Wednesday has once again rolled around. Unfortunately, it didn’t arrive nearly as quickly as I was hoping. Now that we are only a week away from Christmas and I am only five days away from traveling back to my hometown, each minute, hour, and day seems to slowly crawl by. The anticipation is killing me, I guess ;). But in an attempt to make myself feel better I have been treating myself to some tasty eats. Here’s a recap of What I Ate last Wednesday.
Pre-Workout Snack
Before heading to the gym for some cardio and strength training, I snacked on a rice cake with blackberry jam.
Breakfast
The first part of my breakfast was my favorite thing right now: a green smoothie! In the mix was unsweetened vanilla almond milk, Vega One vanilla almondilla protein powder, 1/3 frozen banana, frozen peach slices, frozen blueberries, frozen cranberries, and TONS of spinach. I go through about 3-4 bags of spinach per week…it’s getting to be a bit insane!
I ate my second breakfast of the day at work. Lately I have kind of strayed away from cereal in favor of overnight oats and buckwheat bakes, but I brought it back this Wednesday. In the mix: Kashi GoLean, Arrowhead Mills Puffed Corn, plain Cheerios, and vanilla Chex (yum!). Oh, and for clarification, it is not a good bowl of cereal unless it contains at least three different varieties ;).
Mid-Morning Snack
A nanner!
Lunch
Lunch was leftover spaghetti squash pasta puttanesca. More on this delicious dish in a future Friday Foodie Favorites post!
Snacks
Blue Diamond coconut almonds and raisins.
A sliced honeycrisp apple.
Dinner
Dinner was red lentil dal from The Happy Herbivore which I served over cauliflower “rice” and alongside sauteed kale and red peppers. Have I ever mentioned that I love lentils? 😉
Snacks
On the evening snack menu:
Carrots: obsessed.
Black grapes: more obsessed.
“Baked” white sweet potato topped with Justin’s maple almond butter: As obsessed as one can possibly be. If you have never tried this combination then you really need to. And if you have never tried white sweet potatoes, well get to it. I am hooked!
Happy Wednesday, friends! Next week I’ll be taking a break from my usual WIAW post to celebrate my favorite holiday :).
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Your anticipation to go home reminds of the anticipation I’d always feel for Christmas to come when I was little. There’s something to be said about time draaaaaaaging while you wait for you want. It makes it all the more special when you finally get it.
It is so true, isn’t it? And then once it is here it will FLY by! Always does!
I’ve looked high & low for white sweet potatoes at our grocery stores, but they just don’t exist. So not fair. They obviously hadn’t read your post yet & saw your demand. Ha Ha! 🙂
Haha, what a bummer! It is not that often that I see them here actually, so I will be sad when they are gone :(.
Carrots obsessed. Girl me too. I think I need therapy. I recently bought some rice cakes inspired by you! I’m loving them! Blog friends have the best recommendations!
Yay! I’m so glad you have been enjoying them. They are seriously one of the most versatile foods out there. I swear the topping options are endless.
I love rice cakes but I never considered putting jam on them. What a good idea!
It is so good! Also, I definitely recommend avocado with sea salt too :).
I’ve never seen a white sweet potato before!
Well if you ever do then you definitely need to pick one up. They are fantastic!
I love all your food!! Everything looks super delicious girl!
Thanks, Kat!! It was a tasty day of eats for sure :).
I hear ya – the days are creeping by right now until we get to head to my parents’ house to celebrate! I’m excited for that spaghetti squash dish – looks so good!
The days will creeeeep by this week and then I can almost guarantee that next week will fly by!! That’s always the way it seems to work.
OMG….i just took a look at the red lentil recipe at it looks FAB! Totally making that soon. And that sweet tater with almond butter–swoon! Love it!!
The red lentil dal is awesome and could not be easier to make. I am sure you will definitely love it! And seriously…there is nothing better than sweet potatoes and nut butter.
Ive never even HEARD of white sweet potatoes! Do they taste the same?? I do love the pb + sweet potato combo though and eat it quite a bit!
They are a bit softer and sweeter…aka DELICIOUS, especially with nut butters :).
Don’t you hate it how time seems to stop when your excited and waiting for something! Your day of eats looks fantastic, especially dinner and the baked sweet tater with nut butter! I hope the rest of your minutes tell you go home fly by!
Thanks so much, Nicole! And yes, it would be great for this week to FLY by and then for next week to slow waaaay down! The breaks always go by way too fast :(.
I need to hop back on the smoothie train. I’m seeing so many delicious smoothies around the blog world today!
I always wonder why I make them during the Winter because they make me SO cold, but they are just SO good! 😉
Today was my last full day at work….Yippee! I’ve never tried a white sweet potato. Are they very different from the orange variety?
Lucky!!! I am super jealous! I still have 2 1/2 days to go! But soon enough I guess. I am in love with the white sweet potatoes. They are a bit softer and sweeter when you bake them as compared to the orange variety. They seriously pair perfectly with nut butters :).
I love that you had a sweet potato for dessert!
You seriously need to buy all those banana accessories I found you on Instagram 🙂
Baha, I totally do!! I may have a slight obsession with bananas… 😉
I LOVE adding nut butter to baked potatoes, but I always have a problem with baking the whole potato! It’s the weirdest thing…I don’t know if I have the oven too hot or something, or I just estimate the time wrong, but I rarely get a potato that’s cooked “just right.” What’s your secret?! (and it’s okay if you’re dumbfounded by my lack of baking a potato – I told you it was weird considering how much I cook/bake/create in the kitchen!)
I actually don’t bake mine! 😉 I “bake” them in the microwave! Here is what I do: scrub the potato to clean it, prick it several places with a fork, wrap it in a cool/wet paper towel, microwave 4 minutes, flip, microwave an additional 3 minutes. Works like a charm every time for me! 🙂
The first time someone suggested I try sweet potatoes with almond butter I scoffed in horror..it sounds so weird but I finally caved and it’s SO DELICIOUS!! And yes Justin’s is the way to go in that case!
I am so glad that somebody brought you over to the “dark” side! Aka the DEEELICIOUS side! 😉
Spaghetti Squash Pasta Puttenesca is one of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITES – You need to put a little seared tuna on top and OH WOW, stunning… Or you could put some scallops, Mmmmmmmmmmmmm!!! I am so excited because I am going home tomorrow and my father makes THE BEST Puttenesca sauce, so it’s ON BABY 🙂
Going home for the holidays is great for so many reasons…but especially the food! 😉
THANK YOU for making my spinach consumption seem normal 😉
I bought a costco sized tub for $10 and went through it in 5 days…the guy there said it lasts people 2 weeks. PEOPLE.
Yeah it really is out of control how much spinach I go through in a week in my smoothies and my cooking. I suppose it is a good obsession, right? 🙂
Hmmm I’m intrigued I’ve never heard of a white sweet potato, lately I’ve been craving carbs/oatmeal for dinner…literally squash, oatmeal, potatoes for dinner + nut butter…so this might be a new discovery! Oh yes – LOVE that you mix your cereals!
You definitely need to try to track down a white sweet potato and incorporate it into your next dinner. They are SO good, especially with nut butter!
Spaghetti squash for the win!! Such a great meal or leftover. And that’s saying something because I despise leftovers 🙂
It is amazing how good it tastes as a leftover. I am planning on roasting some up tonight and I’m super excited about it :).
I don’t remember the last time I’ve only had one type of cereal in a bowl. I always mix! I’m glad to know others do too:)
Mixing is the ONLY way to go!! I need at least 3 different kinds in a bowl ;).