My Memorial Day is going to be comprised of exercise, hopefully some pool time, and a BBQ later on.  I’ll post later about the rest of my day, but I think this post can strictly be dedicated to saying thanks to all those who have died serving our nation!

Have a great holiday everyone

I got a seaweed salad to start and then the Dragonfish Roll and a simple Tuna Roll for my entree.  I ate all of the dragonfish roll but only had a couple pieces of the tuna roll before letting the others eat the rest.

It was delicious and now I am super sleepy.  We’re back at home watching the rest of the game from the couch and there’s a good chance that I’m going to fall asleep shortly after I press “Publish” on this post.  We are going to take Maverick on a stroll sometime later…whenever I wake up

Who else is enjoying (or has already enjoyed) a little nap time sometime this Memorial Day weekend??

Even more so when your boyfriend brings you Starbucks.

It also helps that when you are ready, you can make a giant bowl of oatmeal with sliced almonds, peanut butter, and honey and enjoy it on the cozy couch with the hot coffee.

Nope, not a bad morning at all.

I made a different sauce, although it was inspired from the original recipe.  I used roughly 1/4 cup Buffalo Wing sauce (probably even a little less), 1/2 pack dry ranch mix, and 1/4 cup mayo and mixed it together.  Mike loves buffalo sauce so I figured it would be a perfect time to use the unopened bottle that had been sitting in my cabinet for the past 3 months.  This amount made plenty to have some to save for later.

Doesn’t look great, but tasted pretty amazing.

Also, instead of grilling my tilapia, I baked it.  I did this by lining my glass pan with tin foil, drizzling in some olive oil, laying tilapia filets flat, drizzling a bit more olive oil and sprinkling some seat salt on top, and then baking for about 10 minutes on 425 degrees.

While that was happening, I had a glass of wine.

I got out the rest of the taco fillers…watercress, salsa, guacamole, and whole wheat wraps to serve as the soft taco shell.

Once the fish was ready, the layering began!

I folded it up and then optimistically made another.

I was able to eat one full one and then two bites of the second before giving in.  I had to resign to the fact I was stuffed, so I wrapped up the rest and either Mike or I will have it for lunch tomorrow.

This was definitely a dinner success.

Again, you can find the full recipe here.

Post-dinner and some digestion, both Mike and I felt like we wanted a little sweet treat so we headed downtown to grab Yopple Yogurt froyo.  I made the best froyo combo I’ve ever created.  I attribute this mostly to the fact that one of the froyo flavors was Salted Caramel Pretzel.  Seriously.  Unreal good.  I had some of that flavor, plus some vanilla and some cookies’n'cream, topped with crushed oreos, coconut, original mochi, and a drizzle of chocolate sauce.

Heaven in a cup:

I think it needs to be required of all frozen yogurt institutions that they serve Salted Caramel Pretzel flavor.  Just a thought.

Time to put on my compression sleeves and lay on the couch.  My legs are so achey from my run this morning.  Perhaps I could persuade Michael to give my calves a massage…

See ya tomorrow!  Don’t forget to go enter my giveaway!

I made Cheesy Chicken with Peppers & Polenta with a recipe I got from Oxygen Magazine.  I followed the steps  except I didn’t use olives or tomatoes because Mike doesn’t like them.  It was still deliciously tasty!

I had it with a small glass of some of my favorite chardonnay, Barefoot.  Later in the night I had decadence for dessert which was simply amazing and will in all likelihood happen again tonight.

This morning I did some awesome breakfast-making.  I made both Mike and myself egg white omelets with turkey, spinach, and cheese, along with a side of turkey bacon slices and an english muffin.  And coffee of course!

About two hours later I was ready to go on a run.  Unfortunately by that time it was noon and had gotten pretty hot, so I made sure to put on my SPF and Oakley sunglasses.  I covered 6.5 miles slightly slower than usual (with one short walk break around mile 5.8 because I felt like I might throw up for a minute) but made it back and was so glad to have it done with!

After that, I was in NEED of a cool, fruity smoothie.

So that’s exactly what I made.

