Today has been one of those blah days when I don’t want to focus on anything. Blame the weather and my need to be available to answer questions for the crews over here today. Our new bathroom fan now works and the dining room light was moved!! Now we just have a gaping hole to patch…and a fixture to buy! We’re hosting Thanksgiving dinner in here, but honestly, I’m not sure either is going to get done in a week’s time. I just hope nothing falls from the attic onto the turkey!
In the middle of feeling blah, I decided that I did not want to run this afternoon with lunch jumping around in my stomach. I wanted to run RIGHT THEN. The next thing I knew I was running downtown. I really don’t even remember putting my running clothes on! There was no time to think – I was out the door faster than I could make the decision to go. I ran to the bakery [IN COLD RAINING DRIZZLE!] to say hi to Matt and back. It was quick but enough to leave my legs that that jumping tired muscle feeling that I love.
Lunch was an old favorite.
I picked up an avocado yesterday and also had some white beans in the fridge, so I assembled a sandwich I found in Real Simple magazine years ago. August 2006 to be exact! I’ve been mashing beans on bread ever since.
The recipe calls for white beans, olive oil, salt and pepper to be mashed together and then layered with avocado and sprouts. I didn’t have sprouts so I used smoked paprika instead. Yum!
On the side was a gourmet salad of candied nuts (a bakery sample), Frog Hollow Farm cherries and Blue D’Auvergne! ( <—long time no eat!)
Peppermint tea on the side and 2 Wilbur’s chocolate buds to end.
Hope you’re having a blah-less day!
Angel7 says
You made me want to go to the store for some avocados 🙂 They are my absolute fave!
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Kori says
Mmmmm avocado. 🙂 I haven’t had one is quite a while because of the price this time of year. Your lunch looks fabulous, and I’m glad that you were able to get a nice run in this afternoon. Your house is coming along so well! 🙂
Julia H. @ The Petite Spiel says
I bet my roommate would LOVE that sandwich–she’s huge on avocado. Last night, she discovered one hidden in the fridge & and ate it with a spoon even though it’s goodness-knows-how-old. I’m not a fan of avocado, though….the texture just doesn’t mesh well with me!
emily says
That cheese just slays me every time you post it! Now buffalo chicken sandwiches and salads with pears have popped into my head 😀
Emily says
Ugh. Sounds like one of those days. Hope your ceiling gets fixed quickly!
Ashley@FoodNFitnessDiaries says
I’m sorry about your blah day. I, too, am having one of those! I blame it on the dreary weather and the fact that today is my “friday” since we’re leaving on vacation tomorrow. Longest.day.of.my.life.
kathleen @ the daily crumb says
i love mashed beans on sandwiches… it’s almost like a poor man’s hummus! and the combo of beans/avocado never fails.
i love black out runs… that’s how i feel when i run super early in the morning. don’t know how it happened or what it felt like, but i got it done!
Laura says
mmm I could go for some blue cheese! Luckily I’m going home on Thanksgiving break from college tomorrow so I can hit my mom up for some 😉 Your photographs always make healthy food look beautiful, it’s inspiring! (Of course the only inspiration I got out of this was cheesy – ah well, I like what I like.
Ashley @ Coffee Cake and Cardio says
I love smashing beans onto toast… yummy. I also love putting hummus on toast. It makes a great base for a sandwich.
Hilliary @ Happily Ever Healthy says
That sandwich looks delicious! I am in one of those blah moods today, thank goodness tomorrow is Friday!
katie @KatieDid says
avocado on toast mmmm. I haven’t been craving avocados since the summer for whatever reason. Are they still in season? Maybe my body knows they aren’t! Anyways, beautiful lunch and I hope that run cleared away your blah’s!
Angela @ Eat Spin Run Repeat says
I was feeling blah when I woke up this morning too, but my early AM workout totally fixed it – works like a charm every time! One more day until the weekend! 🙂
Sarena (The Non-Dairy Queen) says
I can’t seem to completely focus today. I feel all over the place! Your lunch looks delicious. Good luck getting everything done Kath!
Cara @ EAT. PRAY. RUN. says
Lunch looks great – the only thing I would add to that sandwhich would be marimite…i’m so addicted to that stuff too!
Kate says
Thanks again for coming yesterday! The students talked about you all this morning. They were wondering if you were wearing an apron. I just put our thank you notes in the mail. Thanks again!… I’ll be in soon to collect my free loaf of wheat bread.
KathEats says
Oh fun 🙂 Tell them I DO have a Great Harvest apron – I just forgot to wear it!
Lisa (bakebikeblog) says
LOVE that green placemat!!!!
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga says
Good call on just running when the spirit moved you…that’s the best time to tackle a run!
Kim says
That looks amazing! I want avocado now! 🙂
Katie @ Peace Love and Oats says
I’ve never thought to smash beans on bread! It’s almost like hummus! And I just got an e-mail that my Adagio tea has been delivered to my apartment (how nice of them to tell me!) so I can’t WAIT to get home this evening and try one out!!! But which to start with… hmmm.
