Cure for the Common Cold

*If you are a Beloit student who happens to be reading this, please contact me via facebook or my school e-mail*

Take two parts oatmeal

For breakfast and lunch

One part 3 hour nap

One part netflix instant watch

Every foodie should watch this movie... prepare to be insanely jealous

One english paper draft (very optional)

One thousand plus cups of green tea with lemon

100000000 bottles of water

1 yoga class (if you're feeling well enough, which I was!)

2 rounds of neti pot

I am already feeling SO much better than this morning! Still super tired but an early bedtime should clear that right up! I also got my taste for veggies back! YAY!

pre-yoga toast w/ cashew butter

Dinner hummus, cucs, dijon and spinach in a whole wheat tortilla

steamed cauliflower, carrots and ketchup on the side

dessert was this x3... I should NOT be allowed to keep my favorite cereal around.

I've also realized I didn't set any April goals!! Well I did in my head but I need to tell you all... in the morning =).

Peace!

Caitlin

What's your favorite cereal?

What are some of your April goals, inspire me!

Big Winner

No... this is not an April fool's post, but did you see Wealthy Tipping Point? She totally got me! I actually called PerMa to tell her the news before it dawned on me what was going on!

However Caitlin's post plus an event this afternoon reminded me that I actually am pretty good at winning random things.

This afternoon I won Caroline's waffle give away (yahoo!!)

I won Kaitlin's coaches oats give away a few weeks ago

I actually tend to win those games where you grab the stuffed animal with the claw (I don't know whether to brag about this or not)

And the best thing I've ever won?

My sophomore year of high school, I won a 58 inch flat screen TV with 5 dvd changer and home theatre system in a raffle.

No I'm not lying it's in my house right now, I miss it very much when I'm at school watching The Office on my laptop.

Something I did not win at today? Satisfying my hunger... hey BPS round two! I did try very much though!

For lunch I had leftover Annie's mac and cheese but today I added baked beans, spinach and mushrooms. Plus grapes which are needing to be eaten!

Snacks included dates stuffed with various nut butters

more dates and cashew butter a few pretzels and the taste of a PB cookie larabar (which I finished)

I wasn't hungry for quite some time for dinner but then suddenly I was starving again (hate that) so I made a quick tofu scramble. I used

1/2 crumbled block of tofu

1 tsp garlic

1 tbsp nooch

salt and pepper

an entire green pepper

Plus Ezekiel sesame toast with smart balance light and fruit spread.

dessert plus more nuts ( I AM A HANGRY MONSTER)

  

Peace!

Caitlin

What's the best thing you've ever won?

Fun plans this weekend? Eleven mile tomorrow... fun in my mind!

Chili-Lime White Bean Dip

Very sadly I ran out of hummus the other day =(. Instead of waiting to go to the store this weekend I utilized skills other than shopping to make an alternative dip!

Chili-Lime White Bean Dip

Ingredients

1 15 ounce can of white bean drained and rinsed

2 tsp minced garlic

1/2 tbsp chili powder

Juice of 1/2 a medium lime

2 tsp olive oil

How To

Put everything in a food processor and combine until smooth. Taste and adjust spices to desired taste. I even ended up adding some garlic salt because I want to loose all of my friends =).

Keeps nicely in the newly empty hummus container! Enjoy!

Peace

Caitlin

Breakfast Heaven

Oh My Yum.

This was really good. Really Good.

Cinnamon Stuffed Chocolate- Banana Bake with Blueberry "Sauce"

Ingredients

2 tbsp Pancake mix ( I used Bob's Red Mill Buckwheat)

1/2 large banana

a ton of cinnamon

3 tbsp egg whites

2 tbsp milk of choice

1 scoop chocolate protein powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

a pinch of salt

1 Stevia packets

About 2/3 cup frozen blueberries

How To

Pre-heat oven to 320. Mix all ingredients except the blueberries together. Honestly, I just mix them directly in the ramekin. But if you mix them in a bowl, transfer the mixture to a ramekin. Bake for 15 minutes.

