Good morning to you!
We didn’t end up going to Costco last night, but we did go on a hot date to the local air pump. ;)
It looks like my back tire is busted! Eric thinks he over-inflated the tire and popped it. The road to TRY-A-TRI might be more bumpy than we originally anticipated! We need to bring our bikes in for a tune-up anyways so they can fix up my tire for me then.
My groin area is still quite sore after yesterday’s tumble, so I am going to continue to ice it today and see how it feels. All I wanted to do this morning was go outside for my workout so I am quite bummed that I am still sore. I have learned my lesson though; it is always best to listen to my body. Like my sports medicine doctor once told me, if you have pain it is your body’s way of telling you to STOP the movement until the pain goes away. It seems simple and obvious, but it was very hard for me to learn and put into practice…
Breakfast was new and a bit scary…
Yesterday, I spotted a wonderful spin-off of Vegan Overnight Oats over at Savvy Eats called Monster Overnight Oats! A hybrid of a Green Monster and Vegan Overnight Oats? Naturally, I was game.
Step 1: Blend up a Green Monster
I used:
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1/2 of a large, ripe banana (Save other half for below)
- 2-3 handfuls of spinach
BOOM:
Step 2: Mix in your ‘overnight oat’ ingredients…
I used:
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 1/3 cup regular oats
- 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Other half of the banana, cut into chunks
Dump said ingredients into the green monster…
They float!
Stir your little heart out. Now place in the fridge overnight.
Sleep.
Dream of rainbows, puppies, and shooting stars. ;)
Awake.
Yawn.
Think about breakfast experiment in the fridge.
Leap out of bed! Slowly get out of bed.
Look at experiment. Cringe.
I’ll be the first to admit that this looks gross…!!
But you know the saying, ‘Don’t judge a book by the cover’.
Try to prettify the scary bowl of green…
I drizzled a tablespoon of peanut butter over top and dove in!
It was actually really tasty, but I could not get over the whole clumpy green oats part of it. This was a bit past my comfort zone. I don’t mind drinking green in the morning (if it’s smooth), but I was not so sure about this. It really did taste good though… :)
I finished off this week’s episode of Gossip Girl as I ate. This show is the bee’s knees.
Today’s question- Do you consider yourself a texture person when it comes to food? Are there certain things you won’t eat because of the texture or appearance? What foods?
I actually didn’t know about ‘texture aversions’ until I met Eric. :) He is a huge texture person and he won’t eat several foods because of their texture alone. His examples include:
- Pulp in juice (he will drink pulp but doesn’t enjoy it!)
- Oatmeal
- Beans (he says ‘especially the canned beans in sauce!’)
- Eggplant
- Creamed potatoes (mashed is ok though)
- Pumpkin pie filling (The horrors!!!)
- Jell-O
- Flaky pastries
My mother-in-law has quite a few texture aversions too. I got her hooked on chia seeds, BUT she really dislikes when chia seeds get wet + slimy! What my mother in law does is quite funny. She puts the dry chia seeds on a plate next to her cereal bowl and then she takes a spoon of chia and puts it in her mouth followed by a spoonful of cereal. She said this helps prevent the seeds from getting slimy and sticking to her teeth! I found this quite amusing! That is dedication. :)
As for me, I don’t really have many texture aversions aside from maybe things like mussels and other slimy sea things. I tried squid when I was young and I hated how rubbery it was. I also used to dislike onion rings and Tapioca pudding when I was little, but I’m not sure if I would feel the same now since I love cooked onions and I have grown to love chia seed pudding which looks a lot worse than Tapioca.
Have a great day!
I have made spinach oatmeal before too. I blended almond milk and spinach then cooked it with a whole cup of oats because I thought it needed to be thicker. I could never eat it cold though, goodness! It was just fine heated up, but I think I prefer to drink my spinach :)
I totally understand where Eric is coming from here…I’m a major texture person…
– Most seafood (calamari, ugh!)
– Apple sauce
– Oatmeal (I can eat it if I don’t think about it too much…)
– Jell-o for sure, especially when it sits and gets that hard layer on the bottom (c-r-i-n-g-e!!!)
