Good morning! How are you doing today?
Yesterday i decided to try something a little different for breakfast, so I made a kind of porridge out of freekeh.
Greenwheat Freekeh sent me a couple of boxes of freekeh to try out. Freekeh is a whole grain rich in protein, vitamins and minerals, with a low glycemic index, low in carbs, and high in fiber. The memory of delicious freekeh risotto still fresh in my mind, I dove right into the cracked grain freekeh.
I cooked 1/3 cup dry freekeh in about 1 cup of almond milk and 1 tablespoon of chia seeds, until it started to get thick. When the grains were cooked through, I topped my bowl with cinnamon, almond butter and Hungarian sour cherry compote. It has a nuttier, richer flavor than oats, but it was good and tasted really hearty! Next time I’m going to try cooking it a little longer so it’ll get really creamy.
While I didn’t give myself a “spa day,” I did get myself to my new gym, plunk down cold hard cash and pay for the initiation fee and first month. One thing I am so excited for about this gym is that it has classes! I haven’t been to a gym with classes in a long time, and I love knowing that there are fun workouts I can join in on almost any time of day. I was most excited to try Spinning, but unfortunately my gym doesn’t have an actual Spin class. Other locations do, and I fully intend on trying them out! In the meantime, though, one of the trainers showed me how to use the eSpinner.
It’s a Spinning bike with an interactive screen and virtual trainer, so even if you can’t take a class (or want to Spin solo) you can still pedal away. I tried Spinning once before, three years ago, and loved it. So many people have told me I’d enjoy it, and I have to say: even though I wasn’t in a group setting, I had so much fun! The 35 minutes went by quickly and I felt like I got a really good workout in. It also didn’t hurt that the virtual trainer looks just like Eric Northman 
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When I came home, I enjoyed some Peacefood leftovers for lunch. This fall I’m going to make my own chickpea fritters… I think they’re just made with chickpea flour and spices, and boy are they good!
I took a trip down memory lane as I went through some of my old stuff… like my dad, I have a hard time parting with everything from trinkets to random pieces of paper. I’m a nostalgic girl, what can I say. Anyway, I found this huge bag of ticket stubs from high school and part of college… I used to go to concerts multiple times a week!
Some live music highlights:
- Interpol, 2005 (much better than the second time I saw them)
- Modest Mouse (always)
- Liz Phair (always)
- U2/ Kings of Leon, 2005
- Arcade Fire/ Wolf Parade, 2005
- Y100 music festival, 2005 (The Strokes, The Darkness, Beastie Boys)
- Radiohead, 2006
- Bonnaroo music festival, 2006 (two days after the Radiohead show… and Radiohead headlined, too!)
- The Hold Steady (always)
I need a new band to love, do you have any suggestions? I think I’ve played Adele’s “Rolling In The Deep” enough to scratch the MP3…
My dad took me to dinner at Sura , one of our favorite Thai places. They have fabulous lunch and dinner deals, and also have a lot more on the menu than pad thai. If you’re ever in the neighborhood, you should give it a try!
We shared a trio of appetizers: coconut-crusted shrimp, Thai crêpes (stuffed with peanuts and basil, I think), and a tofu summer roll.
We also shared green curry with tofu and brown rice.
For dessert, I had a cup of black cherry Chobani and a piece of chocolate-covered peanut brittle my mom brought back from her trip Indiana.
Well, I’m off to the airport! The next time I see you, I’ll be in Minnesota kicking off the Green Giant Valley Visit !
Don’t forget to send me any questions you have about frozen veggies, farming practices, etc. (I want to know where Sprout got his tunic!)
Have fun on the trip!! Coconut shrimp is amazing!! Hooray for classes!!
I love Eric Northman!!! Have fun in my home state. The weather has been gorgeous this week, enjoy!
Haha, Eric Northman would be enough to motivate me
I keep all my old concert tickets – plus plane tickets when I travel, all sorts of stuff. I bet radiohead where amazing live.
yay for new classes! if they have kickboxing i still think you would love it! :swoo: for erik! nate just accepts my lusty gaze when i watch TB ha. i have a very similar pile of ticket stubs from shows! what bonnaroo did you go to? i was there in ’06 when radiohead headlined. life changer!
ahhh nm i should read more carefully haha. we missed each other! i went to field day in 08/ or 09 when radiohead played too! i’m a superfan lol
Does your new gym have Zumba? If it does…do it …dont care what you look like….just have fun…it really is a Dance class that works up a real sweat if you have a good instructor
I’ve never heard of Freekeh…it looks good!
Have a great trip!
sura is one of my absolute faaaavorite restaurants!! if its in your neighborhood, we might be neighbors
Those thai crepes sound amazing!
it’s funny, when i was home last weekend i found an old book where i used to paste all my ticket stubs, plane tickets, business cards from restaurants, bracelets from bars, etc. it brought back such a flood of memories and made me want to start a new one! your concert-going was just as frequent as my theater-going back in the day.
ps: curious which gym you joined! i have a month pass to two different gyms and it would be fun if one was the same as yours!
Kings of Leon and Arcade Fire in 2005, huh? You were way ahead of the times!
Don’t get a jolly green giant tattoo
xoxooxox have a great trip
awww memory lane is so fun! that’s what we were like when we were preparing for the yard sale! my grammy wanted to go over like everything she possibly had from the good old days and we were like okay finneneeee haha
yay for spin!!! you’ll love it i PROMISE just make sure you find a teacher with great music!
Your dinner looks fabulous!
wow! you’ve been to SO many concerts! i think i can count mine on one hand (maybe two)
looks like a great, much-needed relaxing night with your dad. i wish my parents were into trying new foods!
xo.
my DREAM is to see The Strokes live. I’ve been very impressed when I saw Tokyo Police Club, The Kills, The Sounds, and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. sometimes I’m a little let down when I am disappointed by a band’s performance (Spoon
) but I love going to just about any concert. at the last Grace Potter show I went to, Kenny Chesney popped out of nowhere and played with them. I’m not a huge fan of country but it made for a good show!
freekeh? how interesting! never heard of it. so im realllly slow in playing catch up with my comments. so i have had a ton of things to say, but never got around to saying them. (a) im really super glad i get to see you in a few weeks
(b) im sorry things didnt work out with you and ari. i dont know anything good to say, but i do know time heals all.
(c) i dream of alexander skarsgard
(d) you went to a SH!t ton of concerts. time for a CA concert girly!!
(e) that green giant trip looked kinda fun. interesting, but i still am iffy on big corporations like GM and the corn and soy business. why no organic?