It’s so weird, but a craving for a peanut butter sandwich just hit me like a ton of bricks. I wasn’t even looking at food photos (like I usually am), and all of the sudden I just wanted to bite into the simple crust of the bread and taste the thick but smooth peanut butter on my tongue.
Does that ever happen to anyone else? Out of nowhere you know exactly what you want to eat?
It occurs off and on with. Once, just randomly, the idea of a cold glass of almond milk popped into my head. And another time all I wanted was a strawberry Nutri-Grain bar.
I think most would call that intuitive eating signals? Unfortunately for me I crave food that I can’t eat, so they often go unsatisfied. Why can’t I crave fish and zucchini? That would nice, thanks.
So, what do I do instead? I pin, I read, I create (recipes and blog posts). I take a bite of chicken or squash, hoping to squelch the peanut butter sandwich from my mind. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t. But at the end of the day, I have a nice list of wonderful links from throughout the week.
Then come Fridays, I get to share them with all of you!
FOOD FOR THE MIND
- How do I treat (or prevent) a cold or flu naturally? — from Balanced Bites
- Are food allergies the new eating disorders? — from Sprue Story
- Blog Tips You May Not Have Thought Of — from Sprouts N Squats
- After Reading This, You Will Never Look at Bananas the Same Way Again — from Sunny Skyz
- 60 Must-Read Health, Fitness, and Happiness Blogs for 2014 — from Greatist
- Blogging Tips for Beginners — from Pencils and Pancakes
- What’s Your Snack Food Horoscope? — from Buzzfeed
- She’s All That Cast 15th Reunion + Interviews — from The Daily Beast
- Snake Bite Victim Charged $89,000 for 18 hour Hospital Stay — from Yahoo! News
FOOD FOR THE BELLY
- Stuffed Roasted Onions — from Gluten-Free SCD and Veggie
- Cinnamon Bun Muffins — from Comfy Belly
- Fudgy Brownie Cookie Dough Ice Cream Sandwiches — from Averie Cooks
- BBQ Stuffed Sweet Potatoes — from Ari’s Menu
- Paleo Meatball Subs — from Lexi’s Clean Kitchen
- Gluten-Free Pop-Tarts — from Brave Tart
- Vegan Butter — from A Girl Worth Saving
- Frozen Banana Bites — from Run Wiki
- Cookie Pie Ice Cream Bites — from PaleOMG
FOOD FOR THE EYES
- Bully Calls News Anchor Fat, News Anchor Destroys Him on TV — from UpWorthy
- Make a Giant Rainbow Layer Cupcake — from My Cupcake Addiction
- Single Serving Protein Chocolate Fudge Cake — from Purely Twins
- Musicians Read Mean Tweets About Themselves — from Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Watch a Bunch of Dudes Try to Guess How Much Women’s Products Cost — from Buzzfeed
- Austin Wolfe American Idol Auditions — from American Idol
- Full House Guys Reunite on Jimmy Fallon — Jimmy Fallon
- Mailman Battles Angry Cat While Attempting to Deliver Mail — from YouTube
- When Ellen Met Elias — from The Ellen Show
FOOD FOR THE SOUL
- What I Won’t Miss: Wearing Jeans and the Most Insecure Post I’ve Ever Written (Guest Post) — from Living the Before
- Hike Your Own Hike — from Free Range Human
- Too Well Fed — from Flake and Cake
- When Instagram Photos Deceive — from The Big Man’s World
- Raw Beauty — from Long Drive Journey
- Season of Humbling — from Peace, Love and Oats
- Choosing Less, Gaining More — from Sarah Kay Hoffman
- I am BLESSED to be ALIVE — from Love Natalie Marie
- Third Wheeler — from The Run Within
FOOD FOR THE BODY
- What Every New Runner Needs to Know — from Shh… Fit Happens
- Time for Tabata — from Live from La Quinta
- The Deck — from It’s Harleyyy Life
- 6 Ways to Incorporate Yoga into your Daily Life — from Love Life Surf
- The 50 Rep Shoulder Set — from Shh… Fit Happens
- Guide to Winter Running — from Katrina Runs
Now, I must get ready for bed as I am absolutely exhausted! This morning I volunteered to help with registration at a DECA event my college was sponsoring. I had to get up about an hour and a half earlier than usual and I can definitely tell. I just had zero energy throughout the entire day.
I am going to try my best to get a lot of rest this weekend, and you should do the same!
P.S. Don’t forget to join in on the Happy Herbivore giveaway before it ends Sunday night.
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Happy Friday. 🙂
What is your weekly Food for the… Mind, Belly, Eyes, and Soul?
