The Body Speaks the Truth
Ever since receiving my beloved heart rate monitor (HRM) for Christmas, I have begun to give more credence to the polygraph test. My heart rate most certainly fluctuates according to my emotions. Every morning before heading to the gym, I fasten the chest strap of my HRM and check my resting heart rate. Most of the time it’s around 70 BPM–with a few exceptions. For example, on the morning of my 30-minute presentation a few weeks ago, my heart rate was about 110 BPM. Eek. Then, this morning, in anticipation of my meeting/date this afternoon–you guessed it–up around 110 again. Perhaps I should wear it sometime when I am really angry–that might make for some interesting observations too;) I know a lot you girls use HRMs too–have you noticed that your heart rate changes according to mood?
In other news, I have a 5K coming up tomorrow morning–woo-hoo! The weather will be perfect:) What are you up to this weekend?
Onto the food!
Wednesday
Inspired by Jenn and Sarah, I made a humbecue tofu salad for lunch. Although it looks like up-chuck, it’s quite delicious. I added some celery in there for color in crunch.
Humbecue Tofu Salad; Kashis; salad with almonds; strawberries
Snackage:
celery with PB; 1/2 Clif Nectar Bar (Lemon Vanilla Cashew)
For dinner, I had to evaluate the Freeman Center for Jewish Life here at Duke. Alanna was kind enough to accompany me, and we both enjoyed veggie-tastic meals.
salad bar creation
roasted squash & zucchini; spaghetti squash; spinach; quinoa salad
Another fabulous smoothie. Hemp is my current protein obsession as of late.
peach-raspberry smoothie with soymilk, Berry HempShake, & Bear Naked Mango Agave Granola
Thursday
I will never get tired of my breakfast parfaits. This one was overflowing with tropical goodness. This flavor of the coconut milk yogurt was much more coconutty. Imagine that. The Pina Colada flavor was more coconutty.
Tropical Parfait: Pina Colada Coconut Milk Yogurt, TJ's High Fiber Cereal, pineapple, cashews, shredded coconut
For those of you who might be new to my blog I use ED&BV to refer to my favorite cookbook, Eat, Drink, & Be Vegan by Dreena Burton. Anyway, I have made this dish several times, and I can always count on it to satisfy:)
White Bean & Walnut Bruschetta (ED&BV); greens with chopped apricots; strawberries
strawberry on 'roids
No pictures of dinner, as it was the end-of-the-year celebration for the dining committee. We had a private dining room at a local Maggiano‘s. I had a few glasses of Pinot Noir, plus some good pasta with mushrooms, and a few bites of apple crisp. None of the items were vegan-friendly, so I just did the best I could: picked the chicken out from the pasta, avoided bacon in the salad, etc. It was all quite delicious, nonetheless! Though I was not brave enough to take any food shots, I did get a few party pics. Here’s one my dining companion took of me after the wine kicked in:
Who says you're not supposed to eat the garnish?
I still made room for my shake!
strawberry shake with Chocolate Hempshake, soymilk, & Choco-Cherry Treat MixMyGranola
Friday
Another Broccoli Hut favorite.
Tofu-Banana French Toast with sliced banana, maple-agave blend, & chopped almonds; rice milk
Whole Foods Haul!
Organic Valley cottage cheese, tofu, Stonyfield plain yogurt, Silk soy yogurts (69 cents each!), Light Silk soymilk
frozen mangoes, peaches, & strawberries
bananas, organic Pink Lady apples (on sale!), bagged lettuce
Living Harvest hempmilk (original flavor), chickpeas, honey-cinnamon almonds, cashews, Indian Spice Yogi Tea, Clif Zs
Highlights include: soy yogurts, hemp milk (VeggieGirl’s fave), honey-cinnamon almonds (previously purchased here), and Yogi Tea.
Whew! Now I am off to enjoy my Whole Foods hot bar goodies, but you’ll have to wait to hear about that…and about my date!
A few notes:
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Hello and welcome! I have created this blog for people who love food, especially healthful, vegetarian food.
I have just graduated from Duke University with degrees in English and psychology. I plan to pursue a master's degree in nutrition starting in Fall 2010. Ideally, I would like to combine my love of food and the written word someday as a health writer.