Haley says
You can always tape a piece of white paper over the hole in your dining room ceiling for the Thanksgiving dinner. How nice that you had the electrician handy!
KathEats says
Great idea! Also, in my parents’ house there was an old woodstove hole that was covered up by this metal thing that looked just like a paper plate, and for years that’s what I thought it was. So maybe I should just put a paper plate up there!
Christine @ Oatmeal in my Bowl says
Lunch looks wonderful! Nothing like simplistic bliss.
Funny, I just got back from having Indian food for lunch and I wanted to sprint right then, too. Unfortunately, I didn’t have my runnin’ shoes. Will have to wait til tonight. Maybe its just in the air.
Fran@ Broken Cookies Don't Count says
I’m feeling a little blah, too. It’s cold and damp here in NJ and I was trying to work on my NaNoWriMo work, but I can’t focus. Guess it’s hard to figure out what a character is doing if I can’t figure out what I’m doing! On to a better day tomorrow!
Annette @ EnjoyYourHealthyLife says
Your salad was similar to mine today! I’ve had a great day here–my hip kind of hurts though–I taught an intense Zumba class, so that’s probably why. HAh.
Love blue cheese-YUMM.
Cait's Plate says
I hear ya – I’ve been having one of those WEEKS. Can’t wait for the weekend!
That sandwich looks absolutely incredible.
Paige says
I hate when I have days like that…motivation for nothing. We all have them though! Hope everything gets done before the big meal for you!
Amanda says
I’m having a bit of a blah day too. It’s been very rainy and dark all day. But it’s almost the weekend! Hooray! 🙂
I love mashed avocado on toast. It’s one of my go-to lunches on especially busy days. I also posted about a quick tortilla pizza today, using leftover cannellini bean dip instead of tomato sauce. So good!
Anne P says
I remember a bazillion years ago when you had just started your blog when I got the idea of mashed beans as a sandwich topper from you. Still love it to this day! 🙂
Lauren @ Oatmeal after Spinning says
Oooh that sandwich looks lovely!! Of course, ANYTHING with avocado looks lovely to me.
I’m attempting to make enchiladas with homemade tortillas tonight, and am now thinking that a side of avocado might just be the perfect addition.
Gina @ Running to the Kitchen says
I open cans of beans to do the same thing on bread all the time but then end up with a plethora of beans that take me forever to finish!
J3nn(Jenn's Menu and Lifestyle Blog) says
Your lunch looks so good! I have avocados to use up, I want them like that, lol.
Hope you get your hoke patched by next week, if not fun conversation piece. Maybe stuff it with a n upside down centerpiece? Lol
Susan H. @ the food allergy chronicles says
Yesterday was my ‘blah’ day…today I feel like I have more energy for some strange reason…perhaps the frigid air ‘snapped it out of me’ on my run this morning! Love the idea of smashed beans on bread with avacado! I was productive and finally baked my dairy,egg,soy and peanut/tree nut free oatmeal chocolate chunk cookies my son has been hounding me to bake all week…poor child had no ‘sweet treat’ all week! I feel better now! Had our first sign of winter in southern ontario today..snow!
Meaghan O'Connor (My Spoonful of Inspiration) says
It’s a blah day for me as well 🙁 cold weather is coming and the weekend’s just not quite here yet.
Johanna B says
Our weather has been ultra blah today but my mood, not so much. In fact, I’m feeling back in the groove after a period of heavy stress. Nice feeling.
Hillary says
I had that same kind of run today—so quick it was over before I even realized what I had done! Just the way I like it.
lynn @ the actor's diet says
lovely green lunch. hope your blah blues lift.
Alex says
Smoked paprika is a great idea! You could also use cumin. My favourite open-faced sandwich is tomato and avocado with cumin!
Kristin says
This is an amazing lunch! Smoked paprika on avocado must have been delicious. You could also add endive and onion with the avocado and mix it into a salad. I made that this weekend and it was so yummy.
Molly @ RDexposed says
That’s one of my favorite salad combos-never fails!
Karen says
YUMMO…I love avocado (and white beans) on just about anything. You can find both in my cupboard/fridge at all times.
Sorry about your sun-less, blah day, but have faith – an awesome one is just around corner.
Sleep well, Kath!
Hope says
I love avocado on a sandwich! There is something about it that is just so delicious. 🙂 I’m sorry you had a blah day! I hope your evening was much better! 🙂
sharon says
My last two weeks have been “blah”! Not sure if it’s just because the days are shorter or what, but I had no desire to work out, and wanted to eat everything in the house! I missed the tired leg feeling and finally got back on track tonight 🙂
Khushboo says
I never think to have beans in a sandwich- will definitely be trying this combo soon!
~Christy @ wonderofallthings says
I love the launching out the door for a run routine. Sometimes the window of opportunity is very very small and you’ve gotta take it! Lunch looks awesome — love white bean mash 🙂
Wendy says
I HAD to have that sandwich after I saw it! It is SO yummy!!