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 total texture issues!
I’m with Eric on the no pulp in orange juice, jello and pumpkin pie filling. I also won’t eat tapioca, cottage cheese (unless it’s cooked in something like lasagna)or slimey seafood like oysters and mussels.
I’m such a food diva! :)
it looks better if there’s no peanut butter–it looks like green soup to me (with the pb) so it’s okay…
i won’t eat bacon or sausage because of the smell and the worm i saw on a sausage before.=)
Love your website!! Which site do you watch Gossip Girl on?
CANNOT handle the texture of mushrooms. Ick.
I agree with Eric on pulp in OJ… ewwwwwwwwwww. I can’t get a sip of pulpy OJ past my lips without gaging (I literally gag – its quite funny to watch me try to get a sip down).
I have an aversion to mushrooms raw or cooked I wish I had anaversion to pumpkin pie and flaky pastry but I find them both Delish!
most things have to have a pleasant texture when I eat it. The connection my brain makes with my mouth is pretty big whether i will eat/ drink something
Wooooo for listening to your body!
i definitely have a few texture aversions. i only started getting used to smoothies and shakes this year, i HATED drinking something so thick. same with oatmeal, i just didn’t like zero-crunch, but i love my protein oats now. i eat cottage cheese close to everyday, but i am still (and probably always will be) a little grossed out by the curds and texture. i also can’t eat peaches in the skin, because the fuzziness reminds me of human skin. ew ew ew ew ew ew. i’m probably in my own boat on the peaches though haha.
hahah…human skin. thanks for that laugh at work :)
I’m not a picky person at all, but I’ve come to realize the few food aversions I do have are generally due to texture:
Bananas (mushy AND stringy, does it get any worse?!)
OJ with pulp (tell Eric he’s not alone)
Any kind of fruit on top of a cake/pastry when it has that disgusting, clear gelatin glaze that makes everything a mushy mess (cherries, kiwi, blueberries, whatever!)
Jell-o
Kudos to you for eating that! I have aversions to very few foods. Only three stick out in my mind: malted milk balls, plain flavored potato chips, and goji berries.
However, whenever I see SIABs on blogs, I cringe and kind of want to vom. I love drinking green monsters! But I don’t want to put it in a bowl, drizzle it in pb, granola, and coconut butter and eat it with a spoon. Not gonna happen!
I am a texture person as well – especially when it comes to fruit in yogurt (but not if I put it in myself, but if its already mushed up in there), frozen berries (slimy!), and orange juice with pulp. I cannot stand pulp!
Yeah I’m not sure i’d be able to eat that either…
I’m a HUGE texture freak. I can’t eat regular cottage cheese plain due to the texture, mealy apples, rice pudding, blech…
Oh GG.. i’m slightly addicted :)
Haha I love Gossip Girl…its so scandalous.
The only texture aversion I have is to slimy things…like pickles. I know everyone loves pickles, and sometimes they are okay if their really fresh but I hate when they get slimy. It grosses me out. I’m also with you on the slimy sea creatures.
I used to hate mussels, oysters (never had one, just looking at it makes me gag), octopus, most seafood actually. I liked shrimp though, weird. Anyway, being now vegetarian, it’s not an issue anymore :-)
And I loooooove cottage cheese!
I hate durian (the spiky asian fruit) the texture is just so off. Creamy and mushy, also same with custard and whipped cream.
Oatmeal, it’s slimy and sticky. Even though I love millet and quinoa porridge. Chunky nut butter and raw mushroom, they are like rubber. I like apples but only the crunchy kind and I never pick the right kind so I just don’t eat them… And most pears are just soft and mushy. Shredded coconut is weird, they make my throat itchy. I am definitely a texture person =)
But I love chia, tapioca, mochi, the pearl in bubble tea.
I used to hate nuts, any kind. I’d eat peanut butter all day long, but the actual nut? nuh uh. I’m proud to say that I’m growing up. I generally have to eat the nuts with something because I still don’t like how they stick to my teeth, but I eat them! Even raw!
As much as I love green monsters and overnight oats, those do look a bit scary… ;)
Nick has texture aversions too! He hates mushrooms, eggplant and asparagus because he thinks they have a weird texture. Too bad, because I love all of them!
I’m pretty good with textures, I don’t like anything too chewy, though!
xo
K
I am texture person all the way. I hate anything chunky or slimy.
I am a texture person to the point it annoys me sometimes, and I’m a ton better than I used to be! I may love the flavor of something, but if the texture is off I can’t swallow it. I am going to have to try your mother-in-laws approach to chia seeds because the sliminess of them makes me gag so the bag I bought has been sitting sadly in my pantry.
Quite a few people in my family have ‘texture aversions’, myself included. I don’t like lentils or pulses because of the husks, but I can get around that if I eat it with something a bit ‘slimey’ ;) something like sauted peppers, ratatouille (which I don’t like cause I don’t like cooked tomatoes) or melted cheese. Like Eric, I don’t like creamed potatoes but I love me some mash!