Going back to work this morning after a week off was tough, but at least I had coffee to help me ease back into it!
Breakfast of vanilla coffee with agave and almond milk, bowl of Dorset Cereal’s Cherry, Cranberry and Almond Muesli with small chopped apple, blueberries and almond milk. I made this batch of almond milk with some agave for a little sweetness and it tastes amazing!
Lunch was a big salad containing cos and romaine lettuce, spinach, carrot, red cabbage, red pepper and cucumber topped with some of my high protein hummus:
I also had some grapes and the most beautiful blood orange:
Mid afternoon I snacked on one of my almond oatmeal raisin cookies:
My afternoon meeting finished early so I got to the gym with plenty of time to spare before my spin class. I ended up doing 20 minutes of HIITs on the step machine, 20 minutes of HIITs on the cross trainer and 15 minutes on the rowing machine at a medium intensity pace. I did my abs and core exercises – 1 minute 25 second plank (yey!), 20 full sit ups, 20 bicycle crunches, 20 crunches, 20 side reaches and 20 reverse curls x 2 sets then my 30 minute spin class. I was ravenous after this monster workout!
For dinner I made a great sausage and tomato rice dish. I wasn’t going to post this as a recipe but it was so damn good I decided I wanted to!
Sausage with tomato rice (vegan or meat option, makes 2 servings)
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup of frozen peas
- 1 cup of cooked brown rice (I used a brown and wild rice mix)
- 1/2 cup of tomato passata
- 4 sausages, cooked and chopped into bite size pieces (I used tofu sausages)
Fry the onion and garlic in a little olive oil. Once softened add the peas and sausages and continue to fry until the peas are defrosted and the sausages are warmed through. Add the brown rice and tomato sauce and stir well until warmed through, serve:
I had mine with steamed purple kale, spring greens and shoyu. This was so so good! I made a version for James (more on that in a moment) with pork sausages and he really liked it.
Dessert was a nutty berry spiru-tein shake in a bowl made with almond milk, ice cubes and peanut butter for added staying power:
I’ve missed my Monday night spiru-tein smoothies!
When I returned to work this morning I was super excited to see that I had received a package from Cosy Tea full of several boxes to try out and review:
These are all organic, fair trade, vegetarian society and viva vegan approved. Obviously I am tea obsessed so I can’t wait to try all these out, the blueberry and green varieties in particular are calling my name!
My lovely hubby started his new job today! Its going to be all change for us as he’s going from working all hours in a job in retail to a week day 9-5 office based job. Its really going to have a huge impact on us, we will actually be able to do things together on weekends! One big difference is going to be eating more meals together. I have a fun post planned looking at how I’m going to tackle the task of feeding a carnivore fuss pot (him) and a vegetarian foodie (me), wish me luck!
Hope your week is off to a great start!
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I’m so looking forward to that post, my boyfriend is SO fussy and i’m starting to lose my head about it! I posted a list yesterday of all the things he simply refuses to eat and you wouldn’t believe it.
Those teas look adorable too :)
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Good luck to James this week!
And where do you get your Spiru-tein from?
That is certainly an impressive tea collection! I think the blueberry one intrigues me the most, as I adore all things blueberry.
Congrats on the monster workout as well!
My Dad sounds like your husband…but I’m not brave enough to even attempt feeding him, and cooking meat freaks the bejeepers out of me.
xxx
Ooh those teas look lovely, I love pretty packaging. I would be tempted by them but my cupboard is heaving with teabag boxes; I’ve resolved not to open a new box until I finish one! Hehe.
Wow, that orange is beautiful, and hooray for the return of coffee!
Hope James’s job goes well :-)
Good luck to James in his new job!! I know how difficult it can be to cook for two different diet, but I have found it much easier as time has gone by. I find cooking meals that can be either for meat eaters or vegetarians when I want a meat free night work best. That way I can leave the meat out and fill the dish up with veggies. x
Ooh blueberry tea sounds interesting, I’ve never tried that! Thank goodness for coffee in the mornings, without it I wouldn’t function!
Sarah – wow that is a long list of stuff he won’t touch! I guess my hubby isn’t quite so much of a fuss pot after all! I hope you find the post useful once I have it up!
Alison – thanks! I get my spirutein online here: http://www.healthmantra.co.uk/spirutein_powder
I have to say I love the range of flavours and its nice to have a change from sun warrior too
Jessica – Obviously I used to eat meat but the strangest thing is that now I’m veggie cooking it really grosses me out, I get worried about cross contamination too!
I think you’d love that blueberry tea, I had some this morning – so good!
Helen – yes, I’m a sucker for pretty packaging!
Eleanor – thanks!
Jemma – Thanks chick x thats just the kind of approach I’ll be taking – wait till you see my post!
Laura – I’m trying not to get to the point that I need coffee that much but it is a welcome kick start!
Woah that IS a beautiful blood orange! And that salad looks just like something I would eat — actually it looks a lot like what I packed for lunch today!
I’m feeling your pain – today was my first day at work after a week and a bit off!
I hope James’ first day went well – working in retail is tough (I used to do it and quit) and I bet it’s a relief for him to have a 9-5. Looking forward to your post about feeding him!
Wow that’s quite a tea selection!! They sound great:)
Your lovely salad reminds me- I must make that houmous of yours! Got to get some soya beans…
Have a great week Laura!!
Good luck to your husband! Starting a new job is exciting!
All of the food looks so delicious!The cookie recipe looks awesome. I am so excited to try them.
Hey Laura — I checked back for the link, but thanks for passing it on via my blog too. Unfortunately they only stock the soy ones — I was looking for the pea/rice version :(
And thanks for the reassurance on the knee. I think a sleeve is something I might want to try, but I won’t do it without talking to the fiz first
Hey! I’ve been reading your blog for ages but never commented! I’ve just started my own though so thought what better time than now :-)
Your food always looks SO delicious and you’ve given me loads of ideas to get even more fruit and veggies into my diet (smoothies – yum)!
All that tea does look good, although I have to say I’m yet to get on the tea wagon. Definitely more of a coffee girl, but I can see myself getting into tea with yummy flavours like blueberry!
I hope your weeks going well!
Those teas look wonderful!!!