wiaw part 3

I love Wednesdays — I really do. I love Wednesdays even more when it means at the end of the day that I only have 2 more days of school left. Wait, no — I take that back. I have 1.5 days left. Love those last day half-days.

Let’s get started, shall we?

Alarm clock blared at 4:25 to go for my run. I didn’t like my alarm clock at that moment. Thankfully, breakfast was waiting for me when I returned.

Breakfast — 6:00 AM

Oh yes — the bowl of oats. It never gets old. And now with berry season upon us, it never disappoints.

In the bowl:

• Katie’s voluminous oats trick (with whipped banana)
• 1/2 scoop chocolate Sunwarrior
• cinnamon
• fresh blueberries
• shredded coconut
• Trader Joe’s organic creamy peanut butter

Snack — 9:30

Did you expect anything else? Apples are easy to eat when I’m trying to teach. Don’t mind the fact I have recycled that photo for the last three weeks.

Lunch — 11:30 am

I had a salad the size of my head (seriously, this picture doesn’t do it justice). In the salad was baby spinach, tomato, cucumber, red onion, and leftover eggplant and potatoes. It was topped with balsamic and hummus — aka, the best combination in the world.

On the side, I had a serving of Trader Joe’s greek yogurt with strawberries, cinnamon, and a few Enjoy Life mega chunks (giveaway ends TONIGHT!)

 
Snack — 3:30 pm

My snack could not have come sooner. I would have eaten it earlier, but I’m not allowed to have any kinds of nuts in my classroom. I have a student who would have an anaphylactic allergic reaction if he came in contact with them. Therefore, my nuts have to stay in the teachers lounge. When I left school, I ate raisins and almonds — and once again, did not take a picture. I’m horrible.

Dinner — 6:15 pm

No, I did not eat Charlie for dinner! We went on a nice long walk before dinner since there were workers spreading mulch in the backyