Happy Friday lovelies!
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ll know this already –
I don’t like sandwiches.
Seriously, how often do you see a sandwich or a wrap appear on here? Hardly ever, that’s how oft! I find bread very blaaah. My mum and sister go wacky over fresh crusty bread (as do a number of bloggers), but I’ve just never got it… In the past 6 or 7 months, there’s been 2 sandwiches I’ve liked. One was a tempeh, banana and peanut butter sandwich, and one was a roasted veggie sandwich. But, my dears, the other day, I had the sandwich DREAMS are made of!
It involved hummus and canned pumpkin….
….spread thickly on seedy wholemeal toast (fyi, random side note: Jesus Walks by the one and only Kanye just came on the radio..PARTY IN MY HEAD! Ever since I saw Jarhead, I have LOVED that song! Bliss.):
Then piled with roasted mushy aubergine:
I then stuck it in the keep-warm oven for 10mins or so, so it went REALLY crispy and hot through.
Oooooooooooooh my days.
Never have I had such a gooey, delicious sandwich! Seriously!! I mean, it must’ve been good – I’ve just dedicated a post to it!! It was even good enough to repeat the next day too, with the addition of some roasted mashed kabocha:
GOO!!!
Happy days π
All my other eats kinda paled in comparison to be honest π¦ But some highlights, food wise? Reduced-to-clear blackberries:
Reduced-to-clear sharonfruit (permissons or something, to all you crazy Americans):
I worked out if you go into a supermarket [Waitrose] the minute it opens [cos your bladder is about to burst], you can pick up a ton of bargains π (ohemgee, fyi, the same radio station is now playing a song by Notorious B.I.G and co, which I love! You know, the one that was released a few years back – Nasty Girl -, despite the B.I.G bloke being dead for years…beyond the grave singing. Quite a talent!)
I had the best tempeh the other night too – after reading a post by my fellow horsey blogger about steaming tempeh, I decided to go for it. I steamed my T for 10mins, then marinaded it in a white wine vinegar/smoked garlic/soy sauce/maple syrup/something else which I forget mix, I fried it and the result was the most succulent lump of soy I’ve ever had!
The photo does it NO justice.
Today’s breakfast was somewhat random – an out-of-date Mojo bar.
As you do. I was in a rush!!
But lunch…oh did lunch make up for my breakfast! I made parsnip, maple and apple ‘soup’!!
A tiny weeny apple cooked with a chunk of leek, mixed spice and EVOO spray:
When mushy, I added in 1 tsp maple syrup and a load of parsnip chunks, with weak stock for boiling:
It simmered away for however long it simmered away for, til the parsnips were all soft. While it was cookin’ up a storm, I made a tiny roasted salad – kale, kabocha, broccoli:
Hurrah!
By the time I’d eaten that, I’d also blended the soup and was ready to eat it, with a blob of soya yogurt:
See, I very loosely use the term ‘soup’. I don’t like watery soup (blates), but add more water in to get the consistency you like π
oooyyyy vveeeyyy! It was soososososos DELICIOUS!!! Party in the tummy, I tell ya.
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In other news:
Obama came back (whenever I say that, I want to start rapping ‘Baby got back’. Mah! It takes some real self-control to defeat the urge!). She’s a weird one. She disappears for a month, then appears – looking fat and shiny – and hangs about for a week. Then she goes, and the cycle repeats. Honestly, if she was in the army, she’d get shot for deserting. Maybe I should dig out my gun, no?
In more, other, news:
I had a lovely jubbly 5mile run this week π my first one since…my 7miler the other week!? The weather has been AWFUL all week; gales, rain, wind (a lady died!), so I’ve been sticking to indoor workouts. It felt GREAT to be out!
In more, more, other, news:
I think I have a post coming up soon about Life Post-Marathon. Eating, exercising, that kinda thing. It’s been interesting!
By the by – you probably don’t watch X Factor, nor care about it. But that does little to put me off. Check out my favourite X Factor performances π
My fave boy, Matt, who I want to win:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-5M93tovEs
My other fave boy, Aiden (he’s 18!! yet I find him incredibly attractive….:p):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwfNexdaIdU
Mary Tesco:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr4Zfhox3t0
Matt’s audition – don’t you LOVE him!!??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSph1cRiG4M
Uh..I’ll leave it at that. Believe me, I could go on and on and on……
Oh no! One more song I’ve been loving:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkcrNAQbU2Q
Loooooooveeee it.
Question: Any Brits out there watching X Factor? Who do you love/hate? For me – LOVE Matt, Aiden and Rebecca! HATE Cher, Katie and Wagner π
(PS – I don’t seem to be updating my recipe page atm..BUT when I make something I feel is recipe-worthy, I tend to tag it under ‘Recipe’. So if you have too much free time, feel like trawling through back posts, and want to cook something you probably won’t like all that much, you know where to go! :p)
I am recreating that sandwich tomorrow!! Fab creation.
