Pain and Glory
Hey everyone! Hope you’re having a wonderful day!
Zumba last night was pretty off the chizzle. I brought the Flip with me, but didn’t get a chance to film- I was busy getting the stereo situation figured out. We have a new one –Zumba ditchers, you can come back now, haha- and everything is bueno 😀
When I got back to the casa, I munched on some sticks and twigs outta the bag while catching up with my pilot love.
And then had a salad beast with salmon burger, goat gouda, Organicville balsamic, organic greens, tomatoes and bell pepper.
The pilot put his keys in the picture because he wanted ya’ll to have a frame of reference for my salad beast bowl, just to make sure you know how hefty it is 🙂 I’m not joking when it comes to my salad beasts- it’s serious biznaz 😉
I went to bed early as I’m 100 years old and still fighting this borderline sickness/ick. The plan for Saturday is to sleep until I wake up.. no alarm, nada. I can’t wait 😉
Before meeting the girls at the gym, I had a mini raw revolution bar and we did an hour of legs. Pain and glory, my friends 😀
Ooey Gooey Oat Bran
(It looks like an eye ball)
-1/3 cup oat bran
-1 smashed banana
-1/2 scoop vanilla Sun Warrior
-1 T raw cacao
-cinnamon and vanilla
-chocolate agave sauce
-raw almond butter
-foodgasms
It was so insanely delicious.
Next, I got to work on my client’s lunch for the day: roasted ratatouille wraps
I made the dough out of this:
And used flax eggs to veganize the mix (1 T flax mixed with 3 T water).
It came out beautifully:
After heating the wraps in a giant sauté pan, I filled one with organic marinara, roasted eggplant, zucchini, tomato, shallot, fresh spinach and rosemary to take to my client.
They came out quite lovely, if I say so myself 😉
I had to taste a plain wrap because they reminded me of homemade tortillas and therefore, my childhood.
In the movie Ratatouille, the food critic tastes the ratatouille and is whisked away into memories of his childhood. That was me eating that wrap 😀
After dropping off the lunch, I stopped to look for shoes for Saturday night’s dining out (no luck) and then stopped for a wheat grass, apple and ginger juice.
Glorious.
Here’s today’s hint for what’s going on:
(Source)
I’m going to go ahead and say that quite a few of you are *close* to guessing what’s going on but there’s a little more to it. I can’t wait to tell all of you about it tomorrow 😀
Still haven’t finished the giveaway post- it will be up tonight before Grey’s.
xoxo,
Gina
Something to read: THIS! Looks like the Jill-meister is getting sued for her phony diet pills (which we were just talking about!). I figured it was only a matter of time. …Mayjah thanks to all of the lovely readers who sent these articles to me!
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Love the blog! I am*this close* to getting a food dehyrator. You are inspiring! I can’t wait to hear your top secret news.. some kind of mail order macaroon business I hope 🙂
I can’t wait for tomorrow to hear the big news!!! Obviously I have a vague idea what is going on, but I want to know more!!!!!!
I’ll guess shopping! I love fresh juice.
omg your wraps > homemade tortillas. those look AMAZING.
Can’t wait to see what it is!!
haha love that the salad beasts are clearly big with the keys to prove it! 🙂
Holy yummy oatbran! That looks delish. But I am more salivating over those wraps. YUM!
That oat bran looks yummyyyy. And I knew something would happen with those diet pills! Off to read!
I bet you’re opening a business! Raw macaroons!
So excited to find out your surprise! Working at a store? Starting your own store? Anyway, I can’t wait to check out the Jillian articles. I loved her until those diet pills.
ahh! an online business (i hope?!?!)
this is my guess as well! If it is true– yippee!!! I can’t wait to order.
Those homemade wraps look really interesting!! I need to find those since I am major allergy girl these days.
An online macaroon bakery!!
OOOH OOOH I KNOW I KNOW =) are you sick of me saying that yet??
I’m quite intrigued by the green juices, I’ve never had one!
I agree with the business, a raw bakery or something!! This is so much fun! Your blog really makes me want to learn more about raw foods and how to eat and make them more often! Can’t wait till tomorrow!
You are NOT kidding about those salad beasts! I may just have to make one for dinner tonight =)
I just saw on the news how Jillian is being sued for her diet pills. *cough* karma much? *cough*
baha what goes around, comes around 😉
Not the least surpised about her getting sued. Such is life when you preach one thing and then do another.
