My butt has been glued to this chair pretty much all day long:
Butt glued to chair = lots of work done.
I did, however, manage to sneak away for about an hour to do the grocery shopping for the week. The food situation in our house was really sad, so it needed to be done as soon as possible. Plus, I’m not sure I could eat hummus and crackers for dinner again tonight.
Check out what I bought at the grocery store!
Lunch
Not surprisingly, shopping on an empty stomach made me hungry, so I threw together a quick lunch as soon as I put away the groceries.
Today’s lunch: mixed greens with canned tuna, avocado, a scoop of garlic hummus, and Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette drizzled on top.
For Part 2 of lunch, I wanted to make a Sweet Potato Pie Smoothie, but I was missing quite a few of the ingredients that the recipe called for, so I whipped up something a little different.
In the mix:
- 1/2 cup mashed sweet potato
- 1 frozen banana
- 1 cup vanilla soy milk
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
- 1/2 cup Nature’s Path Hemp Plus granola
The sweet potato flavor came through, but it wasn’t nearly as sweet as the Sweet Potato Pie Smoothie, which I guess is more of a dessert smoothie. Both smoothies are really filling. Today’s kept me full for hours and hours.
Time to unpack and clean the house. Mal and I pretty trashed it after we got home from the Cape yesterday afternoon. We’re slobs sometimes.
That smoothie still looks delicious, modified from the original or not. I love the color of it!
Tina, I literally have not been able to stop thinking about that sweet potato smoothie. I bought some potatoes yesterday specifically for that purpose! Can’t wait to try it.
@Hillary: Yay! I hope you like it! 🙂
My butt has been glued to my chair all day long too, except I didn’t get nearly as much work done as I wanted to.
My butt has also been glued to the chair! And it has been super productive. WOOt!
I don’t like grocery shopping…..but it is wayyy worse when I am hungry. Haha.
In honor of Fall, I whipped up a pumpkin smoothie this morning! I’ll have to adapt and try the sweet potato as well, looks yummy! I think it’s easy to be a slob when you’ve been gone for the weekend and come home on Sunday! It’ll get straightened out through the week!
Cool idea with the sweet potato smoothie, I will have to try that one 🙂
I hate coming home to no food!
I love the idea of adding sweet potato to a smoothie!
When I grocery shop on an empty stomach I usually end up grabbing a candy bar at the checkout — I don’t think I’ve ever gone home to make a salad instead 🙂
At least it looks like a comfy chair! It was fun seeing what you had in your shopping cart. 🙂 I love it when I come home from those trips and I have tons of options. I wish I liked tuna. And bananas. I just can’t stand them but I wish I could because they’re both pretty nutritionally awesome.
Hmmm sweet potatoes + smoothie is so good! Nice grocery shopping trip 🙂
The Sweet Potato Pie Smoothie looks and sounds go good! Creamy and delish! 🙂
I am the weird girl who checks out everybody’s cart to see what food they are buying. At least you post a picture so I can feel less dirty about being a grocery voyeur!
Mmm sweet potatoes are one of my all-time favorite foods. Rarely do I make it a whole day without eating one, but I’ve never tried them in a smoothie…thanks for the inspiration!
My grocery cart always looks like that when I go shopping on an empty stomach!
I must try this smoothie! I love the taste of sweet potatoes.
I love when I go shopping and load up fresh produce!
Grocery shopping on an empty stomach is like playing Russian Roulette. For me it usually ends in an all out food fest once I’m home and the groceries have been semi put away. The sweet potato smoothie sounds good, I’ve been trying to work more sweet potatoes into my eats lately and using a smoothie as a vehicle hadn’t occurred to me – will have to try it, thanks for the idea!
I never thought of adding sweet potato to a smoothie. Interesting!
I have never thought of putting a sweet potato in a smoothie. Note to self: must try that. 🙂
Glad you got some work done today, Mondays are good for that!! Love the shopping cart shot..hope your butt is up and running!!
that smoothie looks pretty delicious to me! I love sweet potatoes so i’ll have to try this out!
At least the chair looks comfy 🙂 And now you will feel that much better for getting everything you need done!
Ooh i love the mashed sweet potato addition!
Whoa… LOVE that salad! Avocado and tuna are such a yummy combo:)
We are the same way after long weekends… Stuff will be all over the place for days after we get home. Eventually I go crazy and clean/organize everything haha
Which smoothie version do you prefer?? I find that bananas add enough sweetness for me usually.
@Sarah @ Sarah’s Modern Bites: I like both of them! 🙂
Butt in chair days are good when you get a lot done! I love the sense of accomplishment that can come from those days.
Looks like a good grocery hall, it’s strange but I love grocery shopping..I always volunteer to go! I’ve never tried sweet potato smoothie but it sounds really good…I’m thinking a little cinnamon in it would be awesome 🙂
I especially love your lunch salad! Using tuna and hummus is such a simple idea. I never would have thought of it.
Yum! I make a similar smoothie with canned pumpkin and it really sticks with you for so long!
hmmm I wonder if I’d like a sweet potato pie smoothie. Does the texture stay smooth?
@Ash @ Good Taste Healthy Me: Yep! 🙂
Tina I read your blog everyday, but almost never comment! The smoothie looks great! I was also glued to my chair all day 🙁 I think its a “Monday thing”!
I definitely know what you mean about the butt-glued-to-seat-syndrome. Work sucks sometimes (even if you enjoy it).
I love sweet potato smoothies too! Especially ever since I discovered canned sweet potato so that I don’t have to cook, peel and mash the sweet potato myself! 😛
I had a very similar day as you. Tons accomplished work (school work that is) wise, and a huge grocery shop that was way overdue.
I’ve never thought about putting sweet potato into a smoothie- I love baked sweet potatoes so I bet I’d love them in a smoothie too! Could you sub pumpkin?
@Allison: Sure, why not?
Ooo, a pumpkin pie smoothie sounds delightful!
That smoothie sounds amazing! I need to buy some sweet potato to bake, stat.
I have been so focused on pumpkin lately… way to bring back the sweet potato!
Being fully stocked with groceries makes me happy!
Your office looks like a great workspace! I need somewhere like that.
The smoothie looks delicious and I LOVE your desk space!
That sweet potato smoothie looks good!
Speaking of desk chairs, how do you like that one? I really need to get an office chair and have no idea what to get. Great work in the bathroom!
really want to try the sweet potato pie smoothie!!