Lunch today snuck up on me!
Before I knew it, my stomach was grumbling and I needed food!
Fact: This meal looks horrendous.
But lots of shredded cheese has a way of making me overlook an unattractive dish!
I began by sautéing a chopped chicken sausage in a skillet while I steamed some cauliflower in the microwave. I then added leftover roasted Brussels sprouts to the skillet, followed by the mashed steamed cauliflower and a boatload of shredded cheese.
Easy, satisfying, ugly and delicious!
March Book Club
With the majority of the votes, the winning book for the PBF March Book Club is…
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. We’ll be discussing this book on the blog on Friday, April 5. I can’t wait to start reading!
Now let’s talk about St. Patrick’s Day running gear…
St. Patrick’s Day Running Gear
Are any of you out there planning to run in a St. Patrick’s Day race?
Ryan, my sister, my sister’s boyfriend and I will be running in a 10K on St. Patrick’s Day and ever since we signed up to participate, we’ve been sending each other costume ideas. You know we like to dress up for races together!
Here are some winners:
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This guy gets a gold star for running with a pot o’ gold.
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Make your FACE into a shamrock. I like her style.
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I admire their commitment to the color green. (Bonus points for the Lucky Charms boxers.)
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These girls look so cute in their green tutus!
More St. Patrick’s Day gear that caught my eye…
I saw a bunch of women wearing fun sparkly skirts over their leggings or compression shorts at the Women’s Half Marathon a few years ago and thought they looked awesome! (Bachelor fans, I think we know Tierra would be all about this one. Sparkle.)
You guys know how obsessed I am with these headbands by now. When I saw the shamrock headband on their website, I just had to have it. A headband that doesn’t slip that’s also peppered with lots of little shamrocks!? Oh yes! (Get psyched because YOU have a chance to win a $40 BICBands gift card that you can use toward one at the end of this post!)
- Target $1 Bin Finds
Surely I’m not the only one out there who gets suckered into the Target $1 bins? I found a bunch of goodies in the $1 bins last weekend that I picked up for our upcoming race, including blinking bracelets, wigs, light-up rings and more. I was especially pumped about the neck ties!
Just in case your running shorts are a little too big.
I’m not gonna lie, these PRO Compression shamrock socks shamROCK my socks off. (Sorry, I just can’t help myself.) I saw Monica and SkinnyRunner blog about them last week and was so excited when they sent me a pair to try! (You can use the promo code MARCH for 40% off any of their marathon socks or calf sleeves right now!) I can’t wait to wear them during next Sunday’s 10K!
- More Fun Knee-High St. Patrick’s Day Socks
Target comes through in the clutch again with a bunch of knee-high St. Patrick’s Day socks for only $5!
I found this little gem in the Race Junkie’s Etsy shop and thought it was adorable!
BICBands Giveaway
Now for the giveaway!
One PBF reader will win a $40 gift card to use on BICBands.com to pick out a handful of awesome workout headbands! (Just FYI, the owner of BICBands is offering all PBF readers 10% off BICBands throughout the month of March with the use of the promo code PB312!)
To enter this giveaway, simply leave a comment telling me about one of the following:
- A favorite St. Patrick’s Day memory
- A St. Patrick’s Day tradition you have with your friends or family
- A St. Patrick’s Day race you’re planning on participating in this year
- Your favorite food to enjoy on St. Patrick’s Day
I will randomly select a winner on Monday.
Good luck!!!
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The Run to Pub in Bozeman, MT! Ends at a pub and you get a free pint glass and beer!
corned beef and cabbage is what i am most looking forward to on st. patty’s day!! mom makes it every year and though i hated it growing up, now i love it!!!
I would love to win! My dad, brother, and I always go to the local st pats race together!
I LOVE eating corned beef and cabbage on St. Patty’s Day 🙂
My family’s not Irish, but we always buy Irish Soda Bread when St.Patrick’s Day Rolls around. It’s so good, and unique (to me), and a nice once a year treat! I always look forward to St. Patrick’s Day simply for the soda bread, seeing as I don’t drink!
I love irish soda bread too! I wish I could buy it all year-round, but only see it during this brief period of time – like you said.
My family always has corned beef, cabbage, carrots and potatoes. Delish!
I live in Boston and will be attending the south Boston parade on St Patricks day. There is also a 5k in the morning before the parade and that has become my yearly tradition!
Green drinks are the best!
I ran my first full marathon last November and could’ve really used one of these! Even though I swore I would never run one again when I finished, I somehow have signed up for next year’s training team. Hmmm 😉
I have a thing for the shamrock shakes @ McDonalds…can’t get enough! yummy 🙂 I guess I should be running a 5k after a few shakes!
Corned beef for me please! I must try these bic bands. I have NEVER found a head band that doesn’t slip. Plus, these are super cute!
St. Patty’s Day 5k followed by the parade. Then home for corned beef and cabbage!
I make corned beef and cabbage for my family on St. Patrick’s Day and I love celebrating since it’s the day after my birthday! Happy birthday to me! 🙂
irish potatoes- yum yum!
I am attempt to RUN (not walk) my first 5k! Shamrock shuffle! I am nervous, but super excited!
My favorite “food” on St Patty’s day is green beer 🙂
Last year a friend and I ran the Get Lucky Half Marathon in Minneapolis. Pre-race we were super excited about dressing up in green and seeing all the costumes while we ran- by the end of the 13.1 miles I was definitely ready for a green-break! I’ve never seen so much green in one place in my life, ha! It was pretty neat to see the creative costumes that some runners came up with though!
