What [We] Ate Wednesday
Remember when I asked for some recipe ideas for a meat-eater that doesn’t like vegetables?
Well you were all awesome at giving me suggestions. I’ve made chickpea tacos, I’ve made tamale pie. Both pretty succesful. But do you know what I’m up against? I don’t think you do. Since it’s What I Ate Wednesday, let’s take a look at a day of eats for me vs. a day of eats for the veggie-hater.
Breakfast for me:
Apple + peanut butter (and a couple handfuls of Kellogg’s Fiber Plus Cinnamon Oat cereal)
I was out of yogurt, and since a friend was staying on our couch due to the power outage, I thought it would be rude to use my vitamix 😉 Hence the unusual breakfast.
Breakfast for the Veggie-hater:
Nothing. (I don’t know how anyone can start their day without breakfast.)
Lunch for me:
Trader Joe’s spiced soybeans! Check out the nutritional facts (and be sure to double it, because seriously, who eats half a package?) Yes, that’s 400 calories, 28 grams of protein and 24 grams of fiber.
I also had some soy crisps for a little afternoon snack. Oh and multiple cups of coffee.
Lunch for the veggie hater:
Nothing. Wait, what? I know. Don’t worry, he normally eats a Lunchable.
Later that day…
*Phone rings* I don’t answer, because I’m busy pole dancing.
*I call him back*
He complains that he’s starving because he hasn’t eaten all day. After a 15 minute discussion of what we could both eat, we decide he should just pick up some food for himself and bring it over, and I’ll eat my vegetables.
Dinner for me:
Salad topped with hummus and almonds (I later added some salsa) plus a baby sweet potato topped with almond butter. (If you’re dying for another picture of this, see Monday’s post.)
Dinner for the veggie-hater:
An entire pepperoni pizza + orange soda.
haha. toooo funny….maybe you can make him a healthy pizza with ww crust and turkey pepperoni?
another winner, you have to sneak it in…like veggie lasagna…or blend some spinach into your next batch of pancakes…he will NEVER notice the green hue. LOL
I never have and never will understand people who don’t eat breakfast and lunch! My friends will go until 2 or 3 in the afternoon without eating then eat massive amounts and wonder why they’re overweight and/or don’t have the energy to exercise. It makes me want to scream! Especially when they then discount everything I do to be healthy and in shape by saying that I’m “naturally thin.” Gahh!!
Okay rant over. On a happy note, Lunchables are awesome (if you don’t think about how the meat isn’t really meat). I was always a huge pizza Lunchable girl. THey grossed my mom out.
Hahaha I’ve actually never had a lunchable!
And yes, its super frustrating when people credit your body to “genetics”
Haha! Too funny. Kevin does that sometimes. He’ll say, “I’m soooo hungry; I haven’t eaten in since X.” I don’t feel badly for him at all. He’s an adult. He knows how to feed himself!
Oh dear God!
Ok so my boyfriend eats a whole heck of a lot more than I do and I know he craves a lot of things that I personally would never eat – calzones, and pizza, etc. I’ve resigned to letting him eat them of course, but I try to make him these things so that I can make him the healthified but still very tasty varieties of these foods. Even the healthified version that I prepare for him is only pseudo-healthified compared to a version I would prep for myself but at least I know what is going into his body is a little bit lower in fat, sodium, and fake processed garbage.
I literally shudder when I see him drink orange soda, hahaha
Ah! I love this post, it goes along with how me and my boyfriend eat! It is a daily struggle just to decide where to go/what to eat for lunch or dinner because he always wants take out Chinese or pizza.
Hahaha I totally know what you mean. I think this whole “you eat your thing and I’ll eat mine” is a much better way to do it, for now!
That’s totally my husband. At least you aren’t married to him, that brings about a whole new level of frustration!
This may be my favorite WIAW EVER!! I love seeing what people eat vs. their significant others 🙂
Haha he’d probably roll his eyes if he actually saw this post 😉 But he deserves it for skipping breakfast and lunch! haha
Haha! That sounds like the way my brother eats. He sleeps super late, won’t eat for hours, and then eat a box of cereal or a few burritos or something. I will never understand how anyone can skip a meal, especially breakfast!
I literally don’t know how he can function all day on an empty stomach! I’d be so grumpy!
Argh, seriously, ALL men are the same!! It soon catches up with them when they get older though! Your style of eating is why you are so healthy and will stay that way until you get old..and you will get old because you eat so healthy! 🙂
Hmm that sounds similar to my husband..I tend to give him hell for a few days after eating such nonsense though!