Hola mi amigos! Hope you are all having a fantastic week! I had so much fun reading through all of your random facts from yesterday’s post. You guys are awesome!
You know what today is right?….drumroll please!
It’s time for another What I Ate Wednesday!
Breakfast (8:00am) Whole wheat English muffin with PB, cottage cheese & honey,
2 eggs scrambled with pepper and nooch,
Frozen fruit (steebies, mango, peaches, pineapple),
thawed and sprinkled with unsweetened coconut shreds
Cup o’ Dark Steamy Joe
Howabout a closer look?
The only man I need in life…well, AND Tiger! 😉
Nom, nom, nom!
I am now officially obsessed with this sandwich!
1. Mist a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray.
2. Lay out cauliflower florets on sheet without overlapping pieces.
3. Sprinkle with spices and then mist with more cooking spray.
4. Roast in a 425* oven for 20 minutes, or until tender.
5. Toss cooked florets in nutritional yeast and serve.
Snack (4:30pm) Siggis Pomegranate & Passion Fruit Yogurt and
1/2 tablespoon chia seeds
Dinner (7:45pm)
Leftover quesadillas with gauc and salsa and
4 mini sweet peppers
Today’s drinkage included my new favorite teas and
32 ounces of water in my Camelbak bottle
Today was definitely a good eats kind of day! Not your typical “comfort food”, but uber comforting to my belly! I am still so full from dinner…yay for beans!
Beans, beans…good for the heart! The more you eat, the more you…feel satisfied after dinner? Of course…why whudya think I was gonna say? 😉
Oh and top of the news today! I officially converted one of my co-workers into a hummus lover! Thank you Sabra for your spinach and artichoke creamy goodness! You should have seen her face when she was trying it. At first, you’d think I just asked her to lick a toilet seat and then after her first bite, she asked for more! Ha!
What is your favorite flavor of hummus?
I have always loved roasted red pepper, but I’m getting a little burnt out on it. My newest go-to is TJ’s white bean hummus!
What’s the best thing you ate today? PB + cottage cheese sammie…but c’mon, you already knew that!
Halo peeps! I’m back! As in I am back to my broccoli loving, spinach eating, nut butter fantasizing, normal self! Ahhh, feels so good…it’s like when Austin Powers got his mojo back! Yes, we have the same last name…no we’re not related! C’mon, he’s a fictional character, duh!
I was hoping that the first day back with my “mojo” would have something spectacular happen so I could tell you guys all about it, but sadly it was just an ordinary day at the hospi!
So as not to leave you high and dry tonight, I’d like to share with you guys my latest award, given to me by the cookie making queen Nicole of Cookies & Carrots!
The Rules 1. Link the person who awarded you.
2. Post 7 random facts about yourself.
3. Pass the award on to 7 other bloggers.
I know I’ve technically already done a “7 random facts” post, but who cares! Plus, I know how much I love learning more about my favorite blogger friends so hopefully this will entertain you guys too!
1. When I entered college, I had NO IDEA what I wanted to do. I claimed an undecided major until the end of my sophomore year, when I started feeling the pressure to make a decision. I realized at this point that if I didn’t figure it out soon, I was going to have to be in school longer than 4 years…yeah, not cool! So, I flipped through my college’s book of majors/minors and saw x-ray. I thought, “How hard could it be to can take pictures of people’s bones! I could do that!” Long story short, it is much more involved but it was the BEST lazy girl decision I’ve ever made! I love my job!
2. Right after high school and all throughout college, I had a job at GNC (General Nutrition Centers). Working there 1.) helped me pay for college without having to take out more than one student loan and 2.) basically formed my passion for healthy living and eating.
3. I got my first job when I was 15 years old. I worked at a mom & pop sort of diner as a waitress for 2 bucks an hour + tips. I was also in charge of making pizzas and ice cream treats and I always ate for free!
4. I was in no way a healthy eater growing up. I didn’t know the first thing about nutrition and subsisted off pop-tarts, pizza, and my all time favorite adolescent snack: chips and salsa.
5. My snack love was so great that one year for Christmas my mom and dad got me a jumbo size bag of chips and multiple jars of salsa as one of my gifts!
6. I was in the drama club in high school and once played Daphne in a recreation of a Fraiser episode. Oh yeah, I’ve got that fake British accent goin on!
