Balance
Posted: August 15, 2010 Filed under: Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: balance, chocolate, ice cream, peanut butter, salad, spring rolls 24 Comments »I wasn’t hungry for breakfast this morning, so guess what? I didn’t eat it. I just had coffee for breakfast. Even though there are 1000 people out there telling you to eat breakfast if you want to stay thin – you have to do what works for you. This morning, coffee worked for me. Usually I eat (and love) breakfast, but this morning I didn’t. Balance. (and I didn’t gain a single pound)
When lunched rolled around, I wasn’t any hungrier than normal – but I made a mixing-bowl-sized salad anyway. I prefer my veggies in mass quantities.
Romain lettuce (almost a whole head), red bell pepper, cucumber, green beans (canned), carrots, almonds, corn, avocado, flax seed, hummus + water dressing, and nutritional yeast.
Just to give you a little perspective, that’s a regular sized fork perched on the edge of my biggest mixing bowl. After the intake of all this roughage, I needed a few bites of this.
Salad, then ice cream. Balance.
All that fiber kept me FULL for the day. Dinner was light.
Spring rolls!
I soaked 4 pieces of rice paper, and then filled them with carrots, zucchini, bean sprouts, and avocado. Then I dipped them in Soy Vay Teriyaki.
And for dessert…
A little square of dark chocolate with crunchy pb. The perfect balance of sweet and salty.
I’ve got some relaxing to do before school tomorrow…enjoy your evenings!
i love your eats today! i love having that balance. balance to me always includes ice cream
I like your version of balance
What did you soak the rice paper in? Just water?
You gotta roll with the flow!
Love the pb on the chocolate. So simple but complex in so many ways! 
Where did you get that ice cream…I’ve been wanting some cookie dough…but I can’t have regular ice cream…I can have the kind make from coconut milk tho! ;D I actually prefer it!
I don’t eat dairy either, so this is perfect! I definitely don’t like it as much as the “real thing” – but my tummy prefers it for sure. I actually just finished off the container.
I found it at King Soopers, next to the Ben and Jerry’s section. I think it was around $4.
thats how i prefer my salads too. beasts in mixing bowls. perfection. im a serial breakfast skipper…
with the rice paper: what kind do you buy? how do you soak them? im intimidated by it!
I need to try those rolls, they look really delicious.
And I love the chocolate with pb
It’s lovely to be able to eat intuitively, to just eat what your body tells you to. And your eats seem wonderful, even if you ‘broke’ the “MUST HAVE BREAKFAST” rule
You really showed balance and yumminess at the same time…that coconut milk ice cream being the clincher!
I want to try some rolls with rice wraps, but I can’t find the darn things anywhere!
It really is all about balance…
I’m workin on my own coconut milk/cookie dough ice cream recipe. It’s a tricky one, but I will prevail!
Have fun at work!
Balance is key for sure. Have a good first day back to school!
I opt out of breakfast often on the weekends, I just don’t feel as hungry sometimes. It’s all good!
hey girlie!!
woohoo for listening to your body, and not ‘the experts’ <–whoever they are!?
hehe! LOVE the mixing bowl salad, and homemade spring rolls!!
I hope your week is off to a great start!
xoxo!
I think if you just eat when you are hungry, thats fine. I call it the golden rule–the rule above all others!
The golden rule, I love that! I totally agree!
I’m making Spring Rolls for dinner tonight! Hopefully they’ll turn out…
Your salad looks really good, I think that just made me hungry again!
I’m happy to see other people make huge salads in mixing bowls. That is really the only way I make them at home:)
Coffee for breakfast is perfectly acceptable especially when you consume that much salad
I usually don’t have much more than that on the weekends before noon. It’s just what works for me.
great post! it is so true that its ok to not alwaaays eat breakfast- food rules are pretty silly- sometimes you have to just listen to your body. That lunch sounds awesome! love the salad
i’m sure the ice cream is delicious too! never had that brand.
xoxoxox
im with ya on the balance!!! so what if one day you skip breakfast…I promise NOTHING is going to happen to you!
people have to find what works for them and thats that! 
oh and i love your “almost whole head of romaine” I do that every time!!
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i think the only time ive ever opted out of breakfast is when i’ve been so hungover, the thought of food makes me sick