A Mousse For Life

No.

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Not that kind.

THIS kind!

Uh, HOLYYUMMM!!!

Before I relive that joy – by telling y’all what it is (aside from a mousse…obvs), I’ll give you an injury update:

So, 7 weeks ago, I got a crazy case of Angry Legs, which I thought was shin splints. After 5 weeks, I went to the sports physio, and he said it was probably compartment syndrome (although I’m guessing not a terrible case, cos I don’t have swollen legs and it doesn’t hurt to point my toes or anything…I’m not convinced I have it, but whateverz). A week last Sunday, I also injured an area near my ankle, which was probably a simple strain – I walk/ran 6miles that morning, then my mum and I got lost in the forest and walked another 6 :p. Mr FF told me to rest (no walk/running) til the ankle thing was not hurting, and to slather on Nurofen gel, both of which I did.

Today, I went for a run! I did just 1mile – the ankle feels 99% ok (it randomly feels tired for about 2mins in a day, that’s it), and my right leg felt super. My LEFT CALF however still hurt! Wtf? I was confused! Why would one leg heal, and the other not? Very curious, and I’m super glad I’ve got another appointment on Friday with him; hopefully he can sort out my woes…(if only just looking at his pretty face was enough! LOL)

Anyway! Whilst I was running, I was thinking about breakfast – namely the supersuper ripe pear I had. I’ve been dull recently and just had sliced pear every day with breakfast…not today!! I give you:

The World’s Simplest Pear Mousse!

Could. not. be. easier.

- 1 super duper ripe pear (like, seriously ripe)

- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

- 1/8ish cup water

- 3/4 tsp xanthan gum

Cut the pear into chunks (you can leave the core, it’ll get blended in), put into a decent blender. Add everything but the xanthan gum. Blend til liquid (a matter of seconds) THEN add the XG. Blend blend blend! I blended it on a pretty high speed for a minute or two – like, it was blended and looked like liquid, but I kept going and going.

Pour into a dish and either eat straight away, or do as the cool folk (ie me) do, and fridge it for a half hour so it gets some chill factor and sets a bit better.

Um, Give me a D! Give me an E! Give me an L! Give me a….[bored now] DELICIOUS! Sweet, smooth, cold, vanilla-y…everything one’s heart desires I topped mine with some random puffed wheat, just so it looked preddier

The rest of breakfast wwaaasss….yep, you guessed it: chocolate pudding oats.

Made sans-sweetener today, just to see what it was like. Answer = good, I like it. I shall leave the sweetener out now (I add agave/maple to EVERYTHING and it really isn’t doing my teeth any good at all :p).

Lunch today was – another dose of marathon photo!

This photo makes me feel PROUD. I cannot wait to do another marathon!

That was the official finisher’s photo – so after I received me medal (in yesterday’s pic) I then stood in line for 5mins, felt sick, and got that taken It’s my favourite photo

Socca made another lunch appearance today too – this time, flavoured with Vanilla-almond Vega smoothie mix! Free from the Healthy Living Summit swag bag, no less I added in half a serving to 50g gram flour & half a cup water and baked as usual. Resulting innnn….:

That yumness. It was good! Much sweeter than the other soccas I’ve made, and it tasted like marzipan. One approves.

So I got let out of lectures 20mins early today, and whilst I was driving home, something amazing happened:

THE SUN CAME OUT!

I smiiilllleeeddd!!! I have missed the sun, oh-so much! So needless to say, the second I walked through the door, I took off my boots and threw on my trainers and went for a 20minute walk – but not alone. I had company….

The Happy Herbivore cookbook! I’ve been reading Lindsay’s blog for probably at least a year, and pre-ordered her book as soon as it was possible to. After seeing it all about the Twittersphere, it FINALLY arrived! And made for super good reading whilst I walked

When I got back, I’d worked up an appetite, so ate a quick yogurt-cereal mess -

Crazy times. Dinner was tofu, marinated in freshly squeezed OJ, mirin, soy sauce, agave nectar, cinnamon and cumin:

Annnndd that’s all you’re getting for dinner pics, cos whilst I was making everything else, the pics got loaded onto the laptop, so nothing else was taken Bananas were involved though! Yes, they were.

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Now, this is a lil random – but I’ve seen on quite a few blogs recently (Gracie’s, Snack Face, Gabriela) pictures of what the said bloggers are fashioning themselves in that day! I always like to see what they’re wearing (I like fashion Hello, Vogue subscription for my birthday two years running…), so I wondered if you guys want to see what I”M wearing [on days I can be assed to dress up :p]!? I was wearing my new cardigan today and felt kinda nice, so I took a photo

[note the long top to cover up my broken flies - NO, I am NOT throwing away my favourite jeans, just cos the zipper broke!!]

[sparkly cream scarf, nabbed for £2 from a charity shop, cardigan pinned together using a safety pin. Classy]

Boy did I feel like the world’s biggest poser! But hey – if you’ve got the cardigan, why not flaunt it right?

See the pretty detail at the back? I LOVE it! Though blimey, I need a haircut…

So there you have it

Do you want to see more fashion photos? Orrrrr…not?

Right – I’m off to bed with Heat magazine see you later my dear funny looking gators

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