Blushin’ | Green Dog Wine

Awww – ya’ll sure do know how to make a girl blush! (insert little blushy face emoticon here!)

Thanks for all your great feedback on my Clean Life Week 3 Recap! I like to think I’m as honest as can be with ya’ll – I don’t like to “beat around the bush” (God I hate that term!) So getting the response I did made me feel alot better!

Yesterday morning - I decided to switch things up – and was dressed and out the door by 6:45 to hit up the West Side Market before work.

I know it sounds odd, and you are probably thinking – why not go after work – but here’s the thing. The Market has really weird hours. As in Monday, Wednesday, Friday – 7am to 4pm. and Saturday 6am to ??. So if you aren’t home to go on Saturday (which we won’t be) – early morning is your only other option.

I should have snapped some pictures so you could have seen it – the usually busy, bustling market – was COMPLETELY empty – I was literally the only one there (aside from the vendors) – I could get used to that! I think I spent $20 on the nose, and here’s what I came home with:

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Brussel sprouts, 5 bell betters, 3 cucumbers, okra, watermelon, pineapple, 3 sweet potatoes, baby eggplant, and asparagus!

Most exciting purchases: ORANGE WATERMELON!

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and BABY EGGPLANT!

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I can’t wait to try both!

I also decided to revert back to my old ways for breakfast – and break out the spicy oats:

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Ahh Spicy Oats, how I missed thee!

Lunch was an impromptu purchase – I was planning on running home – but then my doctor was able to squeeze me in to an afternoon appt (my throat is still hurting!), so I didn’t want to leave at lunch and lose valuable work time. Instead – I went to the caf (I was afraid, very afraid) – and got a chicken taco salad, sans taco shell:

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OH.MY.GOD. This was the best thing that could have happened to me. This sucker was so tasty! Quite possibly the best taco salad I’ve ever had in my life!!!!

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I licked the bowl clean!

I didn’t find out too much at my doctor’s, unfortunately – she just thinks I’m fighting a virus, and she put me on z-pak, so we’ll see how that goes!

When I got home – I made dinner – and munched on the rest of the cantaloupe while it was cooking:

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I made the “fettuccine” style shirataki noodles this time:

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That “authentic smell” when you open the package is brutal! Seriously – kick to the face brutal!

But once it’s all said and done – it makes for a super delicious, low cal dinner!

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Then – I just got some work done around the house and watch the Bachelorette (god – that is some seriously crappy TV) with these treats:

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That about does it! I can’t wait for Thursday to get here I can’t wait for Thursday at 6pm to get there, because that means I’ll be up at the island – drink in hand, hubby and puppy by my side – AHHHHH!

Oh yeah! One last thing! In other SUPER EXCITING NEWS!!!!! - I won Biz’s 100,000+ Pageview giveaway!!!! I’m the proud new owner of a Newline Kitchen Electronic Food Scale! I can’t wait to play with it!!!

17 Comments so far

Orange watermelon?? I’ve never had that before!

Congrats on winning the scale! We are all in blogger excitement (and envy!)

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owwwwwwwwwwwwww- congrats on the food scale win! That is really exciting. I bet it was so fun to be like the only one at the market. I’ve never heard of orange watermelon- I want one!!!!! You got lots of fab fruits/veggies with $20!

WOOHOO for winning!! I hope you like it!

Orange watermelon? I like the sounds of that!! YAY for the spicy oats – I seriously need to try them and now that it’s the fall in the Midwest, I’m thinking it will be soon

Wow….. BEAUTIFUL food finds at the Market. Also, I love going grocery shopping early in the morning!!!
-A

Ohhhh, congrats on the fun win!!!

Yay for winning the scale!! Please let us know how that orange watermelon is! Looks yummy! I just drank my first La Croix yesterday! I notice you drink them some, pretty tasty!

I love my kitchen scale. So useful! Congrats.

It’s funny how some foods just smell awful but taste pretty good. I find that molasses smells terrible to me but I love the taste of products w/molasses

those baby eggplants look freaking cute and yummy!

ps – where did you find those shirataki noodles? i’ve been looking for them around here…

You market finds are AMAZING, I love getting inspired at the market. The Bachelorette, unfortunately, is far less inspiring. . .

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Wow, great market haul! I’ve never seen orange watermelon before, and those baby eggplants are so cute That taco salad sounds delicious!

nice grosh haul!! I just read about your d.c. and other reflections I actually used to be a big d.c.’er myself- but I can’t even have more than a few eye-wateringly delicious sips now! Ha thank goodness!

Congrats on winning the food scale!

Sorry you aren’t feeling well still. Feel better soon!

Kim

Orange watermelon?! You have to let us know how it tastes. Baby eggplants are so cute.

I’ve been meaning to try those noodles for a while now but I can’t seem to find them in the store.

Congrats on the win!
Hope you feel better – Z Packs are never fun!

oo congrats on the food scale! mine totally rocks the back corner of my lower cabinets.

those noodles look awesome as does the taco salad! I have never seen big sabra containers like that?!!? did you get them at like costco or something?

ohh I just learned in microbiology this summer that Z-packs won’t work on viruses… antibiotics only work on bacterial infections… but either way, whatever you are fighting off- I hope your antibodies attack it!

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