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She Says: Produce Thief, Identify Yourself!
If you follow me on twitter you saw me complaining that someone stole my tomatoes!!!! Yes, it’s true. I left today and they were probably 5 small, red tomatoes on my plant. When I came home, 1 green tomato was left. I noticed someone watered the plant and my herb plant, which I hadn’t done since I left for Rhode Island on Friday. Yes, there were a little dry, but I did not abandon them!!!! I planned to water and pick today! Given the watering situation, I believe it was my landlord. I am not sure what to do about this. I guess I’ll do nothing, but I really want to put a sign on them that says, “Produce Thief, Identify Yourself!” I mean I specifically did not buy tomatoes at the market today because I knew I had these at hoe. What would you do?
I had a couple of yummy snacks today.
First, was a Vanilla Oikos with Hemp Seeds. I am not sure I like hemp seeds in yogurt. I think I preferred them baked in the granola bars I made a couple weeks ago.
I also had some Kashi Go Lean. I haven’t had this in awhile, but it was on sale at Whole Foods so I picked it up. It’s my favorite Kashi cereal because some of the others taste stale and cardboardy to me. I had this little bowl with delicious Almond Milk.
I ended up going for my run at about 7:00 tonight. I really need to update my training schedule because I hate speed work and I don’t think I’m ever going to do it, especially in the summer. I am sure that makes me an awful half marathon trainee, but I just despise it. Instead I did 5 miles at my regular old pace and that was hard enough today!
Before I left for my run I prepared Lentil Salad for dinner and let it cool in the fridge while I ran. I found this recipe on this Zesty guest post from keepitsimplefoods.com, which was based on Bella’s lentil salad recipe. Did you get all that? Regardless of the source it was delicious! I added chick peas and red peppers. I think this would be equally awesome warm.
Now I am trying to gather the motivation to do my 30 Day Shred. Yesterday I did Level 1 with 8 lbs weights with my mom. Oddly, as hard as it was at the time, I am not sore at all today. This is confusing because 5 lbs on Level 2 leaves me sore. V. curious.
Have a great night everyone!
That’s awful! I can’t believe someone would steal tomatoes. Especially after you were lucky enough to have grown 5. Our plant barely has 2 green things on it.
So glad you liked the lentil salad! I just made it last weekend too…I absolutely love it for lunch!
I can’t believe someone stole your tomatoes. I would definitely put up a sign, how dare them!
AH it’s terrible that someone stole your tomatoes! Last year, someone stole a whole basil plant from my porch! It was so depressing.
I’m scared for my little green tomatoes this year. Oh the joys of city life.
What the eff! That is so irritating! Seriously, stealing tomatoes is almost as bad as stealing money, in my book. You gotta put a LOT of work into those things!
So sad about the tomatoes! boo. Lentil salad is yummy though.
O man i would toottaally leave a note!!! At least saying, “Please do not disturb my tomatoes
I’ll be happy to give you one if you ask.” Or “keep your filthy paws off my ‘maters”….either one!!
Oh, man! That would really make me mad! I would probably leave note, too. “Thank for watering the plants, but next time leave me some!”
Go Shred!! I Shredded this morning and ate my lentils and ate some Kashi cereal out of a mug, too, haha. We’re twins!
That’s so sad that someone stole your tomatoes! Set up a camera!! lol
I love Oikos yogurt and feel the need to state that every time I see it on a blog!
YUM! I love anything with lentils so that recipe looks great!
I can’t believe someone stole your tomatoes! Make a sign! Do it! haha
Pffft someone stole the tomatoes?! HOW RUDE. I think you should leave a “This plant under surveillance” note.
That is such a bummer that someone took your produce!!!!
I would be SO MAD!!! I was going to suggest that maybe it was a rabbit, but this is definite human food stealing!
Well, if you think your landlord may have watered, and then picked your tomatoes, I would ask them. Do you have a decent relationship with them to do that? If not, you may have to give them to the tomato Gods. Damn them!
ya someone just stole my ipod so i can totally relate. can you hide in the shadows and then attack them with your hoe?
