It was too hot to cook, and I’ve been wanting to have a smoothie for dinner on my way to class ever since I had that delicious one a few weeks ago, so tonight’s menu was a 5-minute sandwich and a drive-by smoothie!
Having decided not to cook, I started making my sandwich and then I remembered the cilantro we have in the fridge. Cilantro pesto ….what that would to do the sandwich!! So I had to make some. It didn’t take more than 5 minutes, but I had to clean the food processor, which is always somewhat of a pain. But it was SO worth it. This sandwich was awe.some.!
Cilantro Pesto
- 1 big bunch cilantro
- 2-3 tbsp walnuts
- 2-3 tbsp Parmesan cheese
- 1 tbsp (or less) of olive or walnut oil
Pulse together first 3 ingredients into a paste.
Drizzle in oil while blade is running until emulsified.
It has such a round, bolder taste than basil pesto, which is fresh and sharp.
On the amazing sandwich:
The other half.
This sandwich was:
- Pesto
- Spinach
- Herbed turkey breast
- Jalapenos
- Spicy Brown Mustard
- Avocado
- Rudi’s Honey Wheat Bread
With my sandwich I packed a carrot stick and a small plum :
Ready for packing with my Country Square for snack!
I stopped by Carolina Smoothies because it’s right on my way to class and got the Refresher : peach, strawberry, pineapple, banana + honey. I was very disappointed to see him pour peach + pineapple juice into the container instead of whole fruit. I’d prefer a blend of just whole fruit and ice. It still tasted great and was filling, but not nearly as good as the Mangosteen one I got a few weeks ago at Smoothie King. I have a feeling I might get these more often when my busy schedule starts, as it was so cold (good for hot days) and filling (good for portable dinner supplement).
The PB+Chocolate Country Square was GOOD. Very much like a brownie . Actually, it was a brownie but with a list of ingredients like oats, peanut halves, sunflower seeds, oat bran + walnuts it was a mighty healthy brownie. It was on the dry side, but that’s mostly comparing it to the apple one I had a few days ago, which was SO moist. The PB+C reminded me of a Chip’s Ahoy cookie but with lots more complex flavor.
I ate him on my commute home, which means it took me about 25 minutes with small bites and long chews!
All hell broke loose in Chemistry tonight. No one’s chemicals would freeze so we couldn’t do our warming curves and then the calculations at the end weren’t adding up and the professor had no clue what to do. It was awful. 3 weeks down, 5 to go……
Wow, I’m up late for me!! Off to get in bed and read before my eyes fall shut.
melissa-little runner says
Brownie/bar looks delish! I’ll have to keep a look out for those!
Courtney says
Hey Kath,
Could you please remind me of that website that you use to map out your runs? Thanks!
Emily says
Courtney,
I’m not sure if this is what Kath uses, but I use www.mapmyrun.com
Heather says
I was just at Whole Foods tonight and saw your Granola Planks on the shelf! I got way too excited by that discovery… my husband thought I was nuts.
Sorry about the juice in the smoothie- I agree that whole fruit is much better (and more filling). Aaaaand, now I want a smoothie 🙂
kathleen says
this is the one kath uses!
kathleen says
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
Kristie says
Loving the sounds of that sandwich. I really want to give that cilantro pesto a try!
And now I’m seriously craving a plum.
oatmeal says
I love that first picture! Is that your smoothie?
Love the pesto sandwich–really must try that sometime!
And I know what you mean about how they make smoothies at the store 🙁 Fruit juice just doesn’t taste the same!
Chemistry labs can be a pain 🙁 Especially when you find out you’ve made a mistake after waiting so long for a reaction to happen! Hope the next class is better
Chelsea says
Do you *gasp* not have Jamba Juice there? Now I remember that Jamba Juice didn’t exist in DC when I was there and then one of the Whole Foods got one and it was a big deal. I don’t know what I’d do without my jamba!!! They even have smoothies that are all fruit and ice, no sugar…seriously, what would I do?!?!?! 🙂
Courtney says
Thanks for the website ladies!
Kath says
Court,
I used to use gmaps but when I found that mapmyrun has the “follow street” option I switched to that because the feature is AWESOME. So both are correct!
Heather ,
Did you buy them? I can’t wait to try the other 2 flavors.
Chels,
I think we have a Jamba at the airport, but I can’t get in there!! I have heard rave things about it though 🙁
kath
Stephanie says
I work with Smoothie King and love that you’re enjoying our smoothies!! Did you know that there are 30 smoothies on the menu at under 300 calories in a 20-ounce size when you have ’em made “skinny”? (they’ll leave out the turbinado) … my latest favorite is the Green Tea Tango w/banana … yum!
Terra Parker says
Are you using Flax meal in the oatmeal?
You have such good ideas for food;-)
gharkness says
Just have to tell you I made the cilantro pesto last night – a first for me – and I had to restrain myself from eating it all just out of a spoon – to heck with putting it on something!
Excellent (and easy!) recipe – delicious, and thanks for sharing it with us.