RR Log 11.17.10

Breakfast:
-sauteed zucchini
-1 egg + 1 egg white fried

Lunch:
-mulrigrain rice vegetarian sushi roll (Whole Foods) with avocado & cucumber

Dinner:
-butternut squash bisque
-quinoa salad with black beans, red pepper, corn, cilantro, lime dressing

Snacks:
-savory pumpkin socca with cinnamon cashew cream
-2 gluten-free, vegan rosemary cornmeal cookies
-2 vegan peanut butter cookies

Drinks:
-1 cup black tea
-1 cup black coffee
-2 beers

Exercise: Nope

Notes: Hey! That rosemary cornmeal cookie recipe was tailored especially for ME! How awesome is that?? The peanut butter cookies call for egg, but I used soaked and ground chia seeds as a binder instead. They came out great, moist and chewy.

RR Log 11.16.10

Breakfast:
-sauteed zucchini
-1 egg + 1 egg white
-fresh juice: carrot, apple, ginger

Lunch:
-warm millet and kale salad
-slice of pumpkin socca with cinnamon cashew cream

Dinner:
-baby bok choy with ginger & sesame seeds
-wasabi mashed potatoes

Snacks:
-almond thin crackers with almond butter
-15 or so roasted & salted almonds (what's with the almonds, I know!!)

Drinks:
-3 cups black coffee
-1.5 glasses white wine

Exercise: 20 minutes on my elliptical

Notes: My lunch was all from the Yumuniverse website's recipes, damn, I am their number 1 fan! My dinner recipes came from the Veganomicon. Definitely a winner! Loved the bok choy, and organic baby bok choy was on sale at Stanley's.... can't beat that place for deals! And whoa, yes, that's right! I have a fucking elliptical IN MY HOUSE. I jumped out of bed and right onto it, which wasn't actually the best idea, being someone with asthma.... Duh. Anyways, you should see more ellipitcal-ing in my posts. If not, slap me when you see me ;)

DB's log 11.10.10

Breakfast:

-oatmeal with apricots and cashews

Lunch:

-leftover cream of potato soup with slice of bread

Dinner:

-Moroccan vegetable tangine from Andolous

-3 pita wedges with bean dip

-dessert: Cloud9 mango snow ice with condensed milk

Snacks:

-handful of almonds and cranberries

-two European chocolate wafer thingies

-2 chocolates

Beverages:

-coffee with half 'n half

-water

-1 glass white wine

Exercise: walked 1.5 from Cloud9 to home?

Notes: recovering from being sick so I didn't exercise, but I did get a good walk in. Had a ladies' night out at Andalous Moroccan--wow! Really healthy and delicious vegetarian dishes there. I will definitely be back. Ended the evening with new obsession, snow ice from Cloud9 on Belmont. Fun fact: the snack size portion is under 150 calories. Not a bad indulgence. As for my chocolate obsession...I seriously think I have a g.d. problem at this point.

DB's log 11.9.2010

Breakfast:

-bowl of cereal with almond milk

Lunch:

-bowl of the exact same kind of cereal with almond milk

-peanut butter and jelly sandwich

Dinner:

-red bell pepper (more vitamin C than citrus!)

-homemade cream of potato soup with slice of bread

Beverages:
-lots of water

Exercise: nooooo...read below

Note: I woke up SICK today...wah!! Where the hell did that come from? I was go-go-go all weekend and into Monday and then, BAM, sick as a dog. Hopefully the water and red bell pepper will help...

DB's log 11/8/2010

Breakfast:

-1 over easy egg

-1 slice toast with Earth Balance and jam

-8 oz Vega protein shake with vanilla almond milk, blueberry, banana, and chia seeds

Lunch:

-5 slices thin crust mushroom and black olive pizza (yeah, oops)

Dinner:

-salmon

-lentils

-1 slice toast with sweet potato butter

Beverages:

-coffee with splash of half 'n half

-iced tea

-water

Exercise: 2 miles in 21:44 minutes...BAM!

Notes: Went to lunch with my boss which is where the pizza boo-boo came from. Traced out a 2 mile route for myself using Google Maps' distance tool (look in Labs if you want to use it) and now my goal is to see if I can beat my time each run. Funny thing is, I never would have dreamed I could run over 20 minutes without stopping but ever since proving I CAN at the 5k race I did, I've become more interested in distance than time. If I can get really good at 2 miles, then I'll bump it up to 3.1 (5k) regularly. Holy crap, who am I?

RR Log 11.08.10

Breakfast:
-3 buckwheat pancakes with maple syrup
-strawberries & bananas with flax & sunflower seeds

Lunch:
-spinach salad with 1 hard boiled egg, red onion, tomatoes, zucchini & italian dressing
-savory pumpkin socca with cinnamon cashew cream

Dinner:
-ummm, red wine?

Snacks:
-1 ginger dark chocolate scone
-chips & guacamole
-rice cracker with almond butter

Drinks:
-2 cups black tea
-1 cup black coffee
-red wine (+ Gossip Girl FTW!)

Exercise: Best intentions thwarted by evil emotions.

Notes: Uggghhhh. I cried a lot today.

DB log 11.7.2010

Breakfast:

-three small blueberry buttermilk pancakes

-scrambled eggs

Lunch:

-Falafel with hummus, tabouli, lentils and cucumber sauce (from Falafill--awesome place)

Dinner:

-banana

-handful of almonds

Beverages:

-coffee with a splash of half 'n half

-grapefruit juice

-Honest Tea white pear iced tea

-water

Exercise: a bit sore from yesterday's race so I gave myself a break.

