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 not Irish but my husband is, so every year for St. Patrick’s day I make Corned Beef and Cabbage. I think turning the leftovers into Corned Beef hash is the best part 🙂
I’m running my FIRST half marathon the day before St. Patrick’s Day! I’m so excited, but I’m starting to get super super nervous…
I spent St Paddy’s day 2011 in Dublin, and it was AH-MAZING. I can’t wait to go back!
One year when I was in college I was able to ride a horse that was dyed the color green for the local St. Patrick’s day parade! 🙂
I always enjoy green beer on St. Patrick’s Day! And, my favorite St. Patty’s Day memory is marching in a local parade with my high school dance team.
Being from Louisiana, my favorite St. Patrick’s day food is boiled Crawfish with all the fixins and green beer!!!! =)
I would love to win these! My favorite tradition is pretty basic but I love dressing up in all green! I love St.Patricks Day and I’m excited to dress in green this year!
One of my favorite St.Patrick’s Day memories was spending one of my college spring breaks in New Orleans. After being there I can’t imagine Mardi Gras…It was a great time!!
This year I will be celebrating my little brother’s 21st the night before so Sunday may be a slow day for me. I usually celebrate St. Patty’s by drinking green beer with friends and family. I’m not a huge beer lover but there’s something about green beer that I crave on that day!
Just eating everything green! Makes me feel like a rabbit 🙂
Running the Shamrock Run 15K in Portland, OR in Pro Compression socks! (It’s my birthday that weekend too, should be lots of fun!)
A green smoothie, but of course.
I am so excited that St Patrick’s Day is on a Sunday this year! A bunch of friends and I are going out the night before and then on Sunday to breakfast at one of the local bars…they also have live Irish music!
I love to make lemon bars with green food coloring. Yummy AND Themed!
I’m running the Get it to the Green 10k with my friends in Columbia, South Carolina!
Beef brisket!! I love making it with a savory/ sweet sauce. Thanks for the pictures, they’re getting me pumped for my 5k on Sunday!
Though it is not a food, the green beer is a must on St. Patrick’s day!!
As a first grade teacher, we build trap to catch leprechauns. Then, I use a stamp to put green “footprints” all over our room! The kids love it!
I love to eat a good Reuben on St. Patrick’s Day!
I love to eat corned beef and cabbage with green beer on st Patrick’s day!
I go for some green grapes on St. Patty’s!
Beer can be considered food…right? 😉
this year, jonny and i will be in sunny arizona with both of our brothers!! can.not.wait!!
I was hoping to do the local 10k St Patty’s day race here in Calgary, Alberta but had our baby a little early so a race this soon might not be the best idea. Always next year, right? 🙂
I’m not Irish, but I look like I am (pale skin, freckles, reddish hair), so I always embrace my German heritage and drink German beer 😉
My favorite St. Patrick’s Day memory was from about 3 years ago when I loved in a small beach town. My co-workers and I got to ride on a firetruck down the main street that runs parallel to the ocean and then hopped around to different resaturants to celebrate the day.
I’ll be making these beauties for St. Patrick’s Day: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/03/chocolate-stout-cupcakes-with-baileys.html
I will be running my second half marathon on St. Patricks day!
Last year one of my best friends invited me over for a St. Patrick’s day dinner. I had corned beef and cabbage for the first time and fell in love! We even had homemade mint green ice cream popsicles for dessert. Even though it’s pretty stereotypical, this meal is definitely becoming a tradition!
Favorite St. Patrick’s Day tradition is making sure all of my meals have green in them that day!
My favorite thing about St. Patrick’s Day has been a tradition we’ve had just the past few years. A sneaky Leprechaun comes to visit our house and do mischievous things! My son LOVES it and has been putting his shoe out for the past month waiting for the day!!
(the Leprechaun left gold coin chocolates in his shoe last year 🙂
Every year, since I was very young, my family has always had corned beef and cabbage. I’ve always loved it! And now that I’m an adult…I also add the green beer as my beverage of choice. 😉
I am running the Team Ortho Get Lucky 7K in Minneapolis, MN!
I love both the BIC bands and the shamrock socks!!! We always go to the parade here in Savannah Ga!! I have to work but would love to sport the bicband while at work and my morning run!!! Would def add some festive fun to my weekend!!
I loved celebrating with my friends in University – no shortage of green shirts or green beer.
Last year on St. Patrick’s day I was in Nashville for my best friends bachelorette party! The best St. Patty’s day I can remember.
I love St. Patty’s day! I like to celebrate with corned beef and cabbage & beer 😉
St. Patrick’s day is my family’s Christmas…it’s a whole weekend filled with parades, family, food and fun!
I don’t really have a favorite food but I love to dye whatever I can green for the occassion!!
I have never really celebrated St. Patrick’s Day, so no memories really stick out in my mind. I do stick to one tradition, though: I always wear green so I don’t get pinched!
I love when I get to spend St patty’s day with my family<3
Just started last year but it has become a new tradition to make and eat Irish carbomb cupcakes!
one of my favorite holidays! i love going home to boston and going to the parade. and starting the day with green bagels!
We’re not big st. patty’s day people, but i always wear green!
I love St. Patty’s Day cookies! For some reason, sugar cookies with green frosting taste better? Haha!
I would love to use the headbands at the Shamrock Shuffle on St. Patty’s Day this year!!
Last year I got married on St Patricks Day!! I’m excited that I’ll get to have an extra reason to celebrate from now on 🙂
My boyfriend and I are VERY Irish, and last year we made a TON of Irish Soda bread! We used an old recipe that’s been in his family for years. I can’t wait to do that again this year!
When I was a girl, my dad would take me out of school for day and we’d head downtown Indianapolis to watch the St. Patrick’s Day parade. One of the local grocery stores would give out green bagels….. I treasured those bagels!!!! Such good memories of being with my dad!
One memory that sticks out to me is when I was in 5th grade and I hgreen green but my friend pinched me really hard anyway that I wanted to cry. It was horrible. But kind of funny.