Well, Day 5 was less than exciting… When I’m off, I find it
hard to stick to a normal routine. Workouts rarely happen, diet routine out the
door, and sleep…what sleep? Yep day offs are a disaster to my health… but at least they’re
fun!
Today my husband and I rode up to our soon-to-be new
l living location to check out the progress being done on our home. During the entire
process the only request I had was to be able to customize my kitchen and have
a sunroom to go with it. Everything else was up to my husband. He okayed my
request and here it is half way done!
Saddle hardwood, dark cherry cabinets and New Caledonia
granite countertops with stainless steel appliances,70/30 kitchen sink and an
extra long island next to an open sunroom. The backsplash has yet to be decided
but it’ll be a mixture of light and dark colors to match what is already in the
room with some broken glass pieces added. You have no idea how excited I am to
get into this kitchen and start cooking! The lack of space in this apartment
has me occasionally screaming on the top of my lungs how much I hate the place.
I mean look at what I’m transitioning from/to!?
Old Townhouse Kitchen |
Current Apartment Kitchen |
Future Kitchen - same size as townhome |
My dream kitchen in terms of layout and size |
Enough ranting about my cosmic powers and itty bitty living
space. For breakfast, I stuck to my mono meal ways with a delicious red cameo
apple. I adore apples and love exploring the different varieties and tastes.
When apple season hits at the farmer’s market, I’m in pure tasting heaven. I
literally eat one or two a day tasting and experimenting with each one. My
favorites are the Nittany and Honeycrisp. Sweet, juicy and super crisp just the
way I like it. Any apple favorites you’d like to share?
After breakfast we headed out to the house and came back to
watch Fast and Furious 6. Can’t beat $5 movies! I could tell I was getting
hungry as drove towards the theater but I thought I was going to be okay until
the movie was over. WRONG! By the time the movie started my belly was growling
asking for something to eat! I should have taken up my husband’s offer to stop
by Trader Joe’s and grab a banana. After 6 hours since eating my apple, you can
only imagine how I felt once I got home: famished and a raging animal in the
kitchen. My first stop, ugh, the poor Cacao Nib Cookie Dough Nut Butter. I nibbled and nibbled until finally I came to
my senses when my husband looked at me and said, “Seriously, that’s what you’re
going to eat?”. He was right. I needed something quick: smoothie.
I ran across a Banana Split Smoothie recipe by the Simple
Veganista and just knew it would go perfect with my raw chocolate protein
powder. I modified the recipe accordingly to accommodate my chocolate powder
but the smoothie, I’m sure, tasted just as great! Although, I have no doubts
hers is better. :)
Banana Split Protein Smoothie
- 1 banana, frozen
- 4-5 strawberries, frozen
- 1/3 cup pineapple
- 1-2 handfuls of greens
- 1 scoop/packet of raw chocolate protein powder (Garden of Life or Sunwarrior)
- 1 cup of raw almond milk
- ½ cup water or coconut water
- Blend! Top with a cherry. Don’t you love my ugly frozen cherry turd!?
For dinner I sipped on a Passionberry Kombucha. I love
kombucha. And shamefully the rest of my nut butter. It was one of those days.
So there’s my NOT so exciting day. However, I am off to make
raw chocolate so I may have that for you soon. As for tomorrow, I already have
plans on making some raw samosas!!
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