Seriously, legs? SERIOUSLY!?
You know I said yesteryear that the pain in the old shins seemed a little less? Well, have I got a tale for you!
Actually, I don’t, I just like that phrase 🙂 but anyway – when i went to bed last night, a NEW PAIN arose! This time, if I flex my left foot up or down, there’s a slight weird niggly odd feeling in the [tendon?] verticle to about my 3rd toe. Gah. It doesn’t feel like it’s ohemgee-need-an-operation serious (though saying that, it’ll probably turn out to be gangrene, and this time next week I won’t even have a left foot to moan about), but I sure am thankful I’ve got a doctor’s appointment tomorrow! Finger’s crossed Mr Doc can solve my woes 🙂
In the meantime, I’ll settle on other, less scary ways to make me smile:
MM…more oats in a jar.…(and I still have another empty jar waiting! Hooray!)
Howevz, the problem with these tiny 227g jars is that they hardly fit a darn thing in them! Hence why the overflow was served up with a side of melon:
Overflow:
Melon:
Yes.
I tried to be different today, and mixed in some carob powder and maple syrup – a combination I normally love – but it did NADA today! I could barely taste it! Alas, I still did a sweet as job of cleaning the jar:
hehe! My thumbnail looks so neat and tidy in that pic! If ONLY you could see the state my nails are really in 😛 I try and grow them and file them and make them look preddy, but horses + cold weather + haynets + rug buckles = skanky nails. BOO HISS.
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So, at the weekend, my stepdad made something using chopped tomatoes (hear me out). Since that day (Satdee), the half empty can – NO! Scrap that! The half FULL can (positivity folks!) has been sitting in the fridge, looking sad and lonely. Every day, i’ve said to my mamma, those tomatoes need using up…but nothing happened. So, today, i TOOK. CHARGE. I had beets on my mind, cocoa, and tomatoes – which called for only one thing; a beet cocoa tomato sauce!
Before you go getting those knickers in a twist over my sheer genius at the combination, I can’t take credit for it 😥 In fact, it was a recipe over at (Never)Home Maker that created it. Howevverrr, when I stopped by there today, i could find no trace of said recipe. OH! So here’s what went in the mix:
1/2 can chopped tomaddoes
2 tsps cocoa powder
salt to taste
a squeeze or so of agave (to taste)
a lorra dried mixed herbs
a scrunch of pepper (yep, to taste)
a lorra mixed spice
1 giant and 1 small cooked beet (aka 2 medium beets!)
I shoved it all in Vincent:
Made him do that blendy thing he does oh-so well, and voila!
One gloriously rich tasting sweet lovely sauce!
I had a load of it mixed with chickpeas, alongside perfect roast veggies and stir fried cabbage with soy sauce and garlic:
I can’t decide…..
Very scrumptious! My mum finished off the other half of the sauce with some pasta this evening 🙂
Talking of this evening – mine was finished off with a healthy dose of textbook and chocolate:
NOW – moving on.
I’ve received a few comments recently about – yet again – portion size (some more politely put than others! :() and I feel I need to address the issue. It’s something which has been brought up on other blogs before (see Emily’s post, and Katie’s brief referral at the end of her post) and I have actually talked about it on here before, but I shall do again.
I do have big portions! And I’m not ashamed to admit it! I can look at some blogs and envy the tiny delicate neat plates..but that’s not me. I just don’t feel satisfied without a good load of food in my stomach 😀 In an ideal world, I would like to eat smaller portions cos yes, sometimes I do feel uncomfortably full after a meal. But as Katie said in her post – sometimes it’s worth it! I LOVE roast veggies (like, seriously) and I LOVE taking my time over meals, savouring every bite. Ergo, i tend to make a lot of my favourite foods, and spend ages enjoying them 🙂 Tis how I roll! At some point, I would like to reduce my portion sizes (we’re talking about veg here) just so my vision of what is ‘normal’ doesn’t get TOTALLY skewed, but for now – I like eating lots of veg, and that’s what I’m gonna keep on doing.
