WIAW: 20 Questions

I know you’ve all seen this little questionnaire floating around the blogosphere….but I really wanted to fill it out for myself! I love these survey things. So bear with me….pleeeease.

Plus it’s WIAW…so you still get all that usual fun with just some random Q’s thrown in! AND, there is a giveaway winner at the end of this post! So if you’re just here for that…keep on scrolling. But I hope you’ll stick around for the other shenanigans Winking smile.

[thanks Jenn]

What I Ate:

[just a few pics this week…sorrrrry]

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[I have been filling my french meadow bakery tortillas with EVERYTHING lately! They are seriously the best tortillas I’ve ever had!]

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[pb and raisins…amazing]

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[another new obsession…equally delicious with peanut  butter!]

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[tuna-humus salad with a garnet yam!]

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[ricotta and jam on wasa’s=delicious]

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[Found this gem at the back of my pantry! Can’t believe I forgot about it! Love TJ’s!!!]

What I Worked:

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The steady state was done at an incline of 10 and a resistance of 35. The intervals were the following:

Incline @ 5 for 30 minutes

Alternate:

1 minute-30 resistance

30 seconds-25 resistance

30 seconds-35 resistance

Repeat for 30 minutes!

Where I Was Featured:

These past few days the bloggy has been featured on a few sites/newsletters around the web!

Healthy Living Blogs

Elite Wellness

The Healthy Living Blogs Newsletter….thanks to Healthiful Balance

20 Questions for Wednesday:

1) What is one of your favorite ways to spend a Saturday?

A yummy breakfast. A nice long walk with Ella. A trip to the Farmers Market. A sweaty workout/run. A few of my favorite meals. And a movie and blogging to cap off the night!

2) List your top three favorite TV shows.
This is tough! I follow a ton of shows! But my top three of ALL time would have to be:

-The Office

-LOST (oh how I miss you!)

-A 3 way tie between: Parks and Rec/30 Rock/Modern Family
3) Would you rather be in pictures or take them?

I like being in pictures with my family to document memories and moments…but I’ve really developed a passion for taking pictures ever since I started blogging! I’ve really come to appreciate a good quality photograph!

 4) Why do you blog?

It’s my outlet for expression! There are so many parts of me I never felt comfortable sharing with others until I entered the blogging community! Now I have found so many people who share my passions and values and have developed such great relationships because of it! I also love the interaction and feedback…the comments sections is one of my favorite aspects!

5) Share five websites that you visit regularly…

-Twitter

-Daily Mile

-Pinterest

-Formspring

-Healthy Aperture

6) If you could have lunch with one person from your Twitter list who would it be?

Can I have a lunch convention? Cause there are SO many people I would love to meet! Not only would I love to meet all my blogging buddies in real life…but some of the celebrities I follow would  be pretty cool too! I would LOOOVE to meet ELLEN! Plus she’s vegan so I’m sure we could agree on a really yummy lunch place!

  7) List a few of your favorite snacks.

-cereal fruit bowls with almond milk

-sweet potatoes

-carrots with pb and rice cakes

-homemade scuffins

-veggies with dip

-yogurt messes

8 ) Do you have a pet? If so, what kind?

I think you all know Ella by now!

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She’s my sweet, little yorkie!!!

9) Which three material possessions would you struggle to live without?

I hate to admit this stuff (it makes me seem so materialistic!!!):

-my computer

-my phone

-my TV

#firstworldproblems to the extreme….

10) What’s your favorite drink?

I actually don’t drink nearly as many liquids as I should! But when I do drink I reach for water, veggie juice, or almond milk!

     11) Do you enjoy cooking?

I LOVE IT! I only wish I had more time to dedicate to it! If I didn’t have school I could be rolling out recipes 24/7!

12) Do you have children? 

If you count pup’s as children…then yes (see question 8)! But honestly, I DO NOT want kids when I’m older! #sorryimnotsorry

13) What are your favorite hobbies?

-blogging

-being active

-baking

-acting

-writing

14) Would you consider yourself to be shy or outgoing?

I’m pretty outgoing I’d say! I love being in front of people, interacting, and having conversation! But don’t get be wrong… I love my alone time too and definitely embrace my inner “shy” person!

 15) If you could change one thing about yourself, what would you change?

I would make myself be less hard on myself. I sometimes set to high of standards for myself and then cause my stress a lot of stress in trying to achieve them/live up to them.

16) Who is your favorite actor?

Don’t have one actually…there are SO many good ones out there. I really like Liam Neeson though! (Schindler’s List is one of my favorite meetings!!)

17) What’s the coolest thing you’ve done this week?

Only had one day of school Winking smile

18) Do you live near your family or far from them?

I live really close to all of my dad’s family but my mom’s family mostly lives on the West coast. I’m jealous LOL.

19) List three of your talents. 

-Organizing

-Leading People

-Public Speaking

20) What is your greatest attribute?

      My drive and determination. When I put my mind to something, I get it done.

Thank you for indulging my survey loving self! Now a little reward for you all (or at least one of you!):

THE EAT SMART SCALE WINNER IS….

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Lexi @ Cura Personalis Foodie!!!!

