The Trunchbull
Posted: August 31, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: almond milk, peach, peanut butter, pesto rice, roasted potatoes, salad, sweet potato 36 Comments »Ahhh, it feels so good to be sitting on my couch. I was exhausted all day. If you’re interested to see what my student’s think of me when I’m exhausted, just skip the post and scroll to the bottom.
Otherwise…
Breakfast
Sweet potato blended with almond milk + peanut butter, chocolate peanut butter, and crunchy flax cereal
Lunch
Leftover garlic pesto rice - I know it looks gross, but it was so tasty.
Wrinkly peach
Snack
Dinner
The salad: romaine, celery, red peppers, roasted potatoes, green beans
The dressing: water, dry ranch seasoning, lemon juice, agave, salt, garlic powder, evoo
In the 3rd grade world…
One of my students called me “Ms. Trunchbull” today.
If you’ve ever read (or seen) Matilda, you know that is not a compliment. Maybe I should get more sleep tonight.
Ocho Nueve
Posted: August 30, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: almond milk, avocado, BBQ, fruit cereal, garlic, hummus, pesto, rice, sweet potato 31 Comments »Hey pals! How was your Monday? Mine was just about as good as smooth as you could hope for. My kids were CHATTY, but otherwise, not too bad. I started with a walk with Punky, and some push-ups and sit-ups. An easy way to ease into this week.
Then breakfast.
Fruit cereal with a little extra crunch
My first time trying these little nuggets – I liked them!
1 peach, 1 banana, pecans, the above cereal and my favorite almond milk
Mmm, the bowl was so dang good. I felt like I was eating cold pie for breakfast – insanely delicious.
I also wanted to share with you guys the latest addition to my classroom…
I was so tired of being starving all day long – that I made myself a snack drawer. Dried fruit, nuts, bars, and tea. It worked perfectly. When I started getting that gnawing in-between-meal-hunger (which is usually at 10:30 and then again at 4pm) – I just reached into my snack drawer and had a little handful of food. It worked like a dream – I didn’t feel famished all day. I’m kind of sad it took me so long to think of it.
For my real lunch
Sweet potato with hummus +bbq sauce+ avocado
Sweet potatoes for lunch are perfect – they fill me up so well, but don’t ever make me too full.
On the way home, I stopped at the grocery store to pick up some basil for my dinner.
Garlicky Pesto Rice
I combined these ingredients:
- Fresh green beans (cut into 1 inch pieces)
- Canned cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 3.5 cups water
- 1 tbs. Roasted Garlic Seasoning
- 1 cup brown rice
And simmered until the rice was tender. Then I made a basil pesto with:
- 1 cup walnuts
- ¼ cup evoo
- 1 cup packed basil
- Salt
into the food processor. Then combined the two! It was so easy – and it made the creamiest, most flavorful rice. But warning: it was really rich. I couldn’t finish my bowl, but it was darn good.
In the 3rd grade world…
My kiddos had Spanish today – which the teacher comes to our classrooms for. Thus, I get to hear oodles of silly songs in español, and get to listen to them butchering and stumbling through all sorts of Spanish words/phrases. It’s really cute.
Today, when the Spanish teacher was leaving, she told the class: Hasta Luego! (which means “until later” or “see you later”) and one little boy in my class proudly waved his hand and shouted:
Ocho Nueve!! (which means “Eight Nine”) – it was precious.
Noteworthy
Posted: August 29, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized 27 Comments »The only noteworthy activities of my day have been eating veggies and raw carrot cake. (Not together…although I guess if you count the carrots in the cake, the two technically were eaten together)
Jicama, carrots, cucumber…dipped in garlic hummus
And then taking a walk with my blue-eyed boy and the pup.
Colorado is prettyyyy.
What noteworthy things did you do today?
Sand Cereal
Posted: August 26, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, leftover lunches | Tags: almond milk, baked omelet, leftovers, raw snickerdoodle cookies, stir-fry 21 Comments »This morning I woke up with a hankering for more of those raw snickerdoodle cookies, so after my workout – I broke out the blender again. But this time, instead of shaping them into balls, I just poured the mixture into a bowl.
I had planned to just spoon the yummy, sand-like treat into my mouth, but when I passed the fridge on the way to the kitchen table, I thought…almond milk! So I poured it on, and the sand cereal was born. It was everything I wanted it to be and more.
Lunch
leftover stir-fry with some edamame thrown in for extra bulk
When I got home from school, I was famished (like I am every.single.day.) so I noshed on some carrots/celery/hummus while standing in the kitchen. I can’t ever muster up the energy for a photo at that point because my hunger is unbelievable when I walk in the door. I might as well eat dinner right then. But I didn’t…I snacked, mowed the lawn, worked in the garden, did some school work and then finally had some din-din.