At least until my supply of parsnips and/or squash runs out – they’re the only veg worth really pulling the boat out for 😛
Question: How do you judge portion size? Do you like large portions, or small portions?
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Lighten the mood a bit, shall we?
Blog searches (everyone seems to be doing these atm!)
– old cereal
– foods that take 2days (2 days to what, I say??)
– wonder woman photoshop
– swap your wife.com (my post entitled ‘I’d swap my wife for peanut butter hummus’ or something, written about 10months ago, is still haunting me then….)
– eat live run green monster (eerrr wrong blog – I think you either want here or here)
– kate moss smoking (x 2 – why does that phrase get me so many hits!?)
And my personal favourite:
– fully nakd girles (whoever searched that clearly needs to check his/her spelling, if they want to get what they’re REALLY looking for!)
Love the sound of the OIAJ – never had them. Maybe I should try soon in an empty almond butter container? 😛
Sorry abouit your new foot pain. Hope the doctor’s appointment goes well tomorrow!
I like large portions but depends on how hungry I am. 🙂
I can’t believe someone said that your portion sizes are too BIG! I think they’re great! A lot of bloggers show photos of their food that I often think are too small (although I know most eat way more than they post like me), so just IGNORE them girl! You eat much better than most!!
That cocoa tomato and beet sauce looks AMAZING! Bookmarking! 😀
And hope your docs appointment goes well tomorrow and is helpful! 🙂
I think your portions look a lot like mine! I feel like I can never eat enough veggies!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! “fully nakd girles” Woah this person has issues of the spelling and pervert variety!!
I can’t decide what I want for lunch today (it’s lunch time right now) and I’m thinking that I might channel my inner Brit Chick Runs and have some oats. Your lunch time oats always look incredible! GAH I SAID IT AGAIN! haha. We’ll see 😉
Oh gosh, sometimes when I’m laying in bed I get phantom pains that arise because I’m being so aware of how my body is feeling. How do I know it’s a phantom pain? I don’t. I just like to believe it is otherwise I freak out haha.
I’m with you on the whole portion size fiasco. I fill my plate. I overflow it with crazy amounts of food because I NEED to feel satiated. It’s just how I eat! If people have a problem with the way you eat, my dear, they should phone up a therapy agency because what and how much YOU eat is YOUR problem. Not that it is even a problem! I like to savour my meals like you do. I don’t draaaag them out for crazy amounts of time like I used to because I have things that need to be done, people to see etc. It seems whatever we do, there is always going to be someone critical of it. Just live your life the way you feel most fulfilled 🙂
Oh, and I ALWAYS have to have my nails cut short. I avoid long nails at all costs. I can’t stand having dirt under my nails haha. Clean freak much?
xxx
Veggie lovers unite :). You’re such a sweetie.
And lol, mine are worse. I don’t just get naked girls, I get “naked chocolate covered girls.”
HAHAHA!! Maybe one day you’ll get a comment asking where they are or get sued for false advertising 😛
As far as portion size goes, it depends what the food is- obviously it’s necessary to eat that many veggies to get a good amount of energy, compared to a piece of cake. I’d love to eat as many vegetables as you, but my stomach can’t handle it. All this crap with bloggers posting ridiculously tiny amounts of food, that’s stupid. I admire you for posting what you actually eat and don’t just ‘plate up’ for a photoshoot.
My left foot is sore too, especially in the morning or when I start walking around after sitting down. At first I was freaking out it might be planar fasciitis but it is easing up now so I think I just sprained it (I did an intense workout on the indoor bike and think that’s what caused it). I hope yours is just something short lived too!
I never would have thought to use both beets and cocoa in a sauce!! So unique!!!! 🙂
I like LARGE portions of fruits and veggies, but I keep everything in balance — balance is key. 🙂
I’m all ab out big portions – especially with veggieS!
