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Plates of Power Protein

by Eating Bird Food on February 28, 2010

Have you had a great weekend thus far? I surely hope so!! Mine has been busy yet filled with plenty of friends and fun times – perfect in my book!

Sunday afternoon is now here and the sun is shining. The day is truly embracing it’s name and I like it! But for now, let’s take it back a few days to the start of the weekend, which began with a simple, yet delicious breakfast. An egg and toast with apple butter.

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I go through phases with eggs. I eat them regularly for a bit, stop for a while (for no particular reason), then realize I miss them and buy them again. I’m not sure what causes this, because I love their versatility and you can’t go wrong with the high protein content. We’ve got local eggs on hand right now and I’ve been enjoying them quite immensely.

Friday evening we were invited to a social networking event at a new hair salon in the area.

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We got a tour of the salon and chatted with a few people, however the best part of the evening was sampling a sweet potato cheesecake pie from DownHome Restaurants.

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I took a photo of the regular cheesecake, but tasted the sweet potato cheesecake pie and fell in love. The sweet potato pie / cheesecake hybrid made for such a rich, decadent treat. The pies baked by DownHome are served in some local restaurants and can be ordered directly from the company. I might have to snag one as a special treat for Isaac sometime because he couldn’t stop talking about how good it was.

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Of course, there were others munchies to nibble on as well.

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After networking, we met up with a friend for a drink at a new bar/restaurant then hopped over to an old favorite aka one of the best vegetarian places in Richmond.

I wasn’t really in the drinking mood but Isaac convinced me to get an Avery’s White Rascal. It’s a Belgian style wheat/white ale with hints of coriander and Curacao orange peel. Overall, a nice light beer with a good flavor. I enjoyed it but had a little help from Isaac to finish it off.

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We realized that we actually never ate a “real” dinner and decided to peruse the chalkboard menu. Isaac spotted the Indian Pizza and since we weren’t starving we opted to split it.

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The pizza consisted of a curried spinach sauce, cauliflower, eggplant, squash, and paneer cheese atop a piece of nan bread. It ended up being tasty, but definitely not one of my favorite dishes at Ipanema. One thing I will note is that the place is so much more enjoyable now that smoking is off-limits. It was always strange (and gross) to me that a veg friendly / “healthy” dining establishment was always billowing with smoke by 9PM. I didn’t have to go home and wash my hair before going to bed so that was nice.

Upon waking at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning (6AM!!) I started packing my things for our trip up north to the DC area and got ready for a 6 mile run with my bootcamp group by downing a glass of brown juice.

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Into the juicer went some carrots, 1/2 head of romaine, 1 apple, 1 orange, and a small knob of ginger. It may not look very good but it tasted nice and sweet from the carrots and fruit. The juice gave me the energy boost I needed and the 6 mile run (in 30 degree weather!?!) went by rather quickly. Although, having a fun running partner to chat with definitely helped!

After a quick shower, I skedaddled out of the house with Isaac and we made it to our alma mater just in time to watch the last basketball game of the season. The game started at 12 and I knew I was going to be hungry for lunch so I snatched up a Power Protein Place when we stopped at Starbucks on the way out of town.

I took a few bites while on the drive but saved the rest to eat during the game.

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The plate includes a mini whole wheat bagel, 3 slices of cheddar cheese, grapes, 2 apple slices, a hard boiled egg, a packet of PB, and salt and pepper. The whole platter contains 330 calories with the peanut butter, 260 without (about one-third of your daily protein intake). I’m not sure why they include the nutritional information without the PB as well. Who in their right mind is going to skip out of that? Surely, not me!!

After the traumatic events that lead to us losing the game we did a little campus exploration with Isaac’s sister (a current student) to see the new buildings and amenities that have been created since our graduating. It’s amazing all the changes that have been made in a little less than 3 years. The main dining hall is about 10,000 times better than the crappy hall we had, there’s at least 3 new on-campus housing areas, and 4 fitness facilities on campus now!! Doesn’t it stink to have to live through all the construction (detours, dust, and dirt) but graduate before the benefits can be reaped? Unfortunately, this has now happened to me both with my high school and college. :/

Once admiring how much better everything was on campus got old we left and Isaac dropped me at a friend’s place for ladies night! A bunch of girls (new and old friends) came over for a cocktail hour and then we cabbed it into Arlington for a night out. As usual we all had a blast!!

Just to put it all into perspective- my night started with a pineapple, orange martini and ended with a snuggie and an aerobed. :)

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I didn’t want to take the new camera out on the town so I don’t have any fun photos to share, but know that we danced the night away and this girl went to bed way past her usual bedtime.

