Sunday Rides

August 23rd, 2009 | Posted by Alison in Breakfast

After a long run yesterday, a Sunday Ride was in order for today. The weather man said it was supposed to rain this morning but fortunately he is A LIAR.ย  I rode 13.5 rain free miles this morning in just under an hour. In YO FACE Weather Mack Daddy!

On my ride I was thinking about how it seems like something has been “missing” lately. I couldn’t put my finger on it exactly, but something is definitely missing. *think*think*think*

And then it dawned on me.

Missed Cleaning the Juicer

Oh yeah, I haven’t had to clean the juicer for a few days. That settled it.ย  Today was officially Get Your Juicer Dirty Day.

Tearing fruit and vegetables to shreds lit a fire under to me prep every bit of produce yet to be prepped in the fridge. Cantaloupe, broccoli, cauliflower and watermelon. In fact, I made a new kind of “bar” this morning. Watermelon bars! You don’t even have to pre-heat the oven for these babies.

Watermelon Bars

I’ve been keeping Sarah’s Breakfast Challenge in the back of my mind this week – that is, to have something new for breakfast every day for a week, which started Thursday if memory serves me correctly. Today I realized I’m either a Breakfast Challenge Failure or Breakfast Challenge Cheater.

I had overnight oats for breakfast yesterday, but I them for BRUNCH today.

Sunday Brunch

It’s ok, you can say it. Alison and the Breakfast Challenge? FAIL. Alright alright I DO plan to try to make it up with some new breakfast idea before the week is up!

I swear these were some of the best chocolate overnight oats I’ve ever had too. I’m pretty sure they were tastier because I was being crazy and reckless with the Breakfast Challenge, hoping to squeeze by on a technicality.

On whim we pawned off the girls asked Zak’s mom to watch the girls while we escaped for a couple of child free hours.

Let Freedom Ring!

Let Freedom Ring! Let Freedom Ring!

We used our time to hit up a couple of stores, the farmers market and stopped for some groceries too. At Wegmans Zak said he was hungry and asked for my input on a snack. I suggested a Larabar, unaware at the time that he’d never had one before.

This was the only picture I captured of his maiden Larabar voyage.

Zak's First Larabar

He tried to help and make for a more interesting photo.

A Real Funny Guy

A nice try but forget it. It’s too late. You scarfed it. The moment has passed and there’s no bringing it back. Your first Larabar is a BIG DEAL!

I had a couple of sips of the juice he bought as part of his snack attack.

Acai Juice

Born Dia? Bom Dia? I can’t tell what that says! But it was tasty, that I can tell.

And while I had the camera out, snapped a pic of my Farmer’s Market finds.

Farmer's Market Loot

We picked up the girls and made our way home. I had a little snack attack myself upon our return.

Fruit Snack

Given we’ve got a fridge full of leftovers, I’ve declared today a non-cooking day. For dinner I chose a leftover zucchini boat and a huge salad. This would be one of those “eyes bigger than my stomach” moments because by the time I sank the Zucchini Battleship I could only manage a couple of bites of salad. I even said yesterday that these didn’t need a side dish. Hello? Do I even read my own posts?

Eyes Bigger than my Stomach

Dinner was early tonight so I’m fairly certain I’ve got a date planned with some almond butter!


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