Dinner
1 egg + 2 egg whites, broccoli, spinach, salsa (on the bottom), salt, garlic powder
I just sautéed the veggies, then poured the eggs on top. After the mix had set, I threw it in the oven at 425* for about 5 minutes – give or take. Just about the easiest dinner I know. Aside from a bowl of sand cereal…
In the 3rd grade world…
I loved your “bathroom accident stories” so much from yesterday’s post! I wanted to travel back in time and hug the little yous! Take solace in the fact that you aren’t alone…I also had a peeing accident when I was in first grade. Sitting in my chair. In the front row. It remains the most embarrassing moment of my life.
Today, I just wanted to share some love:
My first drawing of the year.
Tomorrow is Thursday.
Posted: August 25, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, dessert, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: banana, broccoli slaw, chicken stir fry, chili, ginger, lime, mushrooms, peanut butter, raw dessert, red cabbage, sweet potato 28 Comments »More of the same routine today. I’m not complaining – I like to have a regimented schedule. After my workout, I had a small breakfast.
Well, it looked small, but there were a lot of calories packed into this ½ cup of mush.
1 banana, 1 tbs. peanut butter, 1 date and this on top…
It held me over about the same amount of time as all of my breakfasts. 3 hours. That means that I’ve been starving for an hour by the time lunch rolls around.
Sweet potato with chili – this tasted so good today! I wanted 10 times this amount. I also had a teensy tiny side salad.
Broccoli slaw with hummus + water – I should have packed more, ’twas delish.
When I came home, I snacked on some carrots/hummus while I whipped up a chicken stir fry for dinner.
Red cabbage, mushrooms, chicken, ginger, garlic, salt, and lime juice squeezed on top
And now I’m off to enjoy some of these babies:
I saw Katie post about her new raw snickerdoodle cookies this afternoon, and I thought about them all day long!
* 30 grams unsalted, raw almonds
* 80 grams dates
* pinch of salt
* very scant 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
* 1 tsp. cinnamon
* pinch cream of tarter
Blend in your food processor. Smush into balls and enjoy!
In the 3rd grade world…
I had a little girl pee her pants while sitting in her chair today. The awful part is that she sat in it for almost an hour (!!) before she stood up and I noticed the wet pants. When I asked her about it, and suggested we call her mom to bring her some fresh clothes she just shrugged and said:
Nah, that’s okay.
I then rephrased my suggestion and told her she had to go call her mom for new clothes. My only guess is that she was so riddled with embarrassment that she didn’t want anyone else to know. Poor girl.
Routine
Posted: August 24, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, leftover lunches | Tags: broccoli slaw, carrots, hummus, omelet, peach, picture day, rice and beans, sweet potato fritters 24 Comments »I feel like I’m getting back into the swing of things. Back on track with the old routine.
Wake-up, work-out, shower, eat breakfast.
I tried to put the broccoli slaw inside the omelet, but there was too much, so I ate egg with broccoli slaw on top.
Drive to school, make coffee, teach, teach, teach, recess duty, lunch
Leftover sweet potato fritter + beans
Teach, teach, teach, plan, teach, carpool, snack
Plan, prep, grade, drive home, get comfy, more snack
Sit down (ahhhh), check email, cook dinner, enjoy dinner
Brown rice, celery, red peppers, white beans, onion, garlic, veggie broth, thyme, red pepper flakes, salt
In the 3rd grade world…
Remember picture day? It was today.
The picture company provides each kiddo with a little black comb so that they can drive their teacher crazy as they use it like a banjo and/or fix their hair allll day long look pretty for their pictures. I remember loving those little black combs as a kid, and always vowed to “save them” forever, but I think I usually lost it before the day was out. Working with kids always reminds me that it’s the small things in life…picture day, black combs, and birthday cake (or cookies).
Food is my love language
Posted: August 23, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized 41 Comments »Ahhh. My class was rowdy and chatty today, and it feels nice to be sitting in a quite house right now.
I couldn’t sleep last night AT ALL. I woke up every hour and finally decided at 4am that it was worthless to be lying in bed. (Surprisingly, I wasn’t tired today, and I’m excited to sleep like a baby tonight.) So at 4am, I started off with level 3 of the 30 day shred, and then a green monster.
The Standard: 1 cup frozen spinach, ½ frozen banana, ½ cup frozen blueberries, ½ cup fresh raspberries, 1 scoop protein powder, ½ cup almond milk, 2 cups water. Keeps me full alllllll morning.