Rock out that 5K!!
Mmm, Bruschetta!!
Haha love the photo of you eating the garnish
HOORAY FOR HEMPMILK!! And thank you for the shout-out
Enjoy your Whole Foods hot bar heaven!!
How interesting about the HRM. Makes sense though. The body is just so amazing.
Girl, I just LOVE your eats. I am so jealous of those late night smoothies. Seems like such a great way to end the day and go to bed with a happy tummy. Random question…I’m sure you probably don’t count calories, I don’t really either, but I was curious as to how many calories you have per day. I always want to fit in a smoothie at night, but don’t’ want to go over-board, know what I mean? I’d love any insight you might have.
Happy Friday!
thats so interesting about the hrm thing, it makes me wanna get my own!
i love the parfait!
great eats
have a great friday
I can’t wait to hear about your date!
ED&B Vegan is in my Amazon shopping cart.
I always make room for my shake too!
Have a great weekend, C!
how do you make tofu french toast??? that looks delicious!
have fun at whole foods! please say that’s where your date is b/c that would be awesome! can’t wait to hear how it goes!
Hi there…I’ve been lurking on your blog for a few weeks. I love looking at your eats…they always look so yummy! Your parfait looks very very tastey!
What do you blend your smoothies up with? I mean a handheld or a blender? They look so good, I love smoothies, but end up putting the blender in the dishwasher and have to wait for it! Also what kind of hemp protein powder do you use? I was looking the other night online. I’m using soy right now and would like to try something else.
Oh good luck on your run!!!
Thanks for all the yummy pictures! Amanda
Good luck with your run!
I have to thank you so much for introducing me to Nutiva Hemp Shake ~ I’ve been addicted to it ever since I saw it on your blog last summer. The Chocolate variety is divine, the Berry is very refreshing and the Amazon Acacai…well, the other two varieties are delicious! Lets just say I mixed what was left of the Amazon flavour in with liberal amounts of the Chocolate one to mask the taste.
Perhaps you should have worn the HRM during your date ~ it may just have gone sky high ; )
Have a great weekend
~Jessica~
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There’s probably something wrong with me but I think your upchuck looks delicious – I need to test that out ASAP! I’m loving the WFs haul!!
That HRM observation is very interesting! I want to get one but since I don’t run, I have a hard time justifying the purchase. One of these days my credit card will take it’s hold over me
Perfect weather!? It’ll be sooooooo hot! I thought our last 5k was already sweltering! hahaha.
See you tomorrow see you tomorrow see you tomorrow! *beams*
good luck with your 5k! this might sound weird but you have a beautiful side profile in the picture eating the garnish lol! love your parfaits and smoothies as per usual
Yum, lots of good food in this post…as always!! I’m definitely eying the banana french toast!!
I just picked up vanilla hemp milk for the first time myself! I’m excited to try it!
I CANNOT wait to hear about the date!
i am very interested in HRM training but don’t have one myself! mmm all your food looks amazing as usual! my twitter: LaceyObjecEvent if you want to exchange
i don’t truly twitter the way a lot of people do but i will post giveaways and interesting sites as i find them on mine or when i have a new post up, stuff like that 
the “ongoing feed” is interesting tho! i “friended” mark bittman, lol.
such cool observations with the hrm. i have always been curious but haven’t tested it out yet to see what happens with different moods.
i love eating the garnishes
Enjoy the date
so interesting about the heart rate! i don’t have a heart rate monitor, but I wish I did!
love the white bean bruschetta toast in this post! It looks adorable!!!
And why are your parfaits always so pretty? Does everything fall out at the first couple of bites? They look hard to eat in the begining. It’s worth it for a gorgeous picture though!
So jealous of the WF hot bar! I told myself I had to wait for my bday! I only have 2.5 weeks!
happy weekend Caroline! mucho luv!
Your Parfait looks so good! Seems like it would be a nice way to start the day:)
I love that coconut milk yogurt. I bought some at Whole Foods last weekend and was mad I only bought one!
Mmmm, a coconutty tropical parfait. Lovely!
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