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Hi everyone, Hope your having a good week! Mine is going ok but I’m fighting an awful cold, I hate feeling poorly!

Yesterday I did my first Monday early morning gym workout in a while, now that I have changed from my usual Monday evening workout / spin class. I was feeling a bit under the weather I decided to do a reduced intensity workout than the one I had planned. I ended up doing 15 minutes each on the treadmill, cross trainer, bike and step machine – I still did intervals but at a lower intensity and skipped the planned speed work on the treadmill. I also did my abs and core exercises. Yes, I could have skipped the workout all together but I didn’t feel that ill, and I know I would have felt worse if I hadn’t got my body moving!

Today I did the usual Yoga for Runners when I got up and then Body Pump this evening. I even managed to increase my weights for the squats so I must be on the mend!

As I’m fighting this cold, eats have tended to be easy to prep comfort food. Yesterdays breakfast was a cup of the Kashi Go Lean Crunch I got in NYC with 1/2 cup of brown rice puffs for chew, sesame milk and lovely blueberries:

This was so tasty and just hit the spot! I think I will really enjoy eating that Kashi cereal! I also tried out a cup of the Chocolate Mint Caffeine free Teecino – another NYC purchase. It tasted wonderful, not exactly like coffee but in a good way!

Yesterdays lunch and snacks:

My appetite wasn’t massive so I just had a bowl of Pea, Broccoli and Mint Soup I’d made at the weekend, a pear, plums and the last of my NYC cheesy kale chips :-(

Dinner was out of the freezer – Roast Vegetable Curry with millet, steamed greens, sugar snap peas, mixed salad leaves:

Love how curry tastes better after its been frozen!

I decided to go for a smoothie for dessert:

I had some romaine to use up so blended it with a small fresh banana, ice, water, 3 tbsp of peanut flour, gums and stevia then topped with some freeze dried berries and flaked almonds.

Today’s breakfast was the return of tofu yoghurt! I had some with a fresh batch of rhubarb compote. I was out of oranges so instead of my usual recipe I added some fresh minced ginger and brown sugar to make a Rhubarb and Ginger Compote!

I also had a chopped apple and some treacle granola, so good!

This evenings dinner has been another freezer raid – Kabocha Squash with Adzuki beans, millet, spinach, steamed asparagus and lots of fresh chopped parsley and mixed seeds:

Followed by a Smore’s flavour Spiru-tein protein ice cream creation topped with cacao nibs:

Delish!

Today I have been on a training course with work and it has been the first time I have attended an event like this as a ‘vegan’. Just to clarify – I see myself as mostly vegan but use that label with a lot of flexibility – I do eat things with trace dairy in and occasionally I may consider eating local free range eggs, yoghurt or goats cheese but its something I’m trying not to stress about. I basically eat what makes me feel my best, which at the moment is about 98% vegan.

I would usually just take along a snack bar and some chopped fruit and veggies in a bag to these kind of things and discretely eat them but this was a full sit down meal affair and I didn’t want to appear ignorant by eating my own food or leaving the room to do so. I was really chuffed with what they served me:

Stuffed pepper with roasted vegetables in a tomato and herb sauce with rice. This was very tasty!

Luckily my cold seems to be improving – I think all the fruit and veggies are working their magic! I’ve also been pleased that my freezer has been full of healthy and easy to cook meals which alongside a couple of things I prepped at the weekend has made sorting out dinner the last couple of days stress free so I’ve been able to spend some time relaxing and fighting this cold!

What’s your favourite comfort / easy to prep food for when your feeling under the weather or short on time?

If your vegan / veggie what’s the best / worst thing you’ve been served for your veggie option?