Rainy Wednesday

Whoa, it was a wet one today! The skies sure did open up, but the weekend is looking good and that’s all that matters. A bonus to all this rain is that my veggies and flowers will get the drink they need to give them a good strong start (and I don’t have to stand there with the hose at night)!

-1 cup water
-1/3 cup kamut
-cinnamon
-banana
-blueberries
-peanuts
Have I mentioned before how much I love kamut flakes???

Boy, did I ever get busy with rhubarb last night…and I didn’t even bake anything! I stood at the counter for an hour and a half cleaning and dicing it. I ended up with 3 six cup freezer bags full and there’s probably another 10 cups that I left in the fridge that I set aside for future “projects”. I also found a wooden tea box that I forgot we had and decided that it was time to put it back into use! It was bought filled with TAZO tea and now it’s a home for all my STASH tea, as well as some Tim Horton’s Chai and a few TAZO stragglers.
Now my tea is much handier than when it was all in individual boxes. And it looks nice, too!

I ate my dates before the gym today…
I did a longer run today and felt really good. I started out at 5.6mph and bumped it up by 1 every 5 minutes until I got to 6.2mph. That’s the fastest I’ve gone since my ankle issues. I was running a 9.13 minute mile before and it is my goal to get back up to that….slowly. I also did 5 minutes of balance work on the BOSU that I learned at physio last night. Great for the ankle and my core!

Time: 50 minutes
Avg Hr: 161
Max Hr: 181
Calories Burned: 476
Distance: 4.31 miles

I prepared a marvelous salad last night, too!
-romaine
-cucumber
-orange
-leftover chicken from last night
-strawberry pomegranate dressing
So refreshing! The only sucky thing was that I forgot my fork and had to eat it with a spoon. Not easy or fun. I already put a fork in my bag so I don’t forget it again tomorrow. Lunch dessert was a rhubarb square;
Much easier to eat with a spoon! And later on in the day I munched on some of this watermelon;
Somebody left some STASH tea bags in the kitchen at the office this aft. Are they crazy? There were 2 flavours and I grabbed a few of each…duh!
The fam had sausages for supper tonight so I pulled out a Lean Cuisine cannelloni meal for myself. I served it up with a good 2 cups of steamed frozen veggies;
This was GOOD! I really enjoyed this entree and it was the perfect size. For dessert, I had some of this....
It's called "Rhubarb Rumble". It was simple to make and I had all the ingredients on hand. I changed it up a wee bit so here's my version;

-3 cups chopped rhubarb
-1 pkg orange jello powder
-1.5 cups skim milk
-1 pkg of Kraft SF, FF cheesecake flavoured pudding

I completely omitted the crust, dishing up 1/2 cup servings into 6 bowls. I followed all the directions for making it. I'm not 100% sure what I think about this yet. Mind you, it's suppose to sit in the fridge until it sets up so my serving was still pretty runny. I had a scoop of Cool Whip Free on top to make it purdy and all. I'll save my "for real" review until I try it tomorrow! Just an FYI...I ran my version through Spark People's recipe calculator and came up with 59 cal, 0.3g fat and 1.2g fibre. It's a lightweight!!!

Well, lovelies, I'm of to the pool for the kidlet's swimming lessons. You can be sure that I'll be watching SYTYCD when I get back!! Enjoy the night!

Bye for now