Burgers, Beer and Baseball, Recipe Burgers, Beer and Baseball

Posted the 27/10/2008 02:01:49 By Eat, Live, Run (Visit website)

Thank you all so much for all your kind comments earlier! I felt sort of “off” all day but I laid down for awhile after lunch and felt better after resting. I think it was because of the coffee I drank pre-run. As we all know, coffee dehydrates you and that, combined with not drinking enough water, was enough to make me feel quite woozy! Coffee is like anything else……good in moderation but not good in mass quantities—especially right before you plan to run a 10K!

This afternoon for a snack I made a smoothie with a half scoop of vanilla protein powder, a cup of skim milk, half a banana and five huge frozen strawberries:

My concoction made way more than one mug full so I gave the extra to the boy.

Ryan and I had a very relaxing day…and for dinner we invited Erin over to grill out burgers and watch the World Series. Ryan and I went to the grocery store and I picked out 96% lean ground beef. That’s pretty good considering a burger made with it has only 150 calories and 5 grams of fat.

For appetizers, we got some veggie chips and black bean dip:

And I finally found pumpkin beer!

I really really liked it! Finally, I find a beer I actually like and want to drink. Natural Light and Bud Light really gross me out but I’m finding a new love in microbrews and seasonal flavors. Quite a difference from the keg parties of my college past! I had one and a half throughout dinner and the start of the game.

Ryan mixed the burger meat with some feta cheese (a DELISH addition) and we topped them with sharp cheddar cheese:

We also got salad greens and some new dressing that I picked out:

It was just okay. Nothing like Woodstock, but this was all they had. I wouldn’t buy it again.

And then for dessert……………………LOOK WHAT I FOUND!

Seriously, how amazing does that look?! They had a bunch of different flavors but this one was just calling my name. And, the gelato is made with skim milk and only contains 140 calories per half cup! Woop woop!