So I joined in on the Breakfast Challenge and luckily I remembered yesterday morning while I was already making my yummy oat combo. So to make it “new” I added fresh figs on top!
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1/2 cup FF milk; 1/2 c cup water
- 2 egg whites (used egg whites today instead of a full egg to test it out)
- Cinnamon & vanilla extract
- Skippy natural chunky PB
Topped with:
- Justin’s maple almond butter
- Banana nut cheerios
- 2 chopped figs
Verdict? Yum! It was very very tasty 🙂 But I actually prefer it without the figs – I’m just not a huge fruit & oatmeal combo person.
I honestly don’t remember what else I did yesterday (besides gym & Whole Foods). Another run? Oh yes sir!
2.25 mile run interval (last week was 2 miles),
3 minute walk
1.75 mile run.
Total: 4 miles running (5.15 miles including all the walking)
I’m feeling really good about my treadmill runs the past couple times. My knees have felt stiff during and immediately after the runs, but have not been sore later in the day or in following days. This is unheard of!! Could that second cortisone shot really have done it’s job?!? We’ll see how it feels when I actually run outside.
On my drive home from Whole Foods/Target, I snacked on this new Think Thin Cookies & Cream bar (I have a couple buy-1-get-1-free coupons so I stocked up). Sorry for the blurry car pic:
Blech blech blech!!! I’ve never wanted to try these because they’re “sugar-free” so obviously made with fake sugars, and it tasted just like Promax cookies & cream bars (which I used to like, but can’t stand now). Nasty nasty aftertaste from these!
On to dinner…stir-fried veggies, garlic-lime chicken patty (chopped up), and Trader Joe’s mini cilantro chicken wontons (these are delish!):
My sister’s failed attempt at frozen pizza (it started to collapse in the oven)
I also snacked on a few things while prepping dinner (including some of the above pizza crust), so I was pretty full after din. But not full enough for dessert later on 🙂
Some of this Memphis Mud Pie ice cream I picked up at Whole Foods (made with coconut milk!!)
There has been so much talk over the blogs about coconut milk ice cream so I was very curious to try it out myself. The coconut taste was pretty strong at first (and not being a fan of coconut, I was a little disappointed). But after a few bites, it became more and more delicious. I really do like it! I wish this particular ice cream had a bit more fudge and cookie pieces in it though 😉
With my momma’s homemade chocolate chip congo square crumbed on top:
And some hot chocolate with mini-marshmallows later in the night (I obviously was wanting chocolate!)
This morning to continue with the New Breakfast challenge, I heated up some frozen blueberry-banana-buckweat pancakes, and topped them off with blueberry syrup!
The syrup was obviously the “new” part to my breakfast – first time making it! I just combined blueberries (fresh ones that we froze) and syrup on the stove to boil and mash! This time I used sister’s more artistically made plate:
Meet my family! From left to right: Daddy (sorry for the pancake head!), Madre, me (I’m not sure why I’m blonde and shorter than my sister in the blue dress?), Paige, Grant, Mackie, Brooke (who made the plate – she’s obviously much more talented than I am 😉 with my own plate).
More errands today (blah blah, boring stuff), but dinner was at my fave local burrito place – High Tech Burrito!
I got the Godzilla but subbed and altered things to my liking 😀 Sauteed veggies, chicken breast, brown rice, pico de gallo, lettuce, guacamole, lime sour cream, & mango dressing in a whole wheat tortilla (again sorry for blurry phone pic):
Mmmm 🙂 Except I would’ve preferred a bit more mango dressing in there. Muh fave part!
PS: Check out this awesome car we came across the other day.
Wait is it purple?
Or is it teal?
Or is it both?!
It was a magically color changing car! (Depending on the way the sun hit it). Crazy!
Well us girls (aka me, two of my sisters, and my mom) were going to go see Time Traveler’s Wife tonight, but guess those plans fell through. I guess that’s on the agenda for tomorrow night! I’ve heard it’s good (although different from the book). Eric Bana doesn’t hurt either 😉
Pssst…check out Paige’s 100th post giveaway!!
blech i hate think thin products. but i love those cute figs!! and dude, the rest of your eats are porn worthy.. it just kept getting better! pizza, ice cream, hot chocolate, pancakes! stop it!
haha! That is some funky car! Must really gleam amongst the other cars!
