Weekday Meals
How is it already Wednesday?! I feel like the days have been flying by. I’m surprised I actually remembered to snap a few photos of what I ate yesterday! Let’s just jump right into the food!
I woke up early yesterday to go on a run with my friend Carin so once I got home, I was starving.
It wasn’t anything fancy, but this banana smoothie tasted refreshing after a run! I had it with a giant scoop of almond butter on the side. Maybe it’s weird, but I like having my nut butter on the side vs. inside the smoothie. Then I just scoop a little out with each bite. Does anyone else do this or am I a total weirdo?
Work has been really busy lately so the morning flew by. Once my stomach started growling, I went to the fridge to grab my lunch. I packed some of this vegetarian taco soup that I made earlier in the week.
It didn’t look quite as beautiful in my Pyrex but you get the idea. I also had a little side salad with it.
The afternoon was filled with meetings but I packed an apple with me to snack on since I knew dinner would be a little later. I munched on this while I wrapped up work for the day.
After work, I went to the Flying Squirrels game with a few friends. Richmond has a AA baseball team and the games are pretty fun to watch. It was hot but we had a good time cheering on the squirrels! (And by cheering on the squirrels I mean we really only paid attention when a fly ball was coming our way.)
Once I got home, I had dinner with Alex. We stopped at Ellwood Thompsons and picked up a few things so I threw together a simple salad.
It wasn’t anything fancy but it was actually really satisfying. I also had a few bites of cheese and then had a little Halo Top while we watched an episode of Seinfeld.
I love the Birthday Cake flavor but the new Wegmans grocery store has the mocha chip flavor which is pretty incredible, too. I need to restock my Halo Top inventory this week! (I’m kind of obsessed. You can read my whole Halo Top review here!)
Do you usually pack your lunch?
I’m linking up with Arman for What I Ate Wednesday!
The flavor of the nut butter is probably more concentrated when you eat a little at a time.
I do the same thing with yogurts with fruit or nuts on the side – Chobani Flip! 🙂
Any nut butter is always on the side for me, Hence why I also haven’t tried oats in a jar yet – I’m assuming I wouldn’t really taste or get the same amount of satisfaction from bits of nut butter on the bottom vs. full-on flavour when used as a topping. Well, it’s pretty obvious I’m a nut butter nut, no ;)?
How did you prepare the smoothie? It looks so creamy, fluffy dreamy. Actually, I thought it was Greek yogurt before reading on.
I finally had the birthday cake flavor of Halo Top and I’m obsessed! It’s so good!
xo,
Angela
I almost always pack a lunch and eat with my coworker! It helps having a coworker sit next to me (we have an open collab-concept space at the office) who is also a bit of a health nut, so we can be around good habits! 🙂 I did go out for a yummy salad today though! Moderation! I also prefer my nut butters straight up with a spoon. I never add them to smoothies or on toast or anything like that. Just gimme a spoonful and I’m happy!
I’m jealous of all your food! I’m notoriously horrible about packing a lunch…it’s the single greatest ruin of any budget we try ?