And by ROASTING MACHINE I don’t mean HOT FLASHES!  (Not yet anyway… :) )

Wow was Tuesday a fully packed day.  I really wanted to work on a blog post that discussed my thoughts on the book Born to Run as well as give some distance running tips that I’ve gathered from my own experiences (thank you Angie for that great question/blog topic you left in the comments section!)  But the day flew by and my pesky FAVICON would not play nice with me.   (The tiny little icon you often see on the tabs in internet browsers is a favicon…) It’s really simple.  Or should be.  Which is why it’s not working for me.  Hard things usually work out great.  Simple things are the things that go haywire for me!  :)

So I spent too much time trying to troubleshoot, which meant I ran out of time to get any more writing done.  Soon I promise, soon!  The Born to Run post IS started…

In the meantime, I was a ROASTING MACHINE last night.  I loved my Hot and Cold salad so much that I wanted to stock up on more roasted veggies for the rest of the week.  So I picked up some brussels sprouts, golden beets, asparagus, red pepper, grape tomatoes, celery, carrots and baby bella mushrooms.

And got everything prepped and into the oven.

I thought about making another batch of kale but by this time I’d had my fill of washing and prepping veggies.  :) Much like when I’m on the treadmill, there is a limit to the amount of time I can stand being in the kitchen.

When they were done roasting, I made a wrap for my dinner with Tofutti, spinach, pepitas and tomato.  And sampled some of the newly-cooked veggies on the side:

Other tasty meals throughout the day included a GREEN SMOOTHIE!  (Shocker, I know!)

A lunch of egg salad, butternut squash (with a little raw goat cheese) and half of an avocado.

Looks like a weird lunch, but tastes great.  By they way, butternut squash and goat cheddar pair really well together.  It seems odd, but it works.  You should try it!

A little dessert after lunch:

In the afternoon I realized I was missing something from my day.  Ezekial toast!!

With coconut butter on the left, almond butter on the right, and a little drizzle of agave nectar on both.   I don’t know how in the world I ever survived without Ezekial toast before.  Sprouted grain goodness, right there.

Exercise for Tuesday was 40 minutes of random intervals (fast, slow, hilly, repeat) on the treadmill in my birthday shoes.

I’m still waiting to get outside in my VFFs.  We have some days above 40 degrees coming up soon, so maybe some of this snow will start melting off. I saw on the news this morning that the east coast is facing yet another storm, which means I should quit my complaining about our weather here in Denver.  :)   Spring is just around the corner, along with daylight savings!  While I’m looking forward to the time change this year because I seem to be in the habit of waking up before 5:00 AM (and the time change will make it helpful for me to keep my eyes open more easily after 8:30 at night) I’m also always a little bummed because I am such a morning person and would REALLY prefer to have more daylight in the morning than in the evening.  Makes it easier to get a run in or the dogs walked before you have to rush out the door to work.  How about you?  Do you look forward to Daylight Savings each year and enjoy the extra daylight at night?

Have a wonderful day and I’ll see you back here tomorrow!

– Shari B. =)

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