Oh yeah, and last night Meeker asked me (while I was making a mondo batch of chili – more on that later) if I would make him some cookies. Let me tell you – that boy NEVER asks for sweets, and I love baking. So I jumped at the chance to break out the butter and sugar. I left the last batch on the counter to cool, and when I woke up this morning…there were 4 left. I love him – eating cookies late into the night.
At lunctime, I had some chili over a sweet potato. It was a delightful combination.
And this to drink…loved it.
Oh yeah, and these at snacktime.
After school and a staff meeting, I came home to make some cornbread to go along with that big batch of chili I made yesterday.
Boxed mix. I’m a cheater.
After these muffins came out of the oven, I packaged them up and took them (along with the chili) over to the family of a former student who is going through a rough time right now. Food is my love language.
I made a double batch last night – half for us, half for the family. There was bison, green peppers, onions, all kinds of beans, tomatoes…the usual.
And then came home to make dinner for US tonight!
Served with kale chips. (Kale drizzled with evoo, sprinkled with salt/garlic powder and baked for 15 minutes at 425*)
In the 3rd grade world…
We celebrated our first birthday of the year today.
These cookies are the most popular food in elementary school since pb&j sandwiches. I see more of these “birthday cookies” than cupcakes. Personally, I think they’re unpleasant – and that’s coming from a major cookie lover. Mine went in the trash can after school.
Thoughts on these cookies? Love or hate? I know Meeker LOVES them (as do 99% of the 8 year olds I know).
Church on Saturday Night
Posted: August 22, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast | Tags: church, coffee, french toast, grading, sunday 26 Comments »Going to church on Saturday night allows for insanely relaxing Sunday mornings like I’m currently having.
Last week I found these baguette chips for $0.99 at the grocery store.
Now, I don’t each much bread because it tends to upset my stomach, but when I see something like this for 99 cents, I have a hard time passing it up. When I got home, I discovered that they were priced so low because they were stale. So I thought, what can I make from stale bread?
Immediately, French toast popped into my mind, and this morning I woke up with a mission: mini French toast dippers. I soaked the little guys in a mixture of 2 eggs, a splash of almond milk, nunaturals stevia and cinnamon.
Then onto a hot griddle.
An iced coffee on the side, and peanut butter + agave to dip into.
It doesn’t get much better. Now I’m sitting in my underwear on the couch, grading papers and watching Dexter.
I really love church on Saturday night.
Rainbow Salad
Posted: August 21, 2010 Filed under: Uncategorized 8 Comments »
Hello friends! I’ve had a busy, but good day. A long run, errands, lunch with in-laws, church, and then home for my veggie-fill.
To make this rainbow salad you need:
- ½ head purple cabbage, sliced
- 2 carrots, cut into strips
- 2 zucchini, cut into strips
- ½ cup chopped onion
- ¼ cup water
- Avocado
- 2 tbs. spicy mustard
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- Salt/pepper
Put all the veggies + water + salt/pepper into a BIG hot skillet. Cook on high until vegetables are just tender and onion is translucent. Then add the mustard and garlic powder. Then transfer to a bowl and garnish with the avocado.
Seriously, try this! It’s so easy and extremely tasty hot OR cold. I smell leftovers tomorrow…
Enjoy your Saturday nights!
Bad Planning
Posted: August 19, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: banana, broccoli slaw, canteloupe, edamame, flax seed, fried rice, oats, peanut butter 24 Comments »I know I’ve written a post on this same subject before, but today I food planned so poorly. It started out okay…
Banana cut in half with peanut butter, flax seed and rolled oats
Sandwiched up and eaten in the car
Then for lunch (here’s where I really failed at the food-planning thing)
1 cup veggies (edamame + broccoli slaw) + cantaloupe
In hindsight, my lunch, weighing in at a whopping 218 calories was supposed to hold me over for 10 hours. Well…it didn’t. In fact, my lunch made me hungrier than I was before I ate it. Luckily, I found some microwave popcorn in the bottom of my bag and ate that, but still, I was about to gnaw my arm off all day. When I got home, I ate anything I could get my hands on.
Polished off both of these things.
Then a couple of dates + peanut butter (on top of an Eating Well magazine)
When Meeker walked in from work, I was staring into the pantry, just willing something to pop out and ask me to eat it. He saw the distress hunger in my eyes and suggested we go out to dinner to celebrate my favorite day of the week.
Done. A chicken fried rice order as big as my head from Mark Pi’s.
Plus a lettuce wrap.
As hungry as I was, I scarcely made a dent in the carby wonderfulness.
The after picture. I had enough leftovers to fill TWO to-go boxes.
I just finished packing my lunch for tomorrow (you can bet it included a box of leftover fried rice), and I crammed my lunchbox full of food, just to avoid the hunger I felt all day today.
Happy almost Friday!!