Congrats girl! Email me your info and I will get the scale out to you ASAP!!!

Thanks to everyone who entered/tweeted/linked about the giveaway!

Have a great day everyone!!

Kaila

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My Dad’s Day

Like I said in my last post, yesterday was my dad’s birthday!! It was a great day and I think he really enjoyed our dinner out together!

He started the day with his weekly “brothers” tennis game and then came home to nice breakfast made by muah!

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[a yummy breakfast burrito with salsa and black cherry greek yogurt with Sweet Cranberry Love Grown granola]

Dad’s Breakfast Burrito

serves 1

-2 eggs

-1/4 cup crumbled turkey bacon

-1/4 cup part skim mozzarella cheese

-1 laughing cow swiss cheese wedge

-1/2 avocado, chopped

-1/4 cup salsa

-1 whole wheat tortilla (the ones at Wegmans are DEEEElicious!)

Wisk the two eggs together with some salt and pepper. Heat a pan to medium heat and spray with cooking spray. Add eggs. Once they set a little bit, add the bacon and mozzarella cheese and scramble everything together. Once eggs are cooked through, remove from heat and set aside. Meanwhile, spread the tortilla with laughing cow, top with the egg mixture, then the avocado. Sprinkle a bit more salt over the avocado and either top with salsa or serve it on the side!

After breakfast, we pretty much relaxed for the rest of the day! I worked on some essay writing (which I completed…thank god!!!) and we snuck out for a little walk with Ella. But besides that it was pretty chill as you can see…

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Someone needs a haircut! This week for sure.

Later on we headed to dinner at a local restaurant called Betty’s!

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They actually specialize in vegetarian cuisine! But the menu offers meat  options as well! Perfect mix of both worlds.

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A little ambiance…

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To start we shared the Mediterranean Dipping Plate!

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[Tabbouleh, lentil dip, humus, baba ghanoush, feta, olives, cucs, tomatoes, marinated onions, and warm grilled pita!]

So tasty.

We enjoyed our dinner’s in the dimly lit room over great conversation!

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House Salad with fresh fruit added:

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Vegetarian Shepherd’s pie with lentils, veggies, and potato goat cheese crust:

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We skipped out on desert, as my mom and I had a little surprise for my dad at home…

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[Chocolate Intensity cake with Dark Chocolate ganache!]

Needless to say he loved it!

Gifts and cards were also opened!

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I got my dad some new, warm pajama bottoms and 4 restaurant.com gift cards! My mom and him have many date nights to look forward too! Smile 

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I love my Dad so much and am so lucky to have a person like him in my life!

I hope you had a wonderful birthday Dad!! Love you!

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Hope everyone’s Sunday goes well! If you haven’t entered my giveaway yet…GO CHECK IT OUT! There is a really cool food scale up for grabs!!!

Talk to you tomorrow!!!

Kaila

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You know its Winter….

When you wake up to this…

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Goodbye mild Winter, hello Mr. LakeEffect.

When you can’t drive your car down the street…

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You can only sliiiiiiide.

When the space heater goes everywhere you go…

When the only motivation for workouts is having an obscene amount of magazines to read…

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When you stay in pajamas and/or workout clothes allllll day…

When you cut yourself shaving…

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[that awkward moment when the littlest cut WON’T stop bleeding!!!]

Come on we all know no one shaves regularly in the Winter…and its pretty evident I’ve been out of practice for awhile because I cut myself immediately! Darn you winter laziness.

When your Friday evening is filled with shoveling…

When you want to bake but have hardly any ingredients, but don’t feel like venturing out into the blizzard, so you use random ingredients in your fridge…

PHEW! Did you get through that one! Well if you did you’re in luck because the TERRIBLE weather got me in the baking mood today (I literally did nothing else…except eating—I did A LOT of eating!). I couldn’t decide whether I wanted something sweet or something savory so I decided to go with both!

I had bag of dried strawberries sitting in my fridge that needed to be used up so I planned the recipe around those!

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Also, I wanted to try out that wheat bran I just bought!

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May I present:

Strawberry Basil Scuffins

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-satisfying sweet tooth’s and savory tastes alike-

  • 100 grams of dried strawberries, finely chopped
  • 3/4 cup wheat bran
  • 3/4 cup flour (I used spelt)
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1 tsp dried basil
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • a shake of cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Fill a small pot with enough water to cover the dried strawberries.Place dried strawberries in the pot and bring to a boil. Boil on high for about 5 minutes (or until the strawberries begin to appear soft and gooey). Using a slotted spoon, transfer strawberries to a bowl and mash up with a fork. Reserve cooking liquid.

Place remaining ingredients in a bowl and mix with the strawberries.

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The batter should be a bit dry at this point. Add 1/4 cup of the reserved strawberry cooking liquid and mix to wet the batter.

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Place 1/4 cup portions of batter on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and flatten with a fork. Bake for 20 minutes.

Let cool and enjoy!

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I spread mine with some strawberry jam and was in heaven! SO yummy!

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Hope your weekend is a little less frigid than mine is going to be!! Brrrrr. I can feel the cold!

Do you have snow in your area?

Sweet or savory?

Have you ever baked with buckwheat before?

Kaila

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