I sat down to lunch this afternoon after I finished up the last 25% of our lawn that I didn’t get to yesterday.

More marinated portobellos on a bed of greens tossed in my Ginger Miso dressing.

After lunch I set out on a bike ride to run some errands and get in a little unofficial exercise too. Want to go with me? Let’s roll.

First up, the post office about 1 mile away, to mail a package and a letter.

Next, the library, about 4 miles from the Post Office,

to return a book that Ava picked out a few weeks ago. Really? Are you sure you want a book from the 70’s on roses? NO! I demand you take out a book about Dora.

I picked up a couple I had on reserve and one from the new shelf too.

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (thanks for this idea Lynn!), The Raw 50 by Carol Alt and The NDD Book (Nutrition Deficit Disorder) by Dr. William Sears, one of my fav attachment parenting authors. I snagged this one off the new shelf after a quick flip through.  It’s all about how the foods that kids eat affect their behavior, and is full of ideas on how to get kids to eat the healthy foods you offer them.

After the library, another 1.5 miles to the grocery store.

My list.

My loot in my backpack, ready to rock and roll.

3.5 miles to home. This was definitely the hardest leg of my journey, with the groceries on my back.

Round trip, 10 miles exactly! 44 minutes of riding.

Total time spent riding and running errands, an hour and 15 minutes.

Errands run, exercise done. No gasoline was burned and I was forced to stick to my list due to my limited amount of “trunk” space. I should probably always shop this way.

I had something totally new in mind for us for dinner tonight. I prepped a bunch of veggies to stuff into lettuce wraps!

My mom had mentioned a while ago that she’s been enjoying Boston Bibb lettuce lately. Since the leaves are so broad I thought it would make for a good wrap.

I also made a teriyaki sauce from The Raw Food Detox Diet made with soy sauce, maple syrup, ginger, garlic, sesame seeds and sesame oil to drizzle inside on the veggies before they were wrapped up.

I won’t lie that these were a total mess to eat, but I got better at making and eating them when I figured out to forget about “wrapping” the veggies with lettuce and make lettuce tacos instead.

I was bummed that Zak had to work late and miss this dinner because I thought this was a totally fun and different meal. Basically just salad in disguise, but the teriyaki sauce definitely made this dinner!

And of course my day is not complete without some Green and Black 70% Dark Chocolate with raw almond butter to round out my meal.

I think I used up all my energy today and had none left for jokes tonight. Crap.