What I Ate [as an elf] Wedensday
I’ve felt like an elf this week!
I finished up [almost] all my Christmas shopping, and I was in a wrapping frenzy! But let me take you through the day of eats first.
Thanks, Jenn, for hosting the party, as always!
Breakfast:
Yep. Still the same. After a week of oats I’m back to my old ways. Yogurt it is! Plus blueberries and Bear Naked Granola.
Lunch:
I though the salad + hummus combo had been upsetting my stomach, so I’ve been trying to switch things up.
Curried chickpeas, which were eaten with some vegetable soup. Even though that’s essentially the same combo as a salad with hummus, it didn’t upset my stomach! Odd!
Snack:
I will eventually do a whole review of the Lolihop box, but I’m waiting until I consume all the snacks!
I did eat an unpictured larabar and I decided I’m not going to eat these anymore. It can eat these in 2 bites! (I mean, I made it last like ten bites, by eating like a rabbit, and I think my co-workers were thinking “why the heck can’t she take a normal bite?”) See? More trouble than it’s worth. And for 220 calories, I’d rather have a huge yogurt bowl. Anyways. Sorry, Larabar fans!
Dinner
G-love and I ate leftovers. We actually cooked a big spaghetti dinner for some friends on Sunday and we made way too much food, which means leftovers were in order. He ate the spaghetti, I ate the leftover salad. And I bought caesar dressing for Sunday, but I didn’t eat any of it, because it has anchovies in it 🙁 But that meant I finally tried the Ranch I bought from Trader Joe’s! I haven’t had Ranch in a long time, but this stuff is relatively low calorie (30 per tbsp!) so I decided to give it a try. And I actually love it!
Yummm. Croutons and parmesan cheese made it extra tasty.
Dessert:
The boys and I were doing a gift exchange tonight, so I whipped up some cookies. I was inspired by Lauren, who was inspired by Jessica, but in the end, I did my own fun twist!
Cherry Almond Cookies
Adapted from How Sweet Eats
Makes ~12 cookies (you could easily double!)
- 6 full sheets of graham crackers
- 1/2 cup almond butter
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1/8 tsp salt (more if your nut butter is unsalted)
- 2 tbsp chopped dried cherries
Run the graham crackers through the blender or food processor, or just smash them in a baggie. You do want them finely crushed! Then combine the almond butter, syrup, sugar and salt. You may need to add a little bit more syrup, especially if your nut butter is on the dry side. I used TJ’s and it’s a little more runny/oily, so mine we’re fine with this amount. Then add in the chopped cherries and roll into balls. Flatten a bit, and leave in the fridge for about an hour before serving. BAM.
They sort of taste like cookie dough balls 🙂
Early Christmas Presents:
Last night, the boys and I did a gift exchange. It was quite a success! (They did well! Eugene even got me a coat, that fit’s perfect! I love it!) I have to say though, these were hands down my favorite:
The man-friend bought me the Nike Free Runs I’ve been wanting forever! I’m SO excited to use these! And he picked out the colors himself 🙂 I’m super thrilled!
I’m drooling over those cookies! YUM.
love Nike Frees!! that was the shoe I used to wear now I got some Vibram 5’s and loving them too. but I do sometimes miss my Nike frees, a great shoe!
Ugh. I hate when the caesar dressings have anchovies in them…makes me want to vomit.
He did a great job on the shoes!
Once in a while I have a craving for ranch, Bolthouse farms makes a decent yogurt-ranch dressing. But i always add hot sauce 🙂
Er, can I order a double batch of those cookies please?!
I love your changing things up on the lunch, that’s the sort of thing I do 🙂
Love the trainers too, bless him for getting those. We did our work secret Santa yesterday and I got a bottle of Pimm’s – always a winner!
I have almost the exact same shoes! I won them at a silent auction and they’re half a size too small, but I don’t care. I shove my feet in there b/c they’re too cute not to wear 🙂 Mine are pretty much white where yours look either gray or dark purple (can’t tell in the pic) but I bet they’ll end up a lot dirtier than yours will!
Love your shoe. It’s so cute and I like how he picked a pink one for you!
I already opened my presents from my boyfriend and I just love it! 😀
These cookies look bombdiggity!!! WOW!!!! I need to make them and they look uber healthy!
These runners are apparently really good!!!
xxoo
Ahhh, those shoes are so cute! I know running shoes are supposed to be comfortable above anything else, but not going to lie… I would buy those shoes even if they didn’t fit because they’re so pretty!
cute kicks! side note, did you see the living social deal for the 3-class pack at barre studio? brittany and i both got it (its only $17), it looks so fun and like a good workout, you should get it too and we can all go together!
Yes!!! I forgot to respond to your e-mail, but I bought it! Let me know when you guys go! 🙂 (p.s. for some reason, whenever you comment, the link that should take me to your blog, actually goes to gmail. it’s odd!)