Veggies x 17

Happy Thursday!! It’s almost Friday! I can’t really appreciate Friday this week because I just had 2 snow days in a row.

Yesterday morning, I made a broccoli and sundried tomato & basil “sausage” egg scramble. Say that five times fast.

It had a bit of cheddar mixed in and Frank’s Red Hot on top. I had a piece of Arnold German Dark Wheat bread on the side.

This is the second time I’ve had broccoli and eggs in the last week. Last time I didn’t mix the Tofurky “sausage” in.  But after each time I’ve had this breakfast, I’ve had  horrible stomach pains. I don’t know what it is. I’ve been eating eggs forever. Is it possible to just develop an egg allergy out of nowhere? I got the eggs at the co-op but maybe I got a bad batch.  Jeff felt fine after he ate them earlier this week. Weird!

So my stomach ache ruined plans for a workout yesterday. I ate breakfast at around 8 and my stomach started to finally feel better around 1. Bummer.

I didn’t want to eat anything crazy at around noon, so I had a yogurt mess (like that doesn’t sound crazy or anything)

I mixed everything under the sun into my mug.

• ~1/2 cup Plain Yogurt
• 1/2 Tbsp Jay Robb Vanilla Brown Rice Protein Powder
• 1 sliced Banana
• Toasted Wheat Germ (probably something ridiculous like 3 tbsps- haha)
• Shredded Unsweetened Coconut
• 3 or 4 drops of NuNaturals Cocoa Bean Extract

Oh man! This was so good! It did bother my stomach a tiny bit though. Probably because my stomach was already upset.

Jeff had class at 1:30 (classes were only canceled until 12:30) and we had somewhere to be at 4 so I went with him to school. I bought a cup of Tazo Calm Tea at the Campus Center.

I need some of this tea at home! It made my stomach feel better instantly (and even though it may have been a psychological thing, it also calmed me down) The Web site describes  it as a comforting blend of chamomile, rose petals, and other soothing herbs.

After my stomach felt better, I suddenly had a craving for really soft bread. Weird. I walked over to the sandwich shop in the Campus Center and ordered a 6″ Veggie Sub stuffed with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, banana peppers, pickles, and jalapenos.

I didn’t get dressing on it because I was afraid it would hurt my stomach. I also picked most of the jalapenos off. I don’t know why I always ask for them on veggie sandwiches. I don’t really like them.

When Jeff got out of class, we went to Uncommon Grounds where I was able to stomach an iced coffee.

Then is was time for a scary doctor’s appointment. Remember last week when I said I was going through some personal issues? Without revealing too much info, I’ll say this: I’ve had a couple of really uncomfortable/painful medical tests done over the past week. I’ve been really scared about the outcome and found out yesterday that things are fine. So that’s good news, right!?

After we were done at the doctor, I was craving a huge salad from Unos. Eating out after going through something stressful makes me feel a lot better and cheers me up.

I ordered the Spinach, Chicken, and Gorgonzola salad (without the chicken, obviously)

With Honey Glazed Walnuts, Red Onion, Green Apples, Ocean Spray^® Sweetened Dried Cranberries and our classic vinaigrette. I orded the dressing on the side (sorry Mae) and split the bread stick with Jeff. I devoured the whole salad. It was so delicious. It was mostly spinach at first but then I found a whole pile of walnuts, cranberries, and Gorgonzola at the bottom of the plate. It was like finding a hidden treasure! So good!

For dessert, we split the Mini Hot Chocolate Brownie Sundae

They are not messing around with their mini dessert. This was awesome!

I may or may not have snuck in a handful of  TJ’s dark chocolate covered edamame when we got home.

I’m going to the gym to run in a couple hours. We’re supposed to get more snow today.

Do you have any weird allergies? Tell me about them!

Have a great Thursday!