Yummy lentil salad… mmmm
Put up the sign! Put up the sign!
Or just put up one that says Property of Heather: Hands off!
I can’t believe someone took your tomatoes! That’s horrible and weird! Can you move them to your porch or do they need the direct sunlight?
I have a plot in a community garden and I am SUPER paranoid that someone is gonna steal my tomatoes! They’re nowhere close to red yet, but still. I just hope if someone does steal them, it means they really needed something to eat, but… who knows.
Let us know what happens!
I was wondering what that tweet was about
How crazy! Hmm…leave a note on the tomater plant?
8-pounders on the Shred is very impressive! I would be lifting soup cans with your mama
eight pounds on the shred is AMAZING.
and the theft? Im with everyone else. its a human and you MUST GET IT ON VIDEO!
Oh no, that’s so annoying! I’d put a little sign up, requesting people to ask you whether it’s okay to pick, or something. And I know what you mean about speedwork. But apparently hill workouts are just as effective (though I don’t do them either).
post the note!!!LOL PLEASE and take a picture
Are you friendly with your landlord? I would probably just straight up ask if they knew what happened to the tomatoes. Kind of a weird thing to do though. Even if my neighbour did abandon a plant, I wouldn’t start watering it and steal the goods! Jeeeez.
That settles it. I’m having Kashi Go Lean and almond milk for breakfast this morning
Haha…that’s really not all I was going to say, but I wanted to trick ya. I love the idea of having a sign that says, “Produce Thief, Identify Yourself!” I can’t believe that happened – I agree with Caitlin, picture please!!
How strange that there is a produce thief lurking out there. I hope you uncover who it is and put a stop to the stealing!
Have you tried Kashi Vive? It’s similar to Go Lean and SO good!
That’s so crazy that someone stole your tomatoes! People really do that?! Maybe you need to put a “Heather’s Tomatoes” post-it on them like people do in the work fridge
I would be furious about the tomatoes, that’s just not cool! Your lentil salad looks great, I saw that on Zesty’s blog not too long ago, and I keep forgetting to make it!
what kind of person steals garden tomatoes? lol, that’s awful. i agree with others, you should post the sign!
Crazy about the tomatoes!! I’m not really sure what I would do either. Maybe you could put a little bucket below them with a sign that says “Heather’s Home Grown Tomatoes – $1 each”.
I can’t believe someone took your tomatoes…I hope thier guilt caused the enjoyment of them to go away!
The lentil salad looks good…I have never made anything with lentils before!
Yeah, I would be pissed if someone stole my tomatoes – that is so random, who would do that???
Oh, and for my last half marathon training program I had this great training plan with speed work and couldn’t make myself do one day of it!!!
You know I got more sore from the 5 lb than 8 lb weights as well with Jillian’s workouts. I’m pretty sure it has to do with the fact that I put more effort into each move when I use 5 lbs because it’s easier. I just can’t use the 8 lbs to do the shoulder moves so I half @ss those anyways after a while because they only come up 3/4 of the way.
If you’re not sore today, you probably will be tomorrow! I think it takes more like 2 days instead of 1 to feel the full effects. I did 8 lbs on the shred one time and yeah, it was beastly. I have stuck to 5s ever since!
Kashi Go Lean is openly my favorite cereal in the world, I’m pretty sure. None of this Crunch nonsense for me.
Honestly – I would be so pissed if someone stole my tomatoes! Homegrown tomatoes are one of the best things about summer!
Put the sign up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-A
i can’t believe someone jacked your tomatoes! punks!
that lentil dish looks delicious though
hope you have a great day <3
Booooo! I would be so pissed if someone took my tomatoes!!! I would politely ask your landlord if it was him/her and then put up a little sign by them. That sucks
someone stole your tomatoes?! i’d be money that it was a hungry blogette dying to make homemade salsa or something.
Not cool! I’d definitely put a sign up. That stinks.
Very impressed by your use of 8lb weights for the Shred. My arms were killing me after a day with 5lb weights. Go you!