Wednesday, May 25, 2011

WIAW + other news!

Good morning my bright, beautiful friends! 

Before I get to the WIAW shenanigans, I wanted to share some exciting news with you. Today I have the honor of being featured as a guest on Leanne's Blog (Healthful Pursuit). Be sure to head on over there to check out some sweet deliciousness. 

Here is a sneak peak at what you will find over there!


In other news, my beautiful and amazingly talented friend Tessa makes the most wonderful natural, organic, herbal body products and she just launched her website yesterday! Yay! Go Tessa! We went to herb school together and she definitely knows her stuff. Please go check it out at Lychee Therapeutics. Tessa's products are high quality, totally effective and made with love. Plus they don't have any yucky, sketchy artificial ingredients in them. They are totally pure and good for you! (Woody and I are on her website doing yoga for her Wounda Bar! Fun!) 

And now, let's get to the food stuff. It's time for another WIAW hosted by the amazing Jenn at Peas and Crayons.












Yesterday morning, I drank a ton of water as soon as I got out of bed. That was soon followed by a wonderful mug of Yerba Mate with a dash of cinnamon. Then I ate a sweet, delicious white peach from the Farmer's Market.


A little later in the morning, I decided to make a frittata! We all know how much I love them. Check out my recipe page for some killer frittata recipes! 


This one was made with 5 eggs, mushrooms, asparagus, kale, black olives and goat cheese. 
 I ate a slice with two pieces of Udi's toast for breakfast. It was lovely!

Soon after breakfast, I headed out to a training session with my personal trainer. It was a killer session! Gorden worked me super hard! I was definitely feeling the burn and am feeling sore today. 

When I got home I wanted a little something but I wasn't ready for lunch yet, so I just had this mixed with water and almond milk. 


Then I had one of these because I just couldn't help myself :-)


That's a frozen cookie dough ball dipped in coconut oil and chocolate. It was from my brown rice flour baking adventures yesterday. 

Lunch was more frittata! I chopped up a slice and put it on a bed of greens topped with a bunch of ketchup.  It's weird, for some reason I am craving ketchup like crazy! I was craving it a lot while we were on our cleanse, even though I'm usually not super crazy about it. Anyway, now that we're done cleansing, I find myself putting ketchup on everything. 


Later on in the afternoon, I sipped on this:


And had a bite of this:


For dinner I had more ketchup! Underneath it was a bunch of greens, baked sweet potato, chicken apple sausage (I had a random meat craving!), tomatoes, avocado and black olives. I also put on a little mustard to go along with the ketchup. It looks a little weird but it was so good! 

Dessert was crumbles of my failed attempt at baking with brown rice flour. Broken cookies and brownies in a bowl with some Perky's crunchy flax cereal, a scoop of Mocha Maca Crunch coconut bliss and a splash of coconut milk. A totally random dessert bowl that came together beautifully and tasted divine. Mmm :-) 

Today is a rainy day and I'm cuddled up on the couch under a blanket. But the kitchen beckons to me. I sense some baking happening in the near future! 

I hope you all have a fantastic day filled with love, abundance, joy and gratitude!

Much love!


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Oh my goodness...I want to eat everything in this post. Even the ketchup. Although my weakness, "must put it on everything" sauce is usually of the BBQ variety. :)
1 reply · active 723 weeks ago
Mmm BBQ sauce :-) I feel you on that! I go through phases with things. Definitely in a ketchup phase at the moment! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! :-)
I wish I could drink yerba mate. I tried making this amazing citrus yerba once, it was DELICIOUS, but so high in caffeine! Makes me all jittery!
1 reply · active 723 weeks ago
Aww that's too bad. I think I'm immune to the jittery affect because I drink it SO much. I love it!
That frozen cookie ball looks yummy yummy yummy!
1 reply · active 723 weeks ago
Thanks! I think I'm going to post the recipe tomorrow! :-)
Discovered your blog today trough Leanne's. Norwegian reader here. Your blog makes me HAPPY! So glad I found it, it has brightened up my day, and I have a feeling that it'll brighten up plenty more.
1 reply · active 723 weeks ago
Aww yay! WELCOME! I'm so happy you stopped by my blog and that it made you happy :-)
oooh! MUST check out your guest post next!

Everything looks so good! I want a little bit of all of it! =) Your frittata is so packed with veggies it looks like a veg pie -- awesome!!!! Happy WIAW!!!!!! <3

xoXOxo
Jenn @ <a href="http://www.peasandcrayons.com">Peas & Crayons
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1 reply · active 723 weeks ago
Thanks! Yeah it was a super yummy frittata. Happy WIAW to you too love! You're awesome :-)
those cookie dough balls look perfect! I am such a big fan of ketchup. Somehow it makes it into either my lunch or dinner everyday without fail!
1 reply · active 723 weeks ago
Thanks! Yeah, ketchup is soooooo good!
Your truffle recipe looks fantastic, Alaina! Oh, the wonders of coconut + cocoa butter combined. I'm going to have to try them.

Also, I got lost in reading your beautiful blog today--and I found myself smiling the whole way through. One of the best discoveries? Ma Muse. Gorgeous music! Just the kind of soul glow music I've been looking for. :)

Hope you had a great day, however rainy!
1 reply · active 723 weeks ago
Awww I love you! Thank you. I'm so glad you like MaMuse! They make my heart so sparkly and happy. You said it, SOUL GLOW music. Perfect! I hope you had a great day too love!
I loved the recipe you shared on Leanne's blog this morning. Will be saving those!
And mate - I love iced yerba mate, but for some reason the hot kind, not so much!
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1 reply · active 723 weeks ago
Thanks Jess! I hope you make those truffles someday. I like yerba mate cold but I usually drink it hot. I love it!
ohh I've never tried that flavor of Kombucha! Looks good though! I saw your guest post, and those truffles look AMAZING!
1 reply · active 723 weeks ago
Thanks! That's my favorite flavor of Kombucha. You MUST try it!
All of this looks SO tasty, especially that frozen cookie dough ball dipped in chocolate! Be still my heart!!
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Congrats on doing the post!! I checked it out and LOVED it!
That frittata seriously is KILLER for sure :) Looks so yummy!! I am so happy you get to eat chocolate now! And it's so funny that you crave ketchup, because it's like one of my FAV things. I put it on everything!
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I just found your blog and I love it!
Those cookie dough balls look amazing!
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