Oct
2012
Sunny Day: WIAW #40
Hey and happy hump day! I worked from home today and oh my goodness, it was a gorgeous day! It’s the time of year when we have less fog and I feel so lucky to live in SF.
btw- I couldn’t even watch the prez debate. I’ve already made up my mind candidate-wise and it was just too nerve-wracking knowing how much was riding on the debate. AHHH. I watched the post-debate talk though, of course, and so I probably saw the highlights anyways. While the debate was going on, I watched Real Housewives while doing 5 miles on the treadmill…..so not as educational! ha. Did you watch?
Okay, on to WIAW….
As I mentioned, I worked from home today (writing this on Tuesday night). It’s always so nice to have a more relaxing breakfast and lunch when I work from home.
Breakfast: Coffee with almond milk (x2), a peach (the farmers market still has them! yay for summer fruit), and a hardboiled egg. An egg at breakfast has given me so much more staying power lately than my normal smoothie.
Lunch: I had to take my car in for a recall (something about the headlights) and ate lunch after I got home. I put together a big salad– Spinach, peppers, tomato, apple, and chicken (it’s hidden underneath the spinach) drizzled with Annie’s organic basalmic dressing- my newest obsession.
Snack #1: A rice cracker with blackberry jam. Yum.
Snack #2: Dandyblend (I finished my samples and ordered some– really like it) and a banana.
Dinner: Chicken stir-fry with just about every vegetable I could find in my fridge– red pepper, yellow pepper, spinach, carrots, peas, and sweet potato. I used a stir fry sauce from TJs that was really good and poured it all over brown rice.
And of course, I ended my day with a few bites of that blondie bar mix that I finally made over the weekend. YUM.
– What was your exercise today?
– Are you still eating “summer” fruit?
– Favorite things to throw into a stir-fry?
Jorie
October 16, 2012 at 10:05 pm (245 days ago)Such healthy eats, Rebecca! I’m a huge fan of apple cinnamon rice cakes with a bit of peanut butter or almond butter on ‘em. Now I’ll have to try jam! That salad looks delish. I love a good salad but I’m the worst at making them for myself. I always get the leaf to dressing ratio off, and the veggies seem to clash with the dressing…psh. I gotta leave it to the professionals!
Rebecca
October 17, 2012 at 8:59 am (244 days ago)yum, i like apple cinammon rice cakes too, but always forget to buy them (i don’t think they have them at TJs…). And yes, the professionals make pretty darn amazing salads!
Michelle @ Eat Move Balance
October 17, 2012 at 2:12 am (245 days ago)I wish I could get my hands on more fresh summer fruit, but it’s no longer available around here in the Midwest. Bummer! Your meals look fantastic–yum!
Rebecca
October 17, 2012 at 8:57 am (244 days ago)thanks!!
runscootsrun
October 17, 2012 at 2:17 am (245 days ago)Beautiful pic in the beginning! I so wish I could work from home sometimes. I stayed up for the debate but I am really starting to get annoyed, lol. They never really answer the actual question and I didn’t care for last night’s format. I will probably climb stairs again today for my workout. Yummy looking stir-fry btw!
Rebecca
October 17, 2012 at 8:57 am (244 days ago)i was getting annoyed too….can’t believe there’s one more debate…enough already! haha, i know it’s a good thing…but still
Sara @my less serious life
October 17, 2012 at 3:47 am (244 days ago)i must say – that salad you created looks just like it came out of a restaurant!
Rebecca
October 17, 2012 at 8:56 am (244 days ago)thanks! i actually was thinking it might look bad because i just threw everything together, but glad it didn’t
jessielovestorun
October 17, 2012 at 3:55 am (244 days ago)mmm love chicken stir frys, and girl yours doesn’t look disappointing at all
Apples and Arteries
October 17, 2012 at 4:22 am (244 days ago)Great fresh and healthy eats.
I really do make a seasonal food switch and then find I don’t want to eat non-seasonal fruits. There was a big fruit tray at a meeting I was at yesterday and I just had no interest in the strawberries, pineapple, etc.
Rebecca
October 17, 2012 at 8:54 am (244 days ago)yeah. i got strawberries at the farmers market this wknd too, so I guess they’ll still partly in season here (is that possible?) but i think making a food switch like you do is so much better
Laurie @ Love, Laugh, Laurie
October 17, 2012 at 6:27 am (244 days ago)Nothing wrong with a little RHONJ. Television like that helps me stay focused on the tv and not the running
Rebecca
October 17, 2012 at 8:53 am (244 days ago)Me too, I really look forward to it…and I guess that makes me look more forward to my workouts too
Alex @ therunwithin
October 17, 2012 at 6:51 am (244 days ago)jealous you get to work from home! such a beautiful day, I love the sun peaking through.
Rebecca
October 17, 2012 at 8:52 am (244 days ago)i know, i lucked out on the weather! we can’t open the windows at my office, so I was so happy to have fresh air
Michelle {The Lively Kitchen}
October 17, 2012 at 6:58 am (244 days ago)Hee hee – I just wrote about our gray day. I’m voting for you as having the better weather day.
