In direct violation of the rules of The Cleaner Life Month I had a second cup of coffee today. It was iced and it as delicious and I don’t feel bad at all. Maybe (probably not) I’ll have none tomorrow to make up for it. I just love iced coffee. I can’t help it. It’s not even for the caffeine, but the smooth creamy cold taste on a hot day that is heavenly.

Subbing was great today. I want the job for the fall so much! It’s such a great school and a lot of the teachers are my age, so I bet I would make some new New Jersey friends too. Did I mention it’s across the street from my house! When I got home from After Care I made a quick scrambled egg dinner. I wish I was better at making omelets, but that’s really Mark’s thing. Mine always crumble.

In my eggs was broccoli and a black bean patty leftover from last night. I had some cold roasted zucchini on the side as well.  I need to get some condiments that do not have sugar – does anyone know any? All I have now is mustard and I’m almost out! Anyway, I wasn’t that hungry because after school and before After Care I snuck home to make a serving of oatmeal and ate it After Care. It was just plain and in Tupperware, so no photo.

On facebook I pondered whether others feel like a dork going to the gym on a Friday night like I do. I am not sure why I care. First, I don’t care what the people at my gym think of me. Second, if other people are at the gym with me, what could they possibly be thinking about me? Anyway, I went to the gym on this Friday evening for a quick elliptical and cardio session. I am counting moving piles of clothes in my closet as my strength for the day.

When I got home I had an intense craving for something very cold. Luckily I’d frozen a Raspberry Pomegranate Healthy Picks Applesauce that Musselmans sent me. 

I ate it like Italian Ice, which was actually quite fun. My biggest problem with individual applesauce containers is that they are gone in an instant. When frozen, however, they take much longer to eat. Double the eating time, double the pleasure. The flavor of these is pretty good, too. Although I would say that the special flavors are pretty subtle, and mostly they just taste like applesauce. I also enjoyed them because they have no added sugar like a lot of applesauce out there. For 70 cals., it’s not a bad frozen treat option. My favorite of the Healthy Picks flavors is the Key Lime Cupuacu, which has a nice tangy flavor. If you, like me, had no idea what a cupuacu was just click here.

Tomorrow is my Girls on the Run 5K and Cupcake Fest! Should be fun as long as the weather stays nice.

Back to cleaning my closest!!!! Maybe I’ll show an “After” shot if it ever gets to the point of being presentable!

P.S. I think Rose is fairing well with The Cleaner Life Month at Bonaroo. She reports Bonnaroo has a Whole Foods and sweet potato fries. And that they stocked up on organic goods beforehand from a store called Green Life in Asheville.

Tonight one of my oldest and dearest friends came over for dinner. Although she lives in NY and works in NJ, I hardly ever get to see her. We are both busy with our own lives. You know how it goes. But finally, we got to hang out tonight while enjoying Chickpea Taco Salads and chatting about life. 

While prepping, I was actually hungry (not fake hungry where I convince myself I must eat chips before dinner) and had some Natural Blue Tortilla Chips. These are Nature’s Promise Brand, which is Stop & Shop’s Organic product line.

I decided make your own salads would be fun. Here was the whole Salad Assembly Station. From Left to Right.

• Cucumbers
• Limes and Cilantro
• Avocado
• Tomatoes
• Lettuce
• Chickpeas (check out the recipe for all the good spices, etc. that are involved)
• Blue Corn Tortilla Chips
• Salsa

Clearly I am need of some serving dishes. I expect an email from my mother saying the following, “Heather, if you get married you can register for serving dishes and people will buy them for you.” I am actually 100% certain an email of this nature is coming my way.

Nate says Mexican is Stock Up and he is right. Like with tacos, where I always have two or three, I had a few refills on the salad and chips. It was fun to make and delicious.  My favorites part of these delicious salads were the chickpeas and the lime squeezed on top. 

Per usual, Mark was not satisfied after dinner, so he took to the kitchen and retrieved wraps, cheese and hummus. He carefully spread the hummus on the wrap, laid the cheese atop the creamy hummus and then added the taco toppings. He was so proud and insisted on a picture. It broke my heart to tell him he’d only made a modified Crack Wrap, the first of its kind on Hangry Pants. 

And the Strawberry Sorbet, well it was delicious. But I think I will wait to discuss it until (a) I have better lighting for pictures; and (b) it’s actually frozen and not served over yogurt (although I highly recommend that as well!).

Hope you had a great night!