What was I thinking?
Posted: February 23, 2010 Filed under: Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: carrots, coffee, kombucha, peanut butter, pita, salsa, trail mix, yogurt mess 34 Comments »Love that morning sunlight!
My breakfast was disgusting – so I’m not even dignifying it with a picture. For some reason, my sleepy tastebuds thought it would be a good idea to put eggs and salsa on top of a pancake. Yeah, what was I thinking? It was gross – as I’m sure anyone of you could have told me it would be. I had to eat a square of dark chocolate afterwards just to erase the taste.
However, I had breakfast redemption when I got to school and remembered a mom had sent in some walnut banana bread yesterday. So glad I saved it for this morning.
Absolutely delicious. Thank you Tona!
Then at lunchtime, I realized that I really hadn’t been thinking this morning. Here is what I packed for lunch:
Carrots (x5) +salsa
ww pita with peanut butter, cinnamon and cayenne pepper
Really? I thought this was going to keep me full for the 11 hours I’m at work??
It didn’t even keep me full until noon. So, when my kids went to music at 1:30, I went to the grocery store and picked up some goodies for my rumbly tummy.
Fantastic trail mix – cashews, almonds walnuts, raisins, pistachios – on sale at Sprouts! Plus, a kombucha – also on sale!
I had only tried this drink before – and I actually really liked it – very vinegar-like and tangy. This plus the trial mix kept me full right through dinnertime.
Dinner was anti-climatic, but yummy nonetheless. I was so stinkin’ tired when I got home, all I could muster up was a yogurt mess.
- Plain yogurt
- 1 scoop chocolate protein powder
- Cinnamon squares
- More sprouts trial mix from earlier
- Walnut butter
The walnut butter was from a very exciting package I got when I came home from work…
I bought the big walnut butter, and got some free samples (more walnut butter, tahini, cashew butter) for free with my purchase! Walnuts are my favorite, so I’m super excited about it. Be prepared to see this lot in the near future.
In the 3rd grade world…
This made me laugh.
The student was writing a report about Teddy Roosevelt. Not only did the spelling mistake make me chuckle, but this student wrote a whole paper about how Theodore Roosevelt (or Rosabelt) was a famous American solely because he invented teddy bears.
I love that coffee mug! It’s adorable.
I can actually see what you were thinking this morning, something like a tostada, right?
Kombucha always gives me a weird buzz. I would be afraid to drink it at school!
what a GREAT package! cant wait to hear what u think of those butters!
Omg!!!! Katie let me know what Artisana Butter you like best cause I want to order some asap!!!!!!!
Loving the yogurt mess for dinner, your a rockstar!!!!!!
Oh and butternut squash in a wrap is amazing!!!
Love ya! xoxo
Ok I buy the Coconut butter….where did you buy Walnut and get babies for free??? That bread was a healthier version…I am buying Ultra Grain flour this week(if they have it at Costco) let ya know.
I got the nut butters through http://www.lovestreetlivingfoods.com/ – I really want to try coconut butter! Next up!
LOL….luv ya!
Hi, Katie – Did you know that the “Teady” Bear IS actually named for a cartoon about Teddy Roosevelt? He supposedly spared the life of a little cub in the first National Park – Yellowstone, and somebody designed some little stuffed bears and called them Teddys.
today was natl banana bread day, you celebrated unknowingly! yuM! i’m supposed to get some artisana nut butter in the mail, hella excited!
That paper made me smile! So cute. Sorry to hear about the breakfast fail, but there’s nothing banana bread can’t fix! Jealous of your Artisana stash…I’ve been wanting to try them so badly! Enjoy!
haha, do you need to start packing your dinners the night before? and glad you’ve tried working out at night; that seems to be what’s working for me right now! but hopefully it doesnt affect your sleep cycle…
I love that someone is finally recognizing him for inventing Teddy bears.. Someone had to bring it to our attention!
hahah too cute!
That banana walnut bread looked amazing! I swear I could taste it just by looking at the picture
I know what i’m going to have to make soon.
Thanks for sharing your students work, and thank goodness for teddy bears! haha! Too cute! Stuff like that has really got to make your job extra fun sometimes, even when they drive ya nuts!
