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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ah so fun! I would love to run a st patty’s race…or any “costume” race for that matter. I do make sure my foods are green on st patrick’s day though – probably will start out with a waffles turned green!
I enjoy corned beef Reubens!
I haven’t run any races yet, but I’m starting soon. My first one is the Warrior Dash in June! My favorite St Patty’s Day memory is my senior year of college. When we couldn’t wake up all year long to go to 8am classes, we were up at 6 to have Bailey’s and coffee and then drank ALL DAY! 🙂 Fun times.
I love those headbands! I hope you guys have a lot of fun for your race! I’m actually not going to be running a race this St. Patrick’s day because I get to head down to Florida for spring break. But I love to “find the leprechaun” when my mom makes a trail of green and gold glitter leading to a cute note left by a leprechaun!
I am running the St. Louis St. Patricks Day Parade Run again this year! Such a fun race!
Favorite St. Patties memory… Being born!! It’s my b-day& like Julie I’m zero Irish, but it’s always a blast!
Favorite St. Patty’s day memory is when my daughter was 2. It was a beautiful day for the parade, but strangers kept coming up asking where my daughter had been that she got so wet, because her hair looked soaked since the day before she had put vaseline in her hair. It made for good laugh for everyone.
I always St. Patty’s Day when i was in high school because everybody would go ALL out and dress up. Ohh the memories!
My grandfather’s birthday was on St. Patrick’s Day, so we always celebrated it growing up. Those are some of my best memories of the holiday and of him. We also always ate corned beef and cabbage. 🙂 I’m dying to try a bic band after always reading about them on here! Thanks for the great giveaway!
Natalie
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My favorite St. Pattys Day memory happened my senior year of high school. We had gotten alot of snow and after eating the corned beef and cabbage my mom makes every year I went sledding with my boyfriend and a bunch of friends. We had a blast!!
Hmm I always like St. Patrick’s Day in elementary school because they would leave little green footprints in the bathroom that walk up and out of the window. We would always be on the lookout for a lepruchan… and eat a bunch of candy chocolate coins.
My youngest daughter is a St. Patty’s Day baby!
I love making green foods on St. Patricks day! Like green smoothies and pancakes. I had thought about entering a 3k the wekend after St. P’s day but needed to get in a longer run before my half.
i remember always making leprechaun traps when i was little. so much fun!
I’m running my first 7K ever on St. Patrick’s Day!
My husband and I became “official” boyfriend and girlfriend on St. Patrick’s Day when we were 17. He proposed on that day when we were 22 and we went to Beale Street to celebrate. We’ve been married for almost 8 years and we still try to go to Silky’s on Beale every year.
I’m doing the Seattle St Patty’s Day Dash. My fav b/c so many fun costumes 🙂
I am running the Rock ‘n Roll Half-Marathon in Washington D.C. next Saturday. Can’t wait to see the crazy costumes folks will wear…I am hoping to accessorize appropriately and new BIC bands would help a ton!
My favorite St. Patty’s day food is definitely Irish soda bread!! So yummy I just can’t get enough. My mom used to dye the milk in my fridge green… it grossed me out but was still so funny and exciting as a kid 🙂
Ahhh I love all of this stuff 🙂
St. Patrick’s Day always reminds me of being a kid and having a leprechaun come to our classroom! I remember we went to lunch and recess and then when got back to the room there were green footprints and gold “coins” (chocolate) at our desks. I remember us all being excited about a leprechaun visiting our classroom while we were gone! So fun! I want to do it with my future kids.
I might do a St. Patrick’s Day 5K in Bradenton that includes a pub crawl after…haven’t decided yet though.
I am running the Sun Trust Rock n’ Roll Half on the 16th. Still trying to decide what to wear.
I honestly don’t have any significant St. Patrick’s Day memories, or know what St. patty’s Day food is, besides green beer. I guess I am not up on all the Irishness of things. Maybe I will make it special and make my kids green eggs for breakfast and pinch their little cheeks if they don’t pick out green to wear. 🙂
I would love to go see the river in savannah dyed green. Also, I loved the fault in our stars along with everything else John Green has written.
