What I [Balanced] Wednesday
Before I recount my day of eats…
I have an important announcement!
Just when you thought Sarah and I were joking with the #VAis4bloggers hashtag…we are making it reality! We love the community that blogging has provided us and want to make it easier to discover and connect with other local and statewide bloggers (and blog readers), as well as local events and businesses that support our passions.
We’ve started a site:
www.virginiabloggers.com— as well as a twitter handle @VAis4bloggers.
So if you’re in the Virginia area, or just someone who wants to check out some new blogs, head on over!
And now, back to our regularly scheduled, What I Ate Wednesday!
I have a confession: Mexican food is my weakness. I literally cannot resist a basket of warm tortilla chips + spicy salsa. Mexican restaurants also usually have a decent amount of vegetarian options, which makes things even better.
So when G-love texted me Tuesday morning asking if I wanted to get Mexican food for dinner, the obvious answer was yes. But I knew if I’d be indulging at dinner, I wanted to keep things pretty healthy and light until then.
Breakfast
I’ve been trying to get in a little extra protein, so this was almond milk + banana + scoop of protein powder + 2 teaspoons peanut butter, topped with cookie dough granola.
Lunch
Leftover vegetable soup. It was kind of based on this recipe, but it was a lot more veggies and less barley. Still really filling, and lots of veggie-packed goodness!
Afternoon Snack
Even though I didn’t get home until almost 6, I knew I needed to eat a snack before dinner. Otherwise I would literally dive face first into the chip basket.
I sliced an apple with a mandolin slicer and topped with cinnamon and some raw oats.
Dinner
Su Casa is one of my favorite local Mexican restaurants. They actually had groupon earlier this week, so that made the deal even sweeter.
I enjoyed chips and salsa, plus a gigantic vegetarian burrito. (Just refried beans, onions & peppers!) I could only eat half of it!
Ah the chip basket at mexican restaurants… a blessing and a curse! I try to avoid it, too. But I always ruin my dinner with it!
Most of the time, I’m able to plan ahead and prepare for a big calorie fest at such places…
congratulations on starting the site!1 that is awesome. my weakness? CHOCOLATE. ALWAYS.
WISH I was in VA!! I feel so alone out here in LA lol. Hmmmm I have a lot of weakness when it comes to food lol Mexican is definitely one of them, but so is pizza and ANY kind of sweet. Ill never turn down candy, cookies, cake, pie, ice cream….you get the point!
Well you can always come visit! I’ve never even BEEN to LA. So can we do a blogger-exchange program? You live with me for a week? I live with you and Ninja for a week? 😉
Mexican food is actually one of my weaknesses too. It seems that mexican restaurants get mine and my boyfriend’s attention more than any other restaurant. I actually believe it’s easier to make healthier than some other types of food. Although, I might add, I don’t always go the healthy route when I am there.
Mexican food and pizza are my weaknesses. My biggest problem with Mexican food is not being able to resist eating every chip in the basket 😉 haha
Me too!!! I’m usually so hungry, I can resist just diving right in!
Woww I love how colorful and thick that soup is! And seeing your apples makes me think I need a mandolin slicer.
My weakness is probably Italian food. And frozen yogurt.
The soup looks wonderful, Liz…I need to try it!
LOL–your breakfast sounds just like mine–minus the granola. Almond milk, protein powder and 2tbsp PB2…mmmm
…I LOVE Mexican food too.
-those sliced apples look YUMMY!
Cinnamon + apple= win! Mexican food is great, but my weakness will always be for sweets, frozen yogurt/ice cream specifically 🙂
I love that you sliced the apple on a mandolin sliver, so creative! Definitely wanna try that one day!
Great eats as always pretty lady, happy WIAW to ya! 🙂
*slicer not sliver haha