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.
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!!
#3
Posted: August 18, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: banana, BBQ, canteloupe, cinnamon, green monster, peanut butter, staff lunch, sweet potato 25 Comments »It’s almost Thursday!! I kind of missed counting down the weekdays during the summer. I really do like my job, but weekends are sweet, and I can’t wait.
Breakfast
Green Monster: 1 cup frozen spinach (don’t forget the frozen spinach key!), ½ cup frozen blueberries, ½ cup soy milk, ½ frozen banana, 2 cups water – blended for about 2 minutes.
Froth.
Lunch was extraordinary! Once a month, the parents at my school cook lunch for the teachers. This month’s theme was Farwell Summer BBQ.
fruit (x5), cucumbers, broccoli, pulled pork, bbq beef, and a chicken leg (which I didn’t eat because I was fullll). I also had some bean/avocado/cilantro mess that was fantastic. Parents, you are the best.
I didn’t even need a snack this afternoon because I was so dang full for the rest of the day. When I came home I had one thing on my mind (Kristen, when you mentioned sweet potatoes at lunch, this stuck in my mind!)
Sweet potato (wrapped in plastic and microwaved for 7 minutes) with peanut butter, banana slices and cinnamon
It hit the spot, but left me wanting something juicy.
Summery cantaloupe.
In the 3rd grade world…
One of my students came up to me today and said:
Mrs. Unger, I just went #3 in the bathroom.
I wish I could have seen what my face looked like. I was perplexed. I mean…I have a couple guesses as to what #3 is, but I’ve NEVER heard that before. Anyone else?!
Tattle Turtle
Posted: August 16, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: baked omelet, banana, cinnamon, gluten free bagel, peanut butter, spring rolls, tattle turtle, veggies 26 Comments »Happy Monday! I hope you all had good ones. I started mine off with level 2 of the thirty day shred. I hadn’t done this in months, and I was surprised by how much strength I maintained.
Speaking of strength…remember my push-up challenge? When I started, I couldn’t do a single push up, and I vowed to work up to 25 consecutive push-ups before August hit. Well, I DID it!! It was hard, I really don’t like push-ups, but I DID it! I actually did it on August 1st, and it’s taken me 16 days to tell you all about it. Where is my head? Anyone else still following me on the challenge? How’s it going?
After the shred and a shower, I threw this together and ate in en route to work.
Love that morning sunlight.
Udi’s Gluten Free bagel toasted with crunchy peanut butter, ½ a smashed banana and cinnamon. Quite possibly the best thing I’ve eaten in months. I can’t even remember the last time I had a bagel, but hot dang, this was g-o-o-d. Unfortunately, bread (even gluten free) kind of gives me an upset stomach, so I dealt with that all day, but honestly, it may have been worth it.
Lunch
Bowl of veggies with soy vay and 2 leftover spring rolls. Speaking of spring rolls, you all had a lot of questions about them! They’re super easy…refer to this post for more detailed account of how I make mine.
I followed that up by some almonds and dates. A perfect lunch-time dessert.
I had a peach sometime during the afternoon, and then came home for an easy (read: 15 minute) dinner.
Baked omelet with zucchini, red peppers, spinach and avocado.
I love breakfast for dinner. Don’t you?
In the 3rd grade world…
I have this Tattle Turtle hanging on my white board so that I’m not bombarded by a million silly tattles every day. I thought I should introduce you to Mr.
Tattle Turtle because it will undoubtedly be the source of many laughs this year. For example, today someone told the Tattle Turtle:
Bobby and Johnny said “What the heck” at recess.
I have a class full of stinkers, and I’m sure a thousand “tattle worthy” shenanigans happened at recess, but THIS is what I needed to know about. The word heck.
Thank you Tattle Turtle for allowing me to escape the retelling of (what I am sure) was a very long and detailed story.
So Long to Summer
Posted: August 14, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: banana, cinnamon, eggs, green beans, green monster, peanut butter, potatoes, running 14 Comments »Last night at 1am, Meeker and I decided to run a race this morning. A few of his co-workers were already signed up, so we though what the heck. 5 hours later, we popped out of bed and headed to register for our town’s So Long to Summer race.
I had this banana, peanut butter and cinnamon before heading out the door.