I LOVE FIGS!! I just bought a container of those figs for $1 and now it’s already almost gone! T___T
i’m going to be in slo on thursday and staying at the la cuesta inn. isn’t that the one across the street from quality suites that did all the remodeling and is huge now?
i can’t wait for farmer’s market on thursday night!! i’m ecstatic.
have you heard of “post grad”? it looks like a good movie and i don’t know whether to see or not.
I love love Farmer’s Market!!! So great 🙂 And good food! I’m not sure about the la cuesta inn though. Post Grad does look good to me! I love Alexis Bledel.
Nice job on the run!
LOL – that car is truly a sight to behold 😉
those pancakes looks really really fantastic, or maybe the blueberry syrup? i’ve only used maple…is the product specifically called blueberry syrup or is it something you made? and hahah to that car!
Let me know how that movie is!
And CONGO squares–oh my gosh–I love those things! My mom used to make them all the time, and they were actually the first baked good I made all by myself, so they are very very close to my heart. 🙂
Glad the shot seems to have paid off!! Those Think bars aren’t my favorite – have you tried the Think Organic bars? They’re a little more natural.
I’d be all over the funky pizza crust! It looks delicious 😀 Hope you get to see the movie today!
think thin has NOT treated me well either! i don’t know what it is, but no me gusta. however, me gusta mucho that oatmeal, burrito, stirfy and pancakes! yummmooo!!!
can’t wait to see time traveler’s wife too – happy weekend love!
Love the breakfasts! YUM! Can you believe I’ve never tried a fresh fig before? I need to get on that… 😀
Nobody likes those think thin bars but for some strange reason I do!
Great job on the breakfast challenges.. they look so yummy!
Have a great weekend!
That car is tripping me out. And that simple blueberry sauce sounds quick and delicious
oh that breakfast is killa — you are rocking that breakfast challenge girl!
that car is too funny! i wonder how the owner would advertise to sell it “for sale: a purple/teal car”
i have been tempted to buy those think thin bars- the company does a fantastic job of making them look good and making you want to pick them up. at least i know not to buy them now…whatttt that car is unreal…at first i was like what is so awesome about this car? and then i read on and saw the color change right before my very eyes! haha. i love love stir fry! whenever you have nothing in your house/do not know what to make… you can never go wrong with that
That pizza sight is so sad! I love the homemade plates, LOL at the pancake head Daddy. With so many siblings, you gotta have more that you waiting to bust out for us, right?? 😉
Hey Tay! You seriously have to see that movie soon though! I want to see it again! Your breakfast challenge has you coming up with some fantastic looking breakfasts! I have sharp pains in my knees all of the time, does the cortisone shots help that? I hate that I can’t run hardly anymore b/c of that.
I’m edging further and further away from fat free and sugar free items because of all the ICK they put in them. I used to love things like that too but they can taste so artificial!
Umm the pancakes look incred!
That ice cream looks really good, I’m going to wf’s tomorrow, I’m definitely picking some up!
Haha that car is awesome! Orrr something like awesome 😉
I always see Think Thin bars but haven’t picked one up yet. I think yet will change to ever now. Thanks for the warning! hehe
I hate think thin products too! That car is hilarious…
Cool color car! You can get it done at a paint shop 😉 AND you can have satin that acts that way too – I used to have a dress made from it. Boooh for gross bars! That fake stuff really is nasty isn’t it? find it amazing I used to love anything “diet” sugar related. Too yucky now!
Ah! That car! Way too cool for words. Must track down that paint colour for my rockin ford focus 😉
I’m not a fan of the Think Thin bars either. In fact, I believe I didn’t even finish the last one I tried!
I’ve gotta track down some coconut ice cream. I don’t like the regular stuff (or cream of any sort) and people keep telling me I should try the coconut variety. Oh! And yay for minimal knee pain! 😀
that paint is SO expensive.
great eats!
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I love the oats and figs combo! And that Think Thin energy bar looks delicious!