{"id":3782,"date":"2009-07-27T14:01:05","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T18:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/?p=3782"},"modified":"2021-02-12T15:42:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T20:42:29","slug":"thrive-sunflower-seed-beet-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/thrive-sunflower-seed-beet-pizza\/","title":{"rendered":"Blisters, "Pizza," Pie, and Shirts!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Small Leak Sinks a Great Ship<\/h3>\n

Well, I’m a little bummed out today.  I’m still sidelined, not by injury, but by that frickin’ blister on my foot!  I figured that four days off would take care of it, but when I went for an easy three-miler yesterday to test it out, it was still bothering me.  There’s no way I could run my scheduled 20 miles today.  So I’m skipping it, and hoping that come Wednesday, I’ll be all healed up for my track workout. Fortunately, my next scheduled long run is a shorter one, 13 miles, so I’ll do the 20 that day and not have missed too much.<\/p>\n

In case you don’t have time to take lunch today and you’re looking for an appetite suppressant, read on.  What I’m calling a blister isn’t really a blister anymore.  I drained it and it’s healing; the area is just really tender still.  I’ll refrain from posting a picture.  Or maybe I’ll set up a “Premium Content” area, where you can pay to view it!<\/p>\n

More Food In Quotes<\/h3>\n

I have another vegan Thrive<\/em> meal for you today, this one a sunflower seed beet “pizza.”  Sounds weird, I know, but a lot of the Thrive<\/em> meals do, and they all turn out to be good.  To my knowledge, this is the first time I’ve ever eaten fresh beets; I usually get them in a can but we found these babies at the farmers market.  I thought that the deep red color and juice was a by-product of the canning process, but it’s not.  Check out the crime scene in my kitchen!<\/p>\n

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According to Thrive, <\/em>beets are alkaline-forming, so this meal is good for reducing stress.  (The cheese, white flour, and high temperature cooking of real pizza, tasty as they are, make it highly acid-forming and rough on the body.  This partly explains why I feel crappy after I eat it.)  Two hours after we ate the beet pizza, we found ourselves in Hawaiian shirts and bare feet, reggae music playing, margaritas in hand, and without a care in the world!  Ok, this is a lie.<\/p>\n

Even though we weren’t transported to the islands, Erin and I still found this meal surprisingly enjoyable, and better than the chickpea curry pizza we had last time.  Nothing will replace real pizza in my heart, but for a vegan, low-temp-cooked meal packed with nutrition, this one’s not bad.  And it’s simple to make, since most of the work is done in by the food processor.  Here’s the recipe.<\/p>\n

Sunflower Seed Beet Pizza Recipe (from Thrive<\/em>)<\/h3>\n

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