I LOVED reading about all of your creepy gym encounters!! I knew I wasn’t the only one with stories 
Today was quite busy and tiring. I woke up every 15min for about 2hrs before I had to get up. Don’t you hate that??
I was in a rush this morning to make oats, get to the farmers market, then head to work.
Oats rocked.
Muffin Topped Oats
- 1/3c rolled oats
- 2/3c almond milk, 1/3c water
- 1/2 sliced banana
- 1 egg white
- vanilla
- 1/2t cinnamon
Topped with
- 1/2 vegan blueberry muffin [from yesterday]
- ~1T pnut butter
Super creaminess!! These muffins are SO good. I can’t wait to perfect them so they hold together a little better. The flavor rocks.
I had to get my weekly fresh eggs. Once you start with this fresh egg habit…it’s hard to revert back.
Today was exciting. I was in a hurry but browsed by and saw some GREEN things popping up!! There were a lot of micro greens and also this gorgeous asparagus. It is local + organic and I’m pretty excited about it.
Asparagus takes around 3 YEARS to harvest! Isn’t that crazy?? I just learned all about growing asparagus in the book I’m reading, Animal Vegetable Miracle. Anyone read this yet? The woman at the market said they use a drip irrigation system and it took 4yrs for this to start popping up! I’m going to savor it. I love being able to support the local farmers that take so much time to grow such delicious, pure food.
Then I had to work and it was crazzzy today! Non-stop go go go go gooooooo.
Snacked on an apple and pistachio coconut butter when I got home then headed to meet up with Chris and some friends. I finalllllyyyy at a late dinner at 11pm.
Hoping to make 1 or 2 kitchen creations before work tomorrow, but we’ll see!
~Ashley
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Gosh, late dinner!
I despertely want to make some of that pistachio butter – it looks like pesto, but sounds better
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Ashley Reply:
April 19th, 2010 at 10:53 am
hahaha so much better
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omg. animal vegetable miracle is one of my all time favourite books! i found it 2 years ago through this random book share thing, read it and immediately went out and bought myself a copy (and several other copies to give away to friends and family!). i reread it again every spring to get myself excited about living local.
last year when i was at the boyfriend’s parents’ farm in may/june, i got to see the asparagus field in action!! those guys are so funny looking, popping out of the ground. delicious though.
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Ashley Reply:
April 19th, 2010 at 10:53 am
I was really getting into it while biking at the gym! I’m glad so many people have already read it!
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Were you really up at 3:30am posting this?! Impressive! Don’t get me wrong…love that. I always lack blog posts to read during breakfast…But not now
Love Animal, Vegetable, Miracle…A real perspective changer. We should all eat more local…Go farmers! And enjoy your asparagus and eggs!
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Ashley Reply:
April 19th, 2010 at 10:54 am
Maybe I’ll start reporting about weather around the world, so it can be like the morning news for people
I looove local!
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I had no idea asparagus took that long to grow!
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Ashley Reply:
April 19th, 2010 at 10:54 am
Insanity…i know!
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I love Animal, Vegetable, Miracle! It was one of those books where every few pages I HAD to share an excerpt with someone. I love Barbara Kingsolver. I love how asparagus plants get hug and feathery and tall after they go back to seed. I can’t wait until I plan to live somewhere long enough to plan asparagus.
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I can’t remember if I’ve commented on your blog before or not — I’ve been reading it for a few weeks and love it! Your pictures are total food porn! Judging by your oatmeal style I’m pretty sure we would be friends
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Ashley Reply:
April 19th, 2010 at 10:54 am
Thanks so much girlie!! Come on over for a bowl of oats!
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I LOVED Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Such an inspiring book to me. I also read it every spring to get me motivated for my own veggie garden. Tried a few recipes in there also, and all were wonderful. So fresh!
That is beautiful asparagus! So jealous!
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Ashley Reply:
April 19th, 2010 at 10:55 am
I can’t wait to eat it!
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I really need to get me some fresh eggs.
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Crumbled muffins on oats is the BOMB!!!
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Woah, pistachio coconut butter? That sounds phenomenal!
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I didn’t know that about asparagus! Now I kind of feel bad because I eat soooo much of it! I’m digesting years of hard work without a second thought!
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i need asparagus now that your pictures inspired me
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Those asparagus and eggs are BEE-utiful. I just bought fresh farm eggs from a local natural foods store, and they were not nearly as fresh as I was hoping
Runny whites and all, but they were all funky shapes and colors, so I guess that’s good.
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wow I had no idea that asparagus took so long to harvest!!
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We shop at Farmer’s Markets too, and I agree, this time of year when fruits and veg that aren’t apples and root vegetable (yay Canada!) start to pop up is wonderful!!!
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I am reading Animal, Vegetable, Mircale as well. I’m about 1/3 of the way through. I loved reading all about asparagus in the beginning! And now I want to move to a farm and grow my own food
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Ashley Reply:
April 19th, 2010 at 11:00 am
Suuuuper interesting about asparagus!
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Those eggs look prime for poaching…although by now, it’s been built up so much that you probably won’t be too impressed.
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