Running the shamrock half marathon in va beach on the 17th!
Oh how I love this post! Every year my mom makes a huge deal about St. Patrick’s Day and I absolutely LOVE it! I can always remember waking up to green eggs, green pancakes, green milk, green fruits…green everything! Then a leprechaun would leave some green goodies behind! I hope I make even the small holidays a big deal for my kids!
My favorite St. Patty’s day memory is flying into NYC on St Patricks Day for a concert that I was singing in. We arrived in New York and were thrown into a world of Irish! With our hotel on the parade route, we were in the middle of it all!
i just bought my first bic band a few weeks ago and am now a fan! i once dressed up for a local st. patrick’s day 4 mile race–so different from the normal racing experience and it was so much fun!
My favorite St. Pattys Day memory is when I went to Chicago a few years ago to celebrate with friends. It was so fun watching the water turn green and partying in Chicago! : )
I love using food coloring to turn all of our food green for St. Patty’s Day. My son refuses to eat anything saying it’s all “gross” but I think that only encourages my mischievious side even more!. But it’s still fun!
In previous years, I always enjoyed those deliciously doughy green bagels…but as it’s my first year as a gluten-free gal, I guess I’ll have to find something else to get my green fix 🙁
Fun fact: as a a kindergartener on St. Patty’s day, I couldn’t figure out WHY all of our milk had turned green. I was convinced it was poisoned and refused to drink it!
I am running my first ever half marathon on St. Patrick’s day this year in Atlanta!
shamrock shakes are always my st. patrick’s day tradition – not the healthiest but SOOO good 🙂
Being from Chicago, I enjoy heading downtown for the St. Patrick’s Day parade and seeing the Chicago river get died green! My friends and I love to go each year and it is always a great time.
No races for me this year, need to study for my nursing exam. I love these headbands though, so cute! When I was younger we used to put food dye in our milk at dinner to make it green!
I was in Dublin, Ireland on St Patty’s day back in 2002. I had a special press pass and was able to be close to all the action. There were millions of people in the city that day. It was amazing and so festive!
My favourite St. Patrick’s day memory was time time my dad and I made green-tinted Kraft Dinner for the family… second one being the time my mom made everyone green pancakes!
First off, I’m dying to try the bic bands! I’m obsessed with the St. Patty’s day green frosted sugar cookies! Crazy boring, I know, but I love them for any holiday!
Love to make an Irish Stout (Guinness) cake… It’s amazing. Best cake you will ever eat.
I make green rice crispy treats and cut them out with shamrock cookie cutters. I was thinking of running a race on St. Patty’s Day…there are a few going on both this weekend and next that are green-themed! I just started getting into running 2 months ago and haven’t run a race yet, but if it’ll win me these BICbands, I’ll sign up for one right now!
My absolute favorite St. Patty’s Day food is corned beef, cabbage, carrots, and red potatoes! I ate it growing up, and now I make my own for me and my BF. 🙂
I’m excited to be running a St Patricks 5k race! (:
I love the idea of a themed race but I just don’t like racing that much! I like to eat a lot however 😉 on St. Patty’s day, corned beef and cabbage is a must-have!
I’m Irish and my mom cooks on st Patricks day for the fam..usually corn beef and cabbage and potatoes..def a tradition!
One funny st patricks celebration that I will never forget is when a bunch of friends and I went to the bars in Hoboken nj which are crazy and way overcrowded on this day and a waiter dumped an entire tray of about 20 drinks on my friend..it was too funny and we all had a great laugh!!
It’s the only time I’ll eat it – but I actually do enjoy corned beef and cabbage! I’m thinking of trying to make soda bread for the first time too!
i’m running in a 5k this year, the 2013 St. Patricks Day Road Race in Southie (Boston)!!
I was thinking of doing a green protein shake!
I remember always looking for 4-leaf clovers in school!
We set up a leprechaun trap with broccoli to lure him in, but he gets away and leaves the kids treats!! So fun!!
My favorite food to eat on St. Patrick’s Day is a shamrock shake of course!! 🙂