Eating 4 Balance 
SO many great links here. I absolutely love Ari’s Menu, she makes some mouth watering recipes. Thank you so much for the shout out. I am SO glad I found you.
Ari’s Menu was a recent discovery of mine and so far I am incredibly impressed by her recipes.
Thank YOU for the delicious banana bites idea. If I try them out, I will surely let you know what my family thinks of them 🙂
This is an amazing list! Thanks for taking the time to put it together. I’ve missed a lot of these, so I know what I’ll be doing in the morning :-). Thanks for sharing my Tabata workout!
Thanks for linking up my tips!
I always find I get strange cravings for things out of nowhere too. Like ice cream on freezing cold days and stuff like that. You can’t go wrong with a pb sandwich!
Have a lovely weekend my dear!
Of course! Great tips.
As a kid ice cream was my #1 food in the winter I think. haha.
You have a great weekend too Jan!
What a great round up! Thanks for the shout out!
Thanks Danielle 🙂
thanks lady for the link up, I love this post because i have so much to read now!! thank you thank you have a great friday!
If you find any of the links particularly interesting, let me know what you think! Happy Friday!
Thanks for the link love, and for participating in the feature! Isn’t that Jimmy Kimmel bit hilarious??
Your post turned out even better than I had expected. So much participation and you gave a great commentary on true beauty.
Yes, I just found that video last night actually. So funny.
I literally almost crashed my internet explorer by clicking on pretty much everything. You’ve made my lunch break amazing! Hehe thanks.
I LOVE that She’s All That thing – I loved that film. My friends and I would watch it like every week. Freddie Prince Jr…what a hunk.
Hahaha. I do that ALL OF THE TIME! Seriously, my internet browser has some 20 tabs open at once on most days. And then if it does crash I basically want to scream and cross my fingers that when it reloads it offers the option to reload those tabs. Thank goodness.
Freddie Prince Jr. He’s just great. Have you ever seen him in Boys and Girls? I loved that movie too. And him in Scooby Doo with the blond hair. Haha.
Thank you so much for including me in a roundup of so much awesome:)
You’re welcome Sarah! Thanks for writing such great posts day in and day out.
I’ll try for extra sleep this weekend, just because you said so 😉
This is a great roundup as always and I’m totally excited to get off work and be able to go through all the links!
Now if only I had a peanut butter sandwich….
Good good! 😉
Let me know what you think of some of the links. All but one of the recipes (I believe) are gluten-free this time so perfect for you.
Ah yes… Go get a peanut butter sandwich for me the next chance you get.
Thanks for sharing my post! And boy, can I ever relate to peanut butter sandwich cravings. 🙂
I’m glad I found your post and that article because it was so interesting. I’d thought about it a bit before (because I know one friend kind of accused me of having food allergies just to restrict food 😯 ) but your discussion on it was brilliant.
Haha. Glad you can relate. If only I could eat one without any side effects!
Ouch girl 😦 1.5 hours early??? That’s never fun. I hope you slept well! Can’t wait to check out these articles whilst the monkeys are snoozing. I hate that feeling you talked about at the beginning of this post too haha…I always get it for stuff I don’t have and am unable to go to the store for at the moment 😛 have a great weekend hun!
I definitely didn’t get as much sleep as I should have, but not as bad as it could have been either. 🙂
Hope you have a good one too Caitlin!
Definitely going to check out some of these links!
Loved your intro about the PB sandwich. I crave nut butter 24/7, and there’s no use denying that so I help myself to a spoonful or two usually. Probably not the best habit… but you only live once. (YOLO? first time I’ve used that 🙂 )
Have a great weekend!
Oh yes, no need to deny nut butter. For me it’s just because of digestion problems that make it an unwise choice. Otherwise I would be indulging in those too 🙂
Thanks. You too!
I know what you mean about craving a peanut butter sandwich! That sounds so good right now. You can never go wrong with peanut butter. 😉
Thank you for featuring me in the post. It’s an honor. 🙂
You included some great reads this week.
So bookmarking this page because it will serve as the PERFECT FILLER if I ever have some free time! 🙂 So much amazingness right here – I want to see my SNACK FOOD horoscope – will it tell me that I am a closet fatty… Good thing I cannot eat snack foods! LOL!
Thanks for the shout out!
…You don’t crave zucchini and chicken huh…you actually have me craving a peanut butter sandwich now. I think it needs to happen.
Haha, the same thing happens to me pretty often. 😛 Thanks for sharing these links, now I’ve got tons of new things to read and to take my mind off the chocolate pudding craving I’m having right now.
Thanks for including my post!!