Belated Foodie

This past week has been a little nuts with my husband deploying so I apologize for the missed posts. I literally just wore Julie G "Rock Candy" on my nails all week so no manicure pictures to share! I know I missed Friday Foodie though so I figured I'd get that up today.

The past two weeks of indulging has definitely caught up to me and I'm looking forward to going back to my healthier habits!  Honestly though, my downfall was all of the beer I had. Delicious, craft, local beer... haha

CSA:

Lettuce, grapes (never had local grapes, yum!!), pear, summer squash, figs, tomoatoes, poblano peppers, onion, zucchini, basil...

Breakfast:

Stuffed french toast. Basically peanut butter and banana inbetween two slices of bread, dipped in almond milk and cooked on the stovetop. The recipe is from 1,000 Vegan Recipes.

Cascadian Farms cereal with fruit and cinnamon

Same as above plus homemade granola

Tofu scramble, hashbrowns and grapes.

These waffles topped with fruit and almond based yogurt. I used whole wheat flour and raw sugar. I'll omit the sugar next time or half it though, it didn't need to be so sweet.

Lunch/Snacks:

This tasty tomato soup and homemade breadsticks.

These are extra good when frozen!

Simple quesadilla. Homemade tortilla, Daiya Pepperjack (my favourite vegan cheese now!) and spinach topped with salsa.

Raw fig newtons. Delicious!

Delicious sandwich with roasted eggplant and zucchini. 

Party food! It was all vegan except the ranch dip. I brought the hummus and these chocolate chip cookies (I used coconut oil) which were a big hit.

My favourite smoothie this week was coconut water, frozen pineapple, frozen banana and with or without an orange.

Open faced sandwich with homemade hummus, CSA tomatoes, CSA lettuce and cucumber.

Native Foods Cafe nachos. Mmm.

Dinner:

Homemade nachos with salsa, pinto beans, guacamole and Daiya Pepperjack

Inspired by this. Brown rice, quinoa, sauteed kale, peanuts, raisins, bell pepper and homemade bbq sauce.

Native Foods Cafe wings. Don't they look real?! They are soy, wheat and pea protein. Delicious.

Native Foods Cafe sandwich they only had for one weekend. It had breaded cauliflower!

Native Foods Cafe macro bowl. A new favourite!  My inlaws gave the husband and I a $100 gift card so yeah, we ate a lot of Native Foods this past week and a half haha

Stir fry using Archer Farms Mango Curry Sauce.

I love that Stone Brewery has so many vegan options. These are the "duck tacos" but with tofu instead of duck. Unfortunately, I found them way too spicy and had to send them back! They gave me new ones (with less sauce) but no sides.  So... it was hardly worth $18!

Let's Get Out of the House

•  Outdoor snuggles
• Only place I ever really order wine is at Native Foods Cafe
• Ready to head to a friend's going away party. I wear this scarf a lot.
• First ride in the Jeep! In our car he liked to be right up by us so he whined A LOT being in the back but he'll get used to it!
• UFC date night + bar food
• Hair/makeup for the going away party. I love curling my hair with a 1/2" flat iron!
• Story day at the beach
• Our dog's favourite place to be

Pre-Cleanse and During

Food pictures are from Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon and then I did a juice cleanse up until just right now when I decided to have some edamame haha I'm going to do mainly juicing/smoothies for the next few days though.

Nachos! Quinoa tortilla chips, quinoa, black beans, black olives, a sauce using nutritional yeast/spices/water/bit of coconut oil/cornstarch, bell peppers... 

Easter morning I made donuts for my husband and I but added some cocoa powder. Uhh they didn't really turn out right haha I think if the batter had sat for longer they would have risen properly. How ironic on Easter that my donuts did not rise up ;)

A better picture of that delicious moussaka (without fake meat) I made from the Native Foods cookbook. Soo good! My husband didn't like it though (found it too mushy) so I had to eat the entire casserole! Normally I am sick of a meal once I've had it twice in a row but I happily ate this four days in a row!

Easter dinner was... Native Foods Cafe! haha I tried the portobello sausage burger and omgggg. So good. Their burgers are the closest thing to "greasy diner food" I've had without being that. Like they aren't greasy but they feel like comfort food. I don't know... just try them.

Made a quesadilla out of leftover nacho bean mixture with some Daiya and dipped it in leftover sauces from Native Foods (ranch and chipotle). Whoa, this was good! They have the BEST dips I've ever had, non vegan included.

My favourite snack lately is the homemade bagels topped with sunflower seed butter, chia seeds and cinnamon!