I hope you’re weekend was just as exciting and protein filled. :)

-Brittany

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YUM-O Eggs Rachael Ray Giveaway

by Eating Bird Food on October 25, 2009

I have two things to share with you all on this lovely Sunday morning. One is a tad bit more exciting than the other so I’ll have it for last. The first is a recipe for a delicious breakfast item, which just so happens to be what I had for breakfast this morning.

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To be quite honest, I’m not a big fan of pancakes or waffles, but sometimes I get the craving for them. This morning it was actually Isaac’s idea to make pancakes, but I went along with it and threw in some ingredients to make them a tad bit healthier (and chocolaty).

Pumpkin Buckwheat Pancakes with Chocolate Chips

  • Hodgson Mill Buckwheat pancake mix (prepared per the box instructions with milk, egg, and oil for 6-8 servings)
  • 1/4 cup canned pumpkin
  • 1-2 tablespoons mini chocolate chips

Mix pancake mix, milk, egg, and oil using an electric mixer or using your own arm power. (I used 1/2 cup almond milk, 1 egg and 1tbsp. canola oil). Add in the pumpkin and chocolate chips. Let the batter sit for 5 minutes. Pour 1/4 cup portions of the batter onto a heated griddle at 360° or into a nonstick skillet to cook.

The griddle works well because you can cook all 6 pancakes at the same time, however if you don’t have one simply place the cooked pancakes in a single layer on an ungreased cookie sheet and cover them with foil. Put the cookie sheet in a warm oven (250°) to keep the pancakes warm for approx. 10 minutes while the other cook.

Serve the pancakes with butter and maple syrup. I like to use Earth Balance butter and 100% Maple Syrup.

Now for the exciting part- a giveaway!

When CSN stores offered to let me host a giveaway, I perused their site and easily found many things I would like to have giveaway. I was immediately attracted to their Cookware.com site and found some great Rachael-Ray-Cookware.I’ve always been a big fan of Rachael Ray. Her recipes are usually quick and easy, although I have to try out her cookware line.

I would definitely like to have some Rachael Ray cookware for myself so I’m super excited to give away the 3-Piece “Egg Buddy” Set in Orange. I love eggs – scrambled, poached, fried, and “in the hole,” so I thought this would be perfect for all the other egg lovers out there.

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It comes with everything you need for cooking up a perfect egg:

  • 12″ Nonstick Skillet
  • 12″ Nylon Slotted Turner
  • 12″ Whisk with Stand-Up Base

Wanna win this eggcellent giveaway?

There are several ways to earn an entry and each person and earn up to 3 entries:

  1. Comment: Leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite way to eat eggs (or why you don’t eat eggs if you don’t eat them.)
  2. Tweet it up: Post a link to the giveaway on twitter. Here’s an example of what you could tweet: @eatingbirdfood is hosting an eggcellent giveaway http://tiny.cc/PuY5s
  3. Link Love: Post a link on your blog to the giveaway that suggests: “Eating Bird Food is hosting a eggcellent giveaway from Cookware.com for Rachael Ray Cookware! Giveaway ends 10/30!”

**If you tweet or post a link on your blog please leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve done so just to make certain I don’t miss any entries! The giveaway will end 10/30 at 12:00 midnight and I will choose the winner randomly and announce it on 10/31! Good luck!

- Brittany

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Weekend Update

March 15, 2009

I’m still hooked on breakfast for dinner so Friday evening I ended up having this lovely meal: 1 egg, 2 egg whites, onions and tomatoes with some hot sauce sprinkles. Veggie sausage. Green grapes and strawberries. I am kind of bummed about the berries. They just aren’t that sweet and they are from Whole Foods [...]

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Milk- An American Classic

March 11, 2009

Not the beverage- the movie (but more on that in a moment). Last night’s dinner was quick, easy, and delish. Butternut Squash Fries and baked tofu that marinated for a little over 2 days in soy sauce and rice vinegar. Nothing fancy, but oh so tasty. After dinner we watched MILK and it was awesome. Who [...]

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Take it back now yall

March 5, 2009

Do you dance to the line dances at wedding receptions and other dance parties? I have to admit that I do. It’s always a bunch of ladies on the dance floor breaking out the electric slide and one or two guys brave enough to get in the mix… I love it! What I really meant by the [...]

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NICE!

February 5, 2009

Things are better today- my knees were finally not so sore so I hit up the gym. It felt A-mazing because I hadn’t worked out in 2 days and I was totally missing my exercise. I did 40 minutes on the treadmill (running and walking) and 20 minutes on the stair mill and a little [...]

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