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With the Quickness

by Eating Bird Food on March 5, 2010

Happy Friday my friends! I’m on my way out the door for a marketing workshop this morning and then headed into the office, but I wanted to say hi real fast before I left!

I didn’t get a chance to post last night so I’m going to rewind to Thursday. The day started out on the right foot with a sweaty 6AM spin class. The best part?!? I was finally successful at coaxing Isaac out of bed for the class so today marked his first ever spin experience!

We both got in a great workout before the sun came up and I ended up feeling quite energetic all day. Coincidence, I think not! Isaac really enjoyed the class as well so I’m hoping that we can make this class a weekly thing – we shall see.

We stopped by our fav coffee shop on the drive home. I got a small plain coffee with a splash of soy milk and enjoyed it at home with a bowl of choco-protein go lean. I typically go for lattes or cappuccinos because I’m not a big plain coffee drinker but today this cup hit the spot!

Kashi go lean, 1/2 scoop chocolate protein powder, and milk = yum!

I wasn’t super hungry when lunch came around so I whipped up a small, but filling salad.

Spring mix, grapes, avocado, broccoli, and an egg. I topped it off with some sea salt, ground pepper, and Annie’s honey mustard dressing after the photo. The mixture was super tasty.

This little love muffin was eaten back at the office mid-afternoon, along with a few VA peanuts.

Still a huge fan of the Heart Thrive Bars. I love the texture of the Apple flavor – it has lots of soft, chewy, dried apple chunks.

I was pretty hungry upon coming home from work and knew exactly what I could make in a jiffy : Tofu Stir-fry!

Some local herbed tofu marinated in a little Kikkoman Ponzu, a citrus seasoned dressing and sauce sent to me through the Foodbuzz Tastemaker’s Program.

In a large skillet I stir-fried fresh cabbage, frozen Asian veggies, and the marinated tofu. Then I added a little rice vinegar, tamari, hoisin sauce, and fennel seeds.

It all came together in less than 15 minutes and ended up being delicious! I had this plate x2.

Okay, I’m off to work for the day and then headed out with Isaac for date night – yippee!

Do you have any big plans for the weekend? The weather is suppose to be rather nice here so I’m pumped.

- Brittany

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So Fresh and So Pure Pure.

by eatingbirdfood on March 27, 2009

Back to the old standby for breakfast yesterday morning. Kashi go lean, 1/2 scoop of Designer Whey Chocolate protein powder, 1 small banana, and USAM. Lots of protein and yumminess. If you do try the protein powder in cereal idea, make sure to stir it up well so you don’t get chunks of the powder. I also notice that it sticks to the spoon a little, but I don’t mind.

For lunch I had more of the eggplant mystery dish (no photo.. check my lunch from yesterday and the day before if you are interested) but I did get a comment from Jessy suggesting that she thinks the dish is called Turkish Mousaka. After going to the site to read more about it, I think the Arabic version of Mousaka traditionally doesn’t include the ground meat, so I think that’s what I have been eating for the past 3 days. Good to know- thanks for taking the time to look that up Jessy!!

Along side the eggplant I had a quick salad with spring mix, tomatoes, hot banana peppers, and Hickory Smoked Tofurkey (love this). I didn’t use any dressing. There was enough flavor from the banana peppers and turkey fu’ to go around.

As a lunch snack I had 1/2 of a Wild Blueberry PURE Bar. After much word on the food blogging streets I knew I needed to try this little bar. Rebecca at PURE BAR was kind enough to send me a variety pack and I am having fun trying the different flavors. I will be providing full reviews of each as I try them!

What is a Pure Bar? I found the following description from the website:

Certified Organic

PURE: Wild Blueberry Bar Review:

I like that the PURE bars have simple ingredient lists that are chocked full of “good for you” items. (scroll down to see the Wild Blueberry bar ingredient list). The taste of this bar was sweet and tasted mainly of dates and nuts- the blueberry flavor wasn’t as prevalent as I expected it to be. The nuts in each bite added a flavor and texture that I really liked. Once out of the package, the bar’s composition reminded me a lot of a Larabar, only a different shape. The texture and consistency also remind me of Larabar, which is cool, because I am a Larabar fan. Plus 1 for Pure though, because I’m pretty certain there is no blueberry Larabar!

I had 1/2 of the bar with lunch because 20g of sugar is a lot for a snack. I know all of the sugar in the bar is natural sugars found in the fruit (besides the agave) but it’s still pretty sugary.

Overall, I liked the Wild Blueberry flavor, but I am excited to try the rest.

INGREDIENTS:

Organic Dates, Organic Wild Blueberries, (with Organic Apple Juice Concentrate and Organic Canola Oil), Organic Cashews, Organic Agave Nectar, Organic Walnuts, Organic Brown Rice Protein, Organic Almonds, Organic Unsweetened Lemon Juice Concentrate, and that’s all! (unless you count the 14 essential vitamins and minerals, healthy antioxidants, and healthy Omega 3 fats in every bite). Nothing cooked. Nothing processed. Completely Pure.

NUTRITION FACTS

Serving Size	one bar/48g/1.7 oz
Calories	190
Fat Calories	80

Amount per Serving	% Daily Value

Total Fat 9g	14%
Saturated Fat 1g	5%
Trans Fat 0g	0%
Cholesterol 0mg	0%
Sodium 5mg	0%
Potassium 160mg	5%
Total Carb 25g	8%
Fiber 4g	16%
Sugars 20g
Protein 6g
Vit A 0% Vit C 2% Calcium 2% Iron 6% Vit E 4% Thiamine (B1) 25% Riboflavin (B2) 30% Niacin (B3) 2% Vitamin B6 4% Folate 2% Phosphorus 8% Zinc 4% Magnesium 8% Copper 15%

Dinner was a bean burrito bowl inspired by Andrea who was inspired by Sarah. All this inspiration turned into a delightful dish.

I sauteed mushrooms, TJ’s frozen pepper mix (stoplight peppers) with some Simply Organic fajita sauce mix. I then added some canned black beans to the skillet just to warm them up a bit. Once the bean mixture was in the bowl I added a scoop of Isaac’s homemade guac (YUM!), some medium salsa, and a couple grape tomatoes.

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Chocolate for B-fast

December 2, 2008

I switched up my oats a bit this morning and added 1/2 scoop of Designer Whey protein- so the end recipe looked like this: 1/2 cup oats almost 1 cup of water, with a smidge of hemp milk 1/2 banana I cooked that for about 5 minutes on high and when it was getting thick [...]

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Extra Protein

October 2, 2008

I found out today that it’s World Vegetarian Day. Had I known before today I would have planned a veggie potluck, but oh well I suppose I do that any day. Be sure to check out this site if you are at all interested. This was a good lead into my next topic – protein. [...]