Irish Cream Protein Pancakes + WIAW

March 18, 2015 By Laura

Moving is exhausting.

I’m mentally tired.

Organizing, cleaning, and decorating are not my favorite things. Doing that while working and dealing with annoying shit that comes with closing on the sale of my condo has left me grouchy. People commenting on my lack of cooking gets me fired up. We just got a working oven and found time to grocery shop. If I want to have some beers, then I will. Jeeeeeeesus.

The Whole Foods has a bar. It really is like heaven here.

The Whole Foods ha a bar. It really is like heaven here.

This isn’t a blogger rant. These are Facebook friends. I’ve actually been loving going out in our new neighborhood and trying out new things workout-wise. I’ve taken up boxing and tried out jiu jitsu. I’ve been running more. Ending the day jogging back home to Vegas with this view makes me incredibly happy:

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Cookies & Cream Zero Carb Protein Smoothie

March 16, 2015 By Laura

I love me some protein.

Bro.

I also love cookies. If you can combine protein and cookies, you have a winner. When Isopure sent over their cookies & cream zero carb powder with 50 grams of 100% pure whey protein isolate I couldn’t try it fast enough. It was perfectly timed too – after being on he road for a week I was ready to get back in the gym!

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Blood Orange & Coconut Yogurt Bowl [Recipe]

March 13, 2015 By Laura

Vegas and I have lived together for a whole week!

I think she’s getting used to my yogurt creations.

We don’t have an oven yet (they’re hooking it up today!), so we’ve been eating a lot of “easy” stuff. There’s been a whole lot of Whole Foods hot bar action, sandwiches, and yogurt bowls. Vegas gave the thumbs up to her first carrot cake batter bowl, so I decided to expose her to new strange but good yogurt creations.

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San Diego Move-In Food

March 11, 2015 By Laura

Anyone need boxes?

Actually, we posted an ad on Craigslist and someone came for them within hours!

The thing about packing that you have to unpack. While a couple drinks (ok, maybe more than a couple) makes packing easier, it makes unpacking full of hilarious surprises. Apparently at some point I gave up and just added IDK to a box (that’s “I don’t know” for those of you who don’t have millennial siblings or kids).

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Lessons From Route 66

March 9, 2015 By Laura

Driving across the US can be as entertaining as going to Europe.

Just in a more… American… way. Go ‘Merica.

If you’ve been following along, you know that Vegas and I picked up a hitchhiker at Graceland. The King himself.

The second day of our cross country move involved a trip to Graceland. How could we pass up the bobble head Elvis that would become the mascot for our journey? We also couldn’t pass up a grilled banana and peanut butter sandwich.

Lesson From Route 66: You don’t always be perfectly healthy. Live life. When in Rome, eat the greasy sandwich. Or whatever… you know what I mean.

He came with us to meet Heather in Little Rock, and he saw the house my dad grew up in in Conway. That night we rolled into Oklahoma City and crashed. Not literally – just in the bed. Who knew sitting all day could be so tiring?!

Lesson From Route 66: Picking up hitchhiker isn’t always a bad thing. And you’re never too old to play with dolls.

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Strange But Good on Route 66

March 6, 2015 By Laura

Route 66 is known for strange.

I think we added to it.

Today Vegas and I are in Vegas. Then it’s off to our new home in San Diego! I can’t believe how fast the trip went by. It was so much fun to drive across the US seeing all the #strangebutgood sights.

Hopefully we’ll be getting settled in our place next week and things will return to “normal” here… but for now, here’s a bit of what’s been going down the hatch on Route 66.

Vanilla Frosting Combos (#trashybutgood) and almond M&Ms.

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Road Trippin’ + WIAW

March 4, 2015 By Laura

We picked up an additional passenger.

He was begging to jump in the car with two women.

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Healthy Caribbean-Inspired Dishes

March 2, 2015 By Laura

I’m on the way to San Diego with Vegas.

Warm, sunny weather is so close I can almost taste it!

Meanwhile, I thought I’d entertain you tropical weather foods. How about The Caribbean? Even if you are snowed in on the East coast, you can create a faux taste of paradise at home! Here are a few ideas.

Stay lean

It’s time to put aside any objections to eating goat. It sounds strange, but it’s delicious. Goat is a lean meat that’s is good for your healthy and your heart. Slow cooked in strong spices to tenderize the meat, goat curry is a delicious Jamaican treat!

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