Hello from Salt Lake City!
The Alta Silver & Black tournament is in full swing in Utah this weekend. The tournament has amazing hospitality, great competition, and is very well run. My students don’t debate the December topic because of finals, but I was lucky enough to come out as an additional driver and chaperone this weekend. I also learned something new that may have derailed healthy eating during my visit…
Red Vines are vegan!!!
A must read for health food fans!
I have been reading a delicious book that I encourage foodies and the socially conscious to check out.
Can’t wait to make the recipes I am reading about but I am loving the themes of healthy eating, loving yourself, and caring for the world around you.
Vegan Thanksgiving
There are many things I am thankful for this season. In celebration, today we will drive to Lodi to feast with the family. After a couple months of eating mostly vegan with a couple of cheats, I decided to plunge in for good this week. What a time, right? Thanksgiving? Well guess what! Today’s meal was fabulous!
- Field Roast Grain Meat Co. Celebration Loaf
- Clementine Cranberry Sauce
- Sage Mushrooms (with vegan margarine)
- Mashed Potatoes (sans dairy)
- Garlic Green Beans
- Sweet Potato Salad
- French Bread
- Maple Walnut Cupcakes from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World
What is your favorite Thanksgiving dish?
Quick and Easy: Healthy Tournament Meals at Glenbrooks
The following list is the food I purchased, prepared, and consumed during the long tournament days at The Glenbrooks. Hopefully it will give you some ideas on what you can pack to maintain wellness in the future. I usually pack the items in one brown paper grocery sack and leave it somewhere to return to during the tournament instead of toting it around all day.
- Almond Butter and Fruit Spread Sandwiches on Whole Grain Bread
- Pre-sliced cucumbers, celery, baby carrots
- Clementines
- Dates
- Pistachios in-shell
- Edamame in-pod
- Honeycrisp apples
- Electrolyte water
- Coconut water
Good luck to any teams competing on Monday!
Starbucks. You should probably buy some stock in it.
This will be the first of many odes to one of my biggest vices. But as the first day of competition at the Glenbrooks wraps up and I desperately seek some sleep, I wanted to pay homage to the over priced frilly beverages that brighten my debate-ridden days.
green and white paper cup
filled with joy, sugar, soy, and love
you kept me sane today
Seriously. The baristas at the Starbucks near campus know me. In one day. Because only a debate coach makes multiple (*cough* three *cough* plus one someone offered to do for me *cough*) trips in one day. It’s a bad habit. But probably not the worst habit I could have.
Drinks I had today:
- Venti Unsweetened Passion Iced Tea (2 times)
- Venti Iced Soy Latte
- Venti Coffee Frappuccino Light with Soy Milk and 1 pump Mocha and 2 pumps Peppermint
- Tall Iced Soy Pumpkin Latte
Now to get some sleep because tomorrow will be another long day!
The Healthy Academic 