Spring Break Thursday

As mentioned yesterday, the air quality isn't the best here - and despite my best efforts to limit time outside, I awoke this morning at 6am with a throbbing sinus headache.  It hasn't left me yet, and I've been resting or steaming my face all day.  What? Steaming my face? Yup - I put water to a light simmer on the stove and add a few drops of these in:

I'm a believer in using aromatherapy to assist with healing, and peppermint and eucalyptus help open the sinuses.  The others didn't get used today, but I do have a soapstone diffuser (like these) which I use more often.  In addition to my "face steaming", I've taken a hot shower, used my neti pot, . . .and taken a decongestant (which I don't like doing, but desperate times. . . )

Here's what I ate: blueberry muffin smoothie, but with strawberries and spinach too.

Lunch included the other half of Monday's hummus and veggie wrap (with greens added), and brussel sprouts au gratin.  Steamed the brussel sprouts, tossed in a tablespoon of melted Earth Balance then tossed in the leftover panko-nooch mix originally prepared for the tofu,  I added a little more spice to the mixture, and it made for a tasty combo!

 Dinner: I wanted to do something different, and wanted something hot for my sinuses.  I ordered my favorite tofu pho for dinner - to go, which I've never done.  Let me be clear - I ordered a SMALL.  Does this look small to you? That's veggie broth with a green onion in it.  In the box: basil, cilantro, jalapenos, lime, bean sprouts, white onion, green onion, fried onion pieces (sauces in the ramekin - sriracha and sadly, fish sauce), glass noodles underneath the tofu.

 I dumped most of it into one of my mixing bowls that has a lid, and went at it.  There's still a lot left.

Note to self: buy your own bottle of sriracha so you can not worry about it mixing with nasty sauce.

Now, I'm going to will myself well - I don't like having an all day sinus headache!