Wednesday, January 11, 2012

what i ate wednesday: issue 16

 Figure 1. Pre-run snack: 1/2 banana and 1/2 cup black coffee. Waking up 30 minutes early to fuel myself before running has revolutionized my runs. I am faster, stronger, and feel so much more energetic. What if I have been running under my potential all these years? Mind blowing.

Figure 2. Breakfast: Kashi GoLean Original mixed with Cascadian Farms fruit & nut granola, 1/2 cup pumpkin puree, cinnamon, and almond milk.

Figure 3. Lunch: a spinach salad with carrots, grape tomatoes, pickled beets, toasted pecans, chopped dates, hummus, balsamic vinegar, and s & p, with two whole wheat graham crackers on the side.

Figure 4. Afternoon snack: a Fuji apple and cocoa-dusted almonds. I also snuck an unpictured pita chip with pimento cheese and a tasting of chicken salad from a friend. Yum.

Figure 5. Dinner: baked chicken marinated in light Italian dressing and topped with tomato paste, pine nut couscous, and roasted green cabbage with olive oil, s & p, and a touch of fennel. For you cabbage roasters: is the key to keeping them pretty leaving the core in while roasting? I always pre-core them and they fall apart. Still delicious...but just sayin'.

Figure 6. Dessert: dark chocolate covered almonds.

And that concludes another What I Ate Wednesday (featuring what I ate Tuesday, January 10).

18 comments:

  1. Mmm that kashi breakfast is making me want cereal really bad. I think I know what's for breakfast over here today haha ;)
    Happy WIAW!

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  2. Hmm, there is kind of a catch 22 involved in roasting cabbage. If you leave the core in, the wedges stay together and look nice, but it also makes them take longer to cook and they don't get as brown/crispy. I have recently just given up on making them stay put and gone for flavor over appearance!

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  3. Banana + coffee = great pre-run fuel! I need to get my hand on some pumpkin puree so I can add it to my cereal bowls too..it looks delish!
    Yum..chocolate covered almonds are great!

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  4. Everything looks so good especially that cabbage. Happy WIAW!

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  5. I think you forgot something....lol ;p

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    1. yay for the reply button! ps i usually only post workouts on 'my less serious day' posts. not wiaw. :)

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  6. I've found that eating a little something before my morning workouts gives me SO much more energy as well. It's amazing.
    The salad you had for lunch looks amazing, as usual. (:

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  7. I love roasted cabbage! I pre-core it too, it makes it cook faster. If I'm not photographing I don't care about looks haha. Love dark chocolate covered almonds, oh so good!

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  8. Goodness, all I need to do is see coffee and I think I need some. Always happy to see people using tomato paste like I do :)

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    1. tomato paste is a recent discovery for me - but really liking it!

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  9. I am with you on the pre-run snack! I cannot run before eating breakfast (or something!) and I can definitely feel it in my performance and energy levels. Dark chocolate almonds are dangerous for me...once I start I find it hard to stop! They are just too good!

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  10. i went to town on a dark chocolate almond / yogurt covered raisin mix last night. a definite weakness!

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  11. I recently posted a roasted cabbage recipe and I cut the core out too. I did it after slicing and only sliced the toughest bits. All but the outer pieces stayed intact!

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    1. i just went and found this post - looks great (tasty and pretty). and i may or may not have eaten almost an entire yead (you complain about 1/2)! i'm a veggie glutton!

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  12. I recently posted a roasted cabbage recipe and I cut the core out too. I did it after slicing and only sliced the toughest bits. All but the outer pieces stayed intact!

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  13. Roasted cabbage?! I think that's the one thing I haven't roasted yet! Must try immediately!!!

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  14. I just cut my cabbage into 4th's, then 8th's and throw away the core. They never fall apart.

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