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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I’m running the Lucky Leprechaun 7k in WI and can’t wait to dress up. I bought my ProCompression Shamrock socks and a Luck Be A Lady performance tee. Then I bought headbands with mini green tophats on them. Can’t wait to have fun at this run!
Corned beef baby!!
I love having the excuse to wear green! 🙂
I love making green goodies to celebrate… I think I might do that this year!
(Plus my coworkers have been bugging me about when I’m going to next bring treats in, so it’s a good excuse)
My uncles are in an Irish Celtic band called New Element and they always perform at local Irish pubs on St. Patrick’s Day so it’s fun to be their “groupie” and enjoy the great music and pretend like I’m a serious Irish step dancer when I really have no clue how to do it 🙂
During St. Patrick’s Day last year, I lived in Savannah, GA, which is essentially “St. Patrick’s Day Central” of the south. There is a massive parade around the squares (little parks), and I was lucky enough to live on one. My best memory of Savannah was waking up to the sound of drums and trumpets, walking outside of my front door across the street to the square, and having mimosas with my friends while watching the parade!
Uhm…well, St Patty’s is only slightly less a holiday than Christmas when your last name is Murphy! Being married to an Irishman with a large family, I learned very quickly what a treasured holiday it is! It’s a little (lot) tamer since our girls entered the pic, but it still usually involves the KC parade, a green beer or two and lots of people watching!
I think one of my favorite things about St. Patrick’s Day is seeing how different people celebrate it!
I’m *hoping* to do a Sharin O The Green 5k, if my work schedule lets me! As a college student in the middle of her last semester (and a potential breakdown lol), it’ll be a fun break!
I have a St Patricks Day race that I’m looking forward too! Except its the week after. I’m hoping to score some items to wear on sale. 🙂
St. Patrick’s day is so fun! Always have green eggs for breakfast 🙂
My mom’s birthday is St. Patty’s day! My family always has the most DELICIOUS triple chocolate cake to celebrate the double-holiday! 🙂
My favorite St. Patrick’s Day memory would have to be from three years ago: I was studying abroad in Spain in Spring 2010, so a few of my friends and I decided to hop on over to tourist-filled Dublin, Ireland for St. Patrick’s Day. It was such a fun experience to visit the historical bars on that day–not to mention that they put on quite an impressive parade!
Thank you for hosting such a fantastic giveaway. BIC Bands are my favorite!
My favorite thing about St. Patty’s day is to make all of my food green 🙂
My favorite St. Patty’s Day was in 2011 when my now husband, Adam, asked me to be his wife! He planned everything perfectly, and I was completely surprised. After I said yes, he took me to a surprise party where our families and closest friends were waiting to celebrate with us. I couldn’t ask for a more memorable day. Now we say St. Patrick’s Day is our “engage-iverisery” so it makes the holiday extra special 🙂
St. Patrick’s day was my favorite holiday when I was a very young kid! We would leave pennies out for the leprechauns and when we woke up in the morning, the leprechauns had left a trail of gold chocolate coins. We would follow the trail to figure out how they were getting into the house and to see if they were still there!
I loved when I was a little girl and my mom made green pancakes with green milk! I thought it was the coolest things ever!
Several years ago, while studying abroad in Spain, a group of us travelled to Dublin for St. Patrick’s Day. It was one of my favorite memories from my time abroad!
I love corned beef and cabbage and cookies with green frosting! 🙂
Cute ideas. Running an annual st pats race with my husband and friends. Such fun!!
we always had green mac n cheese…so fun at the time, no it seems so gross!
Dallas has a big St. Patty’s Day run, parade, and block party. Every year we get together with our neighbors and watch all of the people go by. I can’t wait!
One of my favorite St Patrick’s Day memories is from elementary school. We built leprechaun traps and baited them with coins.
I like to make a traditional meal with corned beef and cabbage and potatos. And I will definately be wearing green!
I love making green treats for my kiddos for St. Patty’s day.
