Serena Williams is a beast.
(In the best way possible.)
I was on the elliptical (effing cardio) reading an interview with Serena Williams… and nearly stopped in my tracks when I read this quote:
I hate losing more than I like winning.”
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Baseball is Hard
Have you ever tried to explain a sport to someone?
When you say it out loud, it sounds so ridiculous.
Like baseball. You hit a ball with a stick and run around a diamond. If you can make it to one of the white squares before they can throw the ball at you, you’re safe.
There there’s the matter of explaining foul balls (that’s what she said), strikes, walks, home runs, stealing… it all happened this weekend when Vegas and I took Lucie to the Padres game.
(For those who don’t know already, Lucie is my friend from Switzerland. She writes a blog and she’s awesome. I visited/met her last year in Switzerland.)
Lucie’s tri-tip sandwich (I stole her pic – she’s a better photog.)
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Chocolate Sweet Potato Shake
Happy last day of the month!
This was a month of spectacular eats, so choosing a recipe to submit to Spicie Foodie’s Your Best Recipe was difficult! She rounded up a ton of great, international recipes – check out her site for the line up!
Ultimately I went with the Tempeh Crab-Free Cakes. They were so cool to make.
I’m crab-free!
Vegan-izing food is fun… even if you’re not vegan…
Other items I wanted to choose (click the pics for the recipes):
Chickpeas + Spiced Tomato Sauce
Egg-fin
Zucchini-Banana Muffins
Olive Basil Cookies
Mango-Cucumber Lentil Salad
Then there was the following tasty creation….
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I’ve made sweet potato shakes before. They were good. Delicious, in fact.
Like every other red-blooded female out there, chocolate is one of my favorite things to nosh on.
How is it that I never thought to combine the two tasty treats?!
Check out my new black border in the background!
Until now. *Insert evil cackle*
For this shake I used half of a Rich Dark Chocolate EAS drink.
I love these for a few reasons:
- Taste = good
- 17g protein
- 0g sugar
- 110 calories
That makes a perfect post-workout snack for me. I also like the Strawberry flavor, but only in shakes.
I threw out the coffee flavor after trying it. Not my cup of coffee tea.
Chocolate Sweet Potato Shake
- 1/4 large sweet potato (pre-baked)
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
- 1/2 dark chocolate EAS drink
- 1/2 C kale*
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- shake of salt
- ice + water, to taste
Throw it all in a blender and blend until well-mixed. Add straw and try to go drink it so fast you get an ice cream headache.
*Only 1/2 a cup because it was the Whole Food frozen variety. Fresh is less condensed, so you’ll want to add more. If green creeps you out, leave it out altogether!
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My boss just called. We’re meeting at a bar to watch the Brave’s opener. Have I mentioned I love my job?!
Anyone else excited for baseball season?!
