Wednesday, May 23, 2012

what i ate wednesday: issue 35

   Figure 1. Breakfast: a bowl of Kashi GoLean Original mixed with Post Great Grains Raisins, Dates, & Pecans cereal, 1/2 banana, and almond milk. Pre-run I had 1/2 banana and 1/2 mug of coffee.

   Figure 2. Lunch: a salad with romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, leftover tomato and olive couscous, smoked almonds (<3), balsamic vinegar, and a quarter of an avocado mashed and thinned with almond milk, fresh lemon juice, nooch, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.

Figure 3. Afternoon snack: a Gala apple and dry-roasted wasabi edamame.

 Figure 4. Dinner: leftover quinoa mac and cheese alongside roasted green bean fries and roasted grape tomatoes (tossed them in with the green beans at the half-way point).

Figure 5. Dessert: plain Greek yogurt, cinnamon, Kashi GoLean Original, peanut butter, and honey.

And that concludes another What I Ate Wednesday (featuring what I ate Tuesday, May 22).



38 comments:

  1. Quinoa Mac and cheese!! Now that is something I have to try!

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    1. the baked texture of this quinoa dish is exceptional!

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  2. You know what my favourite thing about golean is? I love eating the different shaped cereal one by one. So weird, I know, but so good. Can't wait to get it back in my life, they don't sell it in London! that and giant salads! AHH. And I totally bookmarked that quinoa stuff so it'll happen to get me to like quinoa!

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    1. haha not funny about the golean. i totally get that! texture is such an important part of eating.

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  3. Your salad looks so great! Smoked almonds sounds like a great topping! I will have to try and find some :)

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    1. smoked almonds are REALLY AWESOME. i'm not lying. they should be pretty easy to find, no?

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  4. your salads always look great! you should open a my-less-serious-salad-bar franchise :) hahaaa and by the way I just love how summer-y your pics always look when you take the photos outside! Do you live in a house or an apartment complex??
    just to let u know I responded to your comment on the rubik cube!! xx

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    1. thanks, doll. i love my salads. and i think the salad bar franchise is perfect. i keep telling my boyfriend i want to open a cupcake/salad shop. my favorite things. he thinks it would never work. i think chicks would dig it...

      thanks about the photos! i rent a little house so these pics i take out my back door!

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  5. Loooove that salad! And that mac and cheese quinoa intrigues me. It looks delicious, while combining two of my favorite things!

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    1. yeah quinoa mac and cheese is the shit. i'm just gonna call it what it is.

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  6. Where did you get the wasabi edamame? I'm a huge sucker for wasabi peas but I love that the edamame would have so much more protein!

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    1. my sister-in-law actually gifted me these edamame. i think she may have gotten then at world market? i can ask...

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    2. no i take that back! she just confirmed they were from publix (which i know you have!) they are great tasty go get you some!

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  7. I'm loving the grains in unexpected places: couscous on top of a green salad, quinoa in a mac & cheese dish. Just fantastic!

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    1. haha couscous in a salad is a great way to add in some extra carbs. i find my tummy likes this a bit better when eating huge piles of veggies...

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  8. I've been dying to try the mac n cheese quinoa - thanks for the reminder! It looks fabulous!

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    1. yeah, it is really worth making. i'm glad i made enough for lots of leftovers!

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  9. Your wasabi peas kind of look like little aliens :)

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  10. I know you couldn't get arugula but damn that salad looks good! And that quinoa mac and cheese, umm YUM! Thanks for linking that up!

    You eat well my friend, I'm impressed :)

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    1. aw, that means a lot coming from you ms. gabby since you are queen of healthy eating!

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  11. I have never tried the edamame that way but I am dying too, especially wasabi flavored!

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    1. these were a great change up to my normal almond snack. the wasabi was delicious!

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  12. Btw I always meant to tell you I admire how you can have almond milk on cereal! Lol. I just have never been able to get past the taste (I buy unsweetened, maybe that makes a difference?), so I either have lactose-free regular milk (if it's a small amount of cereal) or, more likely, unsweetened soy milk. I just find the taste of soy milk much better when it comes to things like hot drinks and cereal. I use almond milk in oats or recipes where I can't taste it as much. Did you have any issues getting to like it at first?

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    1. unsweetened almond milk is yucky. i use the original kind. i'm not sure about sugar, but there is only a 30 calorie per serving difference and the taste is dramatically different. for real. and while the flavored kind (e.g., vanilla) is too sweet for me - the original is just the right balance.

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  13. I still need to give that quinoa mac and cheese a try... I know I would like it and perhaps my mom would too.. a lady who claims to 'hate' quinoa. Dumb I know haha

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  14. Mmm edamame... something I always order at a restaurant when it's offered on the appetizer menu!

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    1. Anddddd I commented twice.. i thought the first one didn't go through! Whoops :)

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  15. That breakfast combination looks fantastic! Can you point me in the direction of a recipe for mac and cheese qinuoa?

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    1. hey emily! the quinoa mac and cheese is here: monicanelsonfitness.com/blog/meals/quinoa-mac-n-cheese/

      and just so you know - all the text in my posts that is orange means there is a link behind it. just click!

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  16. That salad looks amazing. Quite a unique combo with the couscous on top. Yummy!

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    1. get your veggies and grains in one big bowl!

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  17. That salad looks super good! And great idea using the couscous, I have some leftover that I was wondering what I should do with. I love using avocados as a dressing too :)

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  18. Quinoa mac n' cheese?! Oh my, I NEED to make this! Macaroni and cheese is one of my five favorite foods in the world. Maybe this will become my sixth? ;)

    I love what you did with the avocado "dressing"--kind of like guacamole but without the kick. I often mash avocado into my salad, but get frustrated when it turns lumpy. This will surely fix that problem!

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    1. avocado and hummus make such great salad 'dressings'. give it a try!

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  19. I tried the avocado dressing and it was really yummy! :)

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