Monthly Archives: November 2010

November 21, 2010 · 2:18 am

Insatiable

So my a.m workout didn’t exactly happen.  The alarm was set for 6:45 but when I checked the clock at 6 after a restless night of (no) sleep I reset it for 7:35.  Sometimes sleep is more important than exercise.  C’est la vie.

The theme of the day seemed to be HUNGER.  My delicious breakfast of scrambled eggs with spinach and salsa in a spouted wheat tortilla held me until exactly 10:20, at which point I instantly became ravenous!   Maybe it was all of the work jacks ;).  I did 5 minutes of jumping jacks broken into sets of 35.

Whatever the cause of my insatiability, I was so ready for lunch when the noon hour finally rolled around.

Last nights leftover pumpkin soup with mung beans and yogurt.  The mung beans added a really nice texture.

To make this soup I seeded and sliced up a pie pumpkin, 3 stalks of celery, and 3 carrots, then put it all into a big stockpot with 2 T coconut butter and 2 cups of water.  The veg boiled away until it was nice and mushy then into the food processor it all went.  I had to process in two batches because this makes a lot of soup.

Into the food processor I added

  • 1 cup low-fat plain yogurt
  • curry powder
  • cayenne powder
  • ginger powder
  • mineral salt
  • fresh ground nutmeg

All seasonings were added to taste (I do a lot of “tasting” as I cook :)).  Friday night we served the soup drizzled with maple syrup and plain yogurt and topped with pumpkin seeds.  I didn’t miss the maple syrup or the seeds today but it is definitely better with some sort of garnish that adds texture (like mung beans, they were so good).  Sunflower seeds would be delicious.  Or toasted walnuts.  Or croutons.  Or black beans.  Or corn.  Hmmm, I think I need to make this soup again!

My wonderful husband said the magic words when I walked in the door this evening from work, tired, dirty, and yes, HUNGRY!  “Why don’t you go do yoga while I make dinner.”  Ahhh, like a love poem.

Just as I was finishing up 30 minutes of power vinyasa the house started to smell ridiculously good.  Dinner was perfect, steamed broccoli, baked butternut squash, roasted potatoes, and baked tofu.  Happy and finally not hungry I was ready for bed (remember, I barely slept last night) but Tate convinced me to go for a walk.

He may or may not have mildly bribed me.

Oh yes.  Chocolate, mango, and tart frozen yogurt.  The tart was awesome, tasted like frozen plain yogurt.  I do wish they had smaller cups though, Tate remarked “it’s easy to get more than you want” and he’s right, it adds up fast.  I somehow managed to finish it all.

Now I am ready to call it a night. I am trying to ignore the fact that it’s Saturday night because it makes me feel a little lame.  There are probably cool things happening all over town.  Oh well.  G’night!

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November 20, 2010 · 2:41 am

Clothes Are Overrated

Don’t judge.  I didn’t get dressed until 6pm today.  They weren’t my real pajamas but they may as well have been.  We’ll call them “yoga pants” because that sounds like more appropriate Friday afternoon attire.   And I did do yoga in them, a lovely and lively 45 minute practice from exercise tv.

Have you heard that not eating breakfast makes you more hungry?  I did eat breakfast today but it wasn’t until 2 hours after I got up (I just wasn’t hungry and I was busy chatting over coffee with my mother-in-law) and I proceeded to be hungry for the rest of the morning until I filled up on a hearty and early lunch.

Homemade canned garden vegetable soup from that day of domestic madness back in August with 1/2 a cup of mung beans and some sharp cheddar thrown in for protein.

All I want to eat these days is soup!  Must be because of the time of year… I made soup for dinner too but more on that later.  I love that I ate lunch outside in the sunshine and it’s almost Thanksgiving!  I think Virginia and I are going to be compatible in the weather department.

At 5 o’clock Tate and I jumped in the car to catch the last rays of sunshine with a walk on the Monticello Trail.  This trail is a series of boardwalks through the woods and is absolutely gorgeous.  I was glad to see that last week’s rain didn’t take down all of the leaves and the colors are still stunning in places.

I brought my 5# hand-weights with me and did dozens of biceps curls, overhead presses, and triceps on our 30 minute walk.  It was nearly dark by the time we made it back to the parking lot but we had moonshadows!  Must be almost full…

And then came the getting dressed, for real, as in appropriate for dinner with friends.  These friends probably would have welcomed me into their house in my pajamas yoga attire though.  Matt and Kath are those kind of friends.

Dinner was SO GOOD.

I made pumpkin soup, garnished with yogurt, maple syrup, and pumpkin seeds.

It was a total experiment and I think it turned out pretty well, the predominant seasonings were curry powder and garam masala.

Kath made a wheat berry salad that was spot on for texture combinations, with chewy grains, meaty garbanzos, crisp cucumbers, and juicy pomegranate seeds.

Matt stole the show though, hands down.

Oat bran. Flax seeds.  Walnuts.  Honey.  Pure goodness.

We sat down the minute this doughy delectable emerged from the oven.  Now that’s fresh baked.

There was also a bottle of wine and maybe some chocolate involved in the evening.  And lots of talk of bugs.  Yep, just another Friday night in Cville.

Tate and I are going to catch up on How I Met Your Mother and Modern Family and then off to bed.  I work all day tomorrow.  I am so tired and hungry (and it’s dark!) after work that it’s better to get my workout in the morning.

Good night!

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