Saturday morning I woke up so lethargic.The kids were gone, and Ryan was working, so my plan was to lay around in my own grossness and just watch Netflix all day. I got up a few times to get peanut butter or something, but my body was so heavy and I felt terrible. So, I finally muster up the energy to get in the shower, and before I got my hair wet decided that maybe I needed to do a trail run. Those always make me happy, and I was kinda bummin. So I rinsed off, put my Batman running shirt on (to help make the run even more super!) and drove to the Arbor/Ypsi trails Isabel & I frequented in the summer. They were SO snowy, but that made it so much better. It made me happy to see all the footprints and bike marks (seriously, you have to be super tough to ride your bike through a foot of snow covered trail!) because I'm not the only crazy one out there. I did a few loops of the 1.5 mile path, and I felt so much better. I went grocery shopping immediately after, and wasn't extremely anxious like I always am when I go anywhere. I wish Isabel would've been there for it, too, she would've had so much fun!
I like to run with Bonnie on Sundays. Partly because she was my original running partner back in 2002 when I started high school, partly because it gets me out of bed before 9 because we always run early, partly because we usually run through a state or metropark, and partly because we get a solid amount of miles in. Yesterday, we ran 7 at the Kensington Metropark. That place is huge, and I remembered the hard way how insanely hilly it was. I must've been dehydrated or had low blood sugar or maybe both because by the end of this run, I was seeing spots and I was wheezing when I breathed. We don't even run that fast because we talk the whole time and her dog runs with us. I drove home, and I had to have Ryan pull down the toaster for me because I was shaking so bad. That run kicked my butt! I had to take a 20 minute nap after my shower to recharge because I had plans for the remainder of the day and I had a few hours of driving ahead. By the time I got home last night, my head was in a huge fog. Today is a definitely much needed rest day from running!
My favorite part of the run-conversation that we had yesterday was finding out Bonnie was transitioning to vegan eating!I was so excited! I don't really know anyone else who eats like I do besides at home (and I still prepare them some food with animal products because it's not fair for me to take that all away from them if they don't want me to). I feel like everyone looks at me like I'm nuts and one of "those" people, but I sweeear, besides on here, I try not to even talk about it toooo much. But, talking about it makes me accountable for my actions. And besides, there's plenty of other people who take pictures of their food every meal and Instagram the heck out of it. Which, I don't. :)
On that note, I made Black Bean Brownies yesterday! Tasted just like your regular brownies, you couldn't even taste the black beans. The kids didn't even know until they finished their first one, asked for a second and I told them of the secret ingredient. They were surprised, but still loved them. And I told them, that sometimes "weird" ingredients are in things, but they're still delicious, and if you go on in life afraid to try stuff, you'll have bored taste-buds! I googled a lot of the recipes that I've tried so far, some were great, some were bad (we made a different batch of brownies at the very beginning of this vegan lifestyle, and Ryan dubbed them "ass brownies"). If I liked the recipe enough to make it again (chili, pancakes, stuffed peppers, tempeh burgers, chocolate chip walnut cookies etc.), I have put it on a note card and have began a recipe collection. My sister also got me a Betty Crocker inspired vegan cook book for Christmas that we've used a few times.
Here's the recipe for the brownies: (from the book No Meat Athlete by Matt Frazier)
Dry Ingredients
1 1/2c whole wheat flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 1/4c raw sugar
1 1/4c cocoa
nuts (the recipe called for hazelnut but I only had a bag of walnuts, and I wish I had more than what I had on hand because that's my fav part of a brownie!)
Wet Ingredients
1 can black beans
1 tsp vanilla
1 c water
Preheat at 350°. Mix all the dry ingredients into a bowl. Take the can of beans, drain them into a strainer and rinse thoroughly. Rinse out the can thoroughly. Put the beans back into the can and fill the remainder of the can with water. Dump into a processor and make into a puree. Add the puree, vanilla & cup of water to the dry mix and stir. Put into a 9x13 ( I used an 8.5x11 because it's all I had and it was fine) greased pan and bake for 25-30. (it took the whole 30 on my end.)
Scrumptious!
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