OH YES!!! Today certainly was a Monday. I would of thought with as much food prep as I did Saturday and Sunday, the morning would have been a bit more smooth. Of course not -- but they never are on Mondays!
It doesn't help that we have relatively small kitchen space. When we bought our townhouse and my daughter visited for the first time, one of the first things she commented on was about the size of the kitchen. Truthfully, someone who likes to cook - I really do! - needs larger work space. But I've never had it.
The workday routine is quite full. My alarm went off at 4:30, out of bed by 4:40 and was on my mat for 20 minutes of stretching right after a trip to the bathroom. By 5:30 I was down in the kitchen getting breakfast and lunch prepared, eat, and to be out of the house by 6:45 to walk before work. Have I made you tired yet? Even lunch was rushed since I needed to go out and pick up the SP Pro Complete. Needless to say this was possibly the worst Monday that I can recall in recent times. But even so my mood was good, I had energy, and I fell grateful.
I made two smoothies this morning - one for breakfast, the other for before lunch. I threw together two salads for Bill and I, with the only difference is that his had chicken and I had chia seeds. Supper was a breeze. The lentil soup I made in the slow cooker yesterday afternoon. To fill him up I add wild rice I also cooked up in advance.
My breakfast smoothie was quite good.
I used 8 oz Califia Coconut milk, 2 scoops of Standard Process Whey Pro Complete, 1 cup frozen pineapple, 2 T unsweetened coconut flakes and 1/2 cup of cauliflower rice (all organic). Found I had to add a cup of water since it was too thick.
The normal MO is to sit and eat and read for 20 minutes at the table with breakfast. This morning it did not work out that way. I brought up to the bedroom a heated bowl of spaghetti squash with a T of Kerry Gold butter. NEVER again.
My smoothie before lunch was just OK. Will not make it again. I used a cup of hemp milk, 3 scoops of Standard Process Whey Pro Complete, 1/2 cp of spearmint leaves, 1/2 of a peeled and seeded cucumber, 1 T chia seeds, 1/2 scoop of Garden of Life Collagen with Peptides.
LUNCH: Kale salad with blueberries, carrots, chia seeds, and ginger, as well as dressed it with 1 T EVOO and Bragg's Apple Cider Vinegar.
SUPPER: When I made it in the slow cooker, I first sautéed the chopped carrots, celery, garlic and onion in olive oil. I added 1 quart of homemade beef bone broth (made from the bones I bought from Jon & Emma at Farmer's Market) and then added a 10 oz bag of TruRoots sprouted lentils and 2 tsps. of cumin.
When I reheated it, I squeezed a quarter of a lime and added chopped cilantro. It was so tasty and there is enough for another meal. YAY!
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