Tone It Up Meals: Week 7
I’m on the final stretch of the Tone It Up challenge! I only have aย week and a half to go! I’ve really been feeling a lot stronger and more energetic so it’s motivation to continue! I haven’t been following the nutrition plan exactly, but I’ve been trying to focus on lots of fruits and vegetables, less processed food, and more protein. So here’s what I ate on Monday:
The smoothie bowl trend isn’t going anywhere. This was frozen pineapple, frozen mango, almond milk, and protein powder, topped with lots of berries! I can’t get over how delicious this was! If you want to make a spoonable smoothie, here are my tips for an extra thick smoothie bowl!
Later in the morning, I snacked on a few more strawberries. When you buy the 2lb container of berries, it’s a bit of a race to finish them before they go bad. It’s a race I can usually win. ๐
I packed up leftovers for my lunch in a bento box. I had a bunch of roasted veggies, plus some crackers & hummus and some frozen mango.
Once I packed it all up, it didn’t look quite so nice. Just envision this stuffed in a bento box surrounded by some mango. It was pretty delicious and I liked getting in so many veggies in something different than a salad.
I was heading to an outdoor yoga class after work and I was running a little late on my way home, so I grabbed one of these Curate bars on my way out the door.
They’re a little high in sugar but they’re so delicious and it was the only think I had in the pantry that I could eat in time! I headed out to a rooftop yoga class which was so much fun. It’s been so rainy here in Richmond that it was nice to finally catch some outdoor yoga! I met up with a few friends and had such a good time stretching and enjoying the workout.
I didn’t get home until after 8 so as soon as I walked in the door I was starving. I decided to make a little homemade pizza and I ate a side salad while it was in the oven.
The salad wasn’t anything fancy. Just a lettuce mix with some added cucumbers. I topped it with Drew’s Caesarย dressing which is a vegetarian Caesar, meaning no fish! It’s super good and it’s not quite as heavy as a traditional Caesar dressing.
For the pizza, I topped a Trader Joe’s whole wheat lavash bread with Rao’s roasted garlic sauce and a little mozzarella and ricotta. I baked it at 400 for about 8 minutes until the crust started to crisp. Then I pulled it out and topped it with some fresh basil from my herb garden. I’ve actually kept my herbs alive for about a month now! So far so good.
After dinner, I had a couple of squares of dark chocolate while I got some blogging stuff done. I have to have a little something sweet to end the day!
Do you ever make your own pizza?
I’m linking up with What I Ate Wednesday!
Yumiii, pizza looks great! I enjoy reading your progress and look at your amazing food photos!
Hi Liz! Just discovered your blog from Eating Bird Food and am super excited to find another vegetarian! I also have dabbled in going vegan, haven’t quite made the full switch yet (and who knows if I ever will), but I’ve dramatically cut back on my dairy & eggs. I was planning to try out a raw vegan diet this summer (but it’s been quite the struggle and I think I’ve decided it’s not for me.) I had NO idea that Caesar dressing had… fish?!?! in it!! That was interesting to read. I’m not a huge salad person even though I am a vegetarian so I don’t eat many Caesar salads anyways ha, but I’m glad to know that it’s not typically vegetarian. Look forward to reading your blog more!!
Thanks for reading, Heather!! It’s always nice to meet another vegetarian ๐ I actually found that eaten vegan made me pick less healthy options sometimes. I ended up eating so many carbs since I couldn’t have yogurt, cheese, etc. that it didn’t really work for me! I still eat largely plant based but sometimes I need some Greek yogurt! ๐
great idea using the lavash bread as pizza dough! I have to try it, yum!
While not me – it’s not worth the effort for a single person – my family makes pizza from scratch all the time, usually using half whole-wheat flour and it’s pretty good. I really like your lavash idea, too, though. It looks so good with all that cheese and kudos on keeping the basil alive. Something I’m quite bad at …
Nice job keeping up on the TIU challenge! I really need to join something like that to keep me motivated. I love their workouts!
And those Curate bars are pretty tasty! I got to try them at the Everything Food Conference. ๐
The Everything Food Conference sounds like my kind of conference! ๐
I still need to make a smoothie bowl. That one looks so good!
xo,
Angela
Yummy! I like making pizza on a GF tortilla for like a little personal pizza.
That pizza looks so good! I’m always looking for new ways to make homemade pizza because I’m not a fan of working with dough. So messy.