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Today has been a whirlwind. I have SO much to do with my job, the blog(s), and the Summit that I was up at 5:00 AM to work. The Husband sleepily asked as I got out of bed "What’s wrong?" and I just replied, "I have to work!"
Maggie looked pretty pissed that I made her get up at 5:00 AM. She stuck her head under the couch pillows and went back to sleep:
But seriously, I love it! I don’t mind pulling 17-hour days because I’m doing what I love to do (and paying the bills). Do you work a lot of hours, too?
My breakfast was simple because I was in no mood to cook this AM:
Yogurt + blueberries and a bagel with PB.
Since I ate breakfast so earlier, I was super hungry by 9:30 and had a lovely snack:
I am never going through the headache of chopping up a cantaloupe again. Eating half of it with a spoon was so fun! And so easy.
Lunch was my 12-Minute Pasta:
12-Minute Pasta
Ingredients (for 1):
- 1 serving of dry pasta, any shape
- 1/4 chopped red pepper
- 1/4 cup white kidney beans
- 1/2 cup fresh kale, chopped
- 1/4 cup pasta sauce
- 2 tablespoons shredded cheddar cheese
- Pepper to taste
Directions:
- Boil water and add pasta.
- While pasta cooks, microwave beans so they are warm and put chopped red pepper on the George Foreman to blacken.
- After pasta has cooked for 7 minutes, add kale to the water and let cook 2 more minutes.
- Drain pasta + kale, add back to pot.
- In pot, mix together the grilled pepper, pasta sauce, and beans.
- Serve and top with cheese and pepper.
- Viola!
So good and SO fast!
Dessert was two pieces of Dove chocolate (which I began to eat without a picture… oops. Bad blogger!):
Katie Drummond at True Slant did a GREAT article on Operation Beautiful, which includes an interview with yours truly! Check it out here!
The Wednesday notes for Operation Beautiful are available! Here are two of my favorite ones from today:
Angie from Angie All The Way posted this note on a scale outside of GNC that hollers at you when you walk by, “Have you checked your weight today?”.
And Lauren stuck these notes around her YMCA gym:
Check out the rest of Wednesday’s notes here!
Maggie is too cute! My dad always eat fruit like that, but he would eat the whole thing over the trash can to catch the juice. LOL. Pasta looks yummy!