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Cheap Shoes & Garden Meals

July 14, 2016 by christine

It’s Thursday, been a busy week, and was a high on 106 today. Even treadmill running after work in an air conditioned gym is brutal in this heat, I felt it dragging today. It’s builds endurance, right? But Friday is almost here! Miko is ready and he’s always ready to chill with us watching TV.

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I am so glad I discovered JackRabbit.com because marathon training tends to go through a lot of running shoes! Brooks Glycerin 13s are still my favorite running shoes and the 14s recently came out which means great deals on the 13s and JackRabbit has the best prices I’ve found so far, I got two more pairs of the 13s for less than one pair on the 14s, so I have four pairs to rotate between with my increased number of runs.

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The shoe tracking feature in Runkeeper makes it easy to track miles on all of them at once. I’m sure I’ll be buying more compression running pants and socks from JackRabbit as training gets serious in a few months.

In March, I found a mostly used bag of organic potatoes in our pantry that were starting to sprout. I chopped them into quarters and stuck them into one of our garden beds. They bloomed into pretty green plants that died off last month. Since potatoes are supposed to ready for harvest four months later, I started digging around that bed and found tons of little potatoes ready to go!

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I kept it simple by chopping them up and simmering in veggie broth with a lentil blend and chopped zucchini seasoned with Lawry’s Seasoned Salt, nutritional yeast, and pepper.

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It was delicious! Very rich and hearty and the potatoes had a wonderful texture.

Later this week, I also scored summer squash from our garden.

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They were great in another simple weeknight dinner. I just chopped them up, simmered with Field Roast Vegan Italian Sausage, tomatoes from our AeroGarden, and seasoned with thyme, garlic powder, and salt and pepper.

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Simple and vibrant summer meal.

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I’m not exactly a gardening pro, in fact I’ve barely had any time to maintain our garden this summer and thankful for what I can get out of it this year. But I love getting fresh fruits and veggies right from the backyard and dream of turning a large chunk of our yard into one huge garden one day.

And, as you can probably tell, I’m a bit fried this week. So thankful Friday is almost here and hope everyone has vibrant veggies to enjoy!

Filed Under: General, Lifestyle Tagged With: brooks, brooks glycerin, field roast, glycerin, jackrabbit.com, lawrys, plant-based, potatoes, running, seasoned salt, vegan, vegan runner

Comments

  1. Julie says

    July 15, 2016 at 4:03 am

    Yum, your garden meals look amazing! :)

    • christine says

      July 15, 2016 at 4:57 am

      Thanks! :-)

  2. Gingi says

    July 15, 2016 at 4:17 pm

    I went out of state and our house sitter forgot to water all my plants.. my whole garden died!!! Your homegrown goodies look great tho… haha! <3 – http://www.domesticgeekgirl.com

    • christine says

      July 16, 2016 at 1:09 pm

      Yikes, so sorry! We’re still working out the sprinkler system in ours.

  3. Hannah says

    July 17, 2016 at 8:30 am

    Those are some serious squash! It would take a miracle for me to grow such perfect specimen… I definitely do not have a green thumb, nor enough rain to make up for my forgetfulness out here. It’s inspiring to see what you’re harvesting, though.

    • christine says

      July 17, 2016 at 1:11 pm

      Thanks and truthfully I haven’t either this year, our garden has been more neglected than usual.

  4. Peanut Butter & Ellie says

    July 19, 2016 at 5:41 pm

    I love all the fresh produce you’re using! Vibrant, simple meals using fresh veggies are the best.
    Also, your dog is adorable! I want to cuddle with him. :)

    • christine says

      July 19, 2016 at 6:53 pm

      Thanks and agreed, so thankful to have fresh ingredients. Miko is pretty fun to cuddle! :-)

  5. Linda @ Veganosity says

    July 20, 2016 at 1:43 pm

    106! Yikes! I’ve run on the treadmill twice this summer because of the heat and humidity and I hated every second of it. Treadmills don’t like my knees. Love what you did with the summer squash, I have a ton in my garden and you gave me a great idea. Thanks!

    • christine says

      July 21, 2016 at 5:17 am

      Bummer on treadmills, I haven’t noticed that on mine yet. But looking forward to cooler evenings to run outside too! Thanks on the squash, have more to harvest soon.

Hello! I'm Christine, an IT Professional in Northern California. I'm also passionate about a healthy, plant based lifestyle, running, fitness, and being eco-friendly. 40 (ack!), married, with furkids. Read More…

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