My meals are breaking my back! Fortunately, I have learned proper posture (even if I had to learn the hard way). In all honesty though, nursing hasn’t re-aggravated my back pain in quite some time because I’ve been SO cautious in practicing good body mechanics.
I’m happy to report that lugging all this loot on my back while biking to work didn’t hurt either. But it really is heavy. By the time I squeeze the zipper over my food, scrubs, klean kanteen, and coffee mug, my backpack is easily tipping the scales into the double digits.
At least my kale salad was on the lighter side.
And by “lighter” I mean in weight only because it was definitely filling. I tried to replicate the lemon dressing I got on my True Food Kitchen kale salad. It wasn’t quite there, but it was definitely delicious (maybe a bit too heavy in the extra virgin olive oil department). The salad ingredients were very simple and included fresh apricots, dried cranberries, avocado and orange zest.
Snack options aplenty…dried fruit, dehydrated apple rings, salty almonds.
Double trouble in apple-ville. Annnnnnd…
People. Life can go on. My candied ginger stash has been (momentarily) repleted. I’m trying to ration them, but it’s so hard! Kyle said he had to beg a WF employee to check in the back for these and they were the last two. It’s gettin’ real in the Whole Foods parking lot!
If you haven’t seen this link by now, it’s a must see. Go on and watch, I’ll be here when you get back.
Did you enjoy? 🙂 Kale for the win!
Anyway. The final tupperware in my backpack contained the following…
Clearly my waffle obsession is still going strong.
So who’s ready for a giveaway?
I’m ready for a giveaway! Lol. I’m just heading for bed so maybe it will be a giveaway would be a good wakeup call! 😉
Taht kale salad looks delish! And so oringinal!!!
I love candied ginger, that stuff is more than addicting:))
Bahahaha, I LOVE that video! Also, love the picture of your salads – you’re so creative even when their simple, I always get my best lunch ideas from you 🙂
I need to start practicing better body mechanics. Any tips? My boyfriend always pulls my shoulders back when he’s standing behind me and I realize how terrible my posture is! I also need to get my salad on far more often. Thanks for the creative ideas for add-ins. And I’d love dressing recipes if you have em!
And I’m so ready for a giveaway!
Those waffles are tempting me every time I open your blog! Yikes girl that’s a lot of carrying on the bike especially when the bike can aggravate a back anyway! LOL About asking guy in the back done that many times sometimes you get what you want. Let’s hope they lodged your complaint and get the ginger back ASAP.
I am horrible with posture! I even have a back brace to help but never seem to remember to wear it. ummm maybe today I will try
Love that video- so true at my local WF!
Have you thought about getting panniers (the bike bags) for your bike. Made all the difference in my bike commute. AND, your back doesn’t get sweaty, which is nice. You can get them pretty cheap at REI if you don’t need waterproof (which I would imagine is ok for LA, not so for Chicago!) Definitely keeps your back from hurting too.
You are seriously making me want to try candied ginger! 😀
For your candied ginger needs, you should go to Nuts Online. You can buy them by the pound 😉
Omg, that video. The verse about paying $80 for 6 things = MY LIFE. Hahaha.
love that WF parking lot video. CRACKS me up, esp. the line about kombucha. Ha.
so cool you’ve been riding your bike to work! love it!
i’m always ready for a giveaway!! the hard part is actually winning ’em…
I’m also a bag lady with all of the food I need to bring for the day… plus ice packs!
More than ready for a giveaway. Is that your sweet husband’s famous waffle mix?!
Come make me a kale salad for lunch, please? Also, I’ve seen the ‘whole food’s parking lot’ video a few times, but just watched it again and love it all over again, too.
I’ve actually never had kale before! For being such a veggie lover, I should really give it a try!
i love love LOVE your new layout! it’s so cute. if anyone besides you and ethel actually read my blog i would totally have your web girl do my page, too.
i miss you tons and tons and tons. i can’t wait to see you this summer!
xoxo
Exciting news: I just discovered Dr Andrew Weil has the recipe for the True Food Kitchen Tuscan Kale Salad on his website: http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/RCP02206/Tuscan-Kale-Salad.html
The dressing looks super easy!
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i am a HUGE candied ginger fiend too. my favorite candied ginger is the Trader Joe’s uncrystallized candied ginger, and for awhile all the stores i went to were totally out of stock! so then i bought candied ginger from every other store (including whole foods) but for me nothing compared to the TJ’s one – thankfully its back in stock and im back to eating it everyday =)
Haha! I saw that video on HEAB’s blog earlier this week! Hilarious!
So as you can see, I’ve fallen waaaaaaaay behind…I couldn’t decide which post I was going to congratulate you on your new look, but then I just realized the little hippos for your rss, email, and twitter and caught myself going, “awwwwwwww”! Love it! Julie really did an amazing job!
And since I’m commenting on old news, I’ll go ahead and say you BETTER tell us when those waffles are available online! I can’t wait! You totally have me wanting to lick the screen every time you post a pic! In the mean time, I’ll be shopping for waffle irons! 😉