Tea and Cakes

We did get a good 5 inches, lots of school closings and delays. Jeff however did not get a delay at work, bummer. So the last time I had pancakes was late January, I figured I would give them a go again , on a snow day again… with blueberry smiles again…

Ingredients were the same as the previous pancake post, except I halved it because Jeff had to head to work.

Dry

• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
• pinch of salt

Wet

• 1/3 cup Nonfat Greek Plain Yogurt ( I used Voscos brand) 
• 1/2 tablespoon oil ( smart balance)
• 1 large egg white
• Milk as needed- I used a splash

I mixed all the dry together and then mixed in all the wet ingredients- dropped it into a hot skillet and..

On the side I had half a banana and used applesauce (organic) with some cottage cheese and cinnamon for a “sauce”. It was delicious and a great way to get some sweet. Plus, it’s healthier than maple syrup since you get fruit and fiber with the applesauce. 

Hot green tea with snowman and my snowy backyard!

Dinner last night was a frozen pizza we had for quite some time now. Neither of us felt up for cooking much of anything- so we added the last of some pepperoni that we had to this guy

I sliced it up

and had some veggies, cottage cheese and hummus alongside of it.

I know I know, I added more pepperoni and that is totally not what most people consider “healthy”. I don’t think of pepperoni as a healthy food either, but I enjoy it! I like lots of pepperoni on my pizza and if I am going to have some pizza- I will have it the way I want to! The nice thing about this is easier “portion control” – I knew that my two slices were 1/4 of the pizza and that serving size is listed on the back info: 360 calories.

If you know what you need, getting what you want is a whole lot easier!  For example yesterday, I knew overall that I needed some more protein and fat and veggies. So many things fit those categories, but what do I want that will fill those needs? pepperoni pizza with some veggies fit perfectly.

Okay, today’s plan:

Body:

Hip Opening Yoga !! this will be great to get my hips going for my run!

and a run at the gym… not sure if I will wait to go with Jeff at the end of the day or head out in this snow before lunch. 

Mind:
tbd

Soul:
tbd

Going Backwards…

So right now we are watching the third Lord of The Rings movie, neither of us have seen it and we watched the second earlier today. We are trying to figure out what to do for dinner so it will have to be a surprise for the morning!

Body:
Gym- short 30 minute elliptical session just to stay loose and I am going to do some yoga before I go to bed…

Mind:
I finally got the yoga downloads to work!!  For whatever reason, I have been trying to download them for months now and have been unsuccessful of getting them to download to my computer after getting them into my account. They always freeze mid-download until today! Woohoo!

Soul:
It has been raining for two+ days straight! Blech! And it is chilly- there are all kinds of winter storm warnings too! We are supposed to get up to 6 inches of snow! I bet everyone has a snow day tomorrow! Since I am on Spring Break, it will be cool if I get to hang out with people normally not on break.

We’ll see!!
Does anyone remember how excited you would get at the chance of a snow day when you were young? Sometimes I would be so excited I couldn’t sleep!

Alright, going backwards from just a few hours ago with a snack to yesterday’s festivities, Here is my food- life in photos:

Snack:
Chobani Strawberry and Kashi Go Lean

Lunch:
Organic Herb greens with black beans, tofu and veggies ( broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, zuchinni, red pepper, snow peas and a snap pea) with a little Goddess Dressing..

Taco Tofu! I have been marinating extra firm tofu in taco seasoning and lime juice and pressed it under a plate for a two days. I just heated it up in the skillet, flipping it on all its sides.

It was my favorite tofu so far.

Sunday Breakfast
Cinnamon French Toast Triangles with some greek yogurt and blueberries

Saturday Recap:
I had a beer at the fundraiser! It was similar to blue moon, a belgian wheat/white ale called “shocktop” .

We ordered food shortly after because that run had me starving! I ordered a Reuben and split it with Jeff

He had ordered a sampler for the table and I had a fried mushroom from it.

We ended up staying out all night! After they finished the fundraiser we met our other friends at a Sushi Bar.

(Brit, Andrea and Me).
We used to go there quite often but I ended up usually not feeling well, despite ordering non-shellfish containing items. Considering cross contamination is probably highly likely with the rolling and knives etc, it is tough for me to order food there and trust that it had not been prepared on something that already touched shellfish prior.

Long story long, I got a salad with ginger dressing, miso soup and edamame.

I also ordered a Lychee Martini. If you have never had lychee fruits, they tastes very similar to grapefruit but slightly more sweet in comparison. You can get gummy lychee fruits at asian supermarkets I believe, my friend at school always has them and shares with me so hence the inspiration when ordering this guy. I only had a couple sips though and was glad to share the rest with Andrea.

Nate ordered two banana desserts for everyone to share! The banana was tempura fried and there was ice cream and whip cream and chocolate sauce. I was highly disappointed that I only got one bite of a banana and two bites of ice cream even though Tim (Brit’s bf) swears he didn’t get any at all! I would have probably finished one of these desserts entirely on my own had I the opportunity.

After this guy, we headed back to Andrea and Nate’s to play Wii until the Wee hours of the morning.

There was our friend “before” he got his head shaved- too bad I couldn’t get an after shot- he had already left to shower off all the hair clippings! ah well… next year and maybe even Jeff will do it?