My favorite St Pattys Day tradition is celebrating my and my grandmas birthday. What are the odds I would be born on my grandmas birthday that is also a holiday? It’s great! Everyone celebrates with us!!
The good ole once-a-year meal of corned beef and cabbage always gets me excited for St. Pattys!
We always go to the parade! Its fun to be Irish for one day of the year.
I love making irish potatoes with my family for St. Patty’s Day!
My favorite food to enjoy on St. Patrick’s day is green eggs and ham! 🙂
Im in a show the night before the race so I won’t be participating this year, but food wise.. Oh baby! I need that shamrock shake!
I have been DYING to get some of these bicbands! No races for me this year since I will be 23 weeks pregnant, BUT since I am 75% Irish we always dress up and head out to some parades! 🙂
Hey! Never mind St Patrick’s…you missed the more important St David’s Day! 🙂
Corned beef in the form of a Rueben!
My very favorite St. Patrick day memory was having my precious Emma Mae in 2006; it was a blizzard in March, my husband’s truck was stuck half wheel down in the mud and my parents came through said blizzard to make sure we were ok. I was in ICU overnight for observation but early (8 weeks) little Emma was doing GREAT at 3 pounds, 12 ounces. Now we celebrate SPD with chocolate pancakes in honor of her birthday for breakfast and corned beef and cabbage, with red potatoes every year in honor of our favorite reason for celebrating!
I love making beer bread for St. Patty’s Day!
I love some Irish soda bread on St Patrick’s day!
We wear green and eat corned beef with cabbage and irish soda bread.
Aghhh! The Fault In Our Stars will rip your soul apart but it’s SO flippin good! Make sure you have tissues with you — at ALL times!
I LOVE eating the gold chocolate coins on St. Patrick’s Day! It’s also a tradition at my house to always turn the toilet bowl water green with food coloring the morning of the Holiday! 🙂
My Favorite memory has got to be last year when my 4 year old daughter FINALLY fit into the same St. Patricks day shirt I wore as a kid. Its totally 80’s looking which makes it even better! AND she fits into it this year too! WOOHOO!!
My favorite St. Patrick’s Day memory is from last year as it was the first party we threw for all our friends in our new home!
My favorite St. Patty’s Day food is Irish Soda Bread. Over the years, I’ve tried my hand at making it a few times, but have never been able to replicate the taste of the delicious bread that my husband and I shared on our first year anniversary trip to Dublin. Perhaps this year will be the year! In the meantime, I’m happy rolling, cutting and baking green shamrock sugar cookies with my two strawberry-blonde daughters. May the luck of the Irish be with you during your 10K!
My favorite memory is that my brother and I would try to wake up really early on St. Patricks day. The first one up would always put on something green and run in and start pinching the other. I started sleeping in green though but he still didn’t seem to care. Haha!
My all-time favorite St. Pats was a couple of years ago when I was studying abroad in Spain. Some of my study abroad friends and I flew to Dublin and met up with my friend from high school. We ended up with a huge group of new and old friends and spent the day decked out in cheesy St. Pat’s gear (from the euro store, the european version of a dollar store haha), drinking green beer and just soaking up all of the festivities!
Making green treats is my favorite way to celebrate! 🙂
I come from an Irish American family, so we take St. Patricks day pretty seriously. Growing up we always invited friends over for traditional irish food and drinks, and it was always the event of the year. It’s been fun to see how the party has progressed as my sister and I have gotten older.
LOVE bic bands!!
Irish potatoes are the best! I love coconut!
I’m a teacher for 3 and 4-year olds with disabilities and I LOVE it when the “leprechaun” trashes the classroom. The look on their faces is priceless! 🙂
I come from a very Irish family and my sister and I were a part of an Irish dance troupe in Philadelphia. Every year we would dance our jig through the streets for the annual St. Patrick’s day parade. This year we are swapping out dancing shoes for running shoes and running our first 1/2 together!
I never remember any of my St. Pat’s day memories………..ha!