What I Ate Yesterday
This is going to be an iphone-style recap of my eats yesterday because life is a little crazy at the moment. So let’s just dive right into some What I Ate Wednesday meal recaps!
I started off with a bowl of 0% Greek Yogurt from Trader Joe’s with some of their frozen Very Cherry Berry mix. I love this combo of blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, and cherries. (Kroger makes a similar one but theirs has strawberries and frozen strawberries are a little tough to eat straight from the freezer!)
Around 10:30, I snacked on an apple which held me over until lunch. Sometimes I need a snack in the morning or I feel like I’m going to starve. Does anyone else feel like this?
For lunch, I packed a kale salad with the garlic tahini dressing from Whole Foods. That stuff if my JAM. It is some seriously delicious dressing and I doesn’t have any yucky ingredients. I rounded out my lunch with a cup of lentil soup form the cafeteria. Sorry for the lame picture with the styrofoam cup. The setting doesn’t do it justice because it was actually delicious.
I managed to pass on candy from the candy cart (YES we have a cart that brings candy to you. Talk about temptation.) Instead I had a protein/granola bar. I didn’t remember to take a picture but I also wouldn’t recommend the brand. It tasted fine but the ingredients were a little sketchy. Anyway, it kept me full until dinner!
I wanted to use up the ricotta cheese I had left from this spaghetti squash lasagna so I made something similar with zucchini. Honestly, I should have taken real pictures of this because I loved it.
Basically it was one huge zucchini, spiralized, mixed with spaghetti sauce which I cooked down a bit (so the dish wouldn’t be so watery in the end) and then stirred in ricotta, put it in a pan and topped it with a little mozzarella. It only needed to bake for about 10 minutes. I guess it was like baked ziti but with zucchini instead of ziti. I’ll be making this again.
After dinner, I helped Alex with a woodworking project, and by that I mean I just used the power sander and vacuumed up sawdust. Then I relaxed a bit and had some Halo Top for dessert. Kroger had been out of it for awhile so I was excited to snag a pint this week! It seriously tastes like ice cream and it only has 60 calories per serving. While I love regular ice cream, this stuff is awesome when I’m looking for a low cal treat.
Baked spaghetti-fied zucchini and Halo Top? Sign me up! I’ve been craving both a spaghetti squash/cheese/sauce combo and the Halo Top Lemon Cake flavor for healthy but satisfying meals, but have not had either in MONTHS.
This Florida heat has me craving salads all the time! I had a delicious one last night for dinner and am already planning on round two tonight 🙂
Mmm, I like Halo Top too! Actually, I had one that was really good, but then I had another that was the same flavor but didn’t taste so great. I think maybe the store let it get melty and then re-froze it? I don’t know – totally odd.
Guess you’ll just have to remake your dinner so you can get photos 🙂
Yes, I’ve turned into a snack manic!
That baked zucchini looks so awesome. Anything baked with cheese and marinara is a favorite of mine. I’ll be eating leftovers all day, but they’re delicious leftovers so it’s all good!
Your dinner is my favorite combination of foods! And I am the same way about snacks in the morning. I always feel the most hungry until lunch time. Even with a big breakfast!
Hmm I will have to look for that Halo Top at Kroger this weekend! While I love ice cream too, it’s sadly not a very realistic everyday treat for me to have : (
I love the idea of a spiralizer! Your dinner looks amazing!
That frozen berry blend is my favorite! I love the amount of cherries in it and I am happy there are no strawberries.