flashback friday: where did i leave off?

hey there!

thank you for all the supportive comments on my last post. i firmly believe blogging should be a fun thing, not an obligation. bloggers who feel like they HAVE to post, regardless of their schedules, usually end up with less than stellar content.  plus, why should someone have to say they are sorry for not posting? i will never be sorry if i go a day (or three) without posting. you can stuff your sorry’s  in a sack! (seinfeld, anyone?)

anyway! yesterday i met some high school friends for lunch because  one of them is moving to chicago to pursue his PhD! go danny!

we went to thaifoon at the gateway.

 

i went with a vegetarian dish:

SHANGHAI STIR FRY TOFU Tofu with mushrooms, sugar snap peas, asparagus, green beans, red onions, chilies and Thai basil.

 

i served it over brown rice.

 

one of the gals we were with asked me if it was hard to always remember to take a photo of my meals.  it was funny because i didn’t even think twice when i whipped out the camera, but it must have been so strange for her to see. i told her that it is second nature for me, although i have scaled back quite a bit on taking food photos of everything i eat.  but i couldn’t pass up showing you this savory stir fry, it was absolutely delicious.

quick thought.. i used to never order tofu dishes when eating out.  it wasn’t because i don’t like tofu—i LOVE it—it was because i was so concerned about my macros.  read: there was not enough protein in tofu to balance out with the carbs coming from the vegetables and rice.  so, instead, i always would order chicken. now, don’t get me wrong, i love chicken and rarely tire of it. but it was so nice to just order the tofu and not care about the carb to protein ratio of my meal. end of quick thought.

yesterday’s workout was a run, outside, at 6 PM. when it is the very hottest out. blech! i had plans to go out last night, so marshall & i got our daily walk with the pups in early. i decided to run laps around the park (there is a large track, not sure the distance around.. probably nearly 1/2 mile).. first i tried running a lap with randy.  guess what? randy is NOT a runner. so, after one lap, i switched to running with penny.  she did a much better job! although she kept trying to trip me.. little scamp. no idea how far my run was.. but it was HOT. i hate running outside in these temperatures.

last night’s dinner was pretty random but AMAZING so i have to share.

first off, i was able to use my new handy egg slicer i purchased from crate & barrel.

you can slice the egg, wedge the egg, or do both and it chops the egg up in all directions. that is what i did!

i paired two hard boiled eggs with two garden fresh tomatoes and some fresh ground sea salt & black pepper.

 

tomatoes fresh from the garden have to be one of my favorite foods on the planet. i think it is a tragedy that i grew up thinking i hated tomatoes!

 

i ended up mixing in a dollup of greek yogurt for moisture and then eating the eggs & tomatoes on a dr. kracker 3 seed flatbread.

these flatbread crackers are phenomenal. so seedy, so crunchy.

last night i went out with friends, it was danny’s going away party. like i said, he is moving to chicago. that means a trip to chicago is in my near future! (too bad it is not this weekend.. read: healthy living summit!) it was a harry potter theme. i’ve never read nor seen harry potter, but there were some die hard harry potter fans there.. including my best friends!

danny & his boyfriend dressed the part, but i guess us ladies missed the memo ;)

high school homies!

i’ll miss you, danny c!

 

time for flashback friday!

i am not sure where i left off on my honeymoon recap and i don’t really feel like giving y’all a play-by-play, so this flashback to my honeymoon will just touch on some highlights! plus, i don’t have the majority of my photos as most of the photos were taken on my point and shoot.

things we did that i have no photos of:

• we swam with dolphins!
• got a couples massage that was a tad painful for me because of my sunburn :(
• ate an authentic mexican breakfast.. of course i got huevos rancheros!
• shopped til we dropped downtown
• hung out on the beach and took self portraits.. sad i don’t have those :(

on the wednesday of our trip, we took a catamaran on a snorkeling tour and we were in the sun for 6 hours straight. i got a gnarly sunburn, but i had a great time :)

they fed us lunch on the catamaran, but it was an unappetizing wrap (top right part of the plate) so i didn’t eat that and loaded up on chips, pico & guacamole!

we walked back to the resort from the marina. i was so badly sunburned so i walked with a towel on my back :(

one night the restaurant had a carnitas bar. look at all that meat!

this was by far the best resort food i ate the entire time. so good.

  

we ate at the resort’s steakhouse. the meal started with a glass of sangria and warm rolls.

the menu only had a few selections, we got a caesar salad to share.

 

i ordered the surf & turf.. which, as i expected, really wasn’t good.  i am telling you, all inclusive food is never that great.

i didn’t eat this and marshall wrapped the steak in a napkin and put it in his pocket! wanna know why?…

to feed it to these sweeties! there were so many cute stray dogs on the beach. they deserved steak ;)

more pup photos..

we ate at a restaurant on the beach called “sandbar”. i got a trio of tacos: chicken, fish & shrimp.

marshall got his usual: enchiladas.

definitely a great meal!

here are some photos of an awesome mask store we wandered around in for nearly an hour!

sadly, this is the store where i dropped my DSLR camera—right off that counter below– and it broke :( no worries though, i have a new one now!

one night the restaurant at the resort had a dessert crepe bar. i was all over that!

 

i had a crepe topped with caramel and apple and served it alongside some coconut ice cream. yum.

 

there was a restaurant right on the beach called tobasco’s.  we ate there a few times but i only managed to capture one meal on my DSLR (the others were on the camera i lost)…

marshall got the enchiladas (of course) i got the puntas al chipotle.. i thought it would be fun to try something i’d never had! it was slices of beef sauteed in mild chipotle chile sauce served with rice, beans & tortillas.

both dishes were authentic and tasted fantastic. i love mexican food.

watching the sky get darker and darker over the ocean was so nice.  by the time we finished our meal it was totally dark.

 

there were many, many, MANY walks on the beach. i wanna go back.

there you go.. the rest of my honeymoon in a nut shell! i know this post has been long, but you probably won’t hear from me again until sunday.. so it all balances out!

any fun weekend plans? aside from all you ladies attending the healthy living summit, that is! totally jealous, wish i was there!  tonight i am going to get sushi with the girls and tomorrow we are going to the soccer match. the farmer’s market is on the agenda and i also plan to go trail running with kristen sometime over the weekend.  gotta enjoy summer while it is still here, right? ;)

Qs~

1. do you have a “go to meal” that you order when at a mexican restaurant? i am never consistent, but i do alternate between fajitas, quesadillas & burritos. marshall is all about the enchiladas.

2. what is your favorite cracker? i have fallen in love with dr. kracker crackers, but i always love a good triscuit.

xo. janetha g.