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Beans on Toast

by eatingbirdfood on July 28, 2009

I did not want to get up this morning, but I dragged my bum out of bed and went to the gym. Once home I had a nice slice of Ezekiel toast with Crofter’s SuperFruit Spread. I tried a new one this morning. The Europe flavor with currants.

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It took me down memory lane to when I stayed in England for a summer during college with my room mate. We had our fair share of currants, jacket potatoes, and beans on toast.

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Yup, that is baked beans served on top of toast for breakfast. I promise it was actually good, white bread and all. Turns out the baked beans in England aren’t sweet like the typical American version, however I would have probably still enjoyed it if they were sweet because I like grains with baked beans. One of my favorite ways to eat baked beans is to scoop them up with tortilla chips. It might sound odd, but it’s really good. Seriously, try it!

After day dreaming of all things European, I ran out the door to work with what was suppose to be a leopard smoothie, turns out it was a diluted leopard. See.IMG_1364.JPG

I used a little less mango and it was a lot less yellow, but still 100% tasty so it’s cool. I also added 2 strawberries for some flava flav.

Lunch was leftover veggies from last night straight from the fridge and stuffed in a pita.

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With a wasa cracker, cinnamon raisin swirl pb, and extra raisins because I didn’t get any when I was spreading the PB. What’s up with that PB & Co?

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And after a successful shopping trip. I found shoes to match my dress.. woo-hoo! I came home for a massaged kale salad topped with pan cooked shrimp. Easy peasy.

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Sorry this post is short and non descriptive, but I have to get into bed. Girl needs her beauty rest. See you all tomorrow!!

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Sushi Ninjas

by eatingbirdfood on July 20, 2009

I’ve had all the necessities to make sushi (nori, sushi rice, rice vinegar, and wasabi paste) sitting in my kitchen cabinets waiting to be used for months. Tonight we decided to put the ingredients to good use and make up some vegetable rolls.

I’ve made sushi before with my roommate in college, but it’s been a while. Plus Isaac had never done it- so it was fun rolling together for the first time.

Each roll had sushi rice, avocado, carrots, cucumbers, and sesame seeds.

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My first roll turned out teeny tiny. From this picture you can’t tell but I think the roll was probably the size of a nickel. I kept telling Isaac how cute I thought the mini roll was. I’m totally the girl that thinks everything mini/sample/small size is cute. I take that back, not everything. (i.e. mini cooper- not so much)

Here’s the full platter of sushi that Isaac and I shared.

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There was a lot! And, we didn’t end up finishing all of these pieces.

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But we did save room for dessert sushi with bananas, cinnamon raisin swirl peanut butter, and carrots.

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I have to give Isaac credit for these, because they were his idea. I ate the first one normally, but then decided that the flavor of the nori wasn’t complementary to the sweet innards, so I unwrapped the others. Surprisingly it wasn’t a messy process- the seaweed unwrapped easily and the sticky rice kept the rolls in their circular form. The combo was quite delish!

Back to the grind this morning! Before heading into work I made a delicious new smoothie with mango, banana, and chia seeds.

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I think I’ll call it the Leopard Smoothie.

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My house is turning into smoothie queen and I’m lovin it. My traditional breakfast of warm oats just seems a little much on a hot summer day and the smoothies I’ve been creating have been keeping me full, so I’m happy.

The Leopard Smoothie

1-2 cups frozen mango chunks

1 banana

1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk

1/2 cup water

1 tablespoon chia seeds

1 tablespoon nut butter of choice (I used better n pb)

Put all ingredients into blender and blend until smooth. Pour and enjoy!


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