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Eggcellent Entertainment

Posted on April 29, 2011 by kissmybroccoli

Happy Friday everybody! Got any exciting plans for the weekend? Do tell since I have no life and would like to live vicariously through each one of you! 😉

I realized today (ok, I’ve actually known this for a while) that I’m a little weird. Well, at least to NORMAL people anyways. Let’s face it, we food bloggers are a rare and misunderstood breed! Am I right, or am I right?

Some of my “weird foodie quirks”:

Most of my food revolves around the color green

I get THISEXCITED over a nearly overflowing bowl of oat bran
And now I am craving oat bran!

I have started a heated romance with Kombucha
It’s seriously all I want to drink now! Good for my body…bad for my wallet! :-/

I think a butternut squash stuffed with tofu, chickpeas, and chocolate peanut butter is totally sexy 😉

I make smoothies with mixed salad greens because I’m all out of spinach
Btw, you can’t tell the difference at all!

I think beans make a perfect dessert

Just say the word “hummus” around me and see what happens!

But one thing that certainly is NOT weird: recording my first Cadbury Egg experience! Nope, not weird in the slightest keeping in mind the steep price of this little creme filled nugget! 😉

So what did I think of the creamy goodness that has people raving the moment Easter season approaches? Well, you’ll just have to watch the video!

The Cadbury Egg from Heather Powers on Vimeo.

What are your plans for this weekend?
We’re supposed to have great weather tomorrow before it starts raining again on Sunday so I hope to get out and enjoy it!

Posted in Vlog | Tagged greens, hummus, kombucha, oat bran | 13 Comments

I’ll Tell Ya What I Want

Posted on April 28, 2011 by kissmybroccoli

What I really really want…is to get that Spice Girl song stuck in your head for the rest of the day! 😉

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Seriously though, when’s the last time you told anyone, or even just yourself exactly what you wanted and then did something about it? For me, it’s been too long!

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been trying to find a “balance” in my life. Since the move, the wreck, and everything in between, my life has been…dare I say, a little hectic? Needless to say, I’ve been stressed to the max and this morning, I just had to do something about it.

I woke up this morning at 6:00am to the sound of my alarm and my workout clothes waiting for me next to the bed….but I didn’t want to workout. My muscles were sore from “trying on” Level 3 of The Shred yesterday (hello pylometrics!) and all I really wanted was a nice quiet morning before a 10 hour shift at the hospital. And even though I already took a rest day on Tuesday, I made a decision: the DVD will be here tomorrow…my sanity, may not be!

No regrets what-so-ever!

You know why?

Because my morning consisted of:

A mug of 1/2 caf coffee half the size of my head
with a side of Google Reader and a few of my favorite blogs!

A peanut buttery banana scramble topped with blueberry jam

Ahhh, blooby jam…I’ve missed you so!

Packing the same exact thing for lunch 4 days in a row
because I’m STILL not tired of it yet!

Picking out my favorite scrub top to wear
I love the cinch below the bust!

Straightening my hair for the first time in weeks and
actually being able to get a comb through it (simple pleasures)

Spending 10 minutes

taking

ridiculous pictures

with iPhoto!

Check it! 😉

And finally

Spending a little time with this guy!

When’s the last time you gave yourself what you wanted?

Posted in Breakfast, Entree | Tagged banana, coffee, scrubs, Tiger | 26 Comments

WIAW: Fermented Tea & Toxic Grapefruit

Posted on April 27, 2011 by kissmybroccoli

Hell-O everybody! Whew! Today has been a lahoooong day! TGTMF (Thank God tomorrow’s my Friday)!

Thank you so much for your sweet comments about my run-in with the law yesterday! Let’s hope there aren’t any more super expensive Cadbury eggs in my future, right?

Good news! The garage door is FIXED! Yay! 😀

Now get this, the guy that fixed it said it had something to do with a component (whatever that is) and that he’s replaced a lot of them since all the storms started. He thinks it may have had something to do with lightning! And I thought I was just going crazy!

Speaking of crazy, it’s that time of week again where we crazy bloggers post picks of ALL the day’s eats…Happy What I Ate Wednesday! Be sure to hop on over to Peas & Crayons and check out all the goods everyone linked up today!

Continuing on down Megan’s List, we have HEAB’s Cookie Dough Smoothie!

Breakfast (8:00am)
Topped with peanut butter (that sunk to the bottom), carob powder,
and carob chips

I loved the combo of flavors in this, though I may use a little less nutritional yeast next time. I like how a little nooch gives a subtle nutty taste, but I thought a whole tablespoon was a little too much for me.

Most notable: this smoothie kept me full for four hours!

I don’t know about you, but I almost always get hungry 2 hours after having a smoothie!

Followed by Mr. 1/2 Caf Joe
and of course my vitamin candy 😉

Lunch (12:00pm)
TJ’s whole wheat tortilla stuffed with baby greens, carrots, black beans, nooch, and these guys:

My favorite salsa just met its new best friend!

TJ’s Greek blooby yogurt + chias and raw almonds

Snack (3:00pm)
Organic Braeburn apple
On sale at Kroger for…ready for this?

88 cents a pound!!

Not my fave, but how could I pass up that deal?!

Afternoon pick-me-up (5:00pm)
Did you know if you put a kombucha to your ear, you can actually hear your cells chanting
“We love you! We love you!”?

I’m serious…try it!

Toxic Treat (6:00pm)
Hazardous half a grapefruit

What??

I was at work and needed a zippy! 😉

Dinner (8:00pm)
Snack plate with Yogi Ginger Tea (fave!)

Broccoli, carrots, and the last of the Mmm sauce 🙁
and
TJ’s Cinnamon Cats & carob chips for dessert!

I may or may not have run out of Mmm sauce and finished my carrots after a dive into a jar of sunflower seed butter!

I may not like carrots in AB or PB, but SSB…folks, we have a winner! 😉

And last, but certainly not least my Camelbak bottle of cool, fresh agua x TWO!

Hmm, now I think want another carrot! No, strike that…I DO want another carrot!

I may have started a bad thing here! 😉

Quick, it’s time for breakfast…what’s it gonna be? Sweet or savory?
I go through phases, but I have to say that although I LOVE my eggs, most of my breakfast end up sweet!