What We're Eating

Breakfast: didn't have

Lunch: went to an Italian restaurant in town (my town is super Italian) and had a giant bowl of bowtie pasta with pesto sauce, and a bit of grated cheese and tomato on top

Snack: 16oz of unsweetened iced green tea from Starbucks

Dinner: this was a "using things up before they go bad" dinner so it was kind of random
*2 poached eggs
*a bowl with 1/3 of a block of boiled tempeh, 1/2 cup brown rice farina (a faster cooking alternative to brown rice), and 4/3 cup frozen broccoli and cauliflower (cooked with the farina)
*a plate with 1/3 container white bean hummus, baby carrots, and a tomato, with McCormick black garlic seasoning on the carrots and tomato
*vitamin D3 supplement

Dessert (didn't have yet): a mug of honeybush tea and half a serving of Green and Black's 85% dark chocolate

Today is Sunday = Sunday lunch

B = 2 Weetabix, blueberries and semi-skimmed milk
L = Roast Chicken, roast potatoes, butternut squash, tenderstem broccoli, carrots, Brussel sprouts and gravy
D = Cheese and wholewheat toast

Yesterday (Splurge Saturday with nonstop activity most of the day and evening)
Breakfast: tiramisu Greek yogurt, 1 fried egg with hot sauce, coffee
Lunch: 1/2 size pasta alfredo with chicken, mushrooms, peas, topped with Provel cheese, side salad (dry) and a small slice Italian bread with butter and garlic
Snacks: 3 blueberry Munchkins & iced black coffee at Dunkin, small bag of baby carrots, 1/2 banana
Dinner: 2 huge slices super thin NY style pizza, one cheese and one supreme


Today:
Breakfast (larger than normal): 2 thick slices French toast, one with peanut butter & sugar free maple syrup, one with butter & lemon curd. Coffee.
Lunch (lighter than normal): albacore tuna on a salad with celery, carrots & onion, smoothie made with 1 banana, unsweetened almond milk & raspberries
Dinner: mock duck in a huge veggie stir fry with spicy sauce over brown rice, hot cocoa for "dessert"

vegmebuff...it just comes in a can at the Asian food store...I don't even know what it actually is, to be honest! My husband puts it in the stir fry and it tastes awesome, just like the mock duck at a Vietnamese restaurant.

Breakfast: Gevalia mocha cappuccino
Snack: Sour cream and cheddar Ruffles
Lunch: Leftover homemade hamburger helper thing- ground chicken cooked with onion and garlic in leftover mac and cheese sauce with noodles. Sounds weird but it was amazing. ;-;
Dinner: Buffalo chicken deli slices on a bun with cheese, lettuce, tomato, and a side cup of New England Clam Chowder Soup

It's the first snowy day here since I moved to MD and now makes me want hot cocoa.... so I forsee multiple cups of that in my future today!

My children are always eating this sausage, egg, cheese on a bagel from Dunkin Donuts...I've never tried it before and tried it today and it was absolutely DELICIOUS!

Breakfast:
Dunkin Donuts breakfast sandwich on bagel, water to drink

Lunch:
1 cup of dried garlic tea, 1 cup of Gotu Kola tea, 1 cup of dandelion root tea

Dinner:
avocado Caesar salad, roasted veggies (squash, brussels sprouts, zucchini, eggplant), chicken soup

Dessert and.or late night snack:
cup (or so) of fresh blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberry/honey Greek yogurt, handful of walnuts, pecans and almonds

Breakfast: didn't have

Lunch: Chipotle burrito with brown rice, pinto beans, peppers and onions, sofritas, mild salsa, and cheese

Snack: two cups of decaf green tea and 2/3 serving of Green and Black's 85% dark chocolate

Dinner part 1 (while doing the laundry): one slice of pizza from our local pizza place with garlic powder, oregano, and red pepper flakes

Dinner part 2 (aka midnight snack after laundry, grocery shopping, showering, doing some cleaning/organizing, and putting away the laundry):
*2/3 block of boiled tempeh seasoned with turmeric and paprika
*a plate of vegetables: broccoli and cauliflower mix, baby carrots, and 2 tomatoes, seasoned with black pepper and dried thyme
*4 Grains First whole grain crackers
*a cup of green grapes
This was also a "using up food before it goes bad" meal.

Breakfast: Coffee with creamer
Snack: lite and fit Greek yogurt
Lunch: black bean, turkey, and sweet potato chili. This was amazing last time I made it so I'm super excited for it today!
Dinner: 2 Tuna cakes, each on a bun with hot sauce, lettuce, and tomato
Dessert: 1/2 pint Enlightened ice cream

I also forsee 1-2 cups of hot chocolate in my future today after I come back in from building a snowman.

Breakfast: key lime Greek yogurt
Lunch: seasoned & grilled chicken breast with roasted sweet potatoes
Afternoon snack: pineapple
Dinner: homemade "hamburger helper" and a salad with homemade croutons, shredded cheese and Catalina dressing
After dinner snack: strawberries and some popcorn

B: 2 egg cups
L: Skinnytaste Pasta e Fagioli
D : Not 100% sure yet but probably crab cakes and a salad
S: cutie and Special K Cinnamon crisps

Breakfast: toast with 1/2 avocado, fried egg with cheddar cheese & salsa, coffee
Lunch: homemade tuna melt with Worcestershire sauce, celery, lots of onion. 1/2 large Korean pear.
Dinner: TVP spaghetti and a side salad

breakfast: 2 slices sprouted whole grains bread with a triangle of light cheese spread

lunch: 4oz of salmon with light Italian dressing; salad (spinach, onion, sweet peppers, mushrooms, black olives, pepper jack cheese, mild pepper rings and low calorie Catalina dressing); a serving of beans (I made a batch mixing a large can of baked pinto beans with a can of kidney beans and a can of black beans. Some of it went into the freezer for later); a serving of Wheat Thin Crackers

afternoon: green smoothie (banana, kale, strawberries, clementines, plain Greek yogurt and ground flax seed)

Supper: large sweet potato with ranch dressing; steamed broccoli with melted co-jack cheese

Forgot. Also had sauteed rapini.

Breakfast: Strawberry Instant Oatmeal w/ 1 tbsp Plain Greek Yogurt added

Lunch: Leftover meatloaf w/ a side of cheesy red beans & lentils

Dinner: Lemon butter tilapia w/ rice and mixed vegetables

Snacks / Other: Coke (can), possibly 1 serving of cherry cordial kisses after DS is in bed.

Breakfast:
1 cup of ashwagandha root tea, 1 cup of dried garlic tea, 1 cup of dandelion root tea

Lunch:
bowl of fresh blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, honey/strawberry greek yogurt, big handful of walnuts, almonds, pecans. Milk oolong tea and water to drink

Dinner:
Thai Food: Spicy shrimp Basil fried Rice, tempura veggies, beef and shrimp drunken noodles, thai ice tea and hand/homemade thai mango ice cream for dessert

Dessert or late night snack:
2 cara cara oranges and 6-7 fresh (thinly sliced) pineapple rings and perhaps/maybe some roasted/salted/shelled peanuts