Tone It Up Meals: Week 4
Richmond got hit by a major snow storm this past weekend. While I didn’t stock up on milk and eggs, I did order from Relay Foods before the storm, so we were pretty well set for groceries and I was glad I didn’t have to fight the crowds! It was actually kind of crazy how much it snowed, since we don’t typically get much snow here. This was the view from our porch:
Despite the cold weather, when I woke up on Sunday morning, I was craving a smoothie.
I started the day off with a blueberry cheesecake smoothie bowl. I was literally wrapped up in a blanket and I was sipping coffee with this so I was able to stay warm! We spent quite a bit of the weekend painting. We managed to paint the guest bedroom, the hallway, and the furniture in the guest bedroom. Here’s the guest bedroom in progress:
The color looks much more blue in that photo but the color itself is Sherwin Williams’ “watery” which is more of a blue-green color. It’s a bit brighter than I expected but I like how it turned out! All of the paint caused us to work up quite an appetite so I whipped up this Mexican Quinoa Bake for lunch. We’ve actually had this a couple of times in the past week because it’s one of those recipes that only requires pantry staples. We were a little low on fresh produce since we hadn’t been to the grocery store in a while, but this recipe was perfect!
It was sort of weird spending so much time inside but Alex and I played a lot of board games, watched a lot of Netflix, and we also played a little music together.
Around 5:30, we were getting a little stir crazy so we decided to venture out to Carytown. There were a handful of restaurants open and each one was packed with people! I guess we weren’t the only ones climbing over snow piles to get out of the house. We ended up at New York Deli and I got a Greek salad wrap with french fries. Those fries were definitely not “tone it up approved” but they were so worth it! I think New York Deli might have some of the best french fries ever.
We had a seat by the window so it was kind of fun watching the people walk by and we definitely enjoyed getting out of the house for a bit!
I’m still trying to follow the Tone It Up meal plan (although dinner was a worthwhile exception) so you can see the past weeks’ meals here:
Did you get snow this weekend?
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You guys got alot of snow considering how much farther south you are! That’s nice that you were able to get out for a bit. Now that I live in the suburbs we don’t have anything that is walking distance from our house!
The way you and Alex used the snowy day and being caught inside as an opportunity to spend time with each other is so sweet. Playing board games, music and painting the house are a much better alternative to each partner typing away on their laptop or phone which – sadly – is the reality for many people. Oh well, here I go on a tangent.
I hope you’ll share more house pictures and the blue looks great!
That wrap looks so good! and I love making mexican quinoa bake!
xo,
Angela
That wrap and fries look amazing! I got total cabin fever and when Riley left Sunday evening to go get a pizza I begged him to take me with him haha. I hate the snow!
For sure snowed in! 😉 We stayed put Friday, got out Saturday. Got out again Monday, AFTER shoveling our car out which was stuck in ice. All in all, good times though. 🙂
Haha poor Alex got stuck with the job of digging our cars out 😉 It was kind of nice to stay in all weekend, though!
NO SNOW in Los Angeles!! WOO WOO WOO!!! Pig didn’t fly! 😉
Seriousy. The things that we do to satisfy our smoothie cravings in the dead of winter. #nailedit 🙂
Hahaha isn’t it crazy? I guess it qualifies as a smoothie obsession 😉
That wrap looks awesome. All of your food always looks great. I like Greek salads so I think I would really like that wrap.
We’re pretty used to snow here in Colorado, but it’s always a delight when it ends up happening during the weekend and I can give myself a pass to pretty much just be lazy all weekend 🙂 Those fries look so worth it!