’re easily forgotten.
My every day veggie tray consists of radishes, cucumber, and broccoli – precut for perfect hummus scoopage. I’m also very excited because prior to my Clearly Fresh Bag experiment I would have been very hesitant about chopping this many veggies in advance.
Do you think an every day veggie tray would work for you? What kinds of veggies would you prep for the week?