What I Ate: Monday
This past weekend went by way too fast. I meant to do some meal prep on Sunday but the day got away from me and Monday popped up sooner than expected. Luckily, our fridge was pretty well stocked with groceries! So I thought I’d share what I ate Monday:
Breakfast
We had some leftover spinach from a salad so I grabbed a few handfuls and threw it into the blender along with a banana, almond milk, PB2, ice, stevia, and some chia seeds. You may have seen this on Instagram on Tuesday because it was so good, I ate it two days in a row. Warning: chia seeds get stuck in your teeth like nothing else I’ve ever experienced. It’s annoying but those little things are so good for you that it’s worth the hassle, I promise. Just brush before leaving the house.
Lunch
The morning went by so fast that I didn’t have time to grab a snack. When lunch rolled around, I was so ready to eat.
Sorry for the desk-photo but this is real life. I had a cup of wild rice & vegetable soup with some pita chips, hummus, and a cucumber/tomato salad. SO GOOD.
Snack
When I was grabbing lunch from the cafeteria, I also snagged an apple. Honestly, I should do this more often because the apples in the cafeteria are literally cheaper than the apples at the grocery store. Yeah, our cafeteria is pretty sweet.
I munched on this once my stomach started rumbling. It’s not the most quiet-office-friendly food but you do what you gotta do.
Dinner
I wasn’t sure what to make when I got home, but I was pretty excited when I realized I had everything I needed to make tomato soup! We made the tomato soup recipe from Peas and Crayons but didn’t have the ingredients for the mozzarella balls, so we just broiled a bit of mozzarella in the oven to make “cheese chips” and added them on top. (This photo was pre-mozzarella.)
Tomato soup is definitely one of my favorite things ever, especially Jenn’s recipe!
After dinner we did our taxes (I mean, Alex did our taxes while I tried to organize all my financial stuff related to blogging…) and then we watched a movie. I had to have a little something during the movie so I had a scoop of Halo Top.
Unfortunately I think this stuff had melted at some point because the texture wasn’t as great as it normally is. Such a bummer but it was still a nice treat!
I’m trying to loosely follow the Tone It Up meal plan (although these meals might not have been 100% approved!) but here are some of my Tone It Up meals from previous weeks:
- Tone It Up Meals Week 1
- Tone It Up Meals Week 2
- Tone It Up Meals Week 3
- Tone It Up Meals Week 4
- Tone It Up- 7 Day Slim Down
What have you been eating lately?
That breakfast looks amazing. What a nice change up from the traditional green drink every morning.
I know a lot of people love Halo Top so it’s definitely something I do want to to try at some point. The spinach smoothie sounds interesting and healthy.
I honestly can’t believe how good Halo Top is. It’s 10x better than arctic zero. They should make me an ambassador, I love them so much. ?
That Halotop icecream looks good… Does it taste like regular icecream? And soup is always a good option in the winter time. 🙂
Halo Top doesn’t have quite the same texture as ice cream but it’s honestly so yummy! The flavor is great and the texture is decent for a low calorie ice cream!
I could go for some tomato soup and grilled cheese right now. I might make that for lunch today. Looks great!
I LOVE chia seeds, but you are so right! I always have to floss after I get done eating my chia pudding!
Haha those little seeds just seem to always get stuck!!
Always with the desk breakfast/lunch/snack photos now at my job, and sometimes dinner. Can’t be helped!
Haha hey, it’s real life! 🙂
Mozzarella chips? Why have I never tried that before. I love cheese anything. I used to work at a deli and we had a fried provolone sandwich and it was so yummy!
Haha I’ll have to do a quick blog post on it. It’s SO easy. Not exactly healthy but so good with soups!
Desk photos = story of my life. Since I work at a college I could technically buy lunch at the dining halls, but it’s not super cheap to do that. They do have a Mongolian grill and a huge salad bar, though. If only meal plans were included in our salaries!
that lunch looks SO good! I always used to wish my old job had a tasty cafeteria, so I’m always blown away when people have such awesome foods at their work!
I’ve been eating turkey sweet potato chili, paleo chicken tenders (from Brittany, Eating Bird Food!), and eggs on repeat. I casually mentioned to Andrew that I should look at some new recipes for the upcoming weeks and he said…”Yeaa…. that would be nice.” lol!