We made it to Wednesday. Therefore, we are almost halfway through the work week. Just typing and reading that makes me feel better about the day already. I hope that your week has been going great and that you have been eating plenty of delicious food!
Today I am linking up for What I Ate Wednesday to share a day of eats from this past Sunday. Be sure and head on over to check out the link-up and see what everyone else has been munchin’ on!
What I Ate Wednesday: April 22, 2015
Sunday morning began with a little food prep, including cutting up an endless amount of carrots. I enjoy baby carrots, but I think that whole carrots taste the best. Therefore, I put my poor hand through lots and lots of chopping. As a reward, I snagged a couple of carrots to tide me over until breakfast.
Breakfast was… you guessed it! A homemade acai bowl. I topped it off with frozen mixed berries and a gluten-free quinoa and chia seed cereal.
Oftentimes on Sundays, I fill my day with recipe creation and photography. I made a delicious Tomato, Onion, and Artichoke Chickpea Salad that I served alongside baked lentil chips. I snacked on several of these while I was photographing. I needed fuel, right?
And there she is! Once I finished photographing the dish, I dug into a bowl of it for lunch, along with more lentil chips.
The salad held me over for a couple of hours until I cut up a Pink Lady apple and dipped it in my favorite crunchy PB with flax and chia seeds from Trader Joe’s. I love that stuff!
And then a little while later, I was craving a green smoothie. I was not super duper hungry, so I made a smaller version than I normally do. In the mix was unsweetened vanilla coconut milk, flax oil, vanilla Vega One, frozen banana, frozen zucchini, and fresh spinach. I also need to let everyone know that the new formula of the Vega One nutritional shake IS grain-free! I shared on Sunday that I might be trying grain-free and would, therefore, need to give up my beloved Vega One. Thank goodness my fellow Vega lover, Trevor, corrected me!
I ate dinner around 7:30 Sunday night. On the menu was leftover deconstructed bean and veggie enchiladas from the day before. Recipe creation for the blog can be so fun, especially when there are plenty of leftovers to go around! Look out for these next week.
I capped off the evening with a big ‘ole bowl of salted popcorn…
…and a few chunks of fresh cantaloupe. Cantaloupe is easily one of my favorite fruits, so I am so excited that it is back in season and tasting perfectly sweet!
That’s a wrap for my day of eats. Tell me… what have you been eating lately and loving?
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I wrapped up my night with popcorn and an orange! Something about the crunchy and sweet flavors just really hit the spot.
Aren’t fruits and popcorn a great combo? I love that sweet/salty thing that is going on with the two of them 🙂
You are so right about baby carrots vs. “adult” carrots! I wonder why that is?
I’m not sure… but it is a good thing we are adults so that we can eat the adult version 😉
Mmm enchiladas and that chickpea salad concoction?? You’ve been eating well girl!
You know it! My weekends always seem to be filled with tasty meals thanks to recipe creation 😉
I like the regular carrots better than baby ones too. I don’t know what it is!
That flax PB from TJs is the bomb. A little salt on top and I could eat it all day.
Isn’t that PB just the best? Apparently it has been around for awhile, but I just recently started hearing about it over the past 6 months. I’m so glad I finally tried it!
Oh acai! I had this in Brazil and fell in love!
I’m sure it is even better there!! I haven’t tried one from a restaurant yet, but would love too!
That salad looks so delicious! I’m trying to get back to eating healthy but it’s really difficult now that I’ve discovered cookie butter (in love).
I surprisingly have not tried cookie butter… and it is probably for the best because it sounds amazing!
I love that peanut butter!
Isn’t it the best? It is my new favorite on and in pretty much everything 😉
Oh, that salad looks YUM! Unfortunately I always go for the baby carrots because of the chopping and also Costco enables me by selling 5-lb. bags of baby carrots, but you’re so right on the taste difference. I also love yellow carrots!
I love yellow and purple carrots too!! There is just something so fun about eating a super pretty carrot, right?
I picked up a bag of edamame & lentil chips from Costco they are so yummy and have been a go-to snack lately. I agree about the big carrots. So much better and affordable! Looks like you have been eating well!
Oooo edamame and lentil chips sound amazing! I’ll have to be on the lookout the next time I go to Costco.
Great eats! Everything looks delicious!
Thanks Marissa! It was a tasty day 🙂
O melons! I can’t wait until I can get my hands on some honey dew!
Melons are the BEST!! I’m literally so excited about cantaloupe right now. I’ll have to get a honey dew soon too 🙂
I peel and chop all my carrots up too. I find it’s worth the effort.
Your chickpea salad for lunch looks delicious. Are those artichokes I spy in there?
Happy WIAW!
Those ARE artichokes!! I am quite fond of them 😉
Wow, everyhting looks so healthy. I don’t like plain carrots too much, but I like many of your other choices.
We can’t all love the same things, right? The world would be boring then! 😉
Lately I have been all about the peanut butter. I was just thinking about it on my drive into work this morning about how crazed I’ve been about PB!
Isn’t it SO good? It’s funny because I used to only like smooth/creamy PB. Now I am all over the crunchy PB and those with added flax/chia 🙂
That artichoke, tomato salad looks delicious! I have been really boring with meals lately, however, my husband whipped up an amazing Alfredo Shrimp dish recently and I inhaled that thing. Best dish I’ve had in a while…
How awesome that your husband cooks for you! I love it when a guy can (AND WILL) cook 🙂
I have been on such a popcorn kick recently!! All your food looks fab though, as usual 🙂
Thanks Tara! Popcorn is one of the best snack around. I never ever get sick of it!
I totally agree that whole carrots taste way better than baby carrots – I find them so much crunchier and sweeter!
Also that tomato, artichoke, and chickpea salad looks divine. Looking forward to the recipe. 🙂
Yes!! Whole carrots are waaaayyy better. Now if only I wasn’t lazy some of the time. My laziness gets the best of me and I buy baby carrots and then wonder why in the heck I did it! 😉
I’m so happy that acai bowls can finally be a part of my life again, ahaha. <3
I need to go get veggies so I can eat my hummus!!
I’m so glad you have acai bowls again too!! They are the best 🙂
That chickpea salad looks AMAZING! I definitely want to make some of it. I love seeing all of your new creations!
Thank you Jordan! I’ll be sharing the recipe next week 🙂
A bowl of salted popcorn is the perfect way to end the day! I have been on a smoothie kick lately, and also have been roasting pans of vegetables to have throughout the week.
I NEED to start doing that. Roasted veggies are so delicious and easy, and yet somehow I forget about them. What are your favorites right now?
Good eats! my favorite go to right now is a HUGE veggie stiry fry (broccolini, shrooms, kale, onions…whatever I got) sauteed with Braggs and topped with sriracha. Gah…delish!
YUM!! Stir-fries are an amazing way to get in tons of veggies! I also LOVE anything with Bragg’s and sriracha 🙂