A little of this, A little of that Part Dos

I finally got my camera back so now I can show you all my other eats from this past weekend. And at the end of this post there is a little surprise for you!

I sipped on another cilantro smoothie from Living Raw Food. This one had one orange, the juice of one lime, coconut water, ginger, organic raw coconut, organic raw maca powder, organic cayenne, organic cilantro, and a pinch of salt. I took one of Sarma’s recipes and tweaked it again. The recipe called for 2 pears, but I used the orange instead and added the maca for extra energy. I have to admit this combination was disgusting, but of course I drank it anyways-I had nothing else!

I also had a veggie wrap on a La Tortilla 100 calorie tortilla. These are a new item from La Tortilla Factory that they asked me to try. I’ve tried their other wraps and enjoy most of them, but this was a new one for me as well.

I topped my tortilla with a 3 heaping Tbs of organic hummus, fat free feta, Annie’s Organic honey mustard, organic spinach, tomatoes, and avocado.

The tortilla wasn’t amazing, but for only being 100 calories it was pretty good. I thought it was going to taste like cardboard, but was surprised that it didn’t. However, I think I would have liked it better warm. The hummus and honey mustard totally made this wrap.

I also enjoyed some more of these Mann’s small veggie packs. These things are so great because the veggies are fresh and you don’t have to spend time cutting them all up. Just grab and go, and you have a healthy snack.

Sunday night we had dinner at Chris’s family’s again, and his step-dad made us another amazing dinner. Patrice, Chris’ step-dad, just did a show at the International Food and Wine Festival in Washington, DC on Valentine’s Day. I was so bummed I couldn’t make it.

We started the dinner with some pate, prosciutto di Parma, saucisson (French for a large, dry-filled sausage), cornichons, and French bread. I tried a little of everything.

The main course was red snapper that he had cooked whole, and a vegetable medley of edamame, carrots, artichokes, and an amazing unknown sauce. I was enjoying the dinner too much to ask what was in the sauce. It was melt in your mouth good.

The main course was followed by salad with Romain lettuce, endive, and his special balsamic dressing. I am still trying to perfect his sauce, and so far I believe it is balsamic, dijon mustard, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper. But it is probably my favorite dressing of all time. We always eat salad after our meal instead of before because it helps with digestion and breaking down the food. And dessert was a small apple tart. I was too busy talking and eating to take pictures…sorry.

So now lets bring you up to speed again. Today I had another surgeon appointment with Dr. Cooper at Georgetown University Hospital. It went really well, and he told me that after looking at my CAT scan I will need surgery. What looked like arthritis before is just part of the fracture. And yes I said fracture, not stress fracture. What we thought was 2 stress fractures was actually one big fracture and another stress fracture. The stress fracture is 95% healed, but the fracture is not. Because the bone will never heal, he thinks the best thing to do is go in there and take it out. He said I should be back to my regular life in no time, which is GREAT news for me. Now I just have to wait for a surgery date and get it done. He also said that I wouldn’t be able to run like I used to. Well I can still run, but I also need to incorporate swimming and biking as well. He wants me back on my feet as fast as possible because I am already developing dis-use osteoporosis. This just happens when you don’t use that body part (in my case it is my ankle) in a while, and it should be fine once I start using it.

And now for your surprise! Here’s a hint.

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I’m not sure if you’ve notice or not, but I’ve been enjoying my fair share of Chobani lately. I have always eaten Stonyfield Oikos and loved it, but I was willing to give Chobani a try. I like Chobani because it is packed with protein, comes in so many amazing flavors, and is pretty reasonable in calories for the size of container. I’ve been eating it on waffles, with granola, in smoothies, and even making ice cream with it. The wonderful people over at Chobani have offered to give one Eat, Drink, and Be Hopeful reader a CHO-case of their own. Isn’t that great? A CHO-case is a case of four blueberry, four strawberry, and four peach yogurts. That’s a lot of yogurt!

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You have FOUR ways to enter this time. Here they are:

1. Go to the Chobani website (www.Chobani.com) and leave me a comment letting me know what Chobani flavor you like the most. Or what flavor you would most like to try.
2. Mention this giveaway on your blog and link it back to mine. Then comment letting me know that you did so. If you don’t have a blog leave a comment letting me know.
3. Tweet “I want to win @LaurensGourmet Chobani Cho-case Giveaway! http://wp.me/pAJNI-1nc″ Then comment again letting me know.
4. Subscribe to Eat, Drink, and Be Hopeful. Then comment again letting me know.

I will be picking a winner this Friday at 5pm EST.

Again-unfortunately this giveaway is for US residents only. Sorry to my international readers!
How easy is that? Well get goin’-enter the giveaway! I wish you all the best of Luck!!!

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