Saturday, November 21, 2009

New Luna Flavor and New Restaurant!


I love shopping. not as much as I love spinning, but I do love going shopping for things I need (and want!) Today...as hard as it is to say, I did not love shopping. Do you ever have those days where NOTHING fits? Well, today was one of those days. It was a shoe shopping day. Let me preface by saying last weekend I purchased these Ralph Lauren Boots

These Boots would be to wear over jeans or black leggings. I like them a lot, but I do not LOVE. I am trying to find ones that I love and today I had no luck. So, I will still have these RL boots and tomorrow I shall be back at it again. Nordstrom's perhaps? They have a killer shoe dept!


*Do you have a love hate relationship with shopping??*
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Ok, back to the food. Last night Jason and I went back to Nourish in Lexington, MA. We went about a month ago and had such a great dinner! It is close and easy, fast and healthy. I was also craving hummus. So Nourish it was




I started with a half portion of the House Salad


Greens, carrots, red cabbage, cucumbers, sunflower seeds with house dressing (creamy tofu). Twas Delicious I loved the creamy tofu dressing, however I swear I didn't eat one sunflower seed. Maybe they forgot about them?

Main Dish: Taboule Chicken


Natural chicken pan-seared and sautéed with taboule, served with hummus, tahini, natural pickles, spicy harif, pita and side house salad. 

  • This was SO good. It was just what my body was craving! The hummus was creamy and so authentic tasting and the chicken was perfectly cooked with crunchy and flavorful taboule marinade. The salad was topped with a tahini dressing.
  • Hummus on Foodista

Yes, We went all out. That white chocolate Brownie was ordered.

Served warm, swimming in rich chocolate sauce. Did I mention all the ingredients are organic?


Yeah, you can drool, its ok. It was amazing. A square of doughy perfection with a cold scoop of vanilla icecream perfectly placed atop

We liked.  A lot.

He paid. I liked a lot
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Today, the day started off with perfect Cafe Britt french press coffee
Berry berry oats with cinnamon and Walnuts (1/2 C oats, 1/2 banana, truvia, cinnamon, blueberries)


Jason went to hang with his friend for the day who he hasn't seen in a while. I hit up the gym for an awesome cardio workout. I really pushed it today!



  • 15 minutes on the stepmill (big revolving stairs) 5 min on 3 different interval programs
  • 15 min arc trainer (pic below)  I did intervals on this too (alternating from resistance 25-65) 
  • 1 min @ 30
  • 1 min @35
  • 1 min @ 40
  • 1 min @ 45
  • 1 min @ 65 
  • (REPEAT THIS 3 TIMES)
  • 15 minutes treadmill 
  • 1 min @ 6.5
  • 1 min @ 7.0
  • 1 min @ 7.5
  • 1 min @ 8.0
  • 1 min @ 8.5
  • (REPEAT THIS 3 TIMES)






After the gym, I was a sweaty mess but alas, I made this Lunch which was a rando salad plate (romaine, snap peas, red pepper, cuke with balsamic vinegar)  and a dollop of Peanut Butter dessert hummus 




and a grilled wrap with Cranberry Tuna Salad (Tuna, greek yogurt, diced apples, cinnamon, cranberry chutney from TJ's) baby spinach, tomatoes, sprinkle of cheddah cheese. MMMM...so good!


I got the chance to break into this beauty today. Cookies n cream delight Luna bar 


It was so pretty!! the white chocolate icing really just made me smile. It was also coated on the bottom with that same white chocolate. 

  • Verdict: I really liked this flavor! It was surprisingly not too sweet and really did taste like cookies and cream ice cream. I could see this being delicious in greek yogurt or some fro-yo (just sayin') It was both soft and crunchy at the same time which is hard to find in a bar. It gave me the satisfaction of a real treat all wrapped up in a healthy wrapper!
  • 180 calories,  40 cal from fat, 5 g fat, 3 f fiber, 10 g protein, 27 g carbs, 13 g sugar. All natural ingredients and 70% of which are organic.  Sounds good to me!
  • 8/10

*Question-What bar are you currently loving?*


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Jason is on his way back and I am just about to whip up some dinner, I am thinking meatless meatballs will be in my future...with what? I don't know yet! but pictures will be taken. Have a great night!






A New Look, Same Foodie!

Happy weekened to you all!

So excited that It has finally arrived!

As you can probably notice, I have been hard at work with a blog makeover! I want to Thank Emily at Blogfairy for spending most of yesterday helping me with this makeover! I hope you all enjoy it too! There  is still work to be done on my end, so if you click product reviews, right now you won't find anything, but i am working on it so bear with me!

Thank you all for your constant support and coming to visit me! I truly have found such a passion for blogging, sharing recipes, workout tips etc with you all so I hope to continue it the same way, just with a new look!

I will give a proper update with foodie filled pictures!

Have a wonderful Saturday

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