Quinoa breakfast

As I was preparing for the week, I knew I worked a lot of mornings so I needed something to fuel my morning.  If we are busy at work, its hard to sneak away to grab lunch so its often a granola bar or something in between patients.  I came across this recipe on 101cookbooks.com thought I would give it a try.  I did make a few modifications due to what I had in the kitchen and also added some nut butter.  Overall not a bad breakfast that you can make the night before.  Makes 2 servings.  It tasted better then the picture looks.  

1/2 cup quinoa

1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk

1/2 cup water

1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup almond butter
1 tsp agave nectar 
1 cup berries

1.  boil the water, almond milk and quinoa in a small saucepan.  Once it reaches a boil, turn down to low heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes
2.  After cooking, add in the cinnamon, almond butter and agave.  
3.  At this point I refrigerate until needed.
4.  Just prior to eating, heat up and fold in the berries.  

Approximate nutrition
cal 430 protein 15 carbs 57 fat 21 sodium 170 sugar19

Bike Rides and Trying Vegan

Do you every feel like you need to give your eating a kick in the butt?  I tend to eat pretty healthy but recently I have slacked a little and I can tell my body is craving better foods.  In order to give myself a kick start, I am attempting to go vegan for a week.  For those that know me, this will be a huge challenge since I am an egg lover.  I am working out my meal plan and will share the best (and maybe the worst) recipes I try.  The biggest challenge for me will be making sure I get enough good protein in my diet and behaving while I am at work.  There is always tasty food to snack on and in the middle of the night, its hard to have good self control.  In order to get ready for this challenge, I have been doing research on recipes and found a great website for grocery delivery, thrivemarket.com.  I have ordered the staples for the week and will head to Costco tomorrow to pick up fruits and veggies.  If you have any great vegan recipes to share please let me know, the adventure starts Monday.  

On a side note, here is a fun pic from our first bike ride outside.  I ride with 3 other ladies and we tend to really push each other.  Today was a windy ride at the downtown airport but we conquered the conditions and even managed to have some fun.   This group is women is awesome and each one of us has our strengths, there is Mary the queen of the hills, Nichole the speedster and Amy who never seems to tire no matter how far we go. Our group has 4+ Ironmans, 8+ half Ironmans, countless shorter triathlons and 4 broken arms from bike crashes among us.  I do have to share a funny story about these girls.  The first time I went biking with Amy and Nichole I crashed about 100 feet into our bike.  Yes we had just started and I flipped over the handlebars going down a hill and crashed.  I got up laughing and finished the ride but have to admit-it hurt a lot.  Despite this rough start, they still let me ride with them.  


This is what 20K in TT bikes looks like with downtown KC in the background.  Looking forward to many more rides this season with this powerhouse crew of women!