Morning everyone!

I noticed I’ve been eating a lot of fruit. It’s not that I mind eating vast quantities of fruit, but I don’t want to run out before I get to go to the market again. For that reason I opted out of fruit with breakfast and turned to the incredible, edible egg.

I scrambled 1 egg and 1 egg white, added spinach, green beans and salsa and had it with two pieces of sprouted grain bread.

And my cup of coffee. Yesterday I only drank 1/2 the cup, so maybe I’ll do that again!

Oh She Gives

As you might know tomorrow Angela from Oh She Glows is hosting Shop for a Cause, an online auction where you can place bids on a wide range of wonderful products for a good cause, the Canadian Cancer Society.

When she put out a call for donations, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to give. I’d already baked twice for Meghann, so I wanted to do something new. Reading other blogs and comments made me realize that some of you are deprived… you live a life without Trader Joe’s!!!! So, I decided to head on over to Trader Joe’s and get some wonderful and popular items for you. Here is what is in the Trader Joe’s Fun Pack!

• 3 fruit bars (mango, passion fruit and pineapple);
• Organic Blue Agave Sweetener;
• A box of “A Fig Walked into a Bar” cereal bar;
• Peanut Butter Filled Pretzels (no salt on the pretzels);
• Dark Chocolate Edamame; and
• Organic Ketchup (no High Fructose Corn Syrup!!!)

So there you have it. If you’re interested in buying this awesome and wonderful Trader Joe’s Fun Pack, be sure to check out Shop 4 A Cause tomorrow, Thursday 11th!!!!

I am about to head out for a run, but not before a totally gratuitous video clip:  Zack Attack performs on Jimmy Fallon 7 minutes in, but I highly recommend watching the whole thing.

Please tell me you remember Zack Attack!!!

Oh well hello!

There were several points today where I thought I was going to chew off my arm and I have no idea why!!!! Before work I had half of this Trader Joe’s Green Juice.

At work I cannot tell you how much I wanted something sugary or carby. Had it been any other day I definitely would have stolen some snacks, but because of you and The Cleaner Life Month I resisted! I knew dinner was right around the corner, I didn’t need those things and I would definitely feel worse (physically and emotionally) if I ate some crap at work. Instead I thought about dinner.

Per usual, a gigantic salad with the Dijon + Apple Cider combo.

And a spur of the moment dish inspired by Caitlin’s Black Bean Balls.

Deconstructed Bean Balls & Spinach 

I’ve made them before and loved the warm salsa idea, so I pureed 1/2 C of Black Beans, added a few tablespoons of salsa and cooked it on the stove, sort of like a sloppy joe! Then I steamed some spinach and tossed everything in one bowl. I added a handful of black beans and a little more salsa at the very end. It was super delicious and easy.

And just so you know there was no sugar in my salsa, so even though I know this is probably a processed food, I was okay devouring it. And I do devour good salsa that is chunky like this. I eat it with a fork right from the jar!!!!!

After dinner I had to get to work on some Summit business. I am sure you read Tina and Caitlin’s blogs, so you now know the potential destination will be Boston!!!! Anyway, I used some of my lawyer skillz tonight for a good cause. While working I had a pretty big dessert/snack of Greek Yogurt and 1 piece of Ezekiel Sprouted Grain Bread with Raw Crunchy Almond butter, which I warmed up in the microwave for 30 seconds. MMMMMMMM. MMMMMMMM. That Ezekial bread is so much better when all warmed up and soft!

No shame in snacking when hanger is calling!!!!