It doesn’t take much
Posted: November 10, 2009 Filed under: Breakfast, Delish Dinners, leftover lunches | Tags: avocado, egg white, hot sauce, leftovers, yogurt mess 17 Comments »Happy Tuesday! It’s almost over…but the best is yet to come. More on that later.
This morning, my breakfast was nothing short of inspired.

2 toasted slices of Ezekiel bread, 2 egg whites, ½ avocado, salt and hot sauce.

Sandwichified.
This was the best way to start a day. Balanced, creamy, spicy, perfect. I could have easily eaten two – but (luckily) I don’t have time for 2 breakfasts every morning. Can you imagine…?
I got another treat, from the same mom (thanks again Tona!!) to stash in my snack drawer.

I don’t even know what these are, but I tasted both kinds of “puffs” – and they are the perfect snack. And yes, my snack drawer is also my sticker drawer. Looks like I keep markers there, too.
For my lunch, I had dinner leftovers.

Beans, rice, spinach and pumpkin vinaigrette. Yes, I want arroz y frijoles negros.
I was kind of feeling blah after I got home, and didn’t really want to cook – which is rare. Meeker was incredibly supportive and said “don’t worry about dinner” – and was happy to let me eat yogurt while he fended for himself on the food front.

- ½ cup plain yogurt
- Handful of raspberries (they’re there…buried)
- ½ pear
- 4-5 ABC cookies (can’t get enough of these things)
- Blob of crunchy peanut butter
I mixed it all together and loved every bite. It had been too long since my last yogurt mess. Good dinner.
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I realized today that TV shows make me waaaay too happy. Some things to look forward to this week…
Tonight: The Biggest Loser!
Wednesday: The CMA Awards (I’m a country music fanatic)
Thursday: Meeker’s family bought us tickets to see WICKED downtown…okay this isn’t TV, but it is entertainment.
…it doesn’t take much to get me jazzed. Fill my belly and entertain me, and you’re sure find a smile on this face.
Sweet and Salty Saturday
Posted: November 7, 2009 Filed under: Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: apples, kale, peanut butter, yogurt mess 16 Comments »I woke up and went for a nice, leasurily six mile run this morning. Running sometimes makes me crave salty foods, which leads me to crave sweet foods…and so went the rest of my day.
After my run, I went on a cleaning frenzy, then realized I was starving…so I made a yogurt mess with this guy as the base:

It was so delicious. Especially combined with some chocolate protein powder, peanut butter, and granola.

Sweet and salty…in one bowl. Yum.
This wasn’t quite enough…so I had two slices of bread with pumpkin and cinnamon spread on top.

That did the trick, and I went to school for a few hours to get some planning done for next week. I always feel so organized and relaxed after I work on Saturdays…maybe it’s being there without 24 kids in the room.
When I got home…I wanted salty.

Kale chips have my heart. This is one bunch of kale, washed, ripped into pieces, drizzled with 1 tbs. evoo and sprinkled with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Baked at 375* for 12 minutes. Crispy, salty, delish. But it inevitably made me want sweet.

I ate a couple of apples. Here is a math problem for you: I started out with 9 apples on Thursday, and now I have 3 left. How many apples have I eaten in 2 days? There are worse things to be addicted to than apples.
My hunger wasn’t quite satiated, so I reached again for the salt.
Seven wafer thin crackers…

All nicely sharing 1 tbs. of crunchy peanut butter.

This marks the end of my sweet and salty Saturday. We spent the afternoon getting a new battery for Meeker’s truck, went to a little league football game, and now we are headed over to a family friend’s house for pizza and salad. (Jealous, Cait?)
Hope you all had remarkable and relaxing Saturdays. Hasta mañana!
Salad and Snow
Posted: October 25, 2009 Filed under: Breakfast, Mid-Day Yummies | Tags: chocolate, cinnamon, coffee, grapes, salad, smoothie, yogurt mess 16 Comments »This morning started out in a rush…
I woke up early enough, but then got sidetracked reading blogs, and was subsequently rushing to get ready for church. As a result, breakfast was quick.

Coffee and this smoothie (I’m still living off post-race swag) which I drank half of last night, and half of this morning. Before drinking it, I put it in the blender, dropped in a kiwi and a bit more water, and blended it. The kiwi added good tartness that I so desire when it comes to fruit. So dang.
Then I ate this in the car.

A pita with roasted red pepper hummus. It was a little dry, but got me through the morning to lunch.
My grandma, aunt, uncle, cousin, mom and dad met Meeker and I for lunch at mi restaurante favorito…Sweet Tomatoes. This is an all-you-can-eat salad/soup/dessert bar and it is the ultimate test of my will-power because everything is so darn delicious that I have to practice self-restraint from the second I walk in the door.
I started with a big, fat salad. Full of all the good stuff…

Lettuce, zucchini, carrots, garbanzo beans, beets, cucumbers, corn, broccoli, raisins, sunflower seeds, olives, red cabbage.

Too good. Too, too good.
Then it was on to dessert…it was extremely difficult to pick only these 3 treats. As much as I give lovies to salad, trust me when I tell you I could have skipped the greens and eaten a mountain of desserts for lunch.

A baby cinnamon roll, one spoonful of chocolate mousse and the best crispy, tart, crunchy grapes ever.

That cinnamon roll is really a biscuit, with cinnamon chips and frosting. Again, so dang.
I may have picked at my grandma’s dessert plate, too. Here is a picture of my cute mom and Nonnie…

Oh, they make me smile.
Miraculously, I was hungry a few hours after returning home. A yogurt mess was on the menu.


- Plain yogurt
- ½ pear
- 1 crumbled Hermit
- A few cinnamon Quaker oat squares
- And…….

½ of this guy…cinnamon + peanut butter = pure love.
Now I’m off to do the snow dance…

Yeah, even teachers pray for snow days…and they do it after a week long hiatus from work.













