Good Monday morning!
Before we move into the beginning of this week, let’s recap what went on yesterday.
After singing in the church choir, Brian and I used up the last bit of our Starbucks gift card on a little mid morning chai tea drink break. Because of the chill in the air, sipping on a nice, warm beverage was a great idea. Brian then headed home, and I headed out to the grocery store.
Sometimes Brian comes with me to the store, but usually he gets very bored and antsy at the store because I like to take my time and look at all of the options and new foods I have yet to try…so most of the time he lets me do the shopping alone 😉
Because it was lunch time, and I hadn’t had lunch yet, I was hungry. While at Good Earth Natural Foods standing in line waiting to check out, I spotted little packets of Lush Nuts, which is something that I had actually been wanting to try! For $1.50, I had a little snack and I got to try something on my list of new-to-me foods.
I grabbed the Hot Curry flavor, and it did not disappoint. My mom makes a curry dish that is probably one of my favorite meals. When eating the curry dish, we top our meal with a little coconut, pineapple, and peanuts. These Hot Curry nuts hit all of the same flavor notes. The actual peanuts were crunchy and mixed well with the spicy curry flavor, just like adding peanuts on top of my mom’s dish. These nuts were also slightly sweet, which was the perfect compliment to the heat of the curry and really reminded me of the sweetness that the pineapple and coconut add to my mom’s curry dish.
Lush Nuts are made right in Michigan by a young girl using her family recipe. I absolutely love the fact that these are made with a family recipe just above my little state of Indiana. I can’t wait to try the rest of the flavors.
After spending a couple of hours picking up meal items for the week, I then came home, unloaded the groceries, and made myself a little snack of scrambled egg whites with lots of veggies and my mom’s homemade salsa. For some reason, I had been craving scrambled eggs all day…and these hit the spot!
After my little snack break, tidying some things around the apartment and getting ready for the week to come, Brian and I headed over to his parent’s house for our little Sunday night dinner tradition. Last night’s menu included grilled zucchini (one of my favorites!), and an orzo salad.
For dessert, I was introduced to something new. A couple of days ago, Brian told me he had a craving for a napolean from Long’s Bakery. A napolean??? I had zero idea as to what this napolean thing was. When we arrived at his parent’s house last night, his mom surprised him with the dessert he had been craving. I must say…they are pretty good. The dessert was layered puff pastry with whip cream, strawberry, and cream filling topped with powder sugar. So simple, yet so delicious. Good choice, Brian 😉
And because it was Earth Day, his mom had a baggie of goodies to share with us from Target!
In a mini reusable shopping bag we received all sorts of “natural” shampoos, toothpaste, lotion, and even a granola bar! You know how I love anything free…
Today
Today, I did not start the morning with a workout. My workout will come in the evening in the form of a Boot Camp session with Brian and a BodyPump class. My training for BodyPump is this weekend, so this week I am going to all of the classes that I can!
Instead, I started the day with some overnight oats in a jar. I had a little bit of almond butter left on the bottom of the jar, so instead of making my overnight oats in a bowl I put them right in the jar! The taste of the almond butter was delicious.
I added some frozen peaches to the mix this morning. Luckily, I saved two jars of almond butter that were about empty…so I can have this same breakfast again soon, maybe tomorrow.
Now, I am off to volunteer with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, study BodyPump, and do some promotional work at one of the gyms I am teaching at. I hope you have a great start to your week!
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