Good morning love’eys! How’s everyone’s day startin’ off so far? Things are good so far here. EXCEPT GOOGLE READER IS SLOW. Sorry if you see this twice, after 3 hours this post still has not shown up in Reader so I am re-clickin’ the Publish Button. Anyone else with issues?
Anywhoo negative comment drama and I am glad to hear your fave unseasonal fruits and your recommendations on Ani’s recipes from her book that I just got from the last post. And of course all your hidden tats and piercing anecdotes were music to my holey ears.
So let’s recap some of my eat-ies.
First there was a brekkie cookie. 1/3 c dry oats, 1 smooshed nanna, 1 scoop Sunny Warr BRPP (brown rice protein powder), heavy dash of NuNaturals white stevia powder because I like my cookie ridic sweet, what can I say. And a squirt of agave.
For all inquiring minds, the only liquid or wet ingredients I use in my version of the cookie, although I know Miss Fitnessista adds other stuff, but I only do the nanna & agave. No nut milks or nut butters. I guess I have really juicey nannerz becuz if I added nut milk or nut buttah, I would just have slop. And not a cookie. And I much prefer cookies to slop.
18 hours later…
And I plated it up with pears, pineapple that I’ve been lovin’, and grapes. And iced it. Delish. It’s still 105 F here. Yeah, icy is good.
Onto some greenery. A bed of greens, tomato, red & yellow pepps, zukes, carrots, and slathered in my Homemade Thai-Inspired Peanut Sauce.
You will probably literally lick you plate clean because this sauce is that good, if I do say so myself.
Also rocked out a bowl of greens, carrots, asparg, B.S., red & yellow pepps, zukes, & tomato. Dressed with My Standard Dressing, which is the juice of 1/2 an orange, agave, and cracky blacky.
And as promised in this post, I got a better lookin’ pic of the Nooch Sauce over zukes, carrots, and asparagus, which I have to say oddly, or wonderfully, resembles the cheesy coating on Cheetos. For the details on making it in about 30 seconds flat in your own crib, go check this recipe out.
Dessert time…
Banana Vanilla Softserve goin’ down. And boy, was it good. I never get sicka this shizzle. For recipe info, here ya go.
Look and it was really thick and delish.
And I also indulged in a few bites ‘o the raw vegan apple crumble. Mmmmm.
Yoga today is back to basics. Seated forward bends. Paschimottanasana. If you’re a runner especially, you really need to think about stretching your hamstrings in a seated forward bend or standing forward bend where you’d fold over at the waist and touch your toes. Running shortens your hamstrings, and forward bends will counter that and helps to lengthen them back out. And doing so will help you prevent injuries.
For the non runners, this pose also helps to stretch and release your lower back and since we all spend too much time sitting at our ‘puters and not doin’ our backs any favors, forward bends will help your back out, too.
That’s the beginning of my Tip of the Day: It’s so important to take care of ourselves and pamper ourselves, even if it’s just baby steps. Takin’ an extra few minutes each day to make sure you’re showin’ yourself some love and treating yourself right is so important. For me, that means starting my day off with a 20 minute run and 20 minutes of yoga.
What is your daily must-do activity for your well being & sanity? Tell me how your fave self-care steps!
And with the traditional ashtanga style toe-hold
Next Tip of the Day: A Couple of GiveAways…First the lovely Amanda from RunToTheFinish is givin’ away salsa. Go get ya self entered and get a lil fire goin’ in your mouthey.
Stay tuned for some Ani Desserts like I mentioned I’d be hookin’ ya up with. Provided all goes well in the kitch this mornin’ (and if googlereader doesn’t strike me down), I’ll have pics for ya later today. Fingers crossed…
I love finding new fruits that i have never had at the grocer store. I mainly shop for food when i go shopping.
emily
i think i'm going to make those peanut butter cookie dough nowwwwwwwwwwwww :) how did i miss this post?!
♥ lindsey
omg u know what's funny? i have those 3 exact flavors of liquid stevia in my cupboard…and i use them everyday! dontcha just loveeee them?!?! :)
I love it when I find store brands as good as name brands!
Shopping finds…I love a deal! Going broke saving money! Best buy this week was my turkey and steaks saved 31.00! Wow! Cut off our cable! but I really don't have a good go to place that just has things cheaper. Will be checking out vitacost.com ASAP!
Oh my gosh, the I've been trying to find Chocolate Zevia near where I live! You're a lucky duck!
I would love to know if the Burt's Facial Cleanser works for you, I have also been trying to find some new products.
My favorite shopping finds are holiday items that are really cheap because the holiday just passed! They are perfect for the next years to come:)
More deliciousness and shopping fun! Yeah! I do love that Avalon line. Thanks for the props : )
Great book collection! I have another one that you just have to add to it, Rawvolution. It is so great! The raw tacos that I put up on my blog came from there. My fave!
Looks like AZ is loving you and you're loving AZ : )
Yay- I LOVE vitacost! (Kudos to the parentals for raising me right.)
And I'm having no reader issues with your posts.
That was so informative yet again! I love agave…seriously I need a better blender I mean those homemade nb's are to die for!
Ha Averie, your posts are always long like mine. but they are always so packed with creativity and deliciousness–so I love em just the same :) That salad looks incredible, and that cheesecake STILL makes me wanna be vegan/live with you
WOW … gorgeous food overload!
loving the thai inspiration! an the awesome tip on burt's bees – they are amazing, but so overpriced in my neck of the woods!
I vote you become the spokeswoman for Agave.. just a thought.
amazinnnnnnnnng grocery haul girl — can I come live with you?? ;)
…no, seriously.. can I?
love you!
I love all the health info in this post, and I couldn't agree with you more about probiotics. I have IBS and started eating LOTS of yogurt, especially ones like activia with added probiotics, after my doctor recommended it. Although I'm not sure it did a whole lot to help the IBS, it sure made a difference in digestion and overall health. It's also so important to stock up on probiotics when you're traveling out of the country to help boost your immune system towards foreign bacteria.
Another of my favorite yoga poses. I was in gymnastics for quite a few years, and wheel pose is actually known as "bridge" in gymnastics. I was so excited when I started yoga to feel like I had a sort of head start on this pose. It definitely provides some major stretching!
xxoo
Heather
AH, those nut butter yumyums!
I've been dying for Sarma's books for so long. DYING. V-con is my favorite go-to cookbook, and I love reading Runner's World and pretty much every cooking magazine around.
Hi Averie!
I have blog-stalking you (among others) and just wanted to say hi finally :)
I get so many great ideas from you- I am now at (what I would estimate is) 51% raw, 80% vegan. I used to think I would have to do an all or nothing thing to make the change, and I kept thinking I was doomed to fail. Now I just tell myself, if you want it, crave it, then have it. But I have been paying more and more attention to how my body reacts to what I eat, and when I eat "non-vegan" food, or gluten food, or I eat too much cooked food in a day, my body is not happy- I am just tired and sluggish in every way. So seeing those changes makes it easier to go more vegan and raw.
Anyway, thanks for all the great ideas and inspiration! Love the blog!