Breakfast was the usual toast with peanut butter, but this time with a banana. Green tea. I had a cup of chocolate tea with some unsweetened chocolate almond milk to cool it down a bit. Delicious!
For lunch I tried that Vega One Nutritional Shake (Berry flavour) that I bought yesterday. It smelled ah-mazing! Definitely the first thing you get is the berries. The texture reminds me of the bottom of a mixed hot chocolate gone cold - that sort of grainy smoothness of the gunk that has sunk to the bottom of the mug. The shake is completely plant-based, is a source of protein, probiotics and 50% of your daily intake of a huge number of vitamins and minerals. It wasn't as thick as I anticipated, but it was definitely filling and kept me going all afternoon. I'd recommend it and it would probably help me out in a bind so I may go back for more of this.
In the afternoon I went to Baptiste Power at my studio and it was a fierce, sweaty hot class. I am definitely starting to feel the effects of my gym workouts in my yoga. I am definitely much stronger now, I can hold poses for longer and things like balances that used to give me ridiculous calf cramps don't do so as much now. Bottom line: yogis, go to the gym! (the reverse of that, of course, is to complement your gym workouts with yoga to stretch and reconnect).
For a post-workout snack, I ate some crunchy veggies with homemade hummus. This recipe is from The Joy of Cooking and aside from being a bit heavy on the lemon, is pretty good. This made a huge batch so I'll have enough for the week for sure.
Dinner was FUN! I had a blast with this dinner. I made what was left of this rice blend that normally I find at Loblaws. They were out yesterday, hence the purchase of a similar blend at Bulk Barn. Here it is:
I make it with vegetable broth and a touch of margarine, which in addition to the rice itself adds a wonderful luscious creaminess to the rice. To die for.
With this, I quickly sauteed some red peppers and snap peas in garlic and a touch of coconut oil, just to warm them through. I added a thai fish cake, which I need to get through before they go bad, and topped it with a few pieces of the salmon pieces I bought yesterday and marinated overnight in a very small volume of soy sauce, orange juice, garlic, ginger, 2 drops of sesame oil, sesame seeds and cilantro. I quickly cooked these medium-rare in a bit of vegetable oil and voila! As you can tell I'm a sucker for plating...
http://www.homemadetoast.com/2012/04/skinny-mug-brownie.html
Time for the awards ceremony!
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