Promises, promises.
Do you ever get yourself out the door to run by promising your body you only have to do 3 miles?
That’s what I had to do yesterday. And then this happened.
Stats:
- Distance – 9 miles
- Time – 1:12:51
- Average pace – 8:06
That calls for a substantial breakfast.
Thankfully I’d planned ahead (unknowingly, but I’ll take what I can get!). As I was eating my Blueberry Cilantro Bulgur Salad the other night, it occurred to me that bulgur is a lot like oatmeal.
It has a similar flavor profile. It’s only a bit nuttier, which is a plus in my book. Another plus is the protein content – 1 serving has 5g!
Using a bit of almond extract here with the NuNaturals Vanilla Stevia and vanilla extract highlights the bulgur’s nuttiness and makes the dish even more rich.
This was one hearty, satisfying breakfast!
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I’ve been playing a lot with the samples NuNaturals sent me lately. I’ve truly been impressed with the quality – it doesn’t leave an artificial taste in my mouth, even when added to smoothies!
Some of my favorite uses so far:
- Coconut Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
- (Raw-ish) Banana Nut Bars
- Mocha Banana Shake (it’s not in the original recipe, but I added ~10 drops of the coco liquid Stevia and it defintiely made this yumminess even better!)
NuNaturals sweetened their package (ha ha – get it? sweetened? 🙂 ) by offering to giveaway products to 4 readers!
The Fantastic 4 Winners will receive:
1 box of NuStevia Packets
and …
1 bottle of NuNaturals Pure Liquid Vanilla Stevia (my favorite!)
To enter:
- Leave a comment telling me the kitchen creation you’d like to try making with NuNatural Stevia
- Follow me on Twitter (@Sprint2thetable)
- Tweet about this give away (you might say “@Sprint2theTable is giving away 2 @NuNaturals products to 4 readers! http://wp.me/p16jDn-DF #GIVEAWAY”)
Leave a separate comment telling me you did each of these items for multiple entries!
The contest will end Sunday night at 11:59pm.
Winners announced Monday morning!!! Good luck!
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Banana Bulgur Breakfast Bowl
- 1/2 C cooked bulgur
- 1/2 large banana, mashed
- 1/4 C Greek-style yogurt
- 1/4 C unsweetened almond milk
- 1 T goji berries
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 10 drops NuNaturals Vanilla Stevia Liquid
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- Splash of almond extract
- Shake of salt
Mix everything together in a bowl and refrigerate overnight. Wait until morning (or at least 3-4 hours). Devour.
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Please tell me these accidental crazy runs happen to you too?!
If you’re looking for something new to try this weekend, check out Pea & Crayons new (awesome) round up:
What are you doing this weekend? (Besides entering my giveaway.)
Have you tried natural sugar alternatives yet?
LOL – I love it. “Ohhh, I’ll only do 3 miles…” 9 miles later…you’re done 😛 AND at an 8:06 pace. You rock!
I love NuNaturals! I was surprised to find I liked it so much when I first tried it, too. I was expecting weird aftertaste! But, nope – that only happens when I get too heavy-handed with it anyways. I love adding the cocoa drops to iced coffee! It’s great for chia pudding, too! (…does this count as an entry for “kitchen creation”? lol)
Already follow you!
Awesome run chica! I love it when a great run just jumps out to surprise.
I’m really excited about your giveaway because I’ve been wanting to try those vanilla stevia drops for like EVER! I use vanilla coffeemate which is just terrible but nothing else I’ve tried tastes as good in my coffee. Maybe these will be my answer? You should take pity and just send them my way 😉 I kid of course . . . I hope your weekend is going to be way more fun than mine. I have two final assignments and a final exam to finish up. Monday I’m freeeee
I don’t want to win (I won one of these recently) but I’m seriously impressed that you ran 9 miles before work!
Mmm… this sounds really good! I’ve never had bulgar as a “breakfast’ dish but really love the idea. And, that you prepared it the night before! Great combination of flavors!
I’m following you on Twitter!
Daaaang Speedy! That’s so fast! Very impressive…
I’ll be traveling this weekend – a mix of friend time and family time.
Way to go with the 9 miles!
Now NuNaturals – LOVE them. But still a little scared to use Stevia when baking. That’s what I want to break into. I make a lot of healthified muffins for an easy breakfast or snack, and they’d REALLY get healthy if I tried stevia in them. I’m thinking vanilla stevia. I just need to understand how to change the proportions first. Does NuNaturals have anywhere that offeres amounts for suggestion?
I already follow you on Twitter.
Tweeted!
Oh my god 9 miles at that pace!!?! :O Great job luv! when I promise myself only 3 miles i’m lucky if I finish 2!? 😀 I would love to try making some form of peanut butter ice cream with the stevia If am lucky enough to win! I just had a scoop from somewhere else and it was so jam packed with sugar and crap it’s given me a headache! :/
Already following you obviously! 🙂
And tweeted! 🙂 My fingers are crossed!
YAY for 9 miles!!! You go girl!
NuNaturals! I’ve been having too much fun playing with it in the kitchen. The granola I made with it was great – and so were some Sunflower Seed Butter Cookies I made.
There have been a few times where I promised a short run.. adn it turned into something way different.
I am really trying to follow my training plan and NOT over do the miles (while sometimes I will say – 3 miles isn’t enough) .. but I don’t want to over train and get injured.
THat is an AWESOME time for 9 miles though! You are SPEEDY!
3 miles to 9 miles… wow girl!! That is impressive 🙂
NuNaturals is the best stevia that I have tasted. Love to make jam out of it!!
I want to make some power balls with NuNaturals!! Love it!
I totally am a twitter follower!
I tweeted!
I would definitely make your coconut banana cc cookies!
I follow you on twitter!
That bulgur bowl looks delicious. I usually do the same thing but add a dollop of peanut buttah 😉
Come to think of it, I would add a drop or two of vanilla stevia to a bulgur or oatmeal bowl with PB haha…
I am following you on twitter!
Andddd I tweeted about this giveaway. YAY!!
Nice job on the run! Good way to refuel as well 🙂
I have never tried that before, would love to!
So, can I be totally teacher’s pet over here and say this breakfast dish? I really need to start eating breakfast more regularly… 😛
I would love to try that stevia in more baked goods. I use stevia a lot in things like iced tea or smoothies, but I’m not very comfortable using it in baked goods because I feel the stuff I’ve used leaves an odd taste.
I’d like to include this in my morning bowl of oats, and I have a friend who swears by it in her coffee.
I will use the vanillla drops in my coffee. Just like every other day!