I’m all about Aiden as far as the X Factor goes. The fact that he is my age and very god looking has nothing to do with it at all π Though I love Matt and Rebecca also. Hate Katie, as in detest her and can’t believe she stayed after throwing a tantrum on stage.
Looking forward to the post marathon info.
π
I’m not a Brit (I’m Canadian) but I watch the X Factor online. I honestly can’t believe that Wagner is still there – he’s a total joke and my cat could “sing” better than him. Katie is starting to REALLY get on my nerves, after being in the bottom two for the third time, she needs to go. Aside from that, I pretty much like everyone. One Direction has to be the cutest boy band ever, and I love Rebecca and Matt…
I LIVE for sandwiches (OK maybe not live but ya know…I’m a fan). It boggles my mind. Boggles I tells ya!!
Can’t wait for your upcoming posts about “life, post marathon”. Sounds dramatic π
We only get the Australian X-Factor here but I’m not at all interested in it. I’d rather watch Nigella Lawson on the cooking channel. LOVE HER!!
Yummy foooooood as always π
xxx
I love matt, seriously love him, and Aiden too!! Ond direction are my “guilty pleasure” too π something about Cher I like, but I thinks it’s s love hate thing! Xx
I’m so not into X factor. I wouldn’t mind it being on as much if it hadn’t ruined Christmas number 1. We don’t have any decent Christmas songs anymore π¦
I’ve randomly started watching Strictly though. Guess that’s what happens to you when you get into the wrong end of your 20s!
Glad I could inspire you to try something new with the tempeh π Isn’t it lovely boiled?!
Your sandwich looks loffly. So unusual – my kind of sandwich! I am definitely a sammie fiend – I am ALL about good bread, as you probably know π
I am not a big fan of sandwiches either, the only time I eat them is when I get a Bugsy from boots (hummous and carrot). Yours looks yummy though!
I love X factor and hate those people too- how wagner has survived this long totally baffles me!
My faves are Mary, Rebecca and Matt. I can’t wait to watch it this evening!
That looks like on tasty sandwich! I’m seriously dreading the day Waitrose stops selling canned pumpkin…must go and replenish my stocks now before it goes! π
I love Rebecca, and agree with all your hates! Especially Katie- I can’t stand her!
Looking forward to your Life Post-Marathon post! π
I know you must have been listening to radio1 last night, that was my reaction when Jesus walks came on too! Love the sound of that awesome samie, must recreate!
Hello! Been loving your marathon posts – sorry, bit behind as been offline after moving. Soooooo jealous of all of the amazing food in DC and your Mum is so sweet! Oh and WELL DONE on an amazing achievement π My 10 miler went really well (1h38m), although my toenails are still touch and go!
Anyhoo, back to today’s topic, have not seen X-Factor for a bit but will be on it tonight. Katie really annoys me, and the jury is out on Cher (totally a mini-Cheryl, who I am also unsure about).
Your sarnie looks lovely π Offer alert – Waitrose and Tesco are both doing 2 for Β£1 on the Cashew Cookie, Pecan Pie and Choc Orange Nakd bars. Good times!
This weather is total pants, by the way – I know what you mean about getting a little stir crazy! Jx
Ohhh that sandwich looks absolutely wonderful!! Never thought to combine hummus + pumpkin, but it sounds like it would work π
Love Kanye’s music. I saw him in concert two years ago!
Interesting sounding sandwich! I think the aubergine and hummus part sounds amazing. π
Those blackberries looks juicy! You are very creative!
Girl I just wanted to congratulate you on your amazing accomplishment with the 26.2mi!! (I can’t remember if I already commented on your marathon posts!) you are such an inspiration!!
Your sandwich looks beautiful + I NEVER would think to mix canned pumpkin + hummus!! Love ooshy gooshy veggies inside creamy sandwiches, I think I might head over to the kitchen and throw together a good ol’ Brit Chick almond butter hummus π
Have a happy weekend, marathoner!
Yum! That is a good looking sandwich. Pumpkin and hummus together sounds amazing. I will have to try it out soon!
I’m glad you had a good 5 miler π
Your sandwich looks really good! I might just have to make that for lunch tomorrow, except with a portabella mushroom (since I have that on hand). Yumo!
Hello!
I am watching it.
I liked Aidan, but he left!
Like One Direction… Katie (to be honest I think she is quite good!)… er… I am losing interest.
Totally agree – Wagner needs to go!!
Julia
Pumpkin and crunchy peanut butter is great too. You can also mix peanut butter and hummus together and spread on one side, and then the pumpkin on the other. Both are really good on a toasted grainy bread!
http://bridesupnorth.com/2010/11/16/prince-william-and-kate-middleton-announce-their-engagement/
Seen the news???!!!
I know you love this sort of thing!
P.s. that is also my new blog! You likey?
Julia
(formerly of britbride, now of bridesupnorth)
xxx
The hummus pumpkin combo sounds Very INTERESTING! I always say Ill try anything once!
Why are the gooey-est things always the most delicious?! I actually said “ohhhhhhh yuuum!” out loud when I saw/read about your sandwich. I’ll have one of those, please!