1. I’m back on the sauce! Cheers to that and cheers that I made it an entire month without. How on earth did I do that? I still don’t know … I’ll mull if over while I’m sipping …
2. I made it the entire month of January MEAT-FREE! NO way?!! Me??? Bacon lover extraordinaire?! Yep! And, guess what? It was EASY PEASY!
I learned that I still had tons of energy for all my workouts, I felt great, and I really didn’t miss it. So — I’m gonna go another month of meat-free and reassess. Now – don’t go getting your hopes up that I’ve turned vegetarian — but, I do like what I’m eating and how I’ve been feeling (and, yes Dad — I’m getting enough protein!). So, with that said — I’m excited to try more new recipes!
Here’s my new favorite find from The Wild Ginger – Passion Tofu:
This delicious recipe has eggplant and tofu in the most amazing sauce, just a bit of spice to it — over brown rice. YUMMiNess!
3. I’m officially back together with chocolate! We broke up late December and all of January and I have to admit — I thought about it all the time! So, I made the first move …
Now that I have it back in my life, I will admit I’ve been a little obsessed with it over the past 6 days. So much in fact, that I’ve overindulged a wee bit more than I should be while training. Dark, light, salted, caramel — I like my chocolate pretty much any way I can get it. I’m a firm believer in chocolate diversity and I will not discriminate. Nope. Not me. So, here’s to a healthy relationship with chocolate this time around …. 😉
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What are your 3 things Thursday?
I tried the vegetarian thing last january while training for a marathon- not good for my body at all, craved chicken like a mad women, even though I was getting a wide variety of plant-based protein sources….tried no alcohol and no chocolate for january, but of course during/after a hard workout, especially bike ride, all I could think about was enjoying wine/beer/chocolate.
Yeah — not sure how long I’ll hold out. But – so far so good!! I’ve been downing the spaghetti squash like nobody’s business!! So happy to have wine and chocolate back on board!!
The eggplant tofu dish looks really good.
So yummy!! I had it two weekends in a row!!
I really enjoy egg plant. Do you ever make baba ghanoush? I’ve tried making several variations but I’m in the market for a good recipe. None of mine were quite right…
Ohhhh — I’ve never made it!! Gonna google it now!! 😉
If you find a good one, let me know!
Cheers!
I never quit the sauce and don’t know if I could make it : ) I also love the TJ’s cookie butter filled chocolate so check those out. happy weekend!
OMGosh that tofu-eggplant looks good! I’m probably 97% vegetarian (was 100% in my previous life) but decided that I seem to need a little more protein than I was getting (possibly because of my age)(and also because I can’t resist grilled chicken)(or the occasional steak). Chocolate and beer are a match made in heaven. And what ARE those wonderful looking drinks at the top?!!!