Just got back from a great walk with Lucas and the puppies — and if you want proof that you don’t need a lot of time or energy to get your exercise in, chew on this:
- I woke up only 20 minutes earlier than “normal” today to get two rounds of yoga in, courtesy of Polly. Her videos are great, so I bounce between those and the free downloads from yogadownload.com.
- I took a walk during my lunch break at work, while listening to some nice calming girly music.
- Our dog walk took us about a 1/2 mile in 10 minutes.
Net result? I feel like I got some good “me” time in without having to give up a lot of time or sweat.
And man did I need the “me” time after battling my blender this morning.
There I was, trying to make a Green Monster with a new flavor (for me) of Vega protein. Chocolate? Greens? Yes and yes. I had just mentioned to Lucas that I wish we had a Vita-Mix instead of our crappy, no good, very bad current blender, because it wasn’t crunching the ice the way I wanted. Then I realized that the gear on the bottom of the blender was not making the blade spin.
I poured my smoothie into a glass, took the blender apart, played with the pieces and put it all back together again. Turned it on to see if the blades were engaging, and…
…they were. They engaged a big chunk of ice right.into.my.eye.
Y’all, I had visions (bad and unintended pun) of my eyeball hanging out of my socket. Luckily, I was able to keep the swelling down (ironically, with more ice) and there’s hardly a mark now.
Who knew smoothies were so dang dangerously delicious?
I gave this guy an almond milk float.
Before you think I’m a total waste of space in the kitchen, you should know that I put some more of the Pom Wonderful sent to me by Pom to work, in a new dish. (side note: see my Pom Iced Coffee review here)
I started with one bottle of Pom:
Some organic quinoa, rinsed, of course (it’s bitter if you skip this step!):
Then I toasted the grains in a dry pan:
cooked the quinoa (according to package instructions) with 2 parts water to 1 part Pom:
and once it was done, I took diced prunes and toasted cashews, and mixed it all together in the quinoa with salt and pepper.
Served with broiled (new technique) brussels sprouts and some organic pork (cooked extra for leftovers):
Deeeelish. It made a ton, so I had leftovers today for lunch and it was even better cold.
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How do you sneak in exercise when you don’t have a lot of time or energy?
LOVE the sound of this quinoa POM recipe and I will be trying it soon! Mmm mouth is watering
Wow! I hope your eye feels better. Once I left a spoon in the blender when I was making a smoothie. Needless to say, I poured it all out and started over.
Your POM quinoa sounds like an awesome way to use the samples they just sent me!
First thank you for reminding me that I need to get some green monsters going in my life..FOR SURE! I was actually thinking about that today..this morning actually. Second, thanks for reminding me that I need to get some exercise into my life. I am going to be starting something on Thursday about this..a Thanksgiving challenge..keep your eyes peeled.
Poor little eye. ~M