It was only a 5k, so nothing serious. We had SUCH a good time together – we jogged and chatted the whole way. There was nothing competitive about it, and I enjoyed it immensely.
Meeker and a few of his work buddies. He is in the blue on the bottom left. His boss is sitting next to him trying to steal pancakes/sausage from another employee. It was a fun morning.
We hung out at the park for a while, then came home for brunch.
Roasted potatoes and green beans with 2 eggs on top.
Coffee in my Don’t Mess with Texas mug.
I brought this along as I ran errands this afternoon (grocery store and post office…it’s so hard to get that kind of thing done now that I’m back at school!). And despite the coffee, when I got home I crashed. I took a 2 hour nap that was glorious. I woke up starving, and zombied into the kitchen to make a green monster.
¼ cup frozen blueberries, ½ frozen banana, 1 cup frozen spinach, ½ cup vanilla soy milk, 2 cups water, 1 scoop protein powder
So yummy. The trick to using frozen spinach is to blend it FOREVER. I’m talking 3 full minutes in the blender on high speed. Otherwise you end up with slimy chunks of spinach at the bottom of your smoothie, and that’s not fun for anyone. I chugged this before going to church (which was fantastic), and now we are home again, relaxing on the couch. Meeker just made steak, but I’m not really feeling it – I think I’ll hold off on dinner until I’m really hankering for something specific.
Hope you all had fun Saturdays as well – enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Hunger Crazed
Posted: August 11, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: banana, burger, cabbage, cinnamon, powerbar, rice, roasted potatoes, veggies 21 Comments »I can’t believe it’s already Wednesday night! Time flies when you have a job…
I started this morning with some strength training, a shower, and breakfast eaten en route to work.
Brown rice, soy milk, cinnamon, sweetener + ½ a banana
I was going for a rice pudding type of thing, but this wasn’t really that good. Honestly, the best part was the bananas. Remember when I hated bananas? Plus, I was hungry about 30 seconds later…it made for a long morning. But I love my pink bowl – it matched my outfit today!
On the way out the door.
Lunch
Veggies. Don’t worry, this wasn’t all – I ate a powerbar while I was at recess duty.
When I came home at 6pm, I was crazed with hunger, and thought this snack was a good idea.
Canned green beans with sunflower and pumpkin seeds
After I ate this, I literally said aloud: What was I thinking? It’s not that it tasted awful, just odd. Oh well, it fueled me enough to make a proper dinner.
Sautéed cabbage, roasted potatoes and a beef burger – yes, I ate it all with chopsticks and it was deeelicious. By far the most satisfying meal of the day.
In the 3rd grade world…
A girl after my own heart.
Draw a picture of your favorite place in your community. Baskin Robbins. Yesssss.
No Rhyme or Reason
Posted: July 25, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: banana, chips, coconut, french fries, hot tamales, hummus, peach, raw chocolate cake 26 Comments »There is no rhyme or reason to what I ate today. I didn’t plan any of my meals, and I just ate the first thing that popped into my head when I was hungry. Here you go…
One smashed banana with a mini piece of raw chocolate cake (which is just cocoa powder, walnuts, and dates) plus fresh coconut
Meeker and I went to church last night, so there was plenty of time to relax and eat my cake for breakfast this morning.
Then around 11ish I had a hankering for some sweet and salty.
Hello random snack. Chips + hummus and a peach
Not 45 minutes after this, we went to lunch with my in-laws. I was not very hungry (I can’t imagine why), so I had…
A small order of skinny fries with malt vinegar on them – yum city. Then the fam went to see Inception together. It was incredible and it made me think. I highly recommend it. Plus Leonardo is dreamy.
Afterwards, we came home for a bit and I had leftovers from last night’s dinner…
Rice noodles, chicken, beef, shrimp, pork, veggies – I ate about half last night and half today. Then we went to my in-laws house for dinner to celebrate my brother-in-law’s birthday. They had lasagna and cheesy bread – but that kind of food doesn’t sit too well with my tum-tum – so I just had some salad. (Not to mention, I had just eaten a couple of hours before).
After dinner I had a few bites of cake (duh…when it’s offered…yes, I want cake) plus a handful of hot tamales. We were sitting in the dark on the deck, so the pictures are non-existent. My apologies. Just imagine some sugar being thrown down my gullet.