Curry, of course! This was more like curry soup with some quinoa haha

Onto the cleanse! You can find all of the recipes in my "spring cleanse" (I didn't do the full 5 days) in my Juice Cleanse Facebook Group. :)  I did three juices and a smoothie each day. I don't always include smoothies but when I want to keep up with my workouts, it gives me a nice boost of energy for that.  Aren't juice cleanses so pretty?  hehe

Highs and Lows

This past week sure has been interesting! It started out horribly but ended on a good note.

• Our sad pup leaving the dog beach. haha He LOVES that place. Sand, water, fetch and, of course, my husband and I make him very happy!
• We picked up Native Foods Cafe on our way home from the dog beach to eat while watching The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones! It was a pretty perfect day. I tried the portobella sausage burger and it was heaven. 
• I'm a bit of a compulsive list maker! My husband left today for a few weeks (military training stuff) and what's the first thing I do? Make a to do list.
• I spent an afternoon hanging out on base, watching movies, while waiting for my husband. It cracks me up that they have condoms in the bathrooms like this.
• I spotted this new "gift giving" aisle at Target. It's full of cute stuff!
• I'm starting a juice cleanse tomorrow so my fridge is looking particularly fresh!
• Enjoyed a little hike with Forrest (our dog). Love that little booger.
• Finally bought myself this Target hat I've been wanting! My husband was like "who are you", saying I looked so different with it on. haha I literally wore it all day; super comfortable.
• Starbucks, that is not how my name is spelled! That's not bad but what is, is the fact that my drink was not what they said it was. I ordered a soy green tea latte... no clue what this was! So I didn't drink it in case it had milk in it.
• Poor car. We still haven't gotten word about any settlement! Hopefully we will hear soon.

Fitness Update

First of all, look at all of this food a friend gave me before moving away!! My kitchen has never been so full of food, haha. It's pretty awesome.  What isn't awesome is her moving away!

On the go dinner. Splurged on one of these Evolution juices from Starbucks. I think they are over $5! It was tasty though and it says they don't use heat. The spicy lentil wrap was delicious and now I have my eye on this recipe.

Waffles

Native Foods Cafe nachos! Omg, amazing. I'd seen quite a few people order them and they just looked too good to pass up. My husband loved them too. Corn, salsa, green onions, a bit of "cheesy" sauce, faux beef, black beans, some sort of cashew spread, guacamole etc

Bean dip. I tried out a new brand of vegan cheese called Go Veggie! Have you had it before? Um, it's DELICIOUS. I was quite surprised! You mostly hear about Daiya (which has grown on me) but I actually like this better. It's one of the things my friend gave me when she moved. This is the "Mexican style" one. I don't really remember what real cheese tastes like anymore but to me this tastes the most like it. It also melts well, as you can see.  It is similar, nutrition wise, to Daiya but it has more calcium! Their products didn't used to be vegan but they recently came out with some that are.

More green smoothies. I have fresh frozen blueberries, pineapple, banana and mango right now so it's smoothie heaven up in here!

This sweet potato falafel is delicious. I will definitely make it again.

I had both of these green smoothies this week and they were delicious.

I made these "brownies". I use that term loosely because they are really too moist to be like brownies. I think my banana was too big haha I have been enjoying them! I stuck them in the freezer last night so I'm curious to see how they taste that way. 

I made this sandwich and oh man, it was tasty! Try it!

I used the Bob's Red Mill gf pizza mix to make this pizza. This is just half of the dough. Uhh, as you can see... I forgot I had to pre-bake this before adding the toppings. haha So I scraped them off, baked it and then continued on. Oops. So I can't really honestly judge the pizza crust since I messed it up! I will try the second half this weekend.

Tried this tea. It was....different. haha I didn't love it but it was alright.

I know I haven't talked about fitness in a while so here's a bit of an update! Well, first of all, I gained weight. Besides over indulging over Christmas, I can't think of any other reason why. I'm trying to not be bothered by it and just focus on being healthy though. If it's supposed to come off, it will. I re-joined the gym yesterday because I just got way too bored with working out at home. My goal is not only to tone up but to really gain some muscle! If you follow my Tumblr then you know sort of what I'm aiming for.

I was running but only once or twice a week but I recently signed up for the Camp Pendleton 10K Mud Run in June so I've started training for that. I did it last year as well. I'm using this training plan and really love it. I run Tues, Thurs, Sat and Sun.

I'll update at the end of the month to talk about what I've been doing, progress etc. :)

new top and my first treadmill run in over a year