Delicious

From last weekend to this mornning...

Sweet sticky mango rice from a Thai restaurant. I'd never had it before. Omg, heaven!

Some whole wheat pancakes with homemade blueberry soy yogurt.

Sprouts BOGO sale!

Looks like the green curry I get at Thai One On but someone actually made this (vegan for me!) at a potluck I went to. It was sooo good! I have to get the recipe.

I brought two vegan desserts to the potluck, one being these homemade Nanaimo bars (even made my own graham crackers!). Omg. I'd forgotten just how good these are!

Lots of orange based juice this week.

I tried Wildwood burgers for the first time. Yum! My husband said they are his new favourite.

These mocha chip "larabars" are SO GOOD. It's like a chocolate bar. Mmm.

Love super thick green smoothies on hot days. This was bomb; recipe on my Instagram.

This tasty salad, some "battered" tofu (used seaweed for fishy flavour) adnd roasted rosemary potatoes.

Fruit salad topped with coconut whip!

This soup. Tasty but it didn't thicken up. I also added some tofu instead of faux chicken.

Homemade pita bread, sweet potato falafel, Sabra hummus, homemade "feta cheese" and salad.

Juice using blood orange! So tasty.

Last night's dinner. This pasta but with miracle noodles and fries with cilantro and balsamic vinegar.

Breakfast this morning. Zucchini waffles with mango.

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

Dig in

Alright, Malware warning seems to be gone and my bloglist is all cleaned up! I needed to go through it anyway but man, that took a while.

Onto the food.

snacked on fruit a lot this week. typically summer snack.

Souplantation!

papaya. I wasn't sure if I'd had one... tried it and it didn't seem familiar! I like it though.

lots of smoothies like this pina colada one this week

this really is THE perfect veggie burger recipe. I love it! my husband does too.

 a cold coffee drink 

hummus

this soup + black beans = delicious!

I'm weird and like to add cereal to my oatmeal. it looks gross but I swear it's delicious!

strawberry smoothie

grilled hummus veggie sandwich. had two variations of this during the week.

love love this salad!

finally bought a sushi mat and nori to make rolls! they were delicious! I did a mix of brown rice and quinoa then added cucumber, red pepper, carrot and sweet potato.

raw blizzard but I put the bananas through my Omega juicer first and then followed the recipe. well, I shouldn't have added the milk after doing it that way because then it was too runny. I added cherries and chocolate chips! great recipe though.

Trader Joe's orange "chicken" with brown rice/quinoa, red peppers, broccoli and peas

snacking on fruit again in my new favourite bowl (from Target)

that's peanut butter, not hummus haha these banana nut waffles are great, even on their own!

wheatgrass shots

I love this Trader Joes popcorn!! it's so addicting. I'll have to try making it at home (I have a popcorn maker)...maybe I can skip or cutback on the oil to make it healthier. 

burger again. nom nom. I cooked up all the patties on the first night and then froze the leftovers. for these ones I reheated them on the grill and it worked great! they were even less mushy! so I recommend making some to freeze.

really like this chickpea curry salad

cauliflower rolls with avocado, cucumber and vegan cream cheese

cauliflower hot "wings" (we didn't have buffalo sauce)

crepes (or creeps as my husband likes to call them haha) with papaya and coconut or hot apples and peanut butter. yum!