Day 8: a real Sunday! ^_^

What is a real Sunday for you? Mine is exactly the one I had yesterday. Talk to my parents, yoga, groceries, leisure reading, yummy food and early bed. That sounds so simple, but simplicity doesn't mean boring. On the contrary, simple and little things are the most important pieces of our happy life! ^_^ I think I've become more optimistic and happier person because I learned to appreciate little happiness instead of seeking only big ones. After we receive a big good news (like a new job offer, win lottery), we get very excited and happy but that kind of feeling doesn't last long. Therefore if we only focus on those, we're unhappy most of the time. Instead if we appreciate simple things like a sunrise, the flavor of fresh bread, a good sweaty workout after a long day of work, a good talk with a friend, the enlightening moment when we read a new book, etc... these simple things that everyone can have in a daily basis, we can make happiness achievable and available for everyone.

Now into recap of Day 8's food.
Breakfast: a white yummy bowl of steel cuts, oatmeal, silken tofu and applesauce, topped with one packet of BB, in my new favorite bowl!mixed up
This hold me for 6 hours, including a 90 min power vinyasa class in between. I'm confirming the fact that steel cuts satisfy you more than rolled oats!!!
After yoga class I went to groceries shopping (more fresh veggies/fruits/tofu to continue with the challengeS).
I packaged a sliced apple when I left in the morning since I was going to have lunch late. Very clever, because my lunch came sooooo late, at 3pm!!!
Lunch salad: greens, alfalfa sprouts, beets, tomatoes, cucumber, green beans, aduki beans, boiled egg, with olive and balsamic.Half way through, I had a WW toast.I know my salads are getting boring. But, don't worry, I've planned 5 different kinds of salad for this week.
I spent my afternoon reading Go Dairy Free. I learned a lot about dairy consumption, how to replace it by alternatives products and tons of great recipes that I can't wait to try.
Munched some big strawberries.And dinner time!!! I was craving cheese and pasta, but obviously I'm a good girl, so no-dairy! I made a really delicious cheese-free pesto salsa. I used one handful of fresh basil leaves, 1 tbsp olive, 2 tbsp pine nuts and 2 tbsp nutritional yeast. All blended and got the base of the salsa.In addition to that, I add leftover broco-flower puree and some broccoli slaw and spinach from last week that I need to use.
End result: a very cheesy flavored plate of penne with "pesto".DELICIOSO!!!
Dessert was a recipe from Go Dairy Free: chocolate mousse. Basically it's a blended mix of silken tofu, banana and cocoa powder. It was sooooo smooth and soooooo mousse like that I think nobody would believe that it's dairy free and fat free. You Really should try it!
And more strawberries with some confectionar sugar (they were not sweet enough for dessert)
Lastly, I want to share some good posts I found when I was looking for fat intake info. Most of you agreed that fat should be around 20-30% of our daily calorie intake. But do you know how many cal you should have? I guess we have a rough idea of that, but I found this post @Nutrition Nibbles very helpful. And also this post about detox/cleaning diets.
I'm really glad that people who studies nutrition shares their knowledge about the topic in their blogs and also so willing to help others with their personal nutrition related issues. I wish I could use my knowledge here too, but I guess no one would be interested to read about economics right now!

Hope you enjoyed your weekend and recharged well to face another new week! ^_^

Question: What is the last book you read? How did you find it? (friend's recommendation or news reviews?)