Hey everyone, it’s WEDNESDAY! That means we are halfway through the week! That also means my memo for Legal Writing is due TOMORROW. Ahhhh, do you ever have papers or projects that are just painful to do? Like you’ll do anything to avoid sitting down and working on it? That’s what this memo is to me right now… But I’m working, and it will get done!
So, as many of you know, Wednesday means another installment of What I Ate Wednesday! If you are new to WIAW, head over to Peas and Crayons to learn more about it and see all the other blogs that are participating this week!
For breakfast I really couldn’t figure out what I wanted, but finally decided on some apple cinnamon oats! I mixed 1/3 C oats with 2/3 cup water and 1/2 T of chia seeds. I heated that until it started bubbling and then turned off the heat and covered the pot. After getting ready and posting my blog, I came back to it and the chia seeds had soaked up the water – volume! I added more water and heated it up again. Then I mixed in cinnamon and 2 egg whites (mix well when you put in the egg whites!) I also added in half a chopped apple. I served up the oats and then added the rest of the apple and some almond butter. It was so good! I’m loving the apple cinnamon, even though it seems a little out of season!
I got to school earlier than usual (yay for fast buses! finally!) so I stopped at Argo Tea on my way and got my favorite: Ginger Peach tea. So good!
After class I headed straight to a doctor’s appointment, which was pretty quick and easy and then I headed home for some lunch and to get work done!
So I was a little in my own world when I got back from my Dr. Apt and completely forgot to take a picture of lunch #1! I knew I’d be working a lot on my memo (law school version of paper) and that I’d be snacky, so I decided to just have smaller meals throughout the day rather than a big lunch and expect myself to not want to snack later…
First I made some carrot fries (as seen below) and I also made eggplant fries! They aren’t so much like fries… really just roasted eggplant. But I love them! Both topped with garlic powder and a little sea salt and served with ketchup.
I was going to have some yogurt with them (for protein) but the eggplant really filled me up quickly so I decided to wait a bit until I was hungry again and get some work done in the meantime!
And…. duh I was hungry again not long after. Lunch #2 included chobani yogurt with some chia seeds and a little milk mixed in (set in the fridge for 30 min, but wish I’d done it longer) and some protein powder mixed with cocoa (also a rice cake, un pictured to use the extra chocolate sauce since the yogurt wasn’t as thick as I’d hoped).
Haha I said I’d be snacking all day! Lunch #3 is some steamed broccoli slaw with marinara sauce and nutritional yeast (I was weirdly craving veggies…) and some popcorn! I finally got some brown paper bags and I’m working on perfecting my popping, still getting a lot of burnt popcorn…
Pre-workout snack was a rice cake topped with 1/2 banana mixed with 1/2 T almond butter (heated to mash it up). This was SO GOOD. Although it made the rice cake mushy, so it would have been better on a slice of bread, oh well, next time!
I finally got everything but the intro and conclusion written (yes, we’re supposed to write the intro last) so I took a mental break for a bit (i.e. read blogs) and then headed to the gym! I got there later than I usually do (about 5:30) so it was pretty packed! By the time I got home I was ready for dinner, and already knew exactly what I was going to make!
I made 1/3 C oats with almond milk and water, and 1/2 T ground flax. I mixed in garlic powder and nutritional yeast. I mixed in peas to the oats and then topped the dish with a “fried” egg!
It was DELICIOUS!!! Ahhhh so good!
For dessert, I had a spoonful (or two…) of this new peanut butter I got!
I really liked their cinnamon raisin, so I wanted to try the maple! It was pretty good!
Do you ever have days that you snack through rather than eat normal meals?
What’s the best thing you’ve eaten recently?