Where's My Rainbow?

A word of warning, my internet is sucking, so I apologize in advance for the brief post, and possible lack of posting this week.  My dad seems to think there is some sort of virus on the computer that is hosting the network so, we'll see what happens.  

Yes, I am stealing my neighbor's internet right now (shhh, don't tell them).  

Anyway, today is about breakfast.  I happen to love breakfast.  In high school, I often skipped it or had something lame like a Nutri-Grain bar, but now  I would never ever miss it.  In fact, I usually love what I make for breakfast so much that I will make the exact same thing for days, or even weeks.  You may remember my Cranberry Quinoa...from a month ago.  I've had that at least 5 days a week since I made that post.  

Anyway, I decided I was in the mood for something new.  Sort of.  I still had the quinoa, and I still had the tempeh, but instead it was a Apple Pie Quinoa and Tempeh Bacon Hash.  

  

Both were super yummy.  I made it again today, but sadly, I also ran out of my flax tempeh today, which...I have been spoiled with and don't really like normal tempeh now *sigh*.  

The Apple Pie Quinoa is 1/4 cup of apple juice or apple cider, 2/3 cup cooked quinoa, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg.  Bring the apple juice/cider to a boil, add the apples, sautee until soft, then add the spices and the quinoa, which will soak up the rest of the juice.  

Nutrition Information:  230.6 Calories;  3.0g Total Fat;  0.1g Saturated Fat;  0.0mg Cholesterol;  47.5g Carbohydrates;  6.7g Fiber;  5.5g Protein

I never get tempeh bacon right, but I was craving the flavor, so I just crumbled it up hash-style, and made it like that.  I let it marinate while the apples were cooking in 1-2 tbsp water, 1 tsp ketchup, a few shakes of liquid smoke (1/4 tsp maybe), 1.5 tsp Bragg's (or soy sauce if you like), 1 tsp agave nectar.  Then just sautee it in a pan until it is cooked through.   

Nutrition Information:  131.0 Calories;  6.2g Total Fat;  1.3g Saturated Fat;  o.omg Cholesterol;  11.0g Carbohydrates;  10.0g Fiber;  10.6g Protein 

Now, I probably won't be making this exact breakfast again, because as the title of the post suggests...it wasn't exactly colorful.  I had to get my rainbow from the plate!  But it was totally yummy, and both pieces were definitely worth having again...just maybe with either a colorful addition or with a different meal companion.

Just for fun, the nutrition information for the entire meal is:  

Nutrition Information:  354.9 Calories;  9.2g Total Fat;  1.3g Saturated Fat;  0.0mg Cholesterol;  56.8g Carbohydrates;  16.8g Fiber;  16.2g Protein

  

By the way, I realize that no vegan meals have cholesterol...I just really like putting 0.0mg Cholesterol, it makes me happy!

I also wanted to post a short workout update.  I still have 2 more weeks of the program that I am doing, and I have a plan for what I will be doing next, but I am so excited that I don't have classes most nights anymore because now I can go to yoga more than once a week!  I still have class on Monday's, which is a yoga night at my gym, but supposedly it won't meet every week.  I can tell that I have been getting better at it, but I feel like I won't REALLY get any better if I am only going once a week.  Plus, I love it.  I have my strengths and weaknesses, I am pretty flexible, I have good balance, but my hips are incredibly tight.  Like, my basic pigeon needs some serious help, but then I can balance with a half lotus, wrap my arm around my back and grab my toe.  

I also think I'm going to start doing a raw day once a week.  I returned something and got Ani's Raw Food Kitchen, but was almost going to exchange it again, but those raw desserts totally lured me in.  I think some of the stuff you can do with raw food is just so...cool.  So I want to make some of it!  

Also, I want to give a little shout out to my bestest friend, Jackie, who just told me she is thinking of being vegetarian (and at the very least, eating better and expanding her diet), and I thought maybe you all could post some words of encouragement for her!

I hope that all of you out there in the blogosphere/internetland had a great weekend!