Baking didn’t happen, but Cardio Funk did 🙂 I might be able to bake tomorrow after my morning class, but my car is squealing (according to the family engineer, it’s probably one of the new belts that is a little loose so I should have it looked at but it’s safe to drive) and the husband’s car has the “malfunction light” on so he needs to take his in too. Grrr! So I might have to do car things when I should be 1) baking and 2) studying.
Before Ieft for the gym I had half an Honest Foods Country Square leftover from oatmeal last week –
I warmed up with 26 minutes on the ET and a magazine and then joined the hundreds of people in the gym for class. It was a blast! I’m not sure which was my favorite song/dance: Crazy In Love, Bye, Bye, Bye or Footloose! I am definitely getting better at the moves – and am also putting a jazzy spin on them and less funk, which reminds me of dance class 🙂
I got home at 7, quickly showered and put on sweatpants and hopped to the fridge to work on dinner. We took last night’s leftover root veggie mash (planned to have extra) and added broth, milk and kale to make a soup. We love soups!
This was about 3-4 cups root veggies, mashed, about a veggie plastic bag’s worth of trimmed kale, 2 cups broth, 1 cup milk, and a sprinkle of flour for thickening. First we steamed the kale in a little broth and then added all the rest. Also involved were red pepper flakes, all spice, S+P.
GH bread with butta on the side –
I had a tiny square of pumpkin bark for dessert.
Speaking of pumpkin, it’s been WAY TOO LONG since I had pumpkin oats!!! SO excited!!
Tomorrow is my last class (Organic, final exam review) and then I have a GOTR party in the afternoon. The rest of the day will be spent either baking, at the car place and/or studying (which should be priority). I have my Micro exam Tuesday at 11, Foodservice Wed. at 3, Lifespan Thurs at 8 and Organic Friday at 8.
Countdown: 5 days!
VeggieGirl says
Hooray for baking!!
Enjoy your last class tomorrow!!
melissa says
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Mel says
Your soup looks amazing, especially for just making it out of leftovers!
Good luck on your exams this week!
Tina says
I was just thinking the same thing about pumpkin oats, but I forgot to buy them this evening when we went grocery shopping! Grrrr. Next week!
Biz319 says
Your soup looks good!
I am a complete klutz when it comes to group exercise. Step classes are especially painful for me to do! Most of the time while everyone else is following the instructor without even looking at her, I would just step up, step down, step up, step down. At least I kept moving!
Alyssa says
I’m pretty sure Bye, Bye, Bye is the best of the given songs :P. Nothing like a little boy band music to bring you back to the day 🙂
zestycook says
Kath, Soup looks amazing! The countdown is so fun! Have a great night
zesty
Cassidy says
Good Luck on all your finals! I am currently studying for mine too. Do you find it hard to not snack and graze while studying? If you dont what are some tricks you use?
Justy2003 says
I know how you feel about studying! My exams are a little more split up…3 this week and 3 next week. But it’s a lot of studying. I’m sure you can’t wait until it’s all over…I know I can’t! 🙂
BethT says
Did you do the Beyonce booty pop? I would kill to master that move…
Rachel says
Cardio Funk sounds SOOO much fun. I wish we had something like that at my gym – kickboxing is probably the best option for fun music and moves like that. Ah, well. Maybe I’ll enroll in a dance class next year.
Sharon says
Wow, delicious eats!
Shelby says
I’m trying to cut back on pumpkin…pssh who am I kidding?! I can’t do that! It’s funny though because my mom noticed an orange tint to my skin the other day =/ ahhh!
Your soup looks great! And so comforting for the cold weather.
Megan says
I am so jealous of your Cardio Funk! It sounds like so much fun! Yummy dinner!
Courtney says
You are so creative. Inspiring. The soup looks great!
Victoria says
The soup looks good. I love the fact that any and all leftovers can become soup. It reminds me of that top chef episode a week or two ago, where they changed the quickfire at the last minute, and they all had to turn their dishes into soup. I loved it!
Laura says
Biz319: Hee. I was exactly the same when I went to Step class. For the first couple of months, it would just make my eyes cross when I tried to follow the instructor, so I often reverted to just stepping up and stepping back down. I agree, we were still moving! 🙂
Shelby: Something similar happened to my friend when she was eating carrots ALL the time; she actually turned orange. She wasn’t amused (although everyone else was, I have to admit!).
Oh, well – at least pumpkin and carrots are both chock-full of vitamins and people might just think you have a nice tan. 🙂
Totally inspired by all of these oatmeal posts, I recently bought a package of porridge (which I assume is the same thing as oatmeal? Nobody calls it oatmeal in New Zealand, so I wasn’t sure). When you make it on the stove, do you just put everything in the pot together? The oats, the water/milk, cinnamon, etc? I’m not sure if I could bring myself to put pumpkin in my breakfast – pumpkin is very much a savoury, dinnertime food here, usually eaten either plain and roasted or in soup. But I was thinking that porridge made with applesauce, chopped apple and cinnamon would be quite nice! When you make it with fruit like banana or apple, do you stir in the fruit after it’s cooked or while the oats are cooking?
Juliet says
That is some delicious looking soup!
Runeatrepeat says
Glad the stove finally came 🙂
emmy says
good luck with the start of exam week!
Moran says
Yay for a fun class!! I am looking forward to see the baking tomorrow!
amanda says
that soup looks fabulous! I need to try kale.
Maureen says
HUNDREDS of people in class? Did I read that right? Sounds pretty packed. Enjoy your last day! I know how much you looooove organic! *grin*
Kath says
Cassidy ,
I don’t find snacking too tempting. My tricks are 1) Eat a big satisfying meal (breakfast, lunch) to not only fuel you but to keep you from wanting to nibble. and 2) Sip on hot tea to keep your mouth busy and fresh.
BethT ,
I don’t know what the booty pop is, but I’m sure we do it!
Laura ,
Look at the ingredient list for the porridge – it should just say oats if it’s oatmeal, otherwise it might have other fun things mixed in.
Maureen ,
Well, A hundred 😳
Kath
Heather McD (heather eats almond butter) says
Definitely Footloose!
Rose says
That looks so creamy and delicious!
Missy (Missy Maintains) says
I’d go with Bye Bye Bye. I used to be one of those crazy crazy Nsync fans! By room was completely covered. I will be posting the pic of me meeting Joey on my blog soon. I hysterically cried! Anyway…I’m over that now haha. Have a nice day!
BethT says
Re: Booty pop – Have you seen the Beyonce video for that song? If you have, you know what it is. If not, watch it. Learn it. Impress your friends.