Food for Runners

I'm addicted to Pinterest, who isn't these days?  I found one pin that tells you the best minimally processed food for runners and why each food specifically helped.  Their list included:

• Sweet Potatoes
• Eggs
• Black Beans
• Salmon
• Berries
• Yogurt
• Bananas
• Lean Beef
• Almond Butter
• Quinoa
• Coffee

Now I already eat these, except Almond Butter because it doesn't compare to Peanut Butter and I'm not a huge beef eater.  For everything I do eat already, I want to up my intake and I want to sneak some more beef in (boy, will my boyfriend be happy about that)!

Last night I made a Black Bean, Corn, Quinoa "Salad" (again found on Pinterest).  I omitted some of the ingredients because my frig was lacking and I made it my own  It was delicious and so simple!  I just made a little over a cup of quinoa because that's what my open bag had left.   When that was almost done I sauteed some red pepper and jarred jalapenos with some salt, pepper, garlic, and online powder.  After about five minutes I added a can of black beans and almost a full can of corn.  I then let that heat through and then added the quinoa.  The jalapeno added just enough heat and everything worked very well together.  I didn't need to make quite as much as I did, but I have about three to four portions leftover, but I will gladly eat it all.  Yum!

My leftover lunch!

On a side note, I somehow lost two pound this week, and eight total since the end of July.  I'm definitely going to weigh myself again tomorrow because I don't believe it.