After such a crazy day of traveling, I was looking forward to sleeping in to catch up on my zzzs. I had NO idea that by not setting an alarm, I’d end up snoozing half the day away! I woke up at 11:30! I don’t think I’ve slept in that much since my post college month year of “figuring things out.”
Kyle and I stumbled out onto the couch still in a sleepy stupor…and made a huge pot of coffee to remedy that.
Clearly I’m out of practice in the frothing department. There was a bit of an overflow when I went to pour it…but no worries, it didn’t go to waste 🙂
I spent the morning afternoon quick-flipping between Wimbledon and the FIFA soccer final. Somewhere in there I made brunch. Sometime after lunch, the US gave up a 2-0 lead over Brazil and lost 2-3. Tragic with a capital T!!
Curry powder + tofu + spinach + tomato = “egg” scramble
With a slice of Alvarado Street bread on the side…I am dangerously low on this bread (only 2 more slices!) and I can’t find it anywhere!? Between today and yesterday, I’ve been to 4 stores and NADA! Grocery store FAIL.
Anyways, I snacked on some raw cow’s hide dried mango/peaches for lunch dessert.
Before my sugar high turned into a sugar crash (and depression from the US team’s loss set in), I headed to the gym. FYI, I went exercise-less for the entire second week of vacation (no real reason, I was just enjoying doing nothing)…so I knew I was in for a rude awakening once I stepped foot in NYSC.
I know (in theory) it’s impossible to get out of shape in 7 days, but I felt like a freakin’ cripple on the elliptical.
As I walked in, I got a giddy tingly feeling all over. It took every ounce of my being to stop myself from professing how much I missed the gym to the keychain tag scanner lady…
I think it goes without saying I had a great workout :) 8 miles later I headed home, with a few more grocery store stops on the way.
Post workout yummies: apple + Kombucha (I am addicted to this like a junky to V juice). Oh, did I mention, I’m all caught up on the newest eps of True Blood. Love me some Vampires.
After I showered and rubbed my body from head to toe with fake tanner, I started to get my dinnerface on. This salad included everything under the sun:
spinach
raw corn
broccoli slaw
cauliflower
shredded carrots
seaweed/sesame
cherry tomatoes
1 entire avocado
clover sprouts
I think from now on I’ll just call these everything-in-the-fridge salads, because they literally contain EVERY friggin thing I can find in the fridge, no filter whatsoever.
My EITF salad was entirely raw (yes, even the broccoli!) and it was exactly what I wanted. I seriously craved greens with mega-crunch after my vacay…it’s like my body self-detoxes itself by demanding such foods. I love eating and eating and eating, and looking into the bowl, and having a ton of salad to still chow down. Isn’t that just the best feeling?? 😀
Fresh fruit dessert(s).
Apple count for the day = 2 (it didn’t take long for me to get back into the swing of things, huh?). The plum was ah-maze! The nectarine, on the other hand, didn’t slice so nice…so that’s why it looks like there was a fruit massacre. But man-oh-man was it goooood. It was BEYOND juicy and I slurped the plate clean after the chunks were gone. Have I mentioned how much I love summer fruit.
Bed time!
Do I spy scrambled tofu and kombucha in the same post?! I think you and I are soulmates.
first work-out after a break is a killer…hope you aren’t too sore today! Loving your raw salads 😀 Hehe…I need to get some bigger salad plates- I end up having bowls all around me and just tossing more add-ins in as I munch through 😛
I found kombucha!!!!!!! It’s not flavoured though- I am thinking it could well be disgusting.
Have a great Monday- hope you find some bread! If not, try the yoga bread (pumpkin seed and dried cranberry- so good!)
I love the EITF salad! That’s what I call “lunch.” Oh, and “dinner.”
Welcome home sissy!!!
Glad you’re back!
I was just thinking yesterday (while pigging out on a huge EITF raw salad) that I love throwing so much different stuff in there. Sometimes I forget what I threw in, so every bit brings a surprise (Ooh! Radish…Ooh! Peas.)
Yes, I am flying my freak flag. Oh well. Veggies make me happy.
Elise! You’re back! I have like, 8 posts of yours to catch up on!
Wow, that plum is bee-utiful! And yeah, I love bottomless-pits salads. They make me so happy.
Can’t wait to read about the rest of your trip! Oh, and don’t worry, you’ll be kicking ass on the elliptical again in no time 😉
As hard as it is to go without working out over a vacation, I just LOVE the feeling of coming back to it. I even love the soreness, but then again, I am weird and I love being sore. :p
Why is it that I have no problem finding things that other people are looking for?? I’ve seen that bread in several places.
That plum looks divine… I never buy plums because I never figured out how to tell whether they’re yellow or red, and I hate the yellow ones, which is inevitably what I end up with!
<3 <3
I need to test out a tofu scramble one of these days!! You need to get your A. Street Bread, that’s just scary that you’re stash is so low!!
Glad you got your run on – I’ll be a runner vicariously through you 😀
Nothing wrong with sleeping in that late after all that vacationing and flying!
The EITF Salad was gorg, I wish I was eating it right now!
can I get a HELL YEAH for sickly weird vampire shows. I somehow got suckered into that sickness and can’t get out. I feel like such a creep watching it but it’s good…
I’m glad you’re back in action. I think Sabra’s stock went down while you were in HI!
Everything on this post looks SO GOOD! All the colors, the fresh fruit (and cow-hide too), the tofu scramble…
I feel the same way (like you said earlier) about feeling totally out of shape after vacation. Glad you got back on the horse, even if it kicked your booty!
I went to WF and bought that Triology flavor after reading of your addiction and omg. so. tastey.
I love the tofu scramble~ I’ll have to try that sometime! Do you just crumble up a block of tofu and put it in the skillet with the veggies?
What is the time difference in Hawaii?! I am sure that that and jet lag had something to do with the sleeping in…I bet it felt SO good!
That is my kind of salad! I am eating an EITF salad as I read your blog–so freaking good 🙂
Courtney
fruit massacre! haha
that tofu scramble looks delish!
I have tried frozen grapes, but thanks for reminding me about them! YUMM!
i think these were labeled as black plums…hope you find them!
i love being sore too! we are sick i think..
yeah!!! im delighted to hear you like it..and also a bit sorry to have contributed to (what youll soon discover) grows into quite a $$$ habit)…
fly it high girl! im right there with ya!
Its so easy! I used about half the block of tofu and didn’t press it or anything. I added it to the pan with some of its own “juices” and the curry powder…once it started getting crumbly I added in the spinach and tomato. Its best with softer (rather than firm) tofu but the “lite” crumbles easily too. Good luck!
Hello crazy woman, glad you enjoyed that 8 MILER!!!! 😉
And umm, gimme some of your tofu scramble, please?? It sounds divine! And have you ever told us which kombucha is your ABSOLUTE FAVE?! I gotta know, i’m still a semi-virg to them since i’ve only tried like 3, of the 7, 8, 9 flavors??
Glad you’ve been enjoying getting back into the grooove of things, but WAIT….I don’t see any hummus in this post??? I do see apples, greek yog, tofu, a-street bread, dried fruit….but no hummus?! Craziness.
I’m off to eat lunch, then catch up on yooo latest (probable) food-porn worthy post. PS LOVE THAT EITF salad!
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