Your salad..omg.. I’ve never been jealous of salads before but you, girl, are the salad Queen. They always look so darn good.
Wow, making your own wraps — what a cool option! It’s something I’ve never even considered doing…
You are going to be “cooking” raw treats (macaroons!) and selling them online to all of us hungry puppies! Just call me Sherlock Holmes.
You must be opening an online vegan food store??!! I can’t wait to hear about it tomorrow!!!
ratatouille wraps sound AWESOME (singing voice)! what a fabulous idea 🙂
Will you able to post the recipe for those wraps or is it confidential and tied to the mystery job?
I can’t wait to find out what you are up to tomorrow! The suspense is killing me!
I predict…you are going to start your own food delivery service to provide all of your delicious raw goodies to clients on a permanent basis!
so i thought that you wrote an hour of kegs, as in drinking them. hahah
Hey gina,
Do you make the wheat grass smoothies at home? I’ve started making smoothies with spirulina at home but would love to try wheat grass!!!! 🙂 🙂
Thanks!
xx
Lauren
those roasted ratatouille wraps look so yummy, will try making them at the weekend. Could I make a tortilla wrap from spelt flour and water and a little oil, just guessing? Roll it out thinly and fry it on frying pan? Very curious to find out your secret. Would you believe that since I’ve been reading your blog, I’ve got so much healthier and more adventurous in the kitchen and I’m trying new foods etc. Made almond milk in the vitamix today, yummy.
Is that flax egg recipe equivalent to one egg? or two?
one egg 🙂
Been waiting all week for the news, can’t wait to hear what it is about!
Question on your Sun Warrior protein. You seem to “love” it a lot. I was reading some reviews on Amazon about it and some were good but then several were not so good. People felt like it was a waste of money because it was too chalky in taste and the stevia was too sweet. I want to order it because I feel like its a good deal on Amazon but I’m afraid I won’t like it. I want you to convince me why I should buy it and not another brown rice brand. I guess you could say I need confirmation 😉
Ha ha, I’ve totally had those Ratatouille “visions of my childhood” when eating certain foods! Glad I’m not the only one. 🙂
If your news involves online shopping, I’m in!
Thanks for updating us with the Jillian lawsuit, too! Love her workouts, hate her two-faced sell-out job to junky diet supplements!
Bad bad Jillian! So sad…even more sad that it was so predictable.
I am so anxious to find out the news! I really think you are going to have your own food business/raw bakery where you deliver food (and have online orders as well). Whatever it is, I am super excited for you!
I love the comments about the article people left! LMAO 😀
Your own raw foods store??? OMG that would be amazing. I would have to take a trip to GA then =D
xo
K
Yum Yum Yum! All the eats look so good. Still can’t wait to hear the news!!!
I’m loving that wrap! Looking forward to hearing your good news!
online bakery/macaroon store????
Whatever it is, the people of Valdosta are freakin lucky!
Can’t wait to finally find out tomorrow! 🙂
Ok so it’s an online order system for your treats?? That would be great!
If my computer had a shopping cart key, I’d be in big trouble…especially if your news is what I think it is!!!
Opening an health food store? Chocolate oatbran = foodgasms!!!
LOL at the shopping cart key. I need one of those! Wait, no I don’t 🙂 haha
That ooey gooey oatbran looks delicious!
That green juice looks SO good…apple and ginger, great combo! Glad you liked your wrap, I LOVE that scene in Ratatouille 🙂
That oatbran looks amazing! And the wraps sound good too! Looking forward to your announcement!
Jillian shouldn’t preach losing weight naturally then come out with a diet pill. Its just the dumbest, most common sense mistake she could’ve made.
I think I got it figured out. 😉
Nothing wrong with eating an almond butter chocolate eyeball. Nothing at all.
You’re working with the Pure2raw girls at their online bakery?!
i wish, but no. love those girls 🙂
yes, I love salad beasts, eating one now as I read this and my bowl is at least that big. people who see me eat them think I’m nuts. I seriously use the largest or second largest mixing bowls i own each time. Is it normal for one person to go through 5lbs of leafy greens in a week?
I LOVE Mary’s Gone Crackers! Love LOVE LOVE! I also really like Somersaults…the salty pepper ones are the bomb.com.
Oh gosh, if you’re opening up an online store I’m going to go broke 😉 Can’t wait to find out the news!!
Wow! That is a serious salad beast! I love the “gouda mountain” too. 🙂 Can’t wait to hear the big news!