Protein ice cream
Hiiiiii 😀 How are you? Hope your day has been fabulous! Thank you for the reader’s request ideas- I should have a new RR post up on Friday 🙂
I started mine off with a crazyawesome BodyPump class:
It’s been a while since I’ve made it to a class and wowzers… I felt it.
Protein replenishment in ice cream form:
My new fave mix:
-1 C frozen organic strawberries
-1/2 C frozen organic blueberries
-1 C-ish almond milk
-1 scoop nasty Dr. protein + 1 scoop beautiful Sun Warrior protein
-1 T decaf instant coffee
-1 T raw cacao powder
-cinnamon, pinch of sea salt, raw honey
Coffee and berries are a match made in heaven, I promise 🙂
I ran errands all day (and still have so much to do), sold a giant bag of clothes at Buffalo Exchange (my rule is when I buy new clothes, I also dig through the closet to find clothes to sell or donate), and picked up Abreva at Target for my heinous cold sore. It just appeared out of NOWHERE this morning- not a fan 🙁
The cold sore had no effect on my foodgasm face, though 😀
Sweet potato spaghetti!
All I did was spiralize a huge organic sweet potato with the spiralizer,
and steam the *noodles* for 5 minutes, so they still had a slight crunch to them.
Covered in TJs marinara and nutritional yeast, it was a perfect blend of savory and sweet.
I’ve got to get ready to teach –fingers crossed for a HUGE class tonight!- and then get back to work 🙂
Have a great night and I’ll see ya tomorrow with a macaroon giveaway and my re-cap of the first 10 days of the Doctor Detox.
xoxo,
Gina
*We find out ANY day between now and mid Feb where we’re going to be stationed!! I’m so nervous/excited 🙂
****Winter Shape Up warriors, how’s it going this week?!
Something to think:
“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company… a church… a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past… we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you… we are in charge of our Attitudes.”
Charles R. Swindoll
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Hope you end up somewhere fabulous! 🙂 No matter where it is, I’m sure it’ll be nice to have a definite place to go.
Sweet tater pasta looks good!
What a fantastic idea. Growing up I REALLY hated sweet potato. I think I was a demon child. haha.
Macaroon giveaway what1?! I will be here! I love sweet potatoes and I usually like to eat them as a savory dish so this is awesome. Good luck on the class and the station assignment!
I used to get cold sores A TON but then didn’t get them for like three years..then all of a sudden last week one popped up on my lip and I looked so gross. I was vegan for like two years and that’s when I got them the most, then I started eating dairy again and I hadn’t had one since last week. Maybe stress or something, I don’t even know if dairy is related to it. ANYWAY. I am babbling. Try getting a lysine supplement and the Abreva usually works wonders for me. I took a bunch of lysine and Abreva-d it to death and it only lasted a week. Good luck! <3
I’m a new reader of your blog. I like the ideas of food posting you have on your blog. This sweet potato pasta sounds divine 🙂
welcome to the bloggy! thanks for saying hi 🙂
must.get.spiralizer!!!! I love the look of veggie pasta! I just made a sweet tater hash for breakfast and I bet the noodles would be even better. I topped it with banana, pnut butter, granola and a little honey..mmm mmmmm
ahh im so jealous of your spiralizer!! that is so clever to make sweet potato spaghetti!
woah spiralized sweet tater! defo have to try this!
What a great idea to spiralize a sweet potato, I need to try that, I love my spiralizer, it is so much fun!! 🙂
Ana
This is going to sound like a weird question. But, how happy are you with your Joyce Chen spirooli? I ask bc I have a Paderno Spirooli (http://www.ultimate-weight-products.com/H-WC-SPIRAL.html) which most people prefer, but I miss my old Joyce Chen one, only bc I like thinner pasta strands 🙂
If you’d ever like to trade, let me know!
xoxo
roomstar!
i love my joyce chen 🙂 we had the paderno ones at 105degrees and they were awesome, too. if you don’t mind the beet stains on mine, i’m down for a trade haha
miss you and hope school is going well <3
xoxo
I’m crossing my fingers for you that you end up stationed where you want!
