This is what I woke up to this morning.
I know.
I made my dad and myself steel but oats this morning (I love having the time to do this!). Here’s my bowl with a dew chocolate chips and a banana. While it was cooking, I added cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and nutmeg so it tasted really earthy.
Here’s my dish all stirred up.
Now I am off to the gym with my dad, then I catch a train so I can gethome in time for Gossip Girl- hope you guys had a great weekend!
Wow- Gossip Girl made my life. I think Monday is my new favorite day of the week. Oh right, this is a food blog. I packed my lunch for the train, which was so well-balanced and perfectly refueled me after my workout: peanut butter and apricot jam on sprouted grain bread, a strawberry-banana yogurt, cucumber and celery slices, and a crisp Vermont apple.
I get off the train at Union Station, I always feel so happy- I love coming “home.” DC is such a wonderful city. My neighborhood, Glover Park, is particularly fabulous. I walked to Whole Foods When I got home after dropping my luggage off in my apartment and really appreciated how I love that DC has all the cultural and professional opportunities I need, but still manages to be so easy to live in- I walk everywhere, I can enjoy local restaurants (i.e., it’s not like there is a Panera on every corner, unlike in NJ), and the people here are so down-to-earth. Especially my neighborhood, Glover Park- it’s mostly young professionals, and I really feel a part of my community when I buy my local produce at Whole Foods and walk home with my groceries in my reusable bag, just as everyone in Glover Park does!
I made a killing at Whole Foods. One of the best parts about shopping there is you learn where all of your produce comes from! Plus, if you make sure to get the really local, apex of the season stuff, it is always the most delicious and inexpensive. I got all this for $53.00!
Dinner was excellent. A big big salad with peanut dressing, a delicious fresh whole wheat roll from WholeFoods (I wanted to treat myself) with 1 oz. of a fantastic Forume D’Ambery bleu cheese, and a big bowl of the last watermelon I will buy until next year, drizzled with agave.
You can guess which part was my favorite- to die for!
I was still craving a little something more, so crunched on a Ginger Gold apple as well.
I really had a wonderful weekend at home with my family and Mike. Although I had a couple of treats (dessert, seconds), I also basically managed to stick to my diet and did get some exercise, so I feel ready to start the week with a clean conscience. Now to get some rest- I can’t believe it is almost fall!
11 Comments
September 1, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Haha!! Such a cute dog
Mmm, scrumptious breakfast!
Have fun at the gym; have a safe trip home; and OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS I’M TOO EXCITED FOR ‘GOSSIP GIRL’!!!! Glad that you watch the show too, haha
September 1, 2008 at 4:44 pm
yum the oatmeal looks so good with the melty chocolate chips & banana combo! so excited for gossip girl tonight yayyyy
September 1, 2008 at 10:29 pm
GG!!! hahaha I am so happy the two other commenters before me love it as well
that oatmeal looks so delicious. nothing like a big bowl of oats
i like your blog – esp. the name! too cute!
September 1, 2008 at 10:39 pm
I can’t put it into words how excited I am for Gossip Girl!!!!!! I freaked out when I realized it was tonight!
Your oats look yummy!!
September 1, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Aw, your dog is so cute!
I love steel cut oats, too. Did you know that if you soak them overnight, they will cook up in about 5 minutes the next morning?
September 1, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Looks like someone had a good night sleep!
September 2, 2008 at 12:55 am
I have shi tzus and they both love to lay like tahat! I think it is the cutest!
Your breakfast looks awesome!
September 2, 2008 at 1:32 am
Teehee, the pup is too cute.
Mm Steel cut. I haven’t made those in a LONG while. I’ll have to do that maybe this week!
September 2, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Super yummy day. I am always amazed how cheap you are able to get out of Whole Foods!! I always seem to spend $75-$100
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September 3, 2008 at 12:32 pm
That dog picture is so so so cute. My puppy hates being upside down, which is odd because my dogs growing up loved to lay like that.
September 3, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Great bargains to be had at the WF! Good deal. And I love that Yuppie Handbook. Too funny. I actually gave the original 80s version of the Preppy Handbook to my sister last Christmas. Hysterical.