WIAW – first of many.

The world is full of acronyms. Abbreviations to make our lives a little bit easier. NASA, PDA, LOL, BRB, PETA.. you get the picture. In my opinion, acronyms are an excuse for people not to say long and complicated words, which in turn makes us ignorant and wondering what in the world those words even mean.

In the world of education, we have even more acronyms. In fact, I think I’m going to come up with acronyms to remember what the acronyms mean. Anyone with me? Sometimes it’s harder to remember what those darn things mean.

However, I’ll gladly add one more acronym to my list: WIAW.

Blogger girl, say what? Oh yes, add this WIAW to your list of important acronyms. I’m finally jumping on the bandwagon – and I am proud to introduce to you my first of many “What I Ate Wednesday” post. Thanks to Peas and Crayons for the great idea!

Breakfast – 6:00 AM

 
In order for me to get into bed on time last night, I ditched the overnight oats idea. Instead, I opted for hot oats this morning. They were fabulous – thick, creamy, and hot – perfect for a May 18th morning when it is still in the 30’s when you wake up. For real spring? Let’s just move right onto summer. I’d gladly appreciate it.

In the bowl:

• 1/3 cup gluten free oats
• 1 cup water
• 1/3 cup coconut milk
• 1/2 banana, thinly sliced
• 1 tbsp. chia seeds
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 tbsp. vega chocolate shake ‘n go
• 2 strawberries, thinly sliced
• cinnamon
• raisins
• peanut butter

I followed up my bowl of oats with some cantaloupe.

  
Snack – 10:15 AM

 
A big, ripe, juicy pear. I ate this while cautiously watching a student of mine who fainted (!!!!) during a music performance this morning. It was quite the commotion and had me shook up all day. Thankfully her parents were there, so it made the situation a little better.

Lunch – 11:30 AM

I know I talk a lot about how much I hate lunch, but this one had me lovin’ on lunch time. I had leftover roasted potatoes from dinner last night. I also had a large spinach salad with all the fixings, including some extra roasted eggplant from dinner last night. I topped the salad with some balsamic, nutritional yeast, and hummus.

I topped my roasted potatoes with some Bone Suckin’ Sauce.

What? You don’t carry a jar of barbecue sauce in your lunch bag? That’s just weird.

Snack – 3:15 PM

I had raisins and almonds – and quite frankly, I ate them before I remembered I needed to take a picture. I’m not used to this whole taking pictures of everything I eat thing. Let’s just say they were delicious – and I had been thinking about them since lunchtime. Not because I was hungry after lunch, but because I love the combination of raisins and almonds.

Dinner – 6:45 PM

Any guesses as to what is in the box?

Some food from the Vegan Cafe! I went to volunteer there tonight (to read about the Vegan Cafe, you can do so here) and got some food to go. I got the Cucumber Boats, which are hollowed out cucumbers stuffed with a raw/vegan tuna salad. On the side I had some slaw and fruit salad topped with cashew drizzle.

 
Linda doesn’t mess around – these things are fabulous.

Snack – TBA

I always eat a snack about an hour before I go to bed. It’s usually a bowl of fruit and granola, and I don’t think tonight will be any different. If I don’t eat anything before I go to sleep, I will wake up in the middle of the night hungry!

So there you have it – my WIAW!

Just a couple of housekeeping items…

1. Have you heard of the Daily Gourmet? It is just like Groupon, but for foodies! It is the greatest thing I have seen in a really long time. Today, Stacy from Daily Gourmet contacted me and gave me some coupon codes for the deal today (you only have 4 hours left!) It is three bags of Jessica’s Granola for $19 (remember when I did a review here?) and if you use one of the promo codes Stacy sent me, you can get an extra $5 off! They are:  CP761304348, CP724854743, CP470380770, CP721375614, CP008745662

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Question: What was the best thing you ate today?

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