What I Ate Wednesday - Saved by the Kale

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!