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What I Ate Wednesday

June 24, 2013

What I Ate Wednesday is a weekly peek into what I’m eating throughout the day. These are the meals and snacks that I had on Tuesday. Follow along and comment with what you ate!

My usual morning cup of coffee w/ a little stevia and french vanilla.

I didn’t have a lot of time this morning since I was getting my oldest ready for soccer camp and then I knew we were going to Panera for breakfast so I made a quicker smoothie since I knew I wanted to gets some “greens” in before Panera.

So this was Kale, Pineapple and Banana.

At Panera I had a soy mocha and a spinach and bacon souffle.

For lunch today I had a spinach salad with sweet potato chunks, broccoli, onions, avocado, and pineapple. Also had some gazpacho that I made on Monday. It was really good, this was my first time making it.

A friend sent me the Gazpacho recipe that she got from simplyrecipes.com. Here it is below.

Gazpacho Recipe

Prep time: 15 minutes

INGREDIENTS

6 ripe tomatoes, peeled and chopped
1 purple onion, finely chopped
1 cucumber, peeled, seeded, chopped
1 sweet red bell pepper (or green) seeded and chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1-2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
2 Tbsp chopped fresh chives
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup olive oil
2 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 teaspoons sugar
Salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
6 or more drops of Tabasco sauce to taste
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce (omit for vegetarian option)
4 cups tomato juice

METHOD

Combine all ingredients. Blend slightly, to desired consistency. Place in non-metal, non-reactive storage container, cover tightly and refrigerate overnight, allowing flavors to blend.

Yield: Serves 8.

During the afternoon I had 2 more cups of green tea (not pictured) and about half of this bottle of Passionberry Bliss Kombucha,

Then for dinner I had something planned to cook but I misread the instructions and I wasn’t going to have enough time to make it so we ended up with Carrabba’s takeout. I ordered the Tag Pic Pac with Shrimp which is one of my favorite dishes because it is a little lighter. The sauce is just olive oil, tomatoes, and garlic, I also got it with Whole Grain Spaghetti. With the pasta I got some Minestrone soup.

and that concludes WIAW!

Quick Lunch Idea : Issue 2

June 21, 2013

Guacamole Tuna Salad

This is a fun twist on regular tuna salad, in fact I may never eat “regular” tuna salad again! I love avocados and I am always looking for a way to work them into recipes. This recipe was inspired by Julie over at Peanut Butter Fingers. I just changed it up a little. Here’s what you will need:

1 can of tuna
1/2 avocado
1 tbsp of chopped onion
a sprinkle of garlic powder
1 celery stalk chopped
1 tsp yellow mustard
1 tsp of sweet relish

I served mine up over a large bed of spinach, but it would be great as a sandwich or in a wrap! Enjoy!

Question:

What are some of your quick and healthy lunch ideas?

What I Ate Wednesday

June 18, 2013

What I Ate Wednesday is a weekly peek into what I’m eating throughout the day. These are the meals and snacks that I had on Tuesday. Follow along and comment below with what you ate!

For breakfast I started out with my usual smoothie. Kale, apple, celery, lemon, parsley, chia seeds, daffodil greens.

For lunch I had a Whole Foods salad and a slice of their cheese pizza. It has been forever since I have had any pizza so it was a nice treat.

My salad was so huge I couldn’t eat it all.

and a little Multi Green Kombucha to wash it down

This morning I didn’t have a cup of coffee so I was talked into a half caf soy no whip mocha for an afternoon treat.

I enjoyed a refreshing pre dinner smoothie.

I had some Kimchi before dinner.

Dinner was 1/2 sweet potato loaded with plenty of seasoning and some fresh salsa instead of butter. I also ate the rest of my leftover salad from lunch with it.

and last but not least I had 2 cups of my ginger, cinnamon, turmeric tea

and that concludes WIAW!

What I Ate Wednesday

June 11, 2013

What I Ate Wednesday is a weekly peek into what I’m eating throughout the day. These are the meals and snacks that I had on Tuesday. Follow along and comment below with what you ate!

Started my day with a cup of coffee. Tried out Starbuck’s New Mocha flavored coffee. It’s very tasty.

For breakfast I tried out a new smoothie. A carrot, apple, celery stalk, flax, kale and other greens.

For breakfast I tried out a new smoothie. Carrot, apple, celery stalk, cilantro, parsley, flax, kale and other greens.

Loved it and it is very similar to my regular breakfast smoothie.

A Whole Foods salad for lunch. There is so much yumminess going on in this salad! Accompanied by a cup of green tea.

Green Tea, cup #2

An afternoon pick me up about 1/2 this bottle of Gingerade Kombucha.

Dinner sort of happened in several parts. First I had another green smoothie. I made Brittany’s Green Lemonade Smoothie. It was nice and refreshing and hit the spot.

Then I had about 1/2 cup of my Probiotic Enzyme Salad.

Then later I made this avocado white bean dip and ate it along with some sweet potato chips and lots of hot sauce!

I went back for a second helping.

I also had about half of this brownie to satisfy my craving for something sweet.

These brownies are so good I buy them from Whole Foods and I never leave the store without one!

And as I do almost every night I had 2 cups of my ginger, turmeric, and cinnamon tea.

and that concludes WIAW!