Good evening

I made it to the grocery store this morning, managed to avoid the inner aisles and just stick to the outside sections, and came home with quite the healthy selection. I didn’t even buy ice cream – woo hoo! I think I may finally be cleared of my recent addiction to it.

Here’s what I bought:

• Organic broccoli
• Cabbage
• Cilantro
• Blueberries
• Spinach
• Baby Arugula salad
• Tribe hummus (Baba Gannoush & Dill, they were on sale!)

• Oven Roasted Almond Accents
• Fiber One Whole Wheat English muffins
• Sliced Baby Bellas
• Bananas
• Red Onion
• Green Bell Pepper
• Apples – Gala and Fuji
• Tuna Steaks

• Stonyfield farm yogurt
• Tomato
• Cottage Cheese
• Quorn Chik’n cutlets (had a coupon, never tried!)
• Lightlife Smart Bacon (had a coupon, never tried, and have been craving a BLT)

I think I saved like 5 dollars in coupons. Score! What’s your take on coupons – do you use them or not?

After putting everything away, I hopped on the stationary bike for 45 minutes and then went outside to finish my workout in the SUN. It finally feels like summer! I did some abs workouts on the pool deck and then jumped in – it was FREEZING from rain water – and did laps for 5 minutes, non-stop. It doesn’t seem like long but man, swimming laps are hard!

I came inside after and made lunch for my Dad and I. I bought a tin of sardines way back when after hearing some health benefits of them and decided this was as good a time as any to open them so I made us some Sardine Sandwiches.

Each sandwich included:

• 2 sardines
• 2 tsp goat cheese
• tsp dijon mustard
• arugula
• onion slices
• carrot slices

I was a little skeptical of the fishy smell at first but the sandwiches were yummy. We ate them outside on the deck with a side of raw sliced red bell pepper, broccoli, and the new dill Tribe hummus.

My Dad said the hummus tasted like rye bread to him lol. I thought it was great.

When the mail came, I got a fun surprise. Foodbuzz sent me a coupon and recipe book for Nakano Seasoned Rice Vinegar. I’ve been waiting for this because I already have a recipe picked out!

Dinner was had at the boyfriend’s house. His Mom made stuffed portobello mushrooms while I made brown rice and black beans (which aren’t done yet so I’m going to post without a pic!). The portobellos were stuffed with tomatos, red onions, the mushroom stems, and some oil. Delicious!

We also had some roasted zucchini on the side.

Instead of going to the movies we went to blockbuster and opted for a night in since the movies we really wanna see are coming out next week (Bruno & Harry Potter). We have three choices for tonight: The Prestige, Zack & Miri make a Porno, or Underworld.We’ll see how many we get through!

See you in the AM!