Last night I began to understand what the hype is all about surrounding Gone Girl.
I’ve heard from many of you who are number 400+ on your library’s wait list for this book. Insane! The wait list was crazy-long at my library as well, so I bought Gone Girl through Amazon last week (I love two day shipping!) and am already enjoying it. Mysteeerious!
Workout
My workout this morning yet again followed Tina’s Best Body Boot Camp and included three different sets of supersets with five minutes of cardio thrown in between. I wasn’t as enamored with today’s workout as I was with some of the strength workouts from last week, but it is always good to change things up and keep the ol’ body guessing. I really liked the way cardio was spread out through the workout though. That kept me sweatin’!
Breakfast
The minute I started opening a can of salmon to use in this morning’s breakfast, a furry little guest arrived at my feet.
Sadie becomes quite the helpful apprentice anytime she hears a can open in the kitchen.
I used a can of wild Alaskan sockeye salmon in a batch of scrambled eggs with onion and parmesan cheese for my morning meal.
The salmon was the perfect way to kick boring scrambled eggs up a notch. The extra protein also made this breakfast quite filling.
Along with my eggs, I also ate a banana that was on the verge of death.
Time to get to work!
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- August Summer Sizzler Workout Challenge (EatSpinRunRepeat.com)
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I love that salmon and eggs idea! I’m on a huge salmon kick these days but haven’t managed to incorporate it into breakfast… yet!
I know you use salmon for a lot of your cooking. I made some last night and still have a huge portion of the filet left to cook but I honestly can’t bare to take it out of the fridge because I swear the smell permeated every pore of everything it touched. Including my hands. Do you have a sneaky technique to not get salmon smell on everything? or…get it off of everything. I’m not kidding I woke up in the middle of the night smelling it and couldn’t fall back to sleep. I was disturbed. lol
a big thing that helps in our house is turning on the fan above the oven when we take the salmon out of the oven. the fan seems to suck up a lot of the fishy smell!
i’ve also heard using lemon on your hands helps, too!
LOL…I musta had a stank fish. I sliced it and prepared it outside and put it on the grill. I lemoned my hands and even washed them in toothpaste! I might just be extra sensitive to the smell right now too… It was salmony up in here tho.
Thanks for the tips!
It also helps to make sure your tupperware is totally airtight! I use glass tupperware when I’m storing salmon because it gets a seal than plastic tupperware does.
hey pb fingers,
do you have a litttle snack before you work out in the morning? i always wake up so hungry in the morning at 6 when i go to run. what would you recommend for a power snack that won’t unsettle my stomach before running in the morning and before i eat breakfast?
Thanks!
That’s one protein packed breakfast!
I’m starting Gone Girl today – hope I like it!
I got the free sample of Gone Girl on my Kindle (the first few chapters) and got sucked in. I am 20th on my library wait list, so I’ll just have to suck it up and buy it on my kindle!
In my house, any overripe bananas go right into banana bread or are frozen for smoothies!
Most creative egg scramble award- I would have never thought to throw salmon into the mix!
the hype is legit, gone girl is really good! I’m about half-way through and already can’t wait to write a review!
I’ve heard nothing but good things about that book. I have it on reserve at my library too. I hope it comes in soon!
That picture of Sadie is toooooo cute. My dog gets the same look on his face when he hears the sound of food prep in the kitchen. I love starting my morning off with some adorable puppy pics. 🙂
I finished reading the book last night … SO GOOD!
I didn’t realize salmon came in a can–or that it would still seem fresh or be any good! Thanks for sharing!
That reminds me of one of my favorite meals… eggs scrambled with smoked salmon and cream cheese… if you haven’t tried it you should b/c it’s amazing!
I can’t stop reading Gone Girl I am so hooked!
Haven’t started Gone Girl yet but I need to get on it! I love salmon, but I’m not so sure about having a fishy taste in my mouth in the morning!
I believe you mean that banana was on the verge of it’s prime – banana bread prime that is! 😉
Just wanted to let you know I started reading your blog a few months back, we just got a French Bulldog puppy and I copied and named her Sadie! I didnt even realize until yesterday that this is where i heard the name. Thanks!
i LOVE french bulldogs. they are the cutest!!! <3
There’s even a wait list for Gone Girl at my itty bitty tiny library here. Can’t wait to be #1. And I love the canned salmon in this. I always see it at Costco but don’t know what to do with it. Now I do.
