my dream salad + happy playlist

As I’m writing this, I haven’t even eaten breakfast. But let’s just move on and discuss lunch.

On the lunch menu this week: Panzanella! AKA Tuscan bread salad. In case you don’t know a single thing about me: bread and salad are my two favorite things on the planet. So when this week’s Cooksmarts menu featured panzanella I got really excited.

It’s a simple lineup: grilled chicken, lettuce, cooked green beans, fresh tomatoes, and olives. And hunks of crusty bread! I wanted to add cheese but refrained…

The best part about this salad (unpictured here) is the oil-balsamic-rosemary dressing. When you toss it all together the bread soaks it up and it’s just fabulous.

And that’s lunch this week. The end.

On a less exciting note, this is what we woke up to:

Thunderstorm Thursday! Instead of getting struck by lightening I decided to take it to the treadmill.

Five easy miles while jamming out to Spotify’s Wake Up Happy playlist. I have to admit:

this song did make me feel pretty happy. Even though I was on the treadmill. Here’s me flying like a friendly running ghost!

I’ll be back later today with wings. Not kidding!

• Have you ever run in lightening/thunder?
• Ever tried panzanella?
• What’s your favorite streaming playlist?