Food Blog, What I ate: Day 3

Happy Friday of the long weekend!!! Wow, this week FLEW by didn’t it???

As promised here is what I ate on Thursday…

What I ate: Day 3

Breakfast: 8am

Speaking of using up produce, I made my first hot elixir green monster yesterday. I tried to replicate the Fresh Flu Fighter elixir that I had. I was missing celery and Echinacea, but it’s all good.

The mornings have been so cold here lately and I have had such a chill until about 2pm. I wanted something very hot to warm me up and this seemed like it would fit the bill. :)

Don’t Get [A] Cold Green Monster

• 3 organic kale leaves, microwaved 120 secs. in water
• 1.5 cups water
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 1 T lemon juice
• 3 small organic carrots
• 1/2 organic tomato
• Squirt Kyolic Garlic extract
• Pinch ground ginger (wished I had fresh)
• Scoop Manitoba Harvest Protein Powder
• 1 T chia seeds
• Black pepper

Directions: Blend all ingredients together. Microwave for about 90 seconds on high. Stir to distribute heat evenly and carefully test the temperature. Enjoy with a spoon!

I came fairly close to replicating what Fresh makes although this is a GM and not a juice.

My advice is to not look down if you make one of these because it ain’t pretty (especially first thing in the morning). I am definitely going to experiment with lots of hot green monsters this winter! They are so much fun.

Mid-morning Snack: 10:30am

I had some tea (fennel + green tea) and a small cup of Flax Plus cereal with hemp milk for my snack.

You may have noticed that I have been using tea bags again. Well, that is because my beloved loose leaf Japanese Sencha tea cannot be found anywhere near where I live. I have checked 4 grocery stores or more! I bought my loose leaf in the Asian section at Loblaws when I lived in Toronto, but the Loblaws around here don’t have the same Asian sections. :( I hope I find some asap. It is my fav! Tea bags just aren’t the same in terms of strength. I love my sencha very, very strong!

Lunch was very late again yesterday because I got caught up in paper work and receipt tracking…

I also spent a good portion of the day speaking with the tax agency, co-op vendor, and also baking an order of Endure Glo Bars (my favourite flavour!) + shipping.

The day flew by!

Lunch: 2:30pm

I mixed up some of the same Sweet and Sour Brown Rice and Chickpea Faux Casserole from the other night and threw it into a pita with soy yogurt.

It was delicious, but unfortunately lasted about 1 minute. ;)

I was going to eat this apple, but then I thought to myself. That is a bit boring to write about.

So Mr. Green Apple went from this…

into something fabulous…

Power Me Up Apple Crisp

Ingredients:

• 1 granny smith, diced
• 1/2-1 t cinnamon
• Pinch of nutmeg
• Glug or two of Almond milk
• 1/2 cup Glo-nola 

Directions: Mix first 4 ingredients together and microwave for 60-90 seconds. Stir.  Add        Glo-nola, stir, and serve.

This apple crisp took literally 3 minutes to make and it was sooo gooey and delicious! Normally, I would add sugar to my apple crisps but this didn’t need it at all. The almond milk was key- it really made a gooey sauce that tasted much more decadent than it really was.

This lunch held me over a good 4.5 hours!

Late afternoon Snack: 6:30pm

Delicious Mary’s Crackers

x2…

Dinner: 7:30pm

I dug deep into my cupboards and discovered that I had this:

Can you believe I have never made Tabouli before? I’m sure the pre-packaged stuff doesn’t come close to homemade, but I figured I would give it a shot. I made mine healthier by using just 1 T of Olive Oil instead of the suggested 1/3 cup.

I have seen the lettuce wraps all over the blogs lately and I have been meaning to make one for a while.

The Tabouli was a bit plain and dull tasting on its’ own, so I spiced up the wraps with some minced garlic, lemon juice, balsamic vinaigrette, salsa, and soy yogurt. Much better!

These wraps gave me a Mexican Fiesta in my mouth! Super fun!!!

I also broke out the Christmas Mug for the first time in a while:

Christmas is right around the corner…hahaha!

I had a Fennel tea. I love this tea now.

I also had 8 Dar-Vida crackers for my grains (gotta have the grains!)

Dessert was a Spirit Glo Bar right out of the freezer. This was the first time I have had a frozen Glo Bar and I LOVED it.

It was really chewy and took a long time to eat. Yum!

From 8-11pm Eric and I worked on Glo Bakery paper work. Not fun, but very productive! ;)

Around 11:30pm Eric and I were starving. I had my go-to emergency snack:

Late night snack:

1 English cuke + Balsamic dressing

I always say this snack is like eating crunchy water. Very light and refreshing.

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This afternoon, I will be telling you all about a fun chia seed giveaway, my next waffle experiment, and show you how I am saving 2 hours a week with a new gadget I am in love with.

Enjoy your Friday!

I’m off to enter in receipts for most of the morning and then squeeze in a run over my lunch break.

Love. To. Run.

“My decision to run my first marathon was very deliberate. After I made the commitment, I discovered I was being guided by an inside force that I never knew existed. When things got tough, I tapped into this force. I know now that I’ll get through whatever life puts in my path.” ~Cindy Pepler, Seattle (from Marathon book)