The ingredients were:

• 1/2 bottle pineapple Zico coconut water
• one 6oz can of pineapple juice
• 1/2 scoop protein powder
• frozen mangoes
• blueberries
• strawberries
• banana

So refreshing and perfect.

Now I think it’s time for a giveaway.  I promised it yesterday and I am not going to go back on a promise!  Sprigs sent me one of their super-cool and super-handy Banjees Wrist Wallets to try out and review.  I wore it today on my run, where I kept my keys, and also took it on my walk with Maverick this afternoon, where I used it to hold both my iPhone and his doggy-poop bags!  It’s soft and comfortable, with a big zipper pouch that holds more than it even looks like it can.  The design is cute so I could see myself using it for days when I don’t want to have to carry a wallet or purse around!  On top of that, it’s also reversible

I’m so excited to have this because it’s going to make holding things while running and walking so much easier now that the weather is hot and I won’t ever wear a jacket with pockets!  I know I have my sports bra with pockets and running shorts usually have a small pocket, but this helps because it fits both my iPhone and doggy bags.  It will also be great to hold Sport Beans or Gu’s when I start doing my training runs for Chicago!

And now you have the chance to win one also!  To enter, you must do this as the required entry:

1. Go to the Sprigs Banjees Wrist Wallet page and tell me which one you would choose if you win!  

*For an additional entry, you can follow Sprigs on Twitter and leave me a separate comment telling me you did so.

You can also check out their Facebook page here (not an entry option but you should “like” them anyways!)  Good luck!! I will announce the winner on Wednesday!

Doing this for a while before heading out for a run.

Catch ya lata!

Green & Black’s 85% Dark Chocolate dipped in PB Crave’s cookie dough flavored Cookie Nookie peanut butter.  A word about the dark chocolate, from its website:

“A perfect balance between flavor and intensity was struck with this product. Adding Madagascan organic vanilla was essential in rounding out the bitter notes and softening any tartness in this extremely dark, fantastically intense tasting chocolate.”

Washed down with a cold glass of skim milk.  Now somebody tuck me into bed.

I had a long while to think about this deliciousness and what I wanted to use as other ingredients while I was at the gym.  I did a longer cardio session than I had originally planned, because a woman got on the elliptical next to me and started talking to me, and we ended up talking for about 30 minutes!  We had on the same Mizuno Wave Riders which prompted her to start the conversation.  Since I had already done 30 minutes before we started chatting, I ended up doing an hour on the elliptical (resistance 12) before finishing up.  After that I hopped on the treadmill to just run 1 mile to test out the knee…wanted to see how it felt.  No problems!  I ended the gym session with some abs before heading to the store to pick up some goods.

And now you can see how it all came together to create my BLT salad.  So let’s get to it.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 chopped tomato
• 2 stalks chopped green onion
• 1 handful kale
• 1/2 cup edamame
• 1 cup broccoli slaw
• handful broccoli sprouts
• 4 slices turkey bacon
• optional: avocado (I was going to use avocado but mine wasn’t ripe to use yet. sad.)

First, layer kale, broccoli slaw, and edamame in bowl.  Wash tomato and onions to chop.

Add in tomato, onions, and broccoli sprouts (and avocado if you use it) to bowl.  While you are chopping and adding ingredients, cook turkey bacon.  I cooked mine in the microwave…easiest way to cook and clean up!  Once it’s cooked, tear apart and add to the salad.  I also sprinkled in some sea salt.

Lastly, add your favorite dressing or condiment on top.

For me, that would be Stonewall Kitchen’s Spicy Honey Mustard.  Sooo good.

Mix it all up and enjoy!

The rest of my day is going to include lounging around, cooking dinner, watching TV, and maybe napping.  But be sure to check in tomorrow, I may or may not have a sweet giveaway!  …And by that I mean I do.  See you then

What are some of your favorite food combos?  Do you like BLTs?

Hated it.

Next up on my day’s to-dos is hit the gym.  Not sure what I’m going to do yet, I’m thinking it’s going to be a get-there-and-wing-it type of day. But that’s fine…at least I put my pants on today!