While baking put the frozen blueberries in a microwave safe bowl. You want to se frozen so the ice can make the "sauce" MIcrowave on high for about 30 seconds or until they are fairly mushy. *Optional, stir in another stevia packet to the blueberries*.

Poor blueberries over the bake and mmmmm your way through breakfast.

I also topped mine with coconut butter... highly recommended.

Note- If you have crazy busy mornings like myself, this can be mixed in advance and put in the fridge. I mix it right before I go to the gym and pop it in the oven when for when I'm in the shower.

Besides delicious breakfast bakes my morning also had a great interval bike workout. I've been doing two interval bikes a week instead of one because I haven't been doing running intervals on Monday like I used to, I'm worried about my IT band and though I would like to get faster, it's more important to not get hurt.

Plus *BRAG ALERT* my plank time!

=D

Peace!

Caitlin

What did you have for breakfast this morning?

Don't Judge

My Monday was unfortunately ( or fortunately) fairly dull. Just class, homework, food and some baking. Good thing my eats were delish!

For lunch I made a spring chickpea salad with dijon avocado dip and topped with superfruit vin. I'm updating my recipe page and this will be on it! Had with a side of Mary's Gone Crackers.

I got this awesome poster in the mail today!!

I put it on the wall at the foot of my bed so it can motivate me right when I wake up =).

I snacked on about three stalks of celery and a gigantic scoop of almond butter.

For dinner I was CRAVING tofu, I've only had it twice in three weeks!! I got this kind over the weekend, I like it because you don't have to press it! I tossed about 1/2 of the block in EVOO, white wine vin, honey, black pepper and italian seasoning.

This is officially known as the "don't judge me salad"

Spinach

broccoli

microwaved sweet potato chunks

baked tofu

raisins

tomato sauce

green olives

It was REALLY good

Free time means baking! I made a loaf of Elise's pumpkin bread with a few modifications. I used coconut butter instead of oil, oats instead of flour, less stevia plus I added pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon.

I had a piece with PB2 and fruit spread along with some dark chocolate chips. It is so moist and delicious! I may go back for a little more!

Mango Tahini Stir Fry

An incredibly tangy, fun, fresh stir fry!

Ingredients

Serves 1

1/2 large tomato

1 large celery stalk

about one-third of a mango diced

a handful of spinach

1/2 large bell pepper diced

1/3 cup diced onion

1 tsp garlic

Sauce

1 heaping tsp tahini

2 tbsp white wine vinegar

a shake of ground ginger

red pepper flakes

How To

Mix up the sauce. Throw it with all of the veggies in a pan. Mix and mix until cooked. It's a stir-fry =P.

Serve with some kind of whole grain like brown rice as seen above! Garnish with some cashews or almonds and enjoy!

Gluten Free Pumpkin Coconut Cookies

Ingredients

Makes about 10 cookies

2/3 cup garbanzo bean flour

1/3 cup rolled oats

3 tbsp egg whites

1 pinch salt

1 tbsp ground flax

2 tsp honey

2 tsp stevia

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/3 cup pumpkin

1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut

Chocolate chips (a handful)

How To

Pre-heat oven to 325. Combine all ingredients in a small mixing bowl, taste and adjust honey and sugar content as desired (they aren't that sweet). Drop onto a parchment paper coated baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes.

**I'm pretty sure you could just leave the egg out of this if you want it vegan, the pumpkin should hold them together**

Vegan "Cheezy" Mediterranean Lentils

Ingredients

Serves 1

1 cup water

1 tsp EVOO

1 heaping tsp minced garlic

1/3 cup onions chopped

4 artichoke hearts chopped

1 medium diced tomato

1/4 cup dry lentils

1 heaping tbsp nutritional yeast

How To

Bring water to a boil in a large sauce pan and add lentils. Once the lentils are almost cooked add all of the veggies and garlic. Stir frequently until most of the water has evaporated. When the lentils are cooked and there is still some water in the pan add the nutritional yeast and olive oil. It is important to have some water left in the pan to get a sauce from the yeast. Garnish with hummus and enjoy!

