Good Saturday morning! I hope your weekend is off to a fabulous start. It’s a beautiful day here, made all the more so because, instead of working a double shift, I don’t have to go in to the restaurant until 4! Life is good.
Yesterday, Ari and I had a splendid breakfast at the diner. Monday through Friday my omelet meal only costs $5 (including toast, coffee & juice), and you know I love a deal.
I got my usual egg whites with spinach, tomato, mushrooms and feta:
Dry toast with lots of HFCS grape jelly, of which I ate every bite.
After catching up with you lovely people, I went on a 2 mile run. Heather told me Jillian’s going to be taking some time off from her radio show, so, to stretch out the back-episodes, I took a break and listened to some cheesy pop instead. (And by “cheesy” I mean Akon’s sweet, sweet tunes.) I ran faster overall, but took a few walk breaks (never for more than 30 seconds).
The HRM blinked 00 for a couple minutes mid-run, so these stats are a little off:
Total time: 21:45 minutes
Maximum heart rate: 188 (94%)
Average heart rate: 164 (82%)
Calories burned: 231
After my run, I had a little time to kill before work so I did some cleaning. One of my house chores is to make sure there’s nothing that’s gone funk in the fridge, so, when I noticed half a can of chickpeas about to turn, I decided to use them for a recipe I saw in this month’s issue of SELF.
In the article this was featured in, Zooey Deschanel (one of my favorites) listed a lot of her favorite easy recipes, most (if not all) of which are vegan. I wanted to make her “Vegan Chocolate Dessert,” but the ingredients were really expensive at my local health food store. These spiced chickpeas will be great as a snack, though!
I went with Ari to the deli to get lunch, but I’m trying to save money so I just sat with him while he ate. I didn’t realize how hungry I was, though, and I had to have some cherries so I wouldn’t eat my lunch before it was made! (That happens a lot.)
Lunch was a big, I-Miss-You salad:
- romaine
- arugula
- 1 orange bell pepper
- TJ’s Meatless Meatballs (finally, Jess!)
- hummus
- goat cheese
- Bragg’s liquid aminos (I can’t believe I’m just trying this! I LOVE IT.)
I also had a perfectly ripe peach and Trader Joe’s Nonfat Organic Greek Honey Yogurt (reviewed here).
During work, I snacked on my new Peanut Butter & Jelly Larabar. (Their website says there are three new flavors; I only have the PB&J and Tropical Fruit Tart… does anyone know what the other flavor is?)
Verdict: Amazing. It tastes just like a smooshed peanut butter & jelly sandwich, made with crunch peanut butter, that’s been sitting in your lunchbox all morning. Move over, Cinnamon Roll… this may be my new favorite flavor!
The undocumented snacks: iced coffee, fresh mozzarella.
At work, if you sell 10 specials, you get to have one for dinner. I sold 9, but Ramon made me the special salad anyway! This is a jumbo shrimp and avocado salad with corn and tomatoes, served over mixed greens in a lemon-mint vinaigrette.
YUM.
My friend Howard came by and surprised me with some fruit salad. Although I shared it with the rest of the staff, I ate most of it myself! It must have been 2 lbs of fruit… oof!
So… work was just fine until about midnight, when I was closing my last two tables and getting ready to go home. There ended up being some more drama that lasted an hour, a visit from the cops, handcuffs, and, obviously, no tip. Double oof.
Well, I’m going to get a little work for my internship done while I have the spare time. I’ve done some kind of exercise for the last 5 days, so I’m going to give myself a day off.
I hope you’re up to something fun! Have a great Saturday 
Yep!! Larabar sent me all 3 flavors – the third one is German Chocolate Cake
Yikes, sorry about the drama at work!!
Ok I really need to get me some Lara bars if i can find some lol
Hehehe in Hawaii they have a yearly Spam Jam festival! Its huge!
Bragg’s is one of my favorite things ever! Liquid Aminos + raw apple cider vinegar + hot sauce = perfect salad dressing!
I think there is a new german chocolate cake flavored jocalat bar? Maybe that’s the other new one?
oops, Veggie Girl already mentioned that!
I read that issue of Self yesterday, cover to cover! Such a great magazine!
Glad you don’t have to work all day!! Enjoy the nice weather:)
P.S diner omelettes are the best!
I am totally drooling over those larabar flavors!!!
The PBJ Lara is so good! I didn’t like the tropical one anywhere near as much (can anything beat PBJ?!)
Hope today is drama free!
I need to get my hands on some of those new laras! Fo real.
Man, work drama blows. Cops?!? Yikes.
I would have totally bought your 10th salad special. That thing looks killer.
I have got to run to Whole Foods to check for the new flavors…but New Orleans Whole Foods take a bit of time to get new products..hmm. I can just imagine what it tastes like though!!!
Love the salad you had for lunch and dinner…love big salads with good toppings!
Have a marvelous Saturday, sweets!
I totally agree with you on the PBJ Larabar… just like a sandwich!
<3 <3
Can’t wait to try the new Laras! I love Zooey Deschenel, you have to see 500 Summers, it’s so good.
Do you love the meatless meatballs?!! Now please, pleaseee make yourself a grilled meatless meatballs/cheese wrap (and dip that sh!t in ketchup)…..it’s AMAZING!
And yay for bragg’s as well!! It’s great with sooo many different things, and works great as a type of soy sauce too! legit!
Jealous of your spiced chickpeas and pb &j larabar experience!
Mmm…I just restocked my Bragg’s supply (I buy it in the liquid bulk section and keep it in a spritzer!).
I miss you too!
I love an omelette with ons of ketchup
I really gotta find that larabar – everyone says it is one of the best larabar flavors!
HEy dear! I hope you can make it to our meet-up! >.< So excited and hopeful!
And oh my god…never a dull moment at work, is there?
I wanna try that Larabar, but I can’t find it in these country stores
Gotta get to the big city, I guess… (You’d think having “twin” cities would mean everything was twice as easy to find, but noooo.)
Yikes, we had the police this weekend too! Talk about drama! There must be a psychic connection.
Oh, and I bought the HK peanut butter since you said so…
The third flavor is a chocolate flavor, and its GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE!!! yumm
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I love making chickpeas like that. Interestingly, I think I learned about it from self like 5 years ago!
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i love both peanut butter and cheeze as the filling of my morning sandwhich.”":
i have also an allergy on peanute butter but i can eat a little of it:,`
peanute butter with strawberry jelly is my favorite sandwhich spread. it taste so yummy-~~
peanut butters are very tasty, the only problem is that i have some very bad peanut allergy ‘`”
.~` that seems to be a great topic, i really love it .;~