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Monday, October 20, 2008

His and Her's

Recap of last nights dinner. Hubby and I were in to mood for some warm and comfy bowls of soup. So we had some His and Her's soup. I had my butternut squash soup I had picked up at the store, but we were all out of Hubby's fave, tomato soup. I knew I could make it from scratch, how hard could it be? So I found a simple recipe and improvised. I used a can of tomato sauce, 1/2 cup of skim milk,basil,garlic, oregano, and some parmesan cheese. Hubby said it tasted just like the can:) Well I shall never buy tomato soup again! I had a salad with some sourdough bread with my soup. I made Hubby 2 grilled cheese sandwiches, he is easy to please!
His
Her's

The hubby and I woke up exhausted this morning. We both tossed and turned all night. I felt like I had restless leg syndrome, from my hips down I was in some uncomfortable pain. Hubby was sore too, from all the softball he played this weekend. We are both in desperate need of massages! I could have woke up at 5 this morning but I knew I had a long day ahead of me so I snoozed till 6. When I got up I felt better. I am going to do some Yoga and deep stretching before I head out to work. I was going to make some homemade granola this morning , but I was out of Old fashion OATS, I only had my Coach's Oats. So I guess I ll have to run to the store today and make them tomorrow.

After we got out of bed look who decided to take over!!

I made a great big bowl of Pumpkin Oats this morning, inspired by Kath. I think this was my best bowl yet.

1/2 cup Coaches oats
1/2 cup vanilla hemp milk
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup pumpkin
1/2 banana(which I have never put in my pumpkin oats)
salt,cinnamon,nutmeg
handful of sliced almonds
handful of flax
handful of granola
honey drizzled on top

I loved the texture I think the banana helped.

Well I am going to do some Yoga, have a nice long quiet time, and enjoy the rest of my morning. I hope I make it through kickboxing tonight my body's feeling pretty beet up today. Have a beautiful day everyone.

Oh and I have a question for you all, what is one thing you love about blogging and why?

I think for me it has been great to have a community of people that have similar passions as me. I also get inspired by reading other blogs, to eat healthier, work out harder, and just be a better person all around! I also love writing about things that I love and helping others become inspired as well.

P.S. Hubby just told me that yesterdays Tri was an 11 mile bike ride and the last Tri I did was only a 9 mile bike ride, so I did do better!!!

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

WOW! I'm amazed at your athletic prowess! You're a star. I hope you guys DO get massages.
How cool that you made your own soup!
My favorite thing about blogging is getting to know other bloggers and getting ideas from them. :)
Have a great day!

Unknown said...

I love blogging because it helps me to share my experience and it's nice to see how others are going through their training.

Anonymous said...

I'm back! Good stuff here! Never tried hemp milk...hmm.

Anonymous said...

Yesterday was a soup kind of day. Blogging helps keep me motivated and I feel like it holds me responsible for my workouts.

No Longer Using said...

Yay! Thanks for stopping by!! I will add you to my blog list (is that okay??)-- i'm loving blogging and also new to it, so it's soooo much fun to look at the posts like a finished product-- it is part of you. a great place to keep records of runs and things like that, and also to talk to people about shared interests. I LOVE MARATHON WOMAN btw. :)

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the skirt links!

I love your SOUP bowl/ coffee mug.. too cute!

I love the blogging community! I have made some great friends, both in the blog world and now in real life :)

Anonymous said...

nothing like comforting bowls of soup! and homemade tomato soup - great! he's a lucky man :) i love blogging because i've learnt so much from reading others, and enjoy sharing little bits of my life in my own :)

HangryPants said...

I am really craving soup and grilled cheese right now!

Let's see. I really enjoy getting new food and recipe ideas, but I also really love getting motivated to exercise!

Anonymous said...

I love the picture of the pup in bed. He's got that look that says 'What???'

Those pumpkin oats sound really good. Tell me, what are coaches oats??

ncrunner12 said...

reading your blog always leaves me hungry... the food you show looks so good and that soup sounds wonderful. Now I just have to remember to read it around lunch time.

healthy ashley said...

I'm falling in love with soup now that it's finally getting cold out. Maybe now I should take a swing at making my own?