Some days I’m not going to stop eating ate eight (even though I think I’m really onto something with the idea)…some days call for dark chocolate and jammies well into the evening. This was one of those nights.
This afternoon I wanted to celebrate St.Patrick’s Day, but green beer isn’t my thing.
But all is not lost because - carbs are 😉
I hit up Great Harvest for a loaf of their soda bread. I actually had never tried soda bread before I attempted to make it on Sunday. And I wanted to see if I actually made it “right”. The answer is = No I didn’t. Mine was tragic compared to GH’s!
They gave me the biggest sample while I was in the store and I grabbed another hunk off the loaf when I got home. I am going to try and pawn it off on Ben as much as possible so I don’t eat it all.
My lunch was leftovers from last night’s lentils and rice. I also added carrots with hummus.
When I got home I took a walk with a good book. 
I just finished The Alchemist. Susan said this book changed her life so I had really high expectations for it. Ummm, yeah she set the bar a little too high.
This evening Ben and I finished up our taxes and then went out to eat at Pei Wei.
I got some spicy noodle dish that I’ve gotten before and I don’t know why I keep making this mistake 🙁 It’s not flavorful, just spicy. I appreciate spice, but you can make things tasty and spicy. C’mon.
Ben ordered crab wontons and I had one 🙂 These were good.
I also stole some of his coconut curry rice because it was amazing and better than mine.
Okay, I’ve got to get back to my chocolate…
Love Pei Wei but have never had anything other than their pad thai.
I’ve never had Irish soda bread but that looks too good to pass up. Lucky for me, there is a GH in walking distance to me!
I enjoyed The Alchemist but his book “The Pilgrimage” is what changed my life! Read that one instead.
oh I hate that! When a dish is just spicy but doesn’t have any real flavor. Blah. Boring!
That dinner looks super tasty!!
An entire loaf of Irish Soda bread would disappear in no time around me. So good!
omg i’ve been dying for great harvest irish soda bread. i got it last year and it was absolutely amazing. they give the most generous samples and it’s seriously the best bread in the world. yummm im craving some. i just gotta get my booty over to GH
You should try to read more Coelho! He really is an inspirational writer!
Good to know, I hadn’t read anything by him before this 🙂
You are able to read while you walk? Amazing! How do you do it? I feel like I would save so much time/get so much more enjoyment out of life if I could do that…please share your tips! 🙂
Hahaha…that’s what I was going to comment on, too! It’s definitely a skill!
There’s a girl at my gym who reads while running on the treadmill and reads while lifting weights. I have also seen her outside the gym, walking across the street reading a book, while cars screech to a halt.
She’s still alive as far as I know.
i’ve never even heard of the alchemist. even though the bar was set wayyy high for you would it be worth reading? i don’t even know what it’s about haha
Yeah, it was good and I would pass it on to friends. And it was a short and easy read = added bonus 🙂
SOda bread is really, really good, especially with just raisins. Thank God it’s only available once a year.
I really wish I had never discovered this treasure. Damn it all.
I felt the same way about The Alchemist. Everyone raved about it so my expectations were really high. Too high. It didn’t live up to the hype.
Thank.You. I hate when I would have liked something, but the expectations were set sooo high by other reviews. Same thing happened when I saw Slumdog Millionaire…
Hey, chocolate sounds good to me!
I knew you would be on my side 🙂