The flower deliveries have returned!
Remember when Vegas was sending them weekly?
When Vegas and I first started dating, she sent me flowers every week that we couldn’t be together. She lived in Vegas and I lived in Atlanta. Which is how we ended up in San Diego. Long story, which starts here.
Anyway, Vegas and I are a (temporarily) a bi… coastal couple again. 😉 This week, she revived the flower-sending. #spoiledwife
Vegas is coming this weekend though! I signed us up for a 5K, so I’ve been running 5Ks around my ‘hood in preparation. It’s going okay-ish. I want to be a minute faster. Actually, I want to be 6 minutes faster… but baby steps!
More next week on how the race. I will say that it ends with mimosas. A race that ends that way can never be bad, right?!
On to the #WIAW food. It actually involves homemade food this week! 
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Breakfast:
I made my solo morning cocktail and headed out to work, where I had what has become my standard office breakfast – knock-off Quest bar, a La Croix, and coffee. The cinnamon roll flavor is my favorite
Lunch:
I’d made a bunch of an old recipe – Sriracha Peanut Tofu Power Bowls – for dinner this weekend, so I had some leftover for lunch. I’m obsessed with this tofu. The sauce is peanut flour and sriracha, then you coat the tofu in it and bake. It becomes impossibly fluffy and the flavor is 100% crave-worthy.
Dinner:
I’ve been down with brinners lately. Specifically, this savory french toast topped with #yolkporn. It’s quick, easy, and satisfying.
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I just realized… I ate vegetarian all day!
Have you ever baked tofu?
If you run, what’s your favorite distance? 5Ks are my sweet spot. Mostly because I don’t know how to pace.
That is one beautiful looking golf course I spy! Ours are not looking so green around here yet.
I love tofu cooked that way. I coat mine in a peanut flour and liquid amino acid mixture and it taste amazing. I will have to try it with the sriracha peanut flour combo. And I have to try the savory french toast!
There are a ton of them in ATL! Vegas is really excited. HA!
Let me know if you try the savory french toast. I think you’d really like it!
Eeeee flowers. Vegas gets so many brownie points. All the brownie points. Enjoy your reunion weekend!! Definitely weigh it heavier on the mimosas than the 5Ks…
I try not to let it go to her head… but she totally does get all the points. And the brownies.
It took me forever to get into tofu and I’m still working on finding versions I really enjoy. I’ll have to try baking it next time!
Baking it is my absolute favorite! Just be sure you press it first (I stack a bunch of cookbooks on top of mine).
I love the random flower sending! Wish my hubs was more into that I would love them
I’ll get Vegas to give him a nudge. LOL!
I really love half marathons; 5ks are always really high pressure for me. They feel too fast. 😀 Also, I was wondering if you could add my link to the link up Laura? So sorry it’s kind of a nuisance, but I don’t know why (the linkup can’t detect my backlink) – http://emilyanneswanson.com/calorie-counter-forever-nope/.
🙂 Happy Hump Day!
I can only do them because they’re fast… the other are wayyyyy too long. I’m not about that kind of commitment. LOL!
Emily, I don’t know what goes on with the link tool and your links. I’m so sorry!
I’ve been all about the cinnamon roll Lara bars lately. Low on protein, but the perfect snack for wanting something sweet.
The flower thing? Beyond sweet.
I haven’t had a Lara bar in years! I used to love the cookie dough and the carrot cake flavors when I was doing more cardio/endurance stuff though!
5K’s are my sweet spot too….at an 11 minute mile pace. 🙂
Slow but steady right.
I hear it wins the race! 😉
That tofu power bowl looks positively yummy! And the flowers are lovely. 🙂
Thank you! I love a colorful meal!
A 5k would be the max I would do. We do a lot of 400 and 800m runs but even then i dont actually enjoy running! But mimosas to finish? I would run strong and long for that!
We need a “Will run for mimosas” shirt!
Yum! That peanut butter tofu sounds really good! I have a few blocks of tofu in my fridge looking for a destination haha! The flower tradition is so sweet! 🙂
A FEW blocks?! You need to get on it! 😉
I had a sneaky feeling that flowers were coming your way. OMG Vegas is coming this weekend!! I know you are excited, and what a way to celebrate running a 5K together. I love anything cinnamon roll flavored. Your Sriracha Peanut Tofu Power Bowl looks delicious.
We had SO much fun! And I love that she was here in time to enjoy the flowers too.
Have a great weekend!
That tofu bowl sounds delish! And that’s so cute that Vegas used to send you flowers every week that you weren’t together.. so sweet! I think that just because flowers are the best kind of flowers.
She IS super sweet. I got lucky with this one!!