I think this post has confirmed to me that I need a spiralizer! That SP pasta looks good. 😀
Oh yummy, sweet potato noodles. I haven’t had those in ages. Thanks for reminding me about them. Maybe I’ll have them for dinner tonight.
Sounds like your detox menu isn’t all that bad … except for the nasty protein powder. What’s in that stuff?
it’s rice protein + a variety of plant and vegetables
Whenever my best friend gets a cold sore, I sing the “Herpes…you have HERPES” song to her. I’m a good friend 🙂
that’s what the pilot said!
“well, looks like you’ve got the herp”
what a punk haha
I always put aloe on mine; burned a little but worked.
Good luck on being stationed somewhere you love!
Sweet potato pasta looks to die for! I really need a spiralizer. And I love that quote 🙂
xo
I have a spiralizer question….I have that particular spiralizer, but my veggie noodles always come out looking more like a long comb and not really separated like noodles? Does that make sense? Anyway, am I doing something wrong or is that how they are supposed to be? Your noodles always look more noodly than mine 🙂
Have a good day!
do you have the same type of spiralizer or is it different?
oh sorry….I have the Joyce Chen.
Ah! I want that sweet potato pasta..it looks incredible! What a good idea.. I need to get one of those spiralizers!
sweet potoate spaghetti!! Genius idea!!!
Ah, spirulize sweet potato . . . wonderful idea. I will definitely try that! Love sweet potatoes, especially in winter. And we just got over a foot of snow dumped on us! My poor puppy can’t do his business without his parts buried in snow. Take care.
poor little guy!! it’s freezing here too, but no snow. stay warm, friend!
What a good idea! I’m making this soon. My spiralizer doesn’t get enough use.
I saw this last night and immediately tried it. How brilliant! I love pasta but had to stop eating it and I can’t stand whole wheat pasta. This is going to become a staple from now on, thank you so much!
awesome!! i’m glad you liked it 🙂
what a great idea to use sweet taters for pasta! I love my spiralize and go through phases where I spiralize pretty much everything – haha 🙂
did week 3 of WSU this morning and it was amazing 🙂 i can’t believe it’s week 3 already!
I am loving your food posts on the Detox Diet – I have to do a mostly vegan diet for some thyroid cancer treatments in the next few weeks and your meals are actually things I can eat! Very happy to be back to blogging and for your blog, Gina 🙂
thanks girl <3 sending love and healing vibes your way
I love that quote. I wonder if you could make shoestring french fries with those sweet potatoes? I think so.
I used to get cold sores all the time, I don’t now. I started taking L-Lysine everyday. It worked for me I no longer get cold sores.
Thanks for mentioning your cold sore. I’ve got one too right now, and I feel hideous. At least I know I’m not alone!!!
YUM, sweet pototato pasta. Hadn’t thought of that one! Great ideas.
Oh my heck! This is freakin’ genius! I’ve lost 77lb over the past 15 months by changing my eating and exercising more. I’ll eat sweet potatoes any way I can so I’m IN LOVE with this. Spiralizer is on my list. Thanks for sharing, and congrats on your new way of living. I love the photo to the left of you with the dumbbell. I’m wanting to be strong and fit. You should be so proud!
I just wanted to let you know that tea tree oil dabbed on a cold sore when you feel the tingling, takes it away! It is a blessing. Thanks for the wonderful recipes:)
I just bought this Joyce Chen spiralizer at a thrift store, came home, cleaned it, spiraled a sweet potato then googled recipes and found yours. So simple, so easy, so delicious-looking. I’m going to make it for lunch after I work out. Thank you! And thanks for the quote. So true!
I love spaghetti more than just about anything. I don’t have a spiralizer. When I make zucchini “noodles” I use my veggie peeler and peel thin strips off. Do you think that would work with a sweet potato?