Happy Wednesday, friends! How is your week treating you so far? Mine has been good. It started out with a Birthday Monday (you can never go wrong with those, right?) and both Monday and Tuesday have been quick. That is how I like my work week to be! Now let’s hope the rest of the work week follows suit and that Friday gets here ASAP.
But until the weekend rolls around, let’s spend some time taking a look at a day of my mostly plant-based eats!
What I Ate Wednesday Monday (My Birthday!)
Breakfast
My usual “pre-breakfast” of a green smoothie. In the mix: unsweetened coconut milk, vanilla Vega One, frozen banana, frozen cranberries, frozen blueberries, and fresh spinach.
I ate my actual breakfast at work. Breakfast was pumpkin cocoa overnight oats. I stirred in puffed kamut cereal, peanut butter, and fresh strawberries.
Mid-Morning Snack
I ate celery and crunchy peanut butter for my snack. Has anyone noticed something missing lately? Yeah, I am kind of off of my banana kick. Weird, right? But don’t worry. I am still eating them in my smoothies and breakfast bakes.
Lunch
Lunch was leftovers from Sunday night’s dinner. Minestrone soup! It was super delicious.
I ate my soup with a rice cake on the side.
Afternoon Snackage
As a part of my birthday celebration at work, I snacked on blue corn tortilla chips with roasted garlic hummus and salsa.
I also snacked on an apple before my afternoon walk.
Dinner
Monday’s dinner was absolutely fantastic. I ate a Mediterranean chickpea salad with fresh spinach on two pieces of toasted Ezekiel bread. On the side…a dill pickle, of course!
Evening Snacks
On Monday night I snacked on carrots and more hummus…
….grapes (still loving the black ones!)…
…and more of this tasty popcorn. I just love the subtle hint of the black pepper.
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Happy very belated now birthday!! Looks like a great day of eats. I am very intrigued by the black pepper popcorn I have not tried anything like that before but sounds good.
Thank you Jan!! And yes, it turns out black pepper on popcorn is fantastic!!
Wayyyy healthier than I eat on my birthday! Glad you posted about your weekend pizza and Mexican food or I would’ve thought you missed out on the “calories don’t count on your birthday!” deal I made with the world. I just started eating rice cakes with soup this week, and I kind of really love it! I like to crumble it on top right before a bite so I can get a crunchy bit.
Haha, oh trust me…I definitely had the “calories don’t count” mantra all weekend 😉 And aren’t rice cakes awesome with soup?? I love dipping the rice cake into the soup or if the soup is thicker than I top the rice cake with some soup and bite into it. It’s awesome!
Agree with you! No better way to start the week than Birthday Monday 🙂 That mediterranean chickpea salad looks like my kind of meal!
It was fantastic! I will be posting about it in a Friday Foodie Favorites post soon!
Happy belated birthday! Hope it was a fun weekend! I love reading your WIAWs…always lots of healthy food & healthy ideas!
Thank you Marnie!! It was a great weekend! And I love reading others’ WIAW posts for inspiration!
Hey, where’s the banana has been my question in my head to you lately! Glad we got that sorted out. Also, where’s the cake? Haha. I love that your coworkers did hummus and chips! Mediterranean chickpea salad sounds amazing too- love all your eats like usual!
Yeah…I just haven’t been craving bananas as much lately..it’s very strange! And I had cake over the weekend. Don’t worry! 😉
That chickpea salad looks right up my alley.
It is fantastic! I am going to share it in a future Friday Foodie Favorites post soon!
Oh man, I am so excited because I have a plan for a trip to TJs this weekend and plan to pick up some of that Ezekiel bread!!
It is SO good!! I know that at TJ’s it is on the shelf, but you will want to make sure that you keep it frozen unless you use it within a couple of days because it does not contain preservatives!
Mmminestrone – delish! Which recipe did you use? I’ve been on a huge soup kick for work lunches and am always on the lookout for new ones to try.
Also: happy belated birthday! I hope the fact that it was on a Monday didn’t diminish the fun. Rather the other way around in that everybody was extra nice 🙂 .
Thank you! And yes, it made my Monday a lot better!! Look out for the minestrone recipe in a future Friday Foodie Favorites post!
Obvi we’re twinning on the post-dinner popcorn. So necessary!!
SO necessary…it is on my plan for tonight!! I have a major craving going on.
I need to get celery back in my life! Dipping it in pb is the way to go!
I love celery for the sole purpose of using it as a vehicle for nut butter and/or hummus! 😉
Off the banana kick?! Say it ain’t so! Maybe that’s why I’ve been eating so many of them lately — I’m picking up the slack for you 😉
Haha, that MUST be it!! 😉 It’s weird because I am still loving them IN other things (smoothies, baked goods, etc.), but just have not been craving them a lone…not even with nut butter, either! It’s so weird.
That popcorn reminds me of boomchicka pop! I will have to try this brand out too!
your dinner dish sounds fantastic. No cupcake or cake though? It’s your birhday, everyone should have some type of sweet 🙂
Haha, don’t worry. I had cake this past weekend in celebration..and a whole lot of other goodies! 😉
Happy belated birthday… glad you’re having a great b-day week! Work and home life have been so busy I have been able to keep up with my favorite bloggers…. sorry I missed it. Loving the looks of your dinner and that chickpea salad!
You are a VERY busy woman, Kim, so no worries!! Thanks for the birthday wishes 🙂 I’ll be posting more about that chickpea salad in a future Friday Foodie Favorites post!
It looks like a great day of birthday eats! Crunchy nut butter is always a good choice with a banana or celery! Your dinner sounds really good too! Don’t you love that fresh berries are reasonable now 🙂
I SO do!! It is nice to not have to spend 5 dollars on a small container!!
That soup looks absolutely amazing. I love minestrone soup… especially Olive Garden’s lol
I hear you! They have some fantastic soup 🙂
All of these chickpea salads… I must try soon! PS. Those oats look delish. I’m a sucker for breakfast 🙂
I am too!! I honestly look forward to breakfast every morning. It just might be my favorite meal of the day.