Weekend Eats

Saturday started out with some Ants in A Pasture:

 

...followed by a quick run to a local coffee shop where I met my guy.

This place makes their bread from scratch, organic ingredients and it's amazing. We got the veggie sammies on sourdough and had some coffee. I almost never drink coffee but we had a long night ahead of us so I knew I didn't have to worry about not being able to sleep. 

  It was so nice to just hang out and take in the weather and people watch. 

 

An hour or two later I used a guest pass and dropped into his martial arts class where I proceeded to get my butt kicked. It's Tuesday and I'm still sore.

 We ran some errands, came home, and I whipped up a chopped salad (romaine, red pepper, zucchini, cucumber, green onion and hummus as dressing). 

 

We went to a wedding that night and ate and drank everything horrible for us. It was tons of fun though!

Fat free, Pure Health Chocolate Ice Cream

It's hard to even fathom that this is actually healthy. Only two or three ingredients needed… 

• Two frozen bananas (pre-peeled and cut into fourths before freezing)
• 1 heaping tbs cacao powder
• 1/4 - 1/2 cup almond milk (any milk will do) optional to help blend.

Blend or food process until smooth :)

The more chocolate powder you use the richer the flavor will be. Honestly, this didn't even have an overwhelming banana flavor as you might think it would. It just tasted like rich and creamy chocolate ice cream. Amazing!

Curried Chickpea Salad Sammies

• *1 cup chickpeas, mash with a fork until all chickpeas are smashed.
• *1/4 cup almond milk
• *2 tbs curry powder or paste 
• *minced celery
• *chopped green onions
• *1/2 small box raisins (about 30)
• *pita, wraps or any bread desired
• *salt and pepper to taste

1. Chop romaine lettuce and layer bread or stuff pitas. These would also make great boats to serve!

2. Mix all other ingredients together.

3. Make sandwiches and serve!

Today's Eats

This is actually all from last Sunday but it still gives a good idea of what I eat when I'm not packing lunches and constantly on the go :)

 

Breakfast: 2 bananas, cacao, almond milk. 

 

Lunch: Whole Foods salad bar (kale salad with oil free garlic/tahini dressing), beans and marinated tofu. 

Snack: Daily detox green juice... *1 cup pineapple*cucumber*dandelion greens*flax meal*

Snack: Rice cakes with hummus

Pre-dinner dinner: Chopped salad of cucumbers, pita pieces, raisins, chickpeas, ginger dressing and green onions. 

For dinner I had a big old sweet potato, baked with avocado spread onto it :)

Easy, Healthy Chocolate Puddin'

*2 very ripe bananas

*1/4 avocado

*1 heaping tbs of cacao powder

Pure in a blender until smooth. Refrigerate and serve chilled.

 

That's it!! 

Today's Eats

I've been starting my mornings off for the past month with this green juice/smoothie:

*pineapple

*cucumber

*dandelion greens

 

Chocolate pudding for breakfast!! Recipe coming tomorrow. Couldn't be easier.

 

For lunch (which I ate at like 10am) I had mashed tofu with ginger soy sauce and mixed veggies for dipping.

By two o'clock I was hungry again and had some spring roles with peanut sauce and an apple. 

For dinner I just baked some patatoes into fries and dipped into organic ketchup :)

Cheers!

Farmer's Veggie Soup

 

In a large crockpot simmer (slow cook):

1 head celery, chopped

3 cups shredded kale

1 can whole stewed tomatoes (or 6 fresh roma tomatoes)

2 large russet potatoes, chopped

2 bags baby carrots

1 white onion, chopped

4 cloves garlic

2 handfuls basil, julienned 

1 tablespoon organic veggie broth

water to the brim

Simmer for 8-12 hours. Keep in fridge for 1 week.

 

Mashed Avocado Bowls and Carrots

 This is a quick and easy lunch or snack.

You Will Need:

• 1 avocado
• Salt and pepper
• Hot Sauce (optional, I use sriracha...i'm obsessedddd)
• Carrots or anything else for dipping

To Make:

1. Slice avocado in half
2. Remove Seed
3. Using the back of a fork, mash up the insides until it has the consistency of guacamole
4. Sprinkle some sea salt and pepper if desired and add a few drops of hot sauce

Dip in carrots or munchie of choice and enjoy!

Today's Eats and Exercises

Oatmeal with berries and banana at work

 The BEST sammie! I'm obsessed with my hummus, lettuce and tomato on toasted whole wheat with a side of hot sauce. I usually pack lunch so this is a little treat. The cafe folks know it as my HLT :)

 I also had a huge tupperware full of chopped peppers, zucchini and cucumbers dipped in a tofu based sauce. No pic, sorry!!

Came home and did the a quick circuit (above). 

Ab progress!!

 Had two big bowls of veggie stew I've been eating off of this whole week. Recipe coming Monday :)

Happy Thursday all!