Man oh man was I hungry by the time I made it home last night. Working-out early sure sets my metabolism in motion for the day. I did the quickest inspection of my fridge and cabinets before creating this lovely meal.
Salmon salad made of salmon, mayo, Dijon, s&p, minced garlic and 2 chopped carrots on a bed of spinach with pecans and bleu cheese. I also drizzled chili sauce and sesame dressing over top. To the side you will see a new and exciting discovery: Lesley Stowe’s Raincoast Crisps Fig and Olive Crackers. These are divinely good. The combination of sweet figs and black olives makes for one beautiful cracker! I don’t believe anything could have tasted more delicious last night 
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After dinner my roommates and I tried to watch the women’s figure skating. How tricky is it though that one skater goes on, then we have to watch 30 minutes of another sport, before we finally see another skater… I stayed up until 11 when my online food writing class discussion ended and then had to call it a night. I am just not a die hard olympic watcher I guess!
As of this morning I’m officially 3 for 3 on my early morning work-outs. I have culinary school tomorrow (and therefore work super early) and leave for Cleveland Friday so of the 3 days I could make it, I did. Mission accomplished! I just did regular old gym time today instead of a class – 30 minutes on the elliptical and about 20 minutes of abs and arms strength training. Done and done.
After, I made some breakfast.
It’s not that I don’t like green monsters, but I am certainly more of a warm breakfast girl in the winter. I don’t know why though, this sounded good to me this morning. Maybe some wishful spring thinking??
The smoothie contained:
- 1 cup of vanilla soy milk
- 1 tbsp. of ground flax
- a banana
- 2 handfuls of spinach (which I promise, you cannot taste)
- 8 pieces of frozen mango
And some TJ’s oat bran swirls which are seriously yummy. Breakfast without some form of carbohydrates does not sound like breakfast to me 
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So! Hope you enjoyed all that spinach.
See you tomorrow .
- Beth
Yummy fig and olive crackers!!! Those sound divine! Awesome job on the early morning workouts…I’m craving one myself.
Courtney
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I was frustrated with figure skating too! I wanted to see them all in one shot
me too! some people have bed times
Okay fig and almond crackers? YUM…what brand?
Oh duh…nevermind! I got too excited and obviously forgot to read! haha!
I’ve never heard of that cereal before! Looks like little cinnamon buns :d
oh it is so good! you know what it tastes like?? ever had cracklin oat bran? JUST like that! i looove it
I totally feel ya on the hot breakfast thing. Even no breakfast is better for me than something cold on a freezing cold morning……especially when that cold morning is in the middle tons and tons of really cold mornings.
Good for you for going to the gym 3 out of 3! You know, for all the thousands of times I’ve seen green monsters on blogs, I’ve never tried one. Maybe I need to. Yours looks delicious with the TJ’s cereal. I agree that breakfast just doesn’t feel complete without carbs! Have a wonderful night!
Yes, definitely try one – they taste really good I promise! Just like a fruit smoothie but you also get some veggies in
For some reason, I cannot get myself to try those green monsters… Maybe it’s the color, or the fact that i’m generally not a fan of smoothies to begin with… Meh.
I am with you on the wishing for spring! Least it didn’t snow tonight like they’d forecasted!
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yum, you definitely just sold me on some fig and olive crackers! I want to try a green monster…I actually like the green bottled naked juice, so I imagine a fresh version would be good!