7. I grew up in one of those small towns where the high school homecoming game is a city-wide affair. When they first brought a Taco Bell/KFC to my hometown, the police department had to direct traffic for weeks!
Ok, so there you have it! Some random facts about moi! Hope you liked! And now for the 7 lucky winners:
Oh, don’t worry, I would leave you without any foodie pics to drool over…scroll down!
Whole wheat English muffin with TJ’s Valencia PB and cinnamon on one side, 2% cottage cheese and honey on the other side.
Slap ’em together and what have you got? A freaking amazing sandwich that’s what! Special thanks to Caitlin over at The Permanent Life for the idea!
This sammie was enjoyed this morning alongside a HUGE green smoothie in a bowl.
Clean-Out-the-Freezer Smoothie in a Bowl: (serves 1)
1/2 cup almond milk
2 BIG handfuls of fresh spinach
1/2 a frozen banana
1 frozen mandarin orange
1/2 cup frozen raspberries
splash of vanilla
1/8 teaspoon xanthan gum (the KEY to making your smoothie spoonable!)
Combine all ingredients in a blender (or push your little Magic Bullet to its limits like I did) and blend, blend, blend! I also topped mine with a little handful of Kashi Go Lean for a little crunch!
I have to say that until reading through all of your comments from yesterday’s post, I had no idea what in the world I was going to make for dinner! So this is for all my quesadilla lovers out there! Thanks for the inspiration!
Chipotle Bean & Cheese Quesadilla: (serves 2)
2 whole wheat tortillas (I used Trader Joe’s brand)
1. Saute onions in a small skillet until translucent.
2. Stir diced pepper, adobo sauce, and seasoning into refried beans.
3. Layer tortilla with beans, sauteed onions, cheese, and cilantro.
4. Top with other tortilla and grill (I used my grill pan on the stove-top) until warmed      through and tortilla gets signature grill marks.
All layered up and ready for the grill!
Serve with your favorite salsa and/or guacamole!
Hope that was enough to rile up your taste buds! 😉 See ya back here tomorrow for What I Ate Wednesday!
What is one random fact about you? I love learning things about you guys…entertain me!
Hello. And I mean no exclamation point with that. Sorry folks, I am hanging on by a thread here. I have been battling my night shift hangover since first thing this morning. After 8 hours of sleep, it took everything in me to get out of bed and get moving and as the (lonnnnnnnng) day progressed, I faded bit by bit.
It’s been a while since I’ve done a night shift and I guess since I wasn’t feeling too bad after my nap yesterday that it made me forget about the second day…it’s like DOMS for your internal clock! Most of my day has been spent downing ginger tea like its my job to ease my sensitive stomach and trying not to fall asleep standing up!
I should have known when it took me nearly 20 minutes this morning to decide on breakfast, though I have to say that the final decision was spot on! I’ve been wanting to try adding peanut flour to my oats like I’ve seen so many other bloggers do and I just happened to have a sad little banana that decided to jump in on the action too!
Creamy Peanutty Oats with Banana & Flax: (serves 1)
1/2 cup rolled oats
3/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
3/4 cup water
2 tablespoons peanut flour
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 banana, halved and separated
1 tablespoon chia seeds
1 teaspoon flax seeds
1. Combine oats, milk, peanut flour and extract water in a saucepan and cook over          medium heat until mixture starts to bubble.
2. Slice 1/2 a banana into thin slices and whisk into oat mixture and cook for an            additional 3-4 minutes.
3. Remove from heat and stir in chia seeds and allow to set for 10 minutes or so to give     the chia seeds time to do their thickening thang!
4. Pour oats into a bowl, add sliced banana and top with flax seeds.
This was one of the creamiest bowls of oats that I’ve made! I loved how the peanut flour came through without overpowering the taste of the sweet banana! Mmm!
Now, before I pass out and end up with “asdf jkl;” stamped on my forehead, let me show you my quick, easy, and perfectly yummy dinner!
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Breakfast (8:00am)
Howabout a closer look?
The only man I need in life…well, AND Tiger! 😉
Nom, nom, nom!
Lunch (12:15pm)
Seriously, why don’t I roast cauli more often??
Snack (4:30pm)
Dinner (7:45pm)
Today’s drinkage included my new favorite teas and
