Author: Lindsay Ingalls

Lulemon Love

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I woke up Saturday morning to a wonderful surprise- a nice package from my Hubz!

My first Lulemon outfit! I was so excited I couldn’t wait to try it on.  Along with this outfit the Hubz picked out a bottle of wine (I’ve wanted to try forever) and my favorite trashy magazine.

I tried the outfit on and it fit great so the Hubz and I headed downtown to Lulemon (which I only learned that we even had one on Friday-so out of the loop) to go to a free yoga class.  So excited about free yoga classes on Saturday mornings at Lulemon!

The Hubz and I went to our first yoga class in months and it felt so great to be back on my mat with other people practicing all around me.  It is such a different feeling to practice with others then to just practice at home.  I honestly have no idea what type of yoga we were doing but it felt great, a little challenging at times but I got a good sweat on and left feeling relaxed (and hungry).

After yoga we stopped over at the co-op to pick up some lunch and sat outside and enjoyed our food in the warm weather.  After lunch we ran around and did some errands before having guests over for dinner.

Lunch of Sushi

And Salad

New Moon and Jivana Spa

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Friday after work I headed downtown to meet the Hubz and grab a bite to eat before we headed to our spa appointment. I decided that I we should try a place we had never been, New Moon Cafe,  at first glance I thought the place was super tiny but when we got in a little further we realized the place was huge!  We have decided that with the free wi-fi we probably will be spending a lot more time here, except strangely they are not open on Saturday’s.

The Hubz and I shared the grilled veggie sandwich (sundried tomato pesto is vegan!), a Gus soda and a bag of Zapp’s Spicy Cajun Crawtators chips. Everything was delicious!

After our bite to eat we went for a walk to kill some time before our spa appointment.

Finally it was time to enjoy our spa treatment! Since there were no cameras or cellphones allowed I didn’t get any shots but let me tell you it was amazing! Here are some photos from the Jivana website:

Entrance

Entry and Massage Room

The Sugar Scrub Table

After the amazing Balinese massage I had a sugar scrub and left the spa feeling refreshed, renewed and so relaxed.  I decided to go with the lemongrass massage oil and body scrub and it really did smell wonderful.

After our spa appointment it was getting pretty late so we decided to go out for some yummy Asian Food.  We got the avocado roll to share and then I got a big bowl of tom kar soup with tofu, veggies and udon noodles. The Hubz got this great dish which was almost like a deconstructed sushi roll both amazing and ridiculously filling.

Q: What are you treating yourself to this year?

25 Things For My 25th Year

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I love making goals and lists and plans – just ask The Hubz it drives him nuts but he loves me anyways.  Since I am now (tomorrow) in my 25th year of life I figured what better than a list of 25 things for this 25th year.

  1. Run a 5K
  2. Try Bikram Yoga
  3. Do an overnight hike on the Long Trail
  4. Visit Montreal (again)
  5. Visit Ottawa (again; first time ever with Hubz)
  6. Visit Toronto (again; missing my bff)
  7. Visit Key West because the Hubz
  8. Visit Chicago- a place the Hubz and I have both never been
  9. Attend the Healthy Living Summit
  10. Start my Health Counseling Business
  11. Create an e-book of my recipes
  12. Laugh more.
  13. Do more yoga.
  14. Work on my writing skills.
  15. Get all the stamps in my VT Brewers Passport Stamped
  16. Go to a driving range and hit some balls
  17. Read 10 new books.
  18. Update my blog with a new fun look
  19. Eat more oatmeal.
  20. Drink more green monsters
  21. Call my girlfriends more.
  22. Get a massage*
  23. Get a pedicure
  24. Get a facial (see the trend- love the self care)
  25. Final outfit our house so that it is “grownup” and organized.

*To start crossing things off the list the Hubz and I will be visiting Jivana Holistic Spa this afternoon for some body treatments which includes a Balinese Massage. Here are some photos from the Jivana Holisitc Spa sight since I probably won’t be able to take any photos inside.

