What I Ate Tuesday
After a week of a (nearly) empty fridge, we finally stopped by Trader Joe’s and left with a huge cart-full of delicious food! That place is like the Target of groceries stores. You go in for a couple bottles of wine and you leave with bags full of spelt risotto and edamame hummus. But hey, it’s always nice to have a kitchen full of fresh produce and healthy ingredients. It certainly makes eating healthy a lot easier. Here’s the run down of everything I ate yesterday:
I picked up some Greek yogurt and frozen berries which made the perfect breakfast parfait. I love the way frozen berries make the yogurt sooo cold and thick. I don’t see my yogurt kick ending any time soon.
After a morning meeting, I pulled out a protein cookie. I’m so excited to share this recipe with you. I made a cookie with protein powder that doesn’t taste like you’re eating an old sponge. Amazing, right? I’ll share the recipe with you on Friday!
One of these was enough to tide me over until lunch but I was pretty excited to heat up my leftovers. I made this gluten free zucchini lasagna on Monday night and there were plenty of leftovers for lunch the next day. (Click the photo for the recipe!)
I can’t believe how delicious this dish is for how low calorie it is. If you’re jealous of all the zucchini noodles out there and you don’t have a spiralizer, this recipe is perfect for you! A mandoline slicer (or sharp knife) turns zucchini into lasagna noodles!
In the afternoon, I snacked on these adorable peppers with some hummus. Trader Joe’s had a huge bag of these multicolored peppers for just a few bucks so I couldn’t resist. I love how crunchy and sweet they are!
Once we got home from work I was feeling sort of uninspired in terms of dinner so it wasn’t anything special.
I call it the “throw it all in a bowl” dinner. Sometimes dinner just doesn’t get fancy over here. Luckily, it filled me up which was much needed because it was an active day!
I managed to get in quite a workout yesterday. I did this ab routine, this toning workout, and then finished it off with a Tone It Up exercise ball workout from their DVD series. I was wiped by the end. Naturally, I had to refuel with a little dessert…
Phew, I did lots of snacking yesterday but I think my body needed it! (I definitely needed that ice cream. I mean, it’s basically a protein shake. You can read my full review of Halo Top here.)
Are you a snacker?
I’m linking up with Jenn for What I Ate Wednesday!
Edamame hummus?! How have I not heard of this? I miss Trader Joes, they have the best stuff in there
Haha it’s pretty good! I think I might have to try making my own version since I don’t get to Trader Joe’s very often!
Sometimes I snack so much I don’t need to eat a real meal. Love TJ’s, but I have yet to master going in there and not coming out of the store with a thousand things!
Haha I’m the same way! I’d rather just snack all day than eat a few big meals!
I love TJ’s and can never leave with just one or two items! They just have the best stuff!
I have never heard of Halo ice cream- sounds good!
Trader Joe’s just has so many interesting things that you can’t find other places!
Sometimes I wish I was less of a snacker because it can be inconvenient to get hungry all of a sudden. I admire those people who can eat a meal and move on not thinking about food until their next one. Maybe it’ll be that way for me one day in the future when I’ve moved on further in recovery? We’ll see. If not I just need to figure out some interesting to-go snack options.
On another note I’m really jealous of the Halo Top ice cream because it sounds delicious and – obviously – isn’t available over here.
I’m never NOT thinking about food! 😉 I just can’t help it!
Mmmm look at all that cheese on the zucchini lasagna! Yum! I’m with you on the “thow it all in a bowl” I do the same thing!
Those protein cookies look amazing…so does the zucchini lasagne!
I really need a spiralizer! I keep saying it yet do nothing about it!
Oh yes, big snacker here! As long as I plan on snacking, it isn’t a problem because I can keep healthy stuff handy.
I haven’t been snacking much lately, mostly cause I haven’t stocked up my office snack drawer in a while. Trader Joe’s is definitely my happy place. I can spend forever in there!
Haha it’s the perfect place for healthy snacks (well, and not so healthy but totally delicious snacks!)
Trader Joes and Target are so alike in that way!! Love both, but could totally go broke there! That zucchini lasagna looks delicious, I’ll have to give it a try!