That’s my FAVE kind of salmon! And you can only get it at Costco in the states … I’ve never found it here!
I regularly blog at my book review blog Coffee and a Book Chick and got a chance to read Gone Girl a couple of months before the release date and I was blown away. If you haven’t read Gillian Flynn’s other books, particularly her debut Sharp Objects, definitely pick them up! Dark and twisted, all around!
I love Sadie’s eyes and her expression! My dog has a similar alert and sweet look and my heart just melts! 🙂
Oooh, I’m glad to hear it’s sucking people in — I’ll have to buy it the next time I’m at the book store! I love good summer reading!
I just started reading Gone Girl last night and LOVE IT! Honestly a big problem I have with books is that, the intro of learning all the people and the places gets SO BORING and I usually stop reading if a writer isn’t great at keeping me lured in. But so far they are doing a great job at telling the beginning story and looping in the current. I love that, keeps me on my toes!
I just had to say that Gilliam Flynn is awesome, I’ve read her other two books and loved them. The best is Sharp Objects.
That sounds like an interesting taste on scrambled eggs, an interesting taste I want to try! I love salmon!
I may have to buy that book! Sounds really good! My dog does that whenever she hears me in the kitchen! That is an interesting breakfast!! Not so sure about the salmon but the rest looks delicious 🙂 Bananas at that stage are amazing good!! Have a good Day 🙂
I have honestly never thought of putting salmon in my eggs. What a great way to “spice” up a simple meal.
aww Sadie haha I checked Target for that book and it was sold out 🙁 I might have to order online lol
That bfast looks amazing. I’ve never had salmon from a can, but feel the need to investigate!
I downloaded the free sample of Gone Girl on my Nook and just the couple chapters I read was very good. Only problem, it is almost $14.00 and I hate spending that much on a book. I am gonna see how long the wait list is at my local library!!
I’m waiting for it at my library! But my problem is it won’t tell me how far back in line I am! I have one book that I’ve been waiting for since May!
I love the idea of adding salmon to eggs!
My dog does the same thing whenever he hears our refridgerator drawers open. Which is weird, considering there’s nothing ever in there for him!
I couldn’t believe how long the library wait time for Gone Girl was, so I ended up buying it from Amazon, too. I’m saving it for my vacay read, and am having a hard time staying away from it until then. I can’t recall ever being this excited to read a novel before.
I’m still enjoying the 10 to 6 workout you posted a few weeks ago! I’m bookmarking the August sizzler for my next workout challenge.
Love me some salmon in the morning! When my family and I travelled to Scotland it was all the rage.
I can’t WAIT to start reading this month’s book club book! If we are posting a review on our blog, should we just shoot you an email?
I feel like this week’s workouts haven’t been as challenging. My muscles most definitely were not fatigued. I tried upping my weights, but then they were too heavy :-/
I love salmon but I find that canned salmon tends to have too much of a fishy taste to me (the same problem I have with canned tuna). Do you have a brand that is less fishy, or does the canned taste just not bother you?
I started reading the book last night, and it sucked me in. I can’t wait to finish it. Good pick!
-Alicia
Quirktast Adventures
I am going to have to hit up BN on my way home from work and Gone Girl! I just read the synopsis and it sounds amazing!!!
I’ve never had fish at breakfast before, I don’t think. Great idea!
ANd yes, the library wait for that book is sooooo freaking long. Sad!
I can’t eat bananas that are that ripe… I have to use them for baking at that point.
Salmon in scrambled eggs sounds great!
Just happened to finish that book yesterday. So good!! 🙂 Can’t wait to discuss it!
Ahh, I need to get my hands on that book so see what the hype is about!
I finished Gone Girl a couple of weeks ago. Loved the beginning, liked the middle, and “meh” about the ending. Can’t wait to hear what you think of it!
I love “Meh” as a description. I can’t wait to see if I think “meh” or not. Going off to read some at lunch now!
Just bought Gone Girl — can’t wait to dig in!
Pb fingers u don’t have an iPad or kindle or nook etc?
My library also had a looooooonnnnnnnggggg wait list so I caved and bought it on my kindle app for iPad and so far im loving the book!
Your banana skin looks like a giraffe! I love very ripe bananas!