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Nature’s Bagel Chip

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Ohhh what I wouldn’t do for a lox bagel!  Love.  Well love/hate.  I love the stuff so much that I can’t stand to see a crumb wasted, so I eat it all up to the point of miserable fullness.  But since there’s no room for miserable fullness over the next five weeks, I’ll be spending this time coming up with solutions.  Lox bagel-esque solutions.

Sliced Cucumbers = Nature’s Chip Bagel Chip

If I had thought this whole thing through, I would have purchased some red onions and capers at the market.  But I didn’t.  So I merely sliced up some cukes, slathered with Tofutti “cream cheese”, and topped with slices of smoked salmon.  De-lish!

These lox cukes were a super fast weekday lunch that could also be a super fun weekend breakfast.  A feel good, super fun weekend breakfast at that!

P.S.  I snuck two workouts in today, which could be responsible for the overuse of exclamation points in this post!

The Dutchess, In Pictures

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Breakfast:  Greek Yogurt

Lunch:  Artichoke Pasta with Marinara and Parmesan

Snack:  Banana Nut Odwalla Bar

Yoga!

Dinner:  Spicy Veggie Dumplings with Broccoli

 I received confirmation from the virtual world tonight that I’m kicking butt with regular yoga practices!  I’ve been averaging about two Black Swan visits per week since I arrived in Austin and I can already tell a difference in my practice.  My vinyasas are slow and strong and I can hold positions that I’ve never been able to before, like crow.  Now if I can only cut down on Easter candy and baked dairy carb bombs, I just might be ready for bathing suit season!

No More Tiff’s, In Pictures

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Breakfast:  Wallaby Greek Yogurt with Honey

Lunch:  Earthbound Farm Cranberry Wheat Protein Boost PowerMeal

Snack:  Tiff’s Treats (this picture times 2.5…)

Yoga at Black Swan

Dinner:  Sushi Zushi!

 So…  Regular Tiff’s Treats deliveries at the office are ruining my healthy little weekday world.  I can’t say no.  I break off halves of cookies only to return to the kitchen minutes later to take the other half back to my desk.  I con co-workers into splitting halves so the orphaned half isn’t calling my name.  I end up eating… five halves of cookies.  Five!  Thankfully the rest of my meals today were freshtastic and Zoe’s practice tonight at Black Swan was as power as power yoga gets.  But seriously, no more Tiff’s Treats please.

Oops & Goods

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Running to Town Lake Trail and then to Whole Foods = Good

Arriving at Whole Foods with no list = Oops

The downtown Whole Foods is not only new-to-me-store-layout confusing, but it’s also a total circus.  Focusing on a new recipe was impossible.  Heading to the salad bar was boring.  And whatever I was going to do I needed to do fast because it was getting darker by the second and I’m super afraid of walking home in the dark.

I supermarket sweep-ed a bunch of random good-ish sounding things and headed home.  I couldn’t help but think of how unappetizing everything looked as I was putting everything away.  But without much choice, I marinated some cukes, poached an egg, talked to my mom on speaker, and transferred cottage cheese and tabbouleh onto a plate.

The tabbouleh, cottage cheese, and cukes actually went really well together.  I scooped and mixed until it was all gone, saving the perfectly poached egg on perfectly burnt toast for last.  On my to-do list?  Perfectly poaching eggs as much as possible and making my own tabbouleh.