I’m missing watermelon, but we are going through 5-6 lbs of apples a week.
Rebecca
October 17, 2012 at 8:52 am (244 days ago)The apples are the best right now….but I miss watermelon a lot too!
Eating 4 Balance
October 17, 2012 at 7:12 am (244 days ago)I love chicken stir-fries. I’ve never thought of adding carrots to the mix, but I think those would be really good.
That blondie bar mix sounds tasty too. The perfect way to end the day!
Rebecca
October 17, 2012 at 8:51 am (244 days ago)The carrots were a great addition…and the blondies were maybe the best part of the day
Theresa @ aspoonfulofsunshine
October 17, 2012 at 8:05 am (244 days ago)Aren’t clean out the fridge meals the best? I couldn’t watch the Presidential Debate either, so I stuck to my guilty pleasure, Gossip Girl. I figured it would keep me from going crazy, as opposed to the debate
Rebecca
October 17, 2012 at 8:51 am (244 days ago)Clean out the fridge meals really are the best! Ooh, I should have watched Gossip Girl too….love that show
Brittany
October 17, 2012 at 9:44 am (244 days ago)I watched maybe 5 minutes of the debate and switched it over to Family Guy. I’m with you, I know who I am voting for so I don’t want to get into the nitty gritty with the debates. I have a recall on my car too, it’s the second recall since I have owned it. The power windows could ignite…super cool.
My exercise was a 6mile run and 4mile walk yesterday, today it will be a spin class! Yay for SF weather!
Rebecca
October 17, 2012 at 10:16 am (244 days ago)ummmm power windows could ignite?! that would be ridiculous! i wonder how long it took them to figure it out and actually do the recall
Dana @ Conscious Kitchen Blog
October 17, 2012 at 9:51 am (244 days ago)Great eats! I love the peach… I will miss them over the winter. I’ve enjoyed them all summer long. I didn’t watch the debate either… I think they’ve become more a spectacle than actually informative.
MassachusEATS
October 17, 2012 at 10:11 am (244 days ago)I think I must be the only person who never has topped their rice cakes. Why, I don’t know…because it is such a tasty idea!
Rebecca
October 17, 2012 at 10:15 am (244 days ago)Try it!!
AnnaTheApple
October 17, 2012 at 12:39 pm (244 days ago)Such a pretty picture! Looks like a beautiful day. We had flash floods today, hurray for British weather. I’m still eating lots of salads. I should probably switch to casseroles or stir fries now but I just can’t…not yet.
Rebecca
October 17, 2012 at 2:16 pm (244 days ago)Flash floods already?! Yikes! I do salads year-round too, never ready to give them up no matter how cold the weather!
Natalie @ Free Range Human
October 17, 2012 at 12:45 pm (244 days ago)That picture is gorgeous! I totally agree about the debate. I’m 100% mind made up so it’s just too stressful to watch!
eatpraytri
October 17, 2012 at 2:21 pm (244 days ago)what a beautiful beautiful day!! That stir fry looks uhhhhhmazeing!!!
Christy Milford (@SweetSavoring)
October 17, 2012 at 3:15 pm (244 days ago)Hi! Found you via My Less Serious Life and I like your emphasis on gratitude.
I miss summer fruits but have been really enjoying all different kinds of squash lately! I only wish I’d frozen more of my zucchini bread for later rather than eating it within a week or two of baking
Favorite thing to throw in stir fry: Quorn (a soy-free veggie ‘meat’) chik’n chunks, orange and red bell peppers, and sugar snap peas. Yum!
Rebecca
October 18, 2012 at 4:55 pm (243 days ago)Yum I love zucchini bread!! Thanks for the comment and glad to “meet” you blog-style too!
Tessa @ Amazing Asset
October 17, 2012 at 4:58 pm (244 days ago)Jealous of the fresh fruit here, it is not too good in these parts anymore, boo! And what a lovely day you enjoyed
Rebecca
October 18, 2012 at 4:54 pm (243 days ago)Boo for no more summer fruit
Meghan@CleanEatsFastFeets
October 17, 2012 at 5:40 pm (244 days ago)Wow, everything looks delicious. Great eats and great pictures.
I actually watched part of the debate but had to turn it off after awhile. I’m tired of it already, but that may be because I live in a swing state, where we are peppered with ads, commercials, and phone calls. I ended up switching to the Real Housewives. Ha. Much more entertaining, although maybe not educational.
Jamie @ Thrifty Veggie Mama
October 17, 2012 at 6:39 pm (244 days ago)We had stirfry for dinner tonight. I usually just throw in any random veggies I find in the fridge and freezer! Today my exercise was just playing at the park with the kiddos!
Amanda @ .running with spoons.
October 17, 2012 at 6:48 pm (244 days ago)Oh girl, I’m clinging to summer fruit like -crazy-! Peaches, strawberries, watermelon… I don’t even want to think about giving them up