Prepping to make a healthy summer salad courtesy of Eat, Live Run. All the ingredients in this salad are so simple but sometimes I just need a reminder to put them all together to create something delicious and light.
2 cans of black beans rinsed and drained of all excess liquid.
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| it took me a while to prep the veggies- I'm a super slow chopper! |
a little more than 1/2 of a medium red onion diced. I put in extra because I love the taste and crisp the onions provides in a dish.
For the dressing:
- 3 limes juiced
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tsp cumin
- liberal sprinkle of salt and pepper
Even though I rolled the limes on my counter top (to help release the juices)- these limes were a bitch to squeeze out! lol excuse my language. I ended up feeling like I could have done without so much lime juice because the dressing turned out a bit
too citrusy.
- 1 cup quinoa cooked
- 1 haas avocado diced
- 2 large red grapefruit cut into large chunks (maybe next time I'll use smaller chunks and 1 1/2 grapefruit instead of 2)
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 2 cups sweet corn kernels
- a generous handful of cilantro (this herb really gives the salad a nice finishing touch!)
Yum! The salad turned out to be really filling and tasty. I never even thought to put grapefruit in a salad let alone a quinoa salad. Sweet! I had about 2 bowls throughout the day AND I have a whole container leftover :-)
When I leave T to his own devices, he steals
his MY camera and begins to take pictures of the love of his life. ha!
"I wanted to take a picture of how depressed she looked!" - Well I think he did a good job.
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| The Star of Kings- our local pub that is literally right next to us. |
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| Regent's Canal |
The canal would be so much more beautiful if there wasn't litter and dog crap scattered all about. It's really disturbing how negligent some people can be with their trash- its not like there isn't a trash bin literally a feet or two away from you!! Grr..I digress
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| PARTY TIME! |
After my Korean class, T & I went over to a friend's house for an impromptu party that she threw together in one day. I give her mad props because everything was so lovely!
I'm not quite sure what I'm doing with my arm sticking out like that. I dig that its gotten more toned though- it was starting to look flabby from not lifting in 3 months!!
I felt like sort of a geek taking pictures of the food so I just snuck one in. The picture doesn't really give the spread any justice. There was a few Iranian dishes and some hummus, cheeses, bread, pita, veggies, grapeleaves, chips, and fruit.
I was digging on the furniture a bit.
and this cool looking light fixture.
She sure knows how to pick the right flowers. I need to become a flower person! I love flowers but I never know how to pick them out or arrange the m to look as pretty as other peeps.
Dessert table- cherries, strawberries, cupcakes, and the most delicious baklava that she picked up from a Turkish restaurant. It was dripping in honey and so amazing!! T and I ate two like we were little kids sneaking in dessert before dinner. hehe.
Breakfast prior to going to the gym:
I used this as a topping on my scrambled eggs for some Omega 3,6,9 action.
I'm so excited about tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Two Michelin starred restaurants in ONE week? Holy Smokes it must be my lucky week! Get ready for lots of pictures....
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