Hello and happy Hump Day!
Check out what I found in our dozen of eggs this afternoon:
One happy egg! Haha!
Mal drew a smiley face saying “hello” on this egg to distinguish it from the others since it’s hardboiled while the others are not. He’s so clever. I totally wasn’t expecting to see it, so it cracked me up and put a huge smile on my face. Oh, it’s the little things in life.
Breakfast
This morning’s breakfast was another variation of the protein pancake. This one came from my Pumpkin Protein Pancake recipe, but it doesn’t include pumpkin. It’s vanilla-y instead!
Vanilla Protein Pancakes
Ingredients:
- 1 banana
- 1 egg
- 1 scoop (31.8g) vanilla protein powder
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed meal
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Directions:
- Combine all ingredients in a food processor until smooth.
- Heat pan (or griddle) over medium heat; coat with non-stick cooking spray.
- Pour batter onto the pan/griddle.
- Cook each pancake for 2-3 minutes and then flip. Cook on the other side for about 1 minute.
- Serve with your favorite toppings.
Makes 2 pancakes
Since I have quite the collection of protein pancake recipes on CNC, here they are all in one place:
- Pumpkin Protein Pancake
- My Favorite Protein Pancake
- Tropical Protein Pancake
- Coconut Protein Pancake
- Paleo Protein Pancake
- Apple Cinnamon Protein Pancake
- Pumpkin Spice Protein Pancake
- Kodiak Cake Protein Pancake
- Oatmeal Protein Pancake
Workout
After breakfast, I headed out for a run. My half marathon training schedule had a 9-mile run on it for today, but I caught a nasty (read: booger-y) cold on the last day of the cruise, so I decided to run 7 miles instead. This actually ended up being a great idea because, by the end of my run, I really needed to blow my nose. I could barely breathe! Even still, I ran 7 miles in 58:39, which was an average pace of 8:22.
Weekly Workouts
I forgot to share my workouts for this week, so here they are!
- Sunday: Off
- Monday: 3 miles
- Tuesday: CrossFit
- Wednesday: 7 miles
- Thursday: CrossFit
- Friday: CrossFit
- Saturday: CrossFit
Lunch
After my run, I showered up and threw together a quickie lunch. On the menu: leftover pasta with kale and walnut pesto, a chopped tomato, and a hardboiled egg.
I actually felt sort of bad cracking open this happy, little egg.
After lunch, I satisfied my sweet tooth with a handful of butterscotch chips. It was a perfect ending to lunch. Mmm!
I’m off to run some errands, walk Murphy, and then meet up with some friends for dinner. See ya later!
P.S. For the pug lovers: The 21 Most Useless College Majors For Pugs.
LOL– too funny! It’s the little things in life.
I wonder if you like crossfit…
@Cat @ Breakfast to Bed: Haha! Yes! It’s pretty rad! 🙂
Love that egg head 🙂
what a fun way to distinguish eggs! I may start doing that.
I love seeing all of your pancake recipes. One of these days, when we’re out of the hotel and into our new house with a good, working stove, I plan on making many of those recipes!! 😉
I’m a new reader and not sure whether you’ve written about your workout equipment before but I am currently looking for a GPS sports watches for running and thought I’d ask you about the Timex watch since everyone seems to have a Garmin! What are your thoughts on it? Love your blog!
@Antonia @ healthinspirations: I LOVE it! Seriously, I’m a huge fan! Check out this post for my full review: http://carrotsncake.com/2012/03/do-gadgets-help-or-hinder-your-running.html
snot rockets!! it’s quite liberating not needing to tote around tissues 🙂
LOL! I really need to learn how to properly do one!
@Tina: hold one nostril with your finger and blow hard out the other one. Don’t half-ass it, either, or you’ll end up with a snot shower 🙂
@shannon: Eeeww. I’d rather tote the tissues!!
@sue: lol, grossssss Shannon 😉 “>sue:
@sue: LOL! Ohhh man, this just made me laugh soo hard…!
That’s sweet! But what a surprise to open the egg carton and find the smiling face. At least you didn’t drop it!
Happy to hear you are meeting up with Dave and Marie. We haven’t heard anything about them in quite a while!
Love the useless college majors for pugs! Funny!
You should learn the blowing your nose while running trick! Not to be done when anyone is watching….
What a great idea to put the eggs back in the carton and mark them (smiley face is a definitely bonus). I always dirty up another container. Brilliant!
PS – I’m impressed with your ability to run a speedy 7 miles with a cold!
PPS – I’m hosting a giveaway on my blog. Check it out if you’re interested 🙂
HAHA! Mal is awesome. That would completely make my day if I found that.
Too Cute!
That is SUCH a cute idea! I love when my husband does sweet things like that too 🙂 The other day he picked me up from the airport and had fresh roses for me. Awwwww!
your husband is the sweetest guy.. it really is the little things. so nice of him to boil the egg for you. 🙂
Runners have a special etiquette allowance that lets you blow your nose in your hand and wipe it on the next mailbox 🙂
I love your recipes for protein pancakes as I am trying to increase my protein intake, and I’m more of a pancake girl than eggs + bacon!! However, I’ve heard that cooking protein powder significantly decreases it’s nutritional content. Do you know anything about this? Is the protein still work what it says on the nutritional label?
I’ve never heard that. Do you remember when you heard it?
@Tina: My friend works for a protein powder company and mentioned it once, I will ask him and get back to you!
Awesome! Thank you! 🙂
That is the cutest egg I have ever seen!
Your pancakes always look so good!
That egg made me smile too! Have a good day!
Love the eggs!
Bookmarked this post so I could try out all those lovely recipes!
I love it when my hubby does little things like that to make me smile. Often he’ll leave me a little sticky note inside my laptop so when I open it up in the morning I find a little love note.
It most definitely IS the little things that make a big difference! 🙂
I need to hard boil some eggs. I bought some today so that I can! 🙂
Hi Tina! I just nominated you for the Most Versatile Blogger Award: http://misspetitesweets.com/2012/04/25/pumpkin-blueberry-banana-bread/
Awww, thank you!! 🙂
You sure are getting fast, Tina. I know crossfit must be helping that.
Haha… I write on eggs that I hard Bol, but nothing quite that cute or creative! 😉
Such a simple idea to distinguish the egg yet why haven’t I ever thought of it?? 🙂
I keep my chocolate chips in the freezer and then when I pop a few in my mouth they are cold and crunchy. Or you can slowly enjoy by letting them melt in your mouth.
Your pancakes sound delish!! Wow you workout hard! I only workout 5 days a week! I take one day off during the week to catch up on shopping and such and one day off on the weekend so I can do other things.
Considering I’m out of milk and I’ve been hooked on your oats in a jar thingy for a looong stretch now, its time to switch to protein pancakes this morning. They look good – but I’m like one of those judges on top chef when it comes to taste tests – never happy. Not usually that excited about the taste of the healthier carb substitute recipes – but alas, I shall give it my best. Anything with banana cannot be bad.
I hate to admit you’ve officially hooked me on those friggin’ butterscotch chips! Hahaha.
do you have any suggestions for a substitute that might work instead of the banana in your protein pancake recipe? i would love to make them except i can’t have sugar at the moment.. 🙂 they look delish!
How about canned pumpkin or mashed sweet potato? Or maybe you could try one of the other protein pancakes recipes without banana?
wow, pancake…
i like that 😀