So Fresh

FRESH Coffee

Yesterday I didn’t feel like making coffee using the personal-cup method, which I demonstrated a few months ago nor did I want to use my roomie’s coffee machine. Enter the Bodum Cafetiere (French Press) I received from Kath’s Open Sky promotion back in December! (I can’t believe I waited this long to take it out of the box!).

I haven’t used a cafetiere since my London days. My coworkers actually called it a ‘cafetiere’ so that’s what usually comes to mind when I see these, as opposed to ‘French press.’

Short story: When I studied abroad in London, I interned with an advertising/brand consultancy firm. For a couple of weeks,  I worked on a commercial shoot. I was the ‘runner’ (aka witch with a B) so one of my main tasks was to make coffee for the crew members….using a cafetiere! Needless to say, I have A LOT of practice using this contraption.

That takes skill

Pre-Workout Breakfast

Ezekiel English Muffin with Almond Butter

…and a super soft ‘n’ juicy pear from the dining hall. I need to load up on these ugly pears–they are so damn good.

With my candy vitamins

I also had a snack of Kashi Go Lean, chocolate chips, and walnuts. I’m lovin’ this combo!

Fresh [Gonna Be] Sore Legs

I worked out (elliptical and incline walking) while watching the Duke basketball game at the gym. It was a longer workout than I anticipated because I couldn’t peel my eyes off the TV screen! Usually I’ll leave in the 2nd half if I know we’ll win but yesterday’s game got tiiiiiight at the very end. I figured I would be okay since the walking portion on my workout was low intensity and I was feeling pretty good throughout.

FRESH Smoothie

Post-workout shake. I am trying to incorporate more protein in my post-workout eats because I’ve been skimping on the important macronutrient lately.

• 1/2 of a Vega Smoothie Infusion Packet (leftover from AUGUST!!!)
• A sprinkle of Amazing Meal
• 1/2 cup spinach
• 1/3 banana
• 1/2 cup almond milk

I love that the Vega Smoothie Infusion has protein from yellow peas, hemp, and brown rice. Cool, huh?

I also wanted to get in a ’snack’ so I could take some quality time to prepare dinner. I was just going to whip up something fast but then I got the brilliant idea to make:

Eggplant Black Bean Burgers!!

Just you wait and see what these are made out of! I turned it into a cheeseburger with melted brie cheese.

Ketchup makes the world go ’round.

I also added some avocado to make it that much better.

The bun was an Ezekiel English Muffin

With a FRESH 2 day-old dining hall salad. Spicy Brown Mustard=delicious salad dressing!

I’ll post the recipe for these eggplant black bean burgers in my next post. This post is getting super long already!

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What to do with the leftover can of black beans? Make black bean brownies!

I wanted to make chick pea blondies but the whole point was to finish off my open can of black beans . I’ll post the changes I made to the recipe and my thoughts on them along the burger recipe.

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Before I go, my Momma sent me photos she took of the massive snow storm that hit the mid-atlantic area. She sent me a link to 84 photos….so I narrowed it down to 3 .

FRESH SNOW!!!

I wish I were at HOME to experience this crazy blizzard!! So much frolicking I’m missing out on!

Jealous!!

Have a great Sunday! Recipes to come!

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