Urban Fail

Hi loves! Can it really be Sunday night already? I’ve been a busy girl since I last posted!

Saturday morning, Mike and I were signed up to run the New York City Urban Dare, a 2-person “race” and scavenger hunt that sends you around a city looking for vaguely-clued landmarks.

Since the race was advertised on several running sites, I assumed that it would be a physical race; however, Mike and I were both disappointed when we realized that it was more of a trivia competition. Neither of us are Jeopardy buffs! Furthermore, while we opted to run the course, it became clear that we were in the minority- most of the teams were taking the subway. Plus, the race was pretty poorly organized, beginning half an hour after it was supposed to because we were waiting on late contestants.

Overall, it wasn’t a great experience, mostly because it just wasn’t what we were expecting! For trivia lovers, it’s definitely a fun activity, for runners, not so much. You win some, you lose some I guess!

Breakfast before the race was a huge bowl of Fiber One, spelt flakes and blueberries.

Lunch didn’t come until nearly 4 pm! Though I snacked on a cookie dough Larabar during the race, I was hangry. Mike and I stopped at S’Nice, a vegetarian sandwich shop in Soho.

I ordered the vegan sushi sandwich: avocado, tofu, cucumber, nori and wasabi nasoyaise.

The flavors were great- so creative to create a “sushi” sandwich! My only gripe was the portion size. For $9, the sandwich was rather small. I made up for it by snacking on dark chocolate and peanut butter back at my apartment.

Later that evening, Mike and I headed up to the Bronx for a party. We split a jumbo black and white cookie from Zaro’s bakery on the train:

By the way, I’m now on a mission to create a vegan version of this J

Being lazy college students, we had peanut butter sandwiches for dinner. I paired mine with a honeycrisp, plus some unpictured pretzel rods.

The party was a ton of fun!

Lots of dancing, flip cup and chocolate peanut butter filled pretzels involved. I didn’t get to bed until 4 am!

As a result, I woke up late this morning, had a Clif bar from my purse, and headed home for a real meal.

Salad with carrots, cucumber, tomato, lettuce, a Dr. Praeger’s veggie burger and mustard, plus a whole-wheat pita with hummus.

Hoooooooneycrisp!

Mid-afternoon, I snacked on some Three Sisters cinnamon sweets that the company sent me to try a few weeks ago.

Cinnamon Toast Crunch was one of my favorite cereals as a kid, and I loved that this got the taste spot-on without all the artificial ingredients.

For dinner, I was craving comfort food, so I decided to try my hand at recreating a vegan grilled cheese. I combined 2T nutritional yeast with 2T Cedar’s roasted red pepper hummus, mixing it until a thick paste had formed.

I spread the “cheese” on two slices of Arnold whole-wheat bread, added a sliced tomato, and grilled it in a pan with a drizzle of olive oil. Delicious!

On the side, I made myself a mountain of kale chips. Yup, vegan comfort food at it’s finest!

Following dinner, a serious chocolate craving struck. I had a banana topped with homemade “chocolate sauce” (1T cocoa powder and agave plus a splash of almond milk):

And then pulled out the big guns: an entire bar of TJ’s dark chocolate. Chocoholic is my middle name.

Following my busy weekend, I’m going to sleep early tonight! Can’t wait to snuggle up in bed J Hope you have a wonderful end to your weekend!

Have you ever been disappointed by a race/sporting event?

What’s your favorite comfort food? Have you ever tried to healthify it?