This would probably also be great in pita, I'm going to try that next time!

Great Eats Day!

I actually love when the beginning of my week is busy because it means that it winds down nicely! Basically all of my food today has been nothing short of amazing... love that!

I packed a mexican salad for lunch

In the mess, spinach, red pepper, avocado, nooch, salsa, red onion, jalepenos, black beans and garlic salt

And for the second time I used my new toaster oven...

Homemade Spicy Brown RIce Chips

Ingredients

Cooking spray or olive oil

1 brown rice wrap

cumin

chili powder

How To

Preheat oven to 300

Either spray or brush the wrap with oil on both side. Sprinkle one side with cumin and one side with chili powder. Cut into as many chips as you would like. Place on cooking sheet and bake for 6-7 minutes (I did mine for about 9 and clearly they were a little brown... still very good though!

I can't wait to make these again and with different spices!

I was still hungry so I had one of the emergency granola bars I keep in my backpack.

This snack rocked!

I cut up a flat out and toasted it (obsessed) topped each piece with nut butter, cinnamon, honey and raisins. Let's talk about how there are four kinds of nut butter represented on this plate... I couldn't decide =).

Other random snack-

Pretzels dipped in the nut butter while waiting for flat out to toast

a graham cracker

some cashews

a few blueberry nut clusters

Diner type food

This looks crazy but it was almost too good for words.

I made Sarah's broccoli-feta stuffed sweet potato. I followed the recipe for the most part except I made the filling in the microwave. I also added mushrooms and topped it with green olives... because I love olives!

I will be making this again... it is so so so so good. Just so good!

Dark chocolate coconut square right after

A little bit later butter toffee almonds, dark chocolate (plus some) and mango

Plus two mugs of cheerios, milks and banana

and right now some sesame toast

I did homework through ALL of this and I'm finally done! I still have some reading and stuff for the rest of the week but all of the crazy urgentness is gone =D!

Peace!

Caitlin

Do you like to get all your stuff done at once or do you plan it spaced out? I live by GET IT DONE

Best thing you've had to eat in the past 5 days? Either ice cream at the beach or that sweet potato

This One's for Janae

Did you all see my afternoon post? You should check it out!

I spent the morning reading at the pool.. standard.

I may or may not have also spent about 20 minutes swimming in the pool pretending to be a dolphin....

For lunch today I had what started as an omelette and turned into an egg mess.

One egg plus two white with black beans and a bunch of veggies topped in ketchup. Fruit salad on the side.

I went to the pool to read but am unfortunately very sun sensitive which began to show so I headed upstairs to spend some time in the kitchen!

Quick snack of snap peas, almond butter and triscut thins, I would have had more crackers but I saved room because I was making Allie's Banana Bread Oat Bites !

I subbed raisins and craisins for dates and added a tiny bit of honey.

Snack for me and PerMa, topped with PB. These are so good! You must try them, they are also insanely easy!

We also had a can of kidney beans to be used so I made up some dip

Hand mashed because I did this...

woops...

Dinner was eggplant "pizza" on toasted flatouts and a lovely small salad! Simple and delish!

Now for the title of this post! Do you all read Hungry Runner Girl? If not you should it's amazing!!!! If you do you know that Janae has a mad love for candy so this post is dedicated to her!

We walked down the street to get dessert again tonight! This is where we go

It's an awesome old school ice cream and candy store!

All the candy in the world, those baskets have salt water taffy sold by the pound

Homemade fudge

You can sign the walls!

Basically it's adorable and amazing! <3 Candy Kitchen

Tonight I got a small pralines and cream, malt fudge swirl with whipped cream

I also got a 1/2 pound of licorice coins which I will probably munch on some tonight! Running+swimming+on my feet baking+walking to get ice cream= BIG APPETITE!

Peace!

Caitlin

What's you favorite kind of candy? I don't eat that much candy besides dark chocolate which I love but I am a big fan of gummy bears when I have the urge!

Favorite ice cream flavor? I really do love all flavors but gun to head I'd say strawberry cheesecake