Down-home Eats

Lara of Thinspired mentioned that it would be interesting (really?!) to see a 'day-in-the-life' regarding my food. So I thought that I would pretend to be a "real" food blogger day for a change, and take some photos of my eats.

As some of you know, we are remodeling our kitchen. If you'd like to see the Ikea adventure in progress, please click here and here. Meanwhile, we are living out of boxes in "The Trailer" (aka the back part of the house). Here are some photos:

The cat above is an R.A. Miller "masterpiece" from Athens, GA that we bought 16 years ago. We also have a "Blow Oscar", a crocodile and a bunny (the latter looks just like the cat). We met him in person and he was sweet as pie.

I bought the Spin bike for $2 from Revolution on Montana. Love the Climb Max for quickie workouts.

Nespresso Love

The Hub's stash of British Junk Food (yes "junk food" is capitalized)

'Culinarily' speaking, this is what I have to work with:

• Tea Kettle
• Coffee Machine
• George Foreman Grill
• VitaMix

Not bad. I can live with that...temporarily.

Notice one thing is missing from the list above that WAS in the photos:

• Microwave

That is because I pretty much burned it up the other night when I put in eggs in a bowl to cook for 5:00 on 50% power, but I accidentally pressed 50:00 and forgot about it for 30 min!! Here's the omelet-gone-horribly-wrong:

Toxic egg & plastic Goo

As the stench of melted plastic and scorched eggs is NEARLY dissipated, we braved returning home last night after spending a few days at my Dad's. So here are my eats for today...

Breakfast:

My usual morning routine involves a REALLY good coffee from my Nespresso machine with milk foam from the Nespresso Aeroccino. Lately I find it compulsory to adorn this drink with sprinkles. I have no explanation for this behavior... regression perhaps?



Then I make two shakes: One Green Shake (mainly spirulina, a green veggie and a little protein) and one Protein/Fruit/Nut butter shake (my standard). I usually sip on the green one first, which holds me until 11ish, when I drink the other one. This allows me to have a late lunch.

Today was a bit different because I was running out the door for one of my favorite Kickboxing classes (you can read all about the tortuously-fabulous sweat-fest here). I didn't want to be all sloshy during class, so I did something very unusual: I grabbed an energy bar and ate the whole thing. Usually I'll have 1/3 or 1/2 of a bar, as a tide-me-over. But I reasoned: "This is breakfast." Many thanks to my friend Heather for sending my this yummy bar! Now I see why she likes it...the first ingredient is Organic Almond Butter-YEAH!

Plus it's not hard to look at Jay flexing his guns

While I can't say that the bar necessarily 'filled me up' (as in "oh man, I'm stuffed"), I certainly was not hungry throughout class, and had plenty of energy. I would do that routine again. As a "recovery drink", I drank half of each of my shakes that I had packed in my trusty cooler bag.



Lunch

I was craving a Salad-The-Size-Of-My-Head. Here it was:

• Chopped organic romaine
• Chopped organic spinach
• Chopped organic Tomato
• Jicima
• Avocado
• Half a juicy pear (I felt like something sweet)
• Thinly sliced red onion
• Hazelnut halves
• Dressing: balsamic vinegar with a little bit of leftover tahini

I also had a couple of "open-faced sandwiches" as my Swedish relatives call them:

• Wheat and Poppy seed Finn Crisp (I picked them up in the UK)
  
• Cabot 50% fat white cheddar
• Yves Veggie Salami

I put those on the George Foreman just to get some toasty/melty action. Very yummy. My salad out-did me. I could not finish it.

Though full from lunch, I felt like a little bit of something sweet, so I had a few pieces of my favorite candy at the moment...Wonka Tinglerz. Sadly, my spy at Nestle tells me they are being discontinued, so if you see them at a Walgreen's near you, that might be the last opportunity to taste them. They are basically chocolate covered Pop-Rocks.  They were a candy from the 70's that exploded in your mouth (fun) and in your throat (not so fun), and they pulled them off the market. But somehow Tinglerz sneaked onto the market.

Here are the soon-to-be-extinct Wonka Tinglers:




Late Afternoon Snack:

• Chobani 0%fat
• Blueberries
• Strawberries
• Blob Peanut butter (I <3 not measuring, I really do)
• Chia water (1/2 tsp chia in ice-cold water with ice cubes...so refreshing)
  

Dinner: Vitamix Soup

• Veggies grilled on the GF: Cauliflower, Red onion, yellow squash
• hot water
• Small to-go packet of Tapatillo Hot sauce
  

Then on top:

• Cooked wheatberries- just a sprinkle, for chew
• Some reserved chopped grilled veggies above, for chew
  
• Yves veggie Salami- cut into strips

FULL FULL FULL! If I hadn't blown up my microwave, I would probably have an Orville 100-calorie Kettle corn later, but I'll probably end up with some fruit and nut butter if I get hungry. I hope that you enjoyed my first and last attempt at being a "true" food blogger. Fun? Yes, but it takes all day just to photograph and document my eats. Kudos to real food bloggers. By the way, am I the only person who has the irresistible urge to shout: "YEAH baby! You're dead SEXY baby!!" when photographing food items? Name the movie from which I have stolen that classic line. :-D