Hehee, I also eat HUGE amounts of veggies! The thing is though, that they’re so easy to digest that even when I do feel super full, the feeling goes away in about a half an hour… Another thing is, in your last post you mentioned weaning away from soy protein, so I just wanted to point out that you had some chickpeas 😀 Chickpeas are tasty tasty protein 😉
The other day I went out to eat and got a side of vegetables with my sandwich while my friend got French fries. Literally half of her plate was filled with fries and I got this pathetically tiny dish, barely filled with some broccoli. Seriously like 5 pieces max. Needless to say I left the restaurant hungry because I subbed veggies for fries. Something is wrong here.
Just came across your blog Love it! I have a hard time with portion size because I tend to snack while standing up, So bad I know! LOL
ahhaha fully nakd girls.. MAJOR laughs right there..
and um.. I EAT OBSURD amounts of veg. if i posted my veg plates.. ppl would say the same.. do not worry at all… your portions are normal to me ahah!
have people been calling you out that you have big portion sizes!? how rude! you eat exactly what you like girl. i think your meals always look gorgeous. and it’s VEG anyway, its not like you’re eating kilos and kilos of cake!!
Whole earth is my peanut butter of choice aswell, tasty wasty.
“- fully nakd girles (whoever searched that clearly needs to check his/her spelling, if they want to get what they’re REALLY looking for!)”
Someone found their way to my blog by searching for “nakd lady” aswell, I reckon I should just slip the words: nude, Katie Perry and chocolate sauce into my next post and see how many hits I can get.
I think your portion sizes look great. My portion sizes are huge especially when it comes to veggies! Cannot get enough of veggies!
Hahahaha I LOVE your portion sizes. They are awesome. Just as you like massive amounts of roasted veggies, I like massive salads and huge cereal bowls. I’m a total volume eater!! Which is good when I’m sticking to veggies, but not so good when I’m eating more substantial stuff because I end up too full to move. It’s all good, though 🙂
I’m no doctor but it sounds like you might have some kind of tendonitis, which is what I had last spring…hopefully the doc can fix you up!!
Glad you said that about portion sizes because I too like to eat a larger serving than what I see on some of the other fitness blogs so thank you for being you! xx
OMG – I love beetroot and I love chocolate – what a combo! Going to be making that sometime very soon.
In terms of portion size, I tend to think bigger is better when it comes to veggies. Delicate doesn’t come into my cooking! The downside is that when I go out for dinner sometimes I’m disappointed with the portion size. Having said that more calorie dense food tends to be more filling anyway, so I need smaller portions.
I sympathise with your foot pain. I’ve been struggling with pain in my toes and across the top of my foot. I’m thinking about seeing a professional about it soon. Hope the doc sorts your’s out!
I love seeing the search results- so funny! 🙂
The beetroot and chickpea combo looks really tasty too.
And I think you should ignore people commenting on your portion size- you are clearly healthy and very active so you need food to fuel all your running etc. 🙂
Yum! What a tasty sounding sauce! So glad I re-found your blog…I know it’s familiar but I must’ve forgotten the address over time! I love your little OIAJ, tiny jars are cuter anyway:) Can’t wait to read more!
My portion sizes are big too.. you aren’t alone. My body tends to be more satisfied more with volume than anything else.
I tend to eat smaller portions. Looking at some of these food blogs, I’m amazed at the portion sizes. I’ve even tried eating larger portions but I crap out before I’m done. I wish I could eat larger portions, especially of the super great things like dark greens, veggies, etc.
There ain’t nothing wrong with eating loads of veg!
I had a moment in the doctor’s the other day when I was looking at one of those “get your 5-a-day” posters and saw that two broccoli florets count as a portion. I seriously have to stop myself at about 7 or 8 florets when I’m cooking and that’s as well as loads of other steamed veg, some roasted and usually some sauted!
Can’t believe people have the cheek to comment on other people’s portion sizes; ignore ’em and keep vegging out 🙂
Hope the doc sorted the pain out too x
Don’t worry, girl – your portions look just like mine! We NEED our veggies! 🙂 Eat what’s right for you!