~Christie (http://rollerkoesterrun.wordpress.com/)
Good thing for that banana bread! Whenever I don’t have some leftovers or easy meal to pack, I space out in the morning too. Oh sure, these spinach leaves will be a great lunch. Umm. NO! Love the cute little kids too!
“Teady” did more than invent stuffed bears? Psh, but the real question is: What could be more important than that?
You know what really sucks… You got me all hyped up about these nut butters you speak of, and i recently saw them on Choc Katie’s blog as well, and i have been craving them. So i decided to take a little stroll over to the website, and guess what? Apparently Canada just no longer exists to any awesome website… Shipping is either a no go, or over $40. So what i am going to do, is get nut butters shipped to my pop’s casa in Conifer and pick them up when i get there! I don’t care how much trouble it will be, i think i might love Walnuts a little bit more than you, so there… 
I just recently came across Kombucha as well, haven’t tried that flavor yet, but i find them, well, different? I like the taste but they seem kind of soda like to me which is not so cool…
I hate it when I pack myself too little for lunch!!
OHMIGOSH. How cute is that student’s writing AND reasoning for Teddy? That is too sweet.
I have heard that Artisana products are fabulous! Let us know what you think about them. Kombucha has to be my favorite drink (besides a good class of red wine, of course).. sigh, if only they weren’t so expensive!!!
That banana bread looks absolutely amazing. And I completely would’ve thought the pancake, egg, salsa combo would’ve worked! I always envision pancakes to be just like bread.
Those Artisana butters would have totally made my day – best package to come home to EVER!
Hope you have a good Wednesday friend!!
Hahaha Teady Rosabelt… so cute. I hope that child’s mom keeps that paper for the archives! I wrote a paper that started with “When I grow up, I want straight, white teeth” and still laugh about it to this day!
I totally know about needing a piece of chocolate just to get a bad taste out of your mouth… ugh!
Sorry about the breakfast. To be honet though, it kind of sounds good to me..
Yay for walnut banana bread and walnut butter! I love walnuts too!
That is maybe the cutest thing I’ve ever seen, lol.
Sorry your breakfast didn’t turn out…I think eggs on top of pancakes would be greats (sans the salsa)!
But that banana bread looked heavenly! 
Now that you’ve got started on Kombucha, you won’t stop fyi
Hmmm, eggs on pancakes sound good, minus the salsa. At least you tried right?
Kids are so cute! Gotta love papers like that.
I love reviewing my daughters 3rd Grade work every week after it is sent home, so cute to see what they did and all! Currently we are working on a project she has due next week about Black History month, it is fun to see her learn about it online & in books and then write down what she learned. =)
AMAZING TRAIL MIX!!!
let me know hwo you like the artisana nut butters I have heard AMAZING things about it!! so jealous!!
sorry your breakfast wasnt blog worthy! the good thing is that tomrorow you can make an even MORE delicious breakfast than you can imagine to make up for it, right?
So jealous of your nut butter stash! I’m a huge fan of walnuts too. They’re so earthy, crunchy and wonderful.
I hate when my lunches turn out to be too little! Glad you were able to head out to the store to pick up some extra fuel.
that walnut banana bread wants to be in my tummy right now–yum, looks delish. Im sure much better than your interesting pancake egg combo
Oh love the artisana loot!!!
The walnut banana bread looks heavenly as does the trail mix.
Have a great nite Katie!
Oh wow, walnut butter sounds fun! I would love to try that–can’t wait to hear what you think!
Your third graders are so cute.
Yum at those nut butters and not-so yum at pancake with salsa.
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teddy rosabelt. uhhh gosh i love kids so much! how adorable! i chuckled when i read that too!
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citrus kombucha is my favorite flavor. did you get a new camera? your photos are so polished! sorry about the pancake fail~ but that is all a part of finding new yummy meals! nice job for trying!
sometimes i pack my lunches, then i get to work and im like what was i thinking, this will never hold me over. those days are usually the busiest days, too…i guess thats a good thing? ive been adding kombucha to the end of my lunches almost all of feb. so $$ but so good!!