Going out for a drink with all my college roommates last yr – we hadn’t seen eachother in a long time!
Sauerkraut and corned beef! I’ll probably make (ok, probably eat, not make) corned beef hash for breakfast with eggs. Yum 🙂
Being in Phoenix last year for baseball spring training St. Patrick’s Day weekend with my dad and brother was amazing. We get all our “irishness” from our dad so it was fun celebrating with him. Of course late morning began at a Tilted Kilt pub then ended with a Flogging Molly concert! Irish day all around:)
Definitely must eat an Irish dinner, complete with boiled cabbage, corned beef, potatoes and carrots 🙂
I think it will be this year- about to board a plane to Dublin for a ten day Irish vacation!
When I was in elementary school, my class was on the news on St. Patrick’s Day holding up shamrocks that spelled out Happy St. Patrick’s Day. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world to see myself on tv!
There is a little city my dad grew up in that is full of our relatives that are Irish. My grandma grew up there and her parents came from Ireland. All of my dad’s side and their friends have a HUGE St. Patrick weekend get together. It’s always so much fun with potato bobbing, an Irish jig contest, a parade and lots more. Moving to Chicago this will be my second year not being able to travel back for the festivities. So this year my fiance and I have decided to run in a race. The Lucky Run. One of the fun St. Patrick’s BICbands would be perfect to add to my wonderful accessories!
My favorite St Party’s Day food, errr beverage…DRUNKEN MILSHAKES
1 c vanilla ice cream
1 c Guinness beer
1 shot Baileys Irish Cream
Blend until smooth- your Irish eyes will be smiling!
I’ve always wanted to try this and this might b the year—shamrock shake from McDonald’s!
I’d love to run a St Patricks Day race, but the weather is usually iffy up here in CT, plus I always seem to have to work that weekend
Last year was my first corned beef and cabbage experience so I hope to continue that tradition this year!
My favorite tradition is to drink some green beer!
I have two favorite St. Patrick’s Day memories… the first is my kindergartners using their adorable “Leprechaun Finders” to search for leprechauns outside and around our school. It is so precious to watch! My other favorite memory is last year when I got certified as a yoga instructor on St. Patty’s Day… for my final assessment, I had to teach my first class that was open to the public and I also had a bunch of family and friends there. It was such a blast and felt like such an accomplishment! Love that it happened on St. Patrick’s Day.
I did a shamrock run last Saturday and wish I had those headbands..I love my green!
Irish potatoes and green beer!
I love Irish potatoes!
my favorite food that we eat on St. Patty’s day is my aunts homemade cheesy potato soup! My mouth is watering just thinking about it 🙂
Shamrock shakes and green beer are always my favorite st patricks day traditions!
When I was a kid the “leprechauns” would sneak into our house and dye the milk green for our morning cereal. My brothers and I thought this was awesome!
Hands down corned beef and cabbage
I am running a 10k Shamrock and Roll sponsored by the Junior League of Atlanta. The best part about this race is dogs are welcome to run also so my dog, Bailey (a Weimaraner) is running it with me. She already has a shamrock collar and I am making a green tutu to wear and wrapping our leash in green tulle also. Sooo fun!
Im looking forward to green beer and irish soda bread!
My favorite memory is looking for four leaf clovers when I was little and one year, I actually found one! It may be silly but I remember feeling so special 🙂
When each child in my family is born, we get a leprechaun! If you keep a shoe under your bed with 17 pennies in it, the leprechaun may visit you on St. Patricks Day with fun treats, as well as turning your milk green.
Panama City Beach at the Coyote Ugly Bar for St. Patty’s on a college spring break!
Usually St. Patrick’s day is an overlooked holiday because my university plans spring break over it so students celebrate an “unofficial” day earlier in March. But this year I’m looking forward to St. Patrick’s day because I’ll be visiting my boyfriend in Austin, Texas during my spring break and celebrating with him!! This is such a coincidence giveaway because I’d been looking into the bic bands and noticed that they are sold at a store in Austin so I was planning to snag one while I was there!
I think my favorite memory would be any St. Patty’s Day in college that I spent with my sorority sisters, dressing up in horrendous green outfits, drinking WAY too much green beer, and dancing away to Irish songs we didn’t know the lyrics to at a fraternity party. Oh how I miss those days!
Favorite St. Patrick’s Day memory was celebrating it in Ireland!
corned beef and cabbage!!
My favorite St. Patricks day memory is decorating the classroom for my first graders. I zig zagged green yarn all through the room so it was almost impossible for any sole to get it. I also left small little rollos (since they are wrapped in gold foil) on their desks. They loved that the leprechan had come to visit their classroom over night!
we usually have corned beef & cabbage. i want to try irish soda bread though this year!
My sister and I ran a shamrock shuffle 10k one year with shamrock bobble headbands, green shirts and shorts. We also sported green tights with shamrock socks. It rained the entire race and was SO much fun. Running with my sister is always the greatest time!
Drinking green beer in Boston while in college
Favorite memory was watching my older daughter teach her younger sister how to hunt for leprechauns in the backyard using a tea towl after her kindergarten teacher taught her how to do it. She was sooo serious and they both really believed 🙂