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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My best friend and I have run a shamrock race every year since we’ve graduated college (4years)! This year, we chose to meet back in our hometown for the St Pattys Day 5k!
I’m from Chicago, so I love dressing in all green and going downtown to see the River dyed green. People watching is always so much fun. Of course, my friends and I go to McDonald’s to get a Shamrock Shake (sometimes adding our own Bailey’s) followed by a stop at Portillo’s 🙂
I’m hoping to be healed in time to run a 5k I registered for months ago! I plan to shamROCK my Pro Compression socks as well!
I love having/eating cabbage, steamed carrots & corned beef on ST. Patty’s day, however, I think my favorite things are sipping on green adult beverages & eating yummy festive green desserts 😉
I LOVE St. Patrick’s day! My friends and I dress up every year — my favorite accessory is an oversized pair of sunglasses with green lenses that say “You Look Irish to Me!”
Love ALL the green! And like you I LOVE LOVE LOVE the $1 bins at Target! I actually have to limit my Target trips. I love me some Target and I get SOOO carried away!
We were hoping to do the Dash Down Greenville in Dallas on St. Pattys Day. I am also going to visit my friend in Savannah, Ga and she said we HAVE to go see this famous dyed green fountain. So maybe that may become a new tradition! 🙂
I have run the shamrock shuffle in Madison, wi.
Last year was a fun St. Patrick’s Day. I went to downtown Ft. Lauderdale and ended up in a pool noodle sword fight with my boyfriend’s roommate!
I totally remember getting a St. Patrick’s Day t-shirt one year as a preteen that instantly became my favorite shirt! I wore it as often as I could (it didn’t matter that the holiday had come and gone)! Thanks for the giveaway!!
I loooove creme de menth brownies (no idea how to spell that…)
Thanks PBF!
I like to celebrate St. Party’s Day by always wearing green of course and eating green food and possibly drinking an adult beverage or two!
Last st Patrick’s day was crazy. I was 5 months pregnant with our second and I made an awesome cashew chicken for dinner. Well, our daughter (who was 2 at the time) ate some and was allergic, so we ended up in the er. I can always remember what day it was because she looked so cute in her green shirt and her hair was in 2 pigtail buns.
In my family, we make homemade corned beef hash every St. Patrick’s Day morning, and it is the BEE’S KNEES! Our own little version of kegs and eggs…nom noms!
St pattys day is my birthday!!
Our old dog, Penny, was a stray, and the vet told us her birthday was probably sometime in March. Since we adopted her, we figured she was pretty lucky and celebrated her birthday on St. Patrick’s Day.
Irish car bomb….kind of yuck….kind of tradition! I’m sure to get a good run in before partaking 🙂
Favorite St Patrick’s Day tradition (or activity, rather) is to get the shamrock shakes from McDonald’s! A close second is green beer 🙂
I love pinching everyone who isn’t wearing green especially since green is my favorite color!!!
I’ve been wanting to order some BIC Bands for awhile but haven’t got a lot of extra cash so that would be great to win! For St. Patrick’s Day I like to have Guiness Stew that I originally had at Irish Fest!
My family and I always try to enjoy the st. Pattys parade here in Houston. It’s always a big crowd and the kids end up a million beaded necklaces. Fun!
does it count that i do NOT wear green and i feel nervous about being teased/pinched all day (had more of the former, not much of the latter). i have tan/olive skin (italian) and i look ill in any shade of green, so it is not a color in my closet.
Favorite St. Patrick’s Day Memory: UnOFficIal St. Patrick’s Day at U of I. Nuff said. It’s crazy! Google it haha
One year I woke up and got the whole concept of St. Patrick’s Day completely off. Instead of wearing all green, I did my best to wear NONE! It is one of my friend’s favorite holidays, so right when I got out the car, she noticed immediately I had on no green. Let’s just say I had a bruise that lasted for a week on my arm. OUUUUCH!
We always have a St. Patrick’s Day parade in our hometown which I’ve always loved attending. I miss that since I’ve moved away.
I will be running my first half-marathon on St. Patricks day! These headbands would look so cute with the shirts my friend and I are planning on making. :))
My favorite St. Patrick’s Day tradition is the meal my mom always cooks for us: the traditional corned beef and cabbage with a pistachio cake and green icing! And of course our day always began with green pancakes! Now that I am married and stationed far away from home I can’t wait to make this meal for all of our friends!
My favorite food to eat on St. Patrick’s day are green eggs and ham or a shamrock shake. Probably not together! Love the headbands!
I love making green rice crispy treats on St. Patty’s! And who doesn’t love green beer?! 😉
I love cabbage! And I recently discovered I’m part Irish, so this year I’m going all out!
My favorite St. Patty’s memory was sixth grade. My mom put lil’ green footprints all over the house hoping we would believe leprechauns were real for one more year!
My husbands family is Irish so we go all out with Irish food and drinks. I think my husband even took the day after st. Paddys day off because he’s Irish 😉 silly boy. I usually really the Seattle’s St. Paddys day dash then join my husband for the festivities.
Gotta love an irish car bomb!
MY fav food on St. P’s day is anything green! I think it’s so fun to do a ‘color’ theme for dinner –alll green!
My dad insisted on taking me and my mom on a cruise during my last spring break in law school as a graduation present. We had a great time on St. Patrick’s day in St. Thomas, snorkeling and shopping and wearing green and then going to the piano bar on the ship that night. Some random guy gave my mom bead and she thought it was hilarious. My mom died unexpectedly six weeks later, which is what makes the memory extra special.
Those BIC bands are so cute! I’ve celebrated St. Patrick’s Day in both Boston and Chicago, but last year was fun. I spent the day celebrating the bridal shower of my oldest friend. We had special shamrock and beer shaped cookies.
I’m running the LA Marathon this year and its on St. Patrick’s day!!! My favorite St. Patrick’s day food is corned beef!
I love to have mint coconut milk ice cream shakes!
Ever since I was little, my dad has made green eggs on St. Patrick’s day for breakfast. I’ve missed it being away at school for the past couple of years!
Homemade Shamrock shakes! I’ve had them on St. Patrick’s Day ever since I was little, continuing the tradition with my kiddos!
New follower here, stopping by from runninglikeamother.com 🙂
My favorite tradition on St. Patty’s day is definitely enjoying a shamrock shake and wearing green!!
Favorite memory has to be going to Savannah, GA for St. Patrick’s Day!!!
My boys are still talking about the leprechaun that left green footprints on our toilet while he relieved himself (he turned the water green), he turned our milk green, and eluded our trap. He did leave them Lucky Charms in compensation for all the mischief. I think he will be making a return this year!
We use to have parties and serve carmel apple martinis! Yum! With a baby now those days are long gone ha 🙂
I go the parade every year. I have a friend who lives a half a block of the route and we just kinda tailgate at her house all day. I can’t wait!
Every year in Kentucky we go to the St. Patrick’s Day parade. Last year my fiance and I went with brand new couple friends. We are now best couple friends and going again this year! Happy to start a new tradition with great friends on such a fun day!
My favorite food is… Green beer (of course!) 🙂
My favorite tradition is to make everything we eat on St Patty’s Day green (green soy milk, green tofu, green muffins, etc… )
While I don’t drink, one of my best friends has “beerios” every St. Patrick’s day. He calls it his 2nd birthday–his name is Patrick!! Beerios= cheerios with beer instead of milk. Hahaha.
I just like adding green food coloring to everything I can in the week leading up to St. Patty’s Day! and I <3 BICBands
My tradition is making Irish Soda bread!