There you have it. I don’t eat like this very often, but when I do, it makes me crave vegetables. Prepare to see veggies tomorrow.
I hope you all had spectacular weekends! My last full week of summer starts tomorrow!! I plan to enjoy it to the fullest with lots of sunshine, exercise, and sleep.
Who doesn’t love French Fries?
Posted: July 22, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: agave, banana, bbq sauce, cinnamon, franks and beans, french fries, hummus, peanut butter, salad, toast 29 Comments »The best day of the week (Thursday) was a busy one! I went for an early morning run, bible study, grocery store, my co-worker’s house to help with is little boy, a few more errands, the grocery store again (forgot something!) and was supposed to go to a concert in the park, but Meeker had to work late, so we didn’t make it. Whew! I’m actually glad to be home. In between all of those things, I ate some food.
Breakfast
Holly Style – millet toast, peanut butter, smashed banana, cinnamon, drizzle of agave
Lunch
Lettuce, broccoli slaw, mushrooms, leftover chicken sausage, hummus + BBQ+ water dressing
Luscious leaves.
Snack
Dried apples and walnuts
Dinner
Since Meeker had to work late, I pulled leftover franks and beans out of the freezer and heated them up. They held up pretty well! Since dinner, Meeker has gotten home, made some French fries, and I’m currently snacking on some of his Ore-Ida goodness. Who doesn’t love French fries??
Alright, I’m off to relax! Hope you all are having fantastic Thursday noches, and if not…smile, tomorrow is Friday! In just 12 days that will again mean something to me, but for now – I’m going to relish the summer and pretend I have no idea what day of the week it is.
What is your favorite day of the week?
I have a lot of red dishes.
Posted: June 30, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: banana, coconut, fruit cereal, raw chocolate cake, salad, veggie burgers 23 Comments »Hello lovies! First, I want to say thank you for all your congrats on my speedy run! I was so excited about it, and all of your comments added fuel to the enjoyment of my accomplishment. You are all so great. Stay tuned tomorrow for my newest athletic challenge…
I also loved hearing about the foods you deem beautiful. I think fruit was the winner, but also a lot of veggie/bread/pasta lovers out there. Food is beautiful.
Okay, on to the food I ate hoy. Breakfast rocked my socks.
Raw chocolate cake crumbles, ½ a frozen banana (mashed), coconut
I ate my fruits and veggies for lunch. Part one…
Broccoli slaw, cucumber, carrot, edamame, veri veri teriyaki soy vay
(ß this stuff is awesome!)
Part two…
More fruit cereal! Apple, ½ banana, handful of frozen berries, walnuts, almonds, flax, vanilla soy milk
And for dinner, I finally made some veggie burgers! I have wanted to make my own for (literally) a year, and today was the day.
Click for the recipe. So easy and so good. I ate mine on a slice of millet bread with bbq sauce, avocado, homegrown tomatoes(!), and spinach
And that’s a wrap! Here’s to another fabulous summer day.
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A little flax in my coffee
Posted: June 18, 2010 Filed under: Breakfast | Tags: almond milk, banana, coffee, oats, peanut butter 13 Comments »Good Morning! The happiest of Friday to you all! I’m currently soaking up the sun at my kitchen table. A cat by my side, a dog at my feet. Life is good.
What’s in the bowl?
More of this yummy mess with an apple to dunk. It’s a little runnier today because I had to change the recipe a bit. My food processor BROKE…sad day. Luckily, I had a little mini food processor in the pantry – but it didn’t work as well. I had to thin the mix out with a little almond milk. In the end, it was: ¼ cup raw oats, ¾ frozen banana, 1 tbs. peanut butter, ¼ cup almond milk. It was as tasty as ever, and the apple dunkers were kind of fun.
I also had a new coffee this morning…
This has been sitting in our pantry for months…eeek. I was a little worried, but it turned out to be yummy!
If you’re wondering what all that grit in the coffee grinder is…it’s ground flax seed. I didn’t wash it out last time I used it for that purpose. A little flax in the coffee grounds never hurt anyone.
Now I’m full and ready to tackle the day! First up, take Punky for a walk. Then yoga at 10am, mow the lawn, lunch and it’s up in the air after that…
Happy, happy Fabulous Friday! (that is what the janitor at my school – Mr. Walt – says every Friday morning when I walk in the door.)
