I have been a little busy this week. I just finished up my semester, dabbled into the world of Rainbow Loom, saw the newest Hobbit movie, and now winding down to go to work again tomorrow. I however, did not forget to capture my food on Wednesday! :)

For breakfast we had Grape-Nuts with bananas, orange peel, and cinnamon.

I was feeling quite under the weather Wednesday, so my husband took me to Panera. I had Broccoli Cheddar Soup (my most favorite!!), Frontega Chicken Sandwich, and Sweet Tea. He had a Ceasar Salad, Asiago Beef Sandwich, and Mountain Dew.

For dinner, I had sushi from Publix! I was so excited to see an alternative to rice, as the rice is way too heavy! The sushi had cucumbers, carrots, tapioca wrap, spicy mayo, and lettuce. It was delicious!!

I made my husband his favorite, Clam Chowder (recipe soon to follow) with Tamarind Soda.

For breakfast, I had grits with sea salt and cheesy Bragg's Nutritional Yeast.

Lunch

My mother makes the best pasta salad on the planet! I've had a lot of pasta salad, but they always fall short to the gold standard of my childhood. The pasta salad has tri-color rotini, colby jack cheese (sometimes pepper jack), Boar's Head ham, green olives, broccoli ( preferably a whole bunch!), Parmesan cheese, red bell pepper, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, and low fat Italian dressing. She made me a whole giant container of it, and I've been horsing it down all week! My mom is the best!
Dinner

Our dinner came from internet inspiration. I made Sriracha Street Corn from Camille Style's Tuesday Tastings. It was a lot of fun to make, and was delicious, but I'm more of a salt and pepper kind of girl when it comes to my corn. We also had to use up some sweet potatoes we had so we made Bobby Dean's Shrimp Stuffed Sweet Potato. So delicious!
Snack

From Starbucks, I had a Grande White Peppermint Mocha with nonfat milk and no whip cream. I really like the white mocha opposed to the regular mocha. The white is very smooth and clean tasting and the mocha is kind of harsh.


Tomorrow is Thanksgiving; one of the best times of the year! Enjoy time with your family and don't forget why you are thankful!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I've decided to fall into the hype of "What I Ate Wednesday" (WIAW). What I ate Wednesday is essentially a food journal showing what you ate through out the day in wonderful pictures.

Unfortunately, I only captured my scrumptious lunch and snack for the day.So here we go!!


For lunch I had a sweet potato bowl I concocted. It was delicious. The base for the bowl is sweet potato and you can pile on all the veggies you want with some protein. It is a lot of fun to make and there are endless variations. It's too delicious not to include the recipe! I added a fried egg on top of my husband's bowl.

My Bowl:

My Husband's Bowl:

Sweet Potato Bowl

• 1 Cooked Sweet Potato
• Array of Veggies - I sauteed red onions with cumin, cooked collard greens with garlic, and diced up some tomatoes and avocados.
  
• 1/5 can of Black Beans
• 1/5 can of Chickpeas
  
• Sprinkle of Sunflower Seeds and Pepitas 

1. Place the cooked sweet potato in the bowl. Season with salt and pepper.
2. Pile the ingredients in.
3. Enjoy!

Calories: 460 Carbs: 65g Fat: 21g Protein: 18g Sodium: 450 Sugar: 14
* The fried egg added an additional 70 calories, 4g of fat, and 6g of protein.


For a snack, we had 20 unsalted pistachios and a low-fat mozzarella cheese stick.

 

Goals for Good Habits:
1. Eat more veggies.
2. Drink more H2O
3. Eat less meat for lunch.
What I Ate Wednesday is hosted by Peas & Crayons.