I’m sure there are many others that I can’t think of on the spot!
your mom in law’s approach is too cute! i don’t think i have aversions really to anything – i take that back. I HATE WATER CHESTNUTS. something about the texture of those kills me and it kind of makes me shudder. blech. other than that i think i’m good though! :)
Certain cooked and raw mushrooms make me want to throw up (especially buttom mushrooms, or the standard ones people use).
Steamed spinach on its own
Anything super slimy, really. When I was a child, I hated cooked carrots. I would literally throw up when my parents fed them to me…I hated how they were mushy and all the crunch was gone.
Hope your groin feels better! I know how much it sucks to be injured from a non-exercise related event…it doesn’t seem fair!
button*, not buttom!
I’d say I am a texture person, for sure! No particular texture grosses me out, but an unexpected texture throws me off. I hate when there are raw onions in soft things like potato salad. I love green onions for things like that! I also hate big leaves of cooked spinach – the ones you can’t cut or bite through. I always seem to choke/gag on them!
Ange – you should make FB fan pages for OSG and the GMM too!! :-)
(and FB just added a feature where you can add “favorites” to your biz page so they could all be cross referenced haha – if you check out my two pages, they are favs of each other)
I cant even keep up with ONE FB page! haha
so have the person you hire have that as part of their job description :-p
I’ve tried the green smoothie overnight oats before and my experiment did not turn out very well. I mad made one for my husband too and he was very happy when I switched his overnight oats back to almond milk the next day!
Hope you feel better soon!
you’re a brave soul Angela…don’t know if I could have faced the green oats first thing in the morning!
ps that shirt you gave Caitlin is so adorable! where did you get it?
Question about the overnight oats – I used rolled oats last night and this morning it was still a bit “soupy” & not as thick as I imagined. Did I use the wrong kind oats???
Angela, my husband is all over that. He is a huge texture person and he will let me know what veggies he does not care for when I prepare them. HA! I tell him sometimes we need to overlook these things in the name of health! :)
I can see how that would be tasty, sort of like granola and a smoothie in a bowl – even though it’s not pretty! I am not picky about textures although I dont generally like the texture of meat and its chewiness.
I’ve always considered myself a texture eater. I like having texture and lots of variety in my foods. I get bored by “smooth” foods
I definitely have some texture aversions. I can’t stand soggy bread, biscuits and gravy is the worst. GAG. And I can’t do shrimp either. I used to agree with Eric on the beans but I’ve recently gotten over that. Oh and mushrooms. They’re either slimy or squeaky and either one grosses me out.
That swamp bowl sounds like a great idea though. I may have to try it!
I don’t think I could handle that either. I am a HUGE texture eater and can’t stand mushy things or super creamy things. I HATE when things get soggy (especially bread & cereal). I hate lumpy (can’t stomach cottage cheese). I hate random crunchy…like sprinkles in icecream. Drives me nuts.
I don’t like slimy eggs. I usually sramble my eggs until they are so hard that no one else will eat them. I just don’t like the feeling when they are runny.
I can’t drink chunky smoothies…it has to all be nice and smooth, the chunks really gross me out. So I’m definitely a texture person from time to time!
Hey Angela! Sorry you’re still feeling sore from your tumble. Hopefully the rest will do you well.
I have a serious texture aversion to celery. My mom makes delicious (vegetarian) pasta fagioli and while it would normally include chopped celery, she always had to put it in the food processor to avoid the chunks. I feel the same way about potato salad with celery hunks. Blech! :)
Yes I absolutely cannot do crunch vegetables! Broccoli has to be really soft as do carrots and I’ve just now gotten used to lettuce. I can’t help it. But I try to expand my taste buds :)
I have a texture aversion to cooked mushrooms, especially portabellos! They remind me waaay too much of meat.
Also, those tofu noodles (Shirataki) remind me of worms ahhh gross!! I tried them once and gagged.
oh and also when the stems of asparagus are too woody to chew through…UGH
I HATE when asparagus is like that!