The Sauna

Business Before the Party

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This day started bright and early with a wonderful session on my yoga mat:

Hope Aurorae Yoga Mat

Considering I had a huge day ahead of me I decided that I needed to enjoy a healthy yummy breakfast. This morning I enjoyed miso soup, whole wheat toast and I attempted to enjoy some melon from our CSA but it as just awful.

I made myself some lunch which was good minus a little failure; I made a mesclun salad with chickpeas, raisins and heirloom tomatoes. Raisins a little old and were supper sugary and secondly I HATE MESCLUN MIX. There I said it. I have tried to like it but it just isn’t going to happen. With my chickpeas and tomato salad I had a dijon balsamic dressing and had some dried mango and Mr. Krsipers on the side.

Dressing: 1t agave, 1t dijon mustard, 1t hemp oil and 3t balsamic

For dinner I made some grinders (aka heros, submarine sandwiches) for the Hubz and I which had sauteed onions, peppers, fennel, vegan sausage, tomatoes, lettuce, dijon mustard and Nasoya vegan mayo.

Grinders with squash "fries" and a few crackers

Nasoya sent me a coupon for a free jar of Nayonaise so I tried fat free Nayonaise.  I honestly never was a fan of Nayonaise when I have had it before but decided since it had been years since I last tried it that I would give it another chance.  Honestly though the consistency and the flavor just isn’t very great.  I find that Vegenaise is much more similar to what I remember as mayo. So I have to say this was a sample fail for me 🙁

Q: What is your favorite vegan mayo?

Tomorrow starts my Birthday Weekend! On the agenda:

  • Spa Treatments
  • Shopping at Target
  • Dinner with Friends
  • Homework—yeah I know, I know

Birthday Dinner #1

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As I see it a good start the morning can usually result in a good start to the day and what better way to start the day than with toast and tofu scramble?

We have to improvise a bit lately since we no longer have a toaster but it can be fun using our $2 camping toaster for fun.  We had left over cheezy tofu scramble with lots of broccoli which was delicious before our crazy days started.

After a getting a cracked tooth filled and crazy day at work and prepping for another crazy day tomorrow I met up with my mom for a drink and a snack.

After we finished our drinks we met up with this guy:

C.V.L. Dad! (cook.vegan.lover. dad)

Then we did a little shopping and headed to A Single Pebble for dinner.

Double Garlic Broccoli

Dry Fried Green Beans

Vegetarian Pot Sticker

Vegan Ants Climbing a Tree

Buddha's Sesame Beef

Also if you heckle the food blogger for photographing the food  you suffer the consequences. Welcome to the blog post hall of shame:

Meet C.V.L. Mom who on the evening of August 25, 2010 who knowing the consequences decided to heckle the food blogger regarding her photographing the meal. Welcome to the hall of shame. XO MAMA just j/k all in good fun.

Meet the Hubz who decided to join in the heckling fun. love you lots but welcome to the hall of shame.

Disclaimer: the blog post hall of shame is all in good fun don’t worry.

How Do You Like Your Almond Butter?

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Over the last few years I have becoming an almond butter addict.  It is amazing on so many things such as:

Between Bread with Jam

In My Overnight Oats

In My Banana Soft Serve

On top of My Oatmeal

In My Raw Cookies

And the Best way to eat Almond Butter is Straight out of the JAR!

As you probably saw earlier this week launched the OpenSky Lunch Box Project where a dollar from select items will go to help this charity. “The Lunch Box provides schools with free, tangible tools to transform school lunch from highly processed foods to made-from-scratch meals using nutritious, fresh ingredients. It contains tools for real change including school-tested recipes with nutritionals and training tips, financial modeling guides, budget templates, downloadable, customizable calendars, and training videos.” Source

In honor of this amazing charity and my love for almond butter you can now find Artisana Almond Butter in my OpenSky shop and  for every jar sold from now until September 7th  $1 will be donated by OpenSky and I will also be making a donation for every jar sold as well to The Lunch Box Project.
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