Notes: I am feeling SO GOOD this weekend. The combination of accomplishing the 5K, great fall weather, and getting an extra hour of sleep thanks to Daylight Saving's ending has put me in a wonderfully productive mood. Dave and I both skipped dinner because we had such a late lunch and weren't hungry. It's funny--he was having trouble at first wrapping his head around not eating dinner but I was like, "why waste the time on cooking it, use up calories, and use up ingredients if we're not even that hungry?" He made a shake and I had my light healthy snack and we both lived to tell the tale of not adhering to daily rituals.

RR Log 11.07.10

Breakfast: Had some pals over for brunch! Epic brunch....
-red potatoes roasted with olive oil, garlic, onions & rosemary
-tofu scramble with broccoli, bell pepper, green onion
-1 ginger dark chocolate scone
-gimme lean veggie sausage
-1 mini cinnamon roll
-strawberries & bananas with flax & sunflower seeds
-2 slices pumpkin socca with cinnamon cashew cream

Lunch: See breakfast!

Dinner:
-1/2 fried green tomato appetizer
-2 black bean cakes
-sauteed spinach
-cheese grits (yup!!!)

Snacks: None really, brunch dragged into the afternoon!

Drinks:
-a few cups of black coffee
-a few (ahem) glasses of white wine
-a Pepsi

Exercise: Must.....go.....to.....GYm....

Notes: Sunday! No regrets, right? Well, after all that epic brunching I got some stomach cramps. I think I overdid it....

DB's log 11.6.2010

I RAN A FREAKING 5K RACE TODAY!

POST-RACE TREAT:

-2 bars Ghiradelli almond chocolate

-chocolate fondue with half banana, marshmallows, pretzel stick, sponge cake, rice crispie treat, and apple slices to dip

-half cup hot chocolate

Breakfast:
-steel cut Irish oats with raspberry sauce and macadamia nuts from Uncommon Ground

-a few bites of Dave's breakfast potatoes (duh, Uncommon Ground's breakfast potatoes are the best!)

Lunch:

-medley of Indian treats: daal, lemon rice, saag paneer, small piece of naan, part of a dosai, and two bites of gulab jamun

-mango lassi

Dinner:

-1 Tex-mex enchilada made by my sister

Snacks:

-a few pieces leftover Halloween candy

Exercise: probably the most athletic I've ever been in my life: I ran my very first 5K (the Hot Chocolate 5/15K Race to be exact). My goal was to get through it without stopping, which I was very skeptical of...but I did it!! In 35:14 minutes too! This experience is really worth a post of its own, which I'll get to this week, but long story short: YAY! Running is suddenly fun!

RR Log 11.06.10

Breakfast:
- 3 vegan buckwheat pancakes (the recipe you gave me DB!) with maple syrup

Lunch:
-Ummmm Taco Bell. I don't want to talk about it. (7 layer burrito OMG)

Dinner:
-coconut sweet potato curry soup
-garlic toast

Snacks:
-1 almond quinoa muffin
- 2 pieces of vegan savory pumpkin socca with cashew cinnamon cream
-A few *ahem* rosemary cornmeal cookies
-some cool ranch Doritos. yup. what?

Drinks:
-1 small Dr. Pepper
-2 cups black tea (soooo good PG Tips my pal brought me from London!
-1 glass red wine

Exercise: Um, not so much. What's it gonna take I tell ya??

Notes: Well, obviously by my snacking log you can see I did some baking today! Gearing up for the holiday season and trying to keep the kitchen warm in the process. I have a terrible sweet tooth, and I am enjoying finding new, healthier, vegan twists on my faves. In other news: it is totally red wine season.

RR Log 11.05.10

Breakfast:
- vegan pumpkin protein pancakes with maple syrup

Lunch:
-quinoa with black beans, green onion, avocado, olive oil, salt & pepper

Dinner:
-risotto with roasted tomatoes & artichokes
-salad with blue cheese, toasted pecans, dried cherries and champagne pear vinaigrette

Snacks:
-1 toasted slice manna bread (rice & millet)
-roasted & salted almonds
-2 cookies (choc. chip & butterscotch DANG)

Drinks:
-2.5 cups black coffee
-fresh juice made form carrots, granny smith apple & ginger (WOO!)
-a few glasses of red wine

Exercise: Ahem.

Notes: Why, hello there.....

DB's log 11/3/2010

Breakfast:

-half of breakfast burrito: eggs, potato, avocado, cheese

Lunch:

-the other half of breakfast burrito

Dinner:

-primavera pasta

-caeser salad

-small roll

-1.5 cookies
(corner bakery cafe catered dinner for work meeting)

Snacks:

-1 chocolate

Beverages:

-water

-iced tea

Exercise: nope. loooong ass day.

DB's log 11.2.2010

Breakfast:
no breakfast, bad girl!

Lunch:
-Small Greek salad

-cup of corn chowder

Dinner:
-veggie broth soup with one dumpling
-brussel sprouts
-chocolate crisp bar

Snacks:
-"weird Trader Joe chips" as my friend Ruth called them

-1 Halloween-sized white chocolate kit kat bar
-uh, like, uh, 6 or 7 chocolates

Beverages:
-small cup of coffee with whole milk (they didn't have soy!)

-water
-glass of white wine (for election results watching!)

Exercise: Didn't have time to run today because I had to get over to my old voting place in Logan Square. 6 mile ride as fast as I could go--slipped into the voting booth with 5 minutes left to mark my ballot!!

Notes: Okay, I've got some serious chocolatitis. I went CRAZY in October with the chocolate and today I have written proof that I have a problem. Tomorrow's goal: easy on the candy, kid!