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What I Ate Wednesday: Instagrammed

Posted on September 13, 2011 by kissmybroccoli

Hey hey my food lovin’ friends!

Are you guys ready to party with Jenn and all the other cool kids?

Well I hope so because I’ve got a new twist on it this week…

What I Instagrammed Wednesday!

For those of you who don’t know about Instagram, it’s a free photo sharing app for the iPhone

and I’m totally addicted!

Breakfast: Oats with peanut flour, maple extract, Baker’s chocolate, and some more of my travel loot…honey roasted peanuts!

Mmmm!

And of course, what would breakfast be without the “usual suspects”?

Snack: New-to-me protein energy bar

I swear this thing tasted like dessert!

A low in sugar dessert with a protein PUNCH!

Lunch: Honey Curried Chicken Salad on whole wheat bread with romaine and cukes

One of the best chicken salads I’ve ever tasted!
Recipe coming soon!

Preworkout: Date-age

Post workout: Shake-age

Where’s My Cabana Boy Recovery Shake:

6 ounces cold water
1 serving vanilla protein powder
1 cup diced fresh pineapple
1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger (or 1/4-1/2 teaspoon ground ginger)
1 Tablespoon coconut flour
4-5 ice cubes

Throw everything in a blender (or in my case, magic bullet) and blend away! Pour into a glass (or just drink it out of the blender/magic bullet container like a classy, middle-aged, drunken woman on the beach). Grab your shades, kick back and wait for “Fernando” to come and take your order (he’s the one in the blue Speedo) 😉

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And then I got ready for a night out

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A friend of mine and I decided to go out for a game of bowling…

With a friendly little wager…

Loser pays for dinner!

I had high hopes in the first game…yeah, “You Loser” would be me…and that strike would be a first of many granny-bowl mini victories!

Second game: Check out those spares!

Sadly, in the third and final game, granny got tired while he got his second win…

THREE strikes?! Are you kidding me?

Even sadder (more sad?) was his choice in victory dinner…

I’m sure you can recognize this combo: House salad and Minestrone

Yep, of all the places in Clarksville, he chose Olive Garden!

The victory meal itself: The Seafood Brodetto
Scallops, shrimp and delicate tilapia with spinach and mushrooms simmered in a light white wine and marinara-saffron broth. Served with toasted ciabatta bread <- Yeah, believe me, not as fancy as it sounds!

The (only) highlight of the meal:

C’mon, who can turn down an Andes?

Do you like to bowl? If so, what’s your highest score?
I think my highest was around 140 or so…but I’m thinking of improving that someday…I just need to rent a couple of kids so I can score those bumper guards! 😉

What’s the best thing you ate today?

Posted in Breakfast, Desserts, Entree, What I Ate Wednesday | Tagged chicken, coffee, dates, gummy vitamins, oats, protein powder, recipe, salad, sandwich, soup | 45 Comments

Perfectly Sweet With a Little Heat

Posted on September 12, 2011 by kissmybroccoli

Hey guys!

Thank you all so SO much for all the sweet comments on my
first 10 miler!

Yesterday was definitely a rocking day for sure! After my “celebratory” pancake brunch, I drove into Nashville to meet up with my good friend Heather…

aka HEAB 🙂

After nearly five months of not seeing each other, with her just getting back from a long vacation in Michigan and me not far removed from the California shore, we knew there would be a lot to catch each other up on. And what better way to do it than over a nice big ~~trough~~ bowl of fro-yo?

My very first bowl of Sweet CeCe’s fro-yo!

At first I was impressed by the variety of the flavors (nice change of pace to the boring rotation here in Clarksville), but then…then I had a sample, and…

Oh my gosh, it was the thickest, densest, BEST frozen yogurt I’ve ever had!

After I tried about half of the flavors and was pretty disappointed in the cake batter flavor (totally just tasted like an extra sweet vanilla), we both decided to go with a mix of the
Original Tart and Strawberry Banana.

Topped with granola, almonds, and shredded coconut!

Then we decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather and enjoyed our fro-yo/chit chat al fresco!

Wow, is it just me or does my hair look really red in this pic?

And Heather, being the sweetheart that she is, also brought a little “present” for me:

Her favorite jam

Which I already put to good use in tonight’s dinner!

Whole wheat toast with scrambled cheesy eggs and hot pepper preserves

And you better believe those pieces of toast came together to make one of the best sweet/savory and smooth/spicy sandwiches yet!

Oh and FYI, I made these eggs with a little tip from one of mine and Heather’s favorite bloggers! If you want perfectly light and fluffy scrambled eggs, hop on over and see Sarena’s secret!

Posted in Breakfast, Desserts, Entree | Tagged blogger meet up, cheese, eggs, fro-yo, whole wheat bread | 23 Comments

Victory Pancakes

Posted on September 11, 2011 by kissmybroccoli

Good afternoon lovelies!

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend so far. The weather here in Tennessee was FANTASTIC yesterday and it looks like we’re gonna have another gorgeous day today! We had quite the storm roll in late last night, but I think it was just what we needed to level out the humidity. Low humidity in the South…now THAT’S an oxymoron!

I laid low and had a good “chill” day yesterday because I decided on my last run (Friday) that I was gonna set a new goal…

10 miles for Sunday!

Eh, sometimes a girl just has to have something to shoot for.

And guess what…

I did it!!

In an hour and a half!

I was afraid I made a mistake when I didn’t end up getting out there until around 7:30am, but the weather was absolutely PERFECT…65-70 degrees, sun behind the clouds, light breeze in the air…plus, I discovered a new station to run to on Pandora:

The perfect blend of singing and screaming to push me those extra miles! 😉

After my run, I downed a protein shake (a blend of this and this given to me by a friend which now I’m thinking about buying) on my way back to the casa and started day dreaming of ~~won~~ one thing…

Victory Pancakes!

Since my French toast breakfast earlier this week, I have NOT been able to get the combo of peach and coconut out of my head, so I knew exactly where I wanted to go with this Pancake Sunday’s recipe.

Obviously, I was in some sort of recipe-creating daze because as I started throwing ingredients into a bowl, I suddenly realized I was out of milk. Luckily, I opened the fridge and found a good stand in:

And what a coincidence…my Chobani just happens to be PEACH flavored! 😉

Coconut-Peach Yogurt Pancakes

By: Heather @ Kiss My Broccoli

Prep Time: 5-10 minutes

Cook Time: 8-10 minutes

Keywords: stovetop breakfast oat flour coconut flour greek yogurt peaches Pancake Sunday

Ingredients (Serves 1)

1/3 cup oat flour (rolled oats ground in a food processor)
1 Tablespoon coconut flour (optional)
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 modified flax egg (1/2 Tablespoon flax + 1 1/2 Tablespoons water)
1 teaspoon coconut (or vanilla) extract
1 6oz container peach flavored Chobani yogurt
2 Tablespoons water ONLY if using coconut flour

Instructions

1. Heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat and coat with cooking spray.
2. Combine flax and water for your flax egg and allow 2-3 minutes to set.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together all of the dry ingredients to work out any clumps.
4. In a separate bowl, combine flax egg, vanilla extract, yogurt, and water
5. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir until flour is incorporated. Spoon batter onto skillet, forming 3 small-medium sized pancakes.
6. Cook for about 4-5 minutes per side or until the edges of the cakes start to turn crisp (batter will not bubble).
7. Plate and layer with freshly diced peaches, unsweetened shredded coconut, and a little coconut cream (coconut flour + milk + sweetener).

Winner, winner, pancake ~~dinner~~ breakfast!

Hey, no one finished ahead of me, therefore I get a blue ribbon, right? We’ll just pretend that there were actually other people present at the time! 😉

I topped AND layered my cakes with freshly diced peaches, unsweetened shredded coconut, and a little coconut cream.

Coconut-peachy perfection!

But the REAL magic happened after my plate just happened to “bump into” my bottle of maple syrup!

Check out that maple drip hanging over the edge!

Yep, best way to celebrate a new PDR!

Let me know when they start serving up pancakes after races…maybe then I’ll finally sign up for one! 😉

What was your last “victory”? How did you celebrate it?
Life is too short not to appreciate the little things…no matter how small, if it makes you well up with pride, do a “happy dance”, or whip up some celebratory pancakes, it deserves recognition!