After yesterday’s 13 mile morning run, I came home and immediately went flying to the refrigerator. I chugged a Gatorade on the drive home, but other than that I just had water during my run. I made myself an amazing vegetarian sandwich, with a side of delicious couscous salad.
English muffin with hummus, tempeh, avocado, and red pepper slices – totally delicious and humongous.
Couscous salad that I threw together when we got home from the beach – 2 cups couscous mixed with cucumbers, olives, a diced tomato, and a dressing of rice wine vinegar, olive oil, and lemon juice.
It was actually really similar to my favorite quinoa tabouli recipe, but with couscous subbed in for the tabouli.
It was delicious and filling and exactly what I needed to fill me back up after the long run. Flash forward to dinner! Yes, you heard that correctly – you get two meals for the price of one today. :)
I’ve been feeling very carb heavy recently, and especially after snacking all weekend at the beach, I was really wanting some fresh vegetables for dinner.
Roasted mushrooms and potatoes, fresh green beans, and a scary looking white bean mixture that looked awful, but tasted delicious.
I roasted these mushrooms at 375 this time – a little lower than I usually do – and they turned out fabulous! Casey was raving about them! Just a drizzle of olive oil, salt, and pepper – roasted in a baking pan for about 20 minutes. Perfection.
Scary white bean mixture – I know, this looks disgusting. We actually took a can of cannelini beans and tossed them in a bit of the cucumber and avocado soup (!) that was leftover from last week’s Farm to Table Dinner. Very tasty!
Roasted russet potato wedges. I felt like a pile of white potatoes were justified by a 13 mile run. These were good, but honestly – every time I eat regular white potatoes I am reminded that I like sweet potatoes so much more.
Delicious green beans – just a simple steam and heat here, and tossed with salt and pepper. The key ingredient was the finishing touch – I added 1 tsp of coconut oil and stirred to coat before serving. It made the flavor POP – amazing what one teaspoon can do!
Mmmmmmmmm. Good food to refuel after a long run.
I am lucky enough to have this sunny Monday off from work, so I’m planning to get a lot done from home today. Casey and I are about to head out to a coffee shop with our laptops – I find that I am so much more productive when I am out of the house. I wonder if that has anything to do with this?
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Now that is my kind of dinner! Dang those mushrooms look good!
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it looks like maybe casey is standing just behind you, and huey is looking at casey, and indy is looking at you. true?
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Emily @ The Front Burner Blog Reply:
June 28th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
close. replace casey with dog treat. :) indy is always trying to assess whether or not huey is getting a bigger treat than him, so he has an anxiety attack when treat time comes.
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That tempeh sandwich looks so great- gotta try that!!! Did you cook the tempeh?
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Emily @ The Front Burner Blog Reply:
June 28th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
nope – totally raw! just sliced the block in half.
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I’m so impressed you ran 13 miles!! WOWza.
I work from home, so I completely understand the need to get out of the house to get anything done. And I don’t wonder, I KNOW that my precious pup has everything to do with it :)
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English muffins make perfect veggie burger buns; they’re on my ever-growing list of “things to try making from scratch.”
Speaking of eating things that look gross, we tried huitlacoche (AKA corn smut) for the first time over the weekend. Weird but good, and supposedly very healthy (and definitely blog worthy!).
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Emily @ The Front Burner Blog Reply:
June 29th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
i have never heard of that!
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Emily – your pictures are gorgeous! It probably helps that your food is so appetizing but great camera skills. :)
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Though adorable, furry distractions are very annoying!
I’m either famished or sick to my stomach after long runs. There’s never an in between!
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Your dinner looks delicious! And I know this is a late compliment, but I love the new look of the blog! :)
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Emily @ The Front Burner Blog Reply:
June 29th, 2010 at 11:58 am
thank you!
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Hi Emily,
First off – congrats on the run! I wanted to ask you a question about running in the heat (sorry for the questions, your blog is just really informative(!) and I’m starting my own marathon journey…) I recently ran a tough half marathon that, while not 100 degrees, was very hilly and probably about 80 with high humidity. Either way, I spent the remainder of the day mostly hydrating (I ate some, but not really much more than normal b/c I really was focused on thirst…I realize this probably was bad, but food was not totally appealing). Today I feel kinda bloated and weight about 5lbs over normal? Has this ever happened? This wasn’t a gradual gain (I weighed myself the Friday prior), but is it normal or did my body go into some sort of shock? I ran pretty well (slightly under 1:54) and felt good, but now I don’t know if something I did was poor nutrition wise…
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Emily @ The Front Burner Blog Reply:
June 29th, 2010 at 11:57 am
I think you are fine. Between the major hydration from drinking, and generally being swollen and bloated from running, you could easily gain 5 lbs of water weight. Not to mention if you are close to that time of the month (sorry – I had to!) you would be even more prone to swelling and gain. I wouldn’t worry about it at ALL. Heat makes your body going into survival mode, and Im sure your fluids were pumping hard. Give it a week and I would bet the scale goes back to normal.
Congrats on a tough run!
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