I ended up doing 8 miles and walking 1 to cool down. It is warm today and I should have brought water or Gatorade. It was rough. But, totally my fault for waiting so long and not fueling enough.
On my cool down walk I dreamt up lunch. First and foremost I wanted to finish off the guacamole before Ben gets to it. So I needed something guac friendly.
But I also wanted pasta, just because I’ve been craving it. 
So I decided to make pasta with a Mexican twist – Refried Bean Pasta!
I boiled a cup of whole wheat pasta till al dente. Then, stirred it in with 1/2 cup of canned refried beans (don’t tell my Grams I eat canned). Finally, I added a few big spoon-fuls of salsa and wa-la!
Creamy Bean Pasta
I poured it on a massive salad with embarrassing amounts of guacamole.
Dessert was this YoGreek yogurt I got at the Expo this weekend.
I love that it comes with granola! But, I added some more because I like love granola a lot A LOT. 
Intuitive Eating stuff: I overdid it on lunch a bit because I’m overly full now. I think this is partly because I didn’t eat enough before and felt overly hungry going into lunch.
If you start off eating when you’re too hungry, it’s hard to stop before you’re too full. I think I need to go back and find my notes on the hunger scale. Since I’ve been failing in this aspect of Intuitive Eating lately.
Anyone else think it’s supposed to be equal parts yogurt to granola?
What an inventive bowl! I love the idea of pasta and refried beans together. Especially with guac on top.
Your lunch looks so good! I wish I could eat lunch at home because I always pack stuff that I don’t end up wanting… I would have killed for something like this today!
i think it can take over 20 minutes for your stomach to realise you’ve eaten & become full.
The pasta on top of a salad like that actually surprises me more than the refried beans and pasta, haha. Was the pasta still warm? And I’m drooling over all that guac, yum.
I so agree with you on the yogurt and granola ratios!
I was craving refried beans today and had them in a pretty similar lunch, although I was missing guac! I totally hear ya on the intuitive eating thing, I always over eat if I start a meal ravenous.
Your salads are always so random but always look so good!!
I always overeat at lunch. It’s horrible! I try to space apart the components of my meal but I end up inhaling it and getting stuffed.
That’s the cutest packaging for granola and yogurt. I would probably buy it because of that.. I am a sucker. Refried beans in pasta.. that is a new idea and I like it!
This pasta looks SO GOOD. Guac is so good…I could eat that stuff for days on end by the spoonful!
Um. That looks pretty amazing. I never would have thought to mix guac/beans with Pasta but I LIKE IT! I might have to try that this week! YUM!
i vote 1 part yogurt to 1 part granola. cant get enough granola!
I haven’t thought of pasta with refried beans. That sounds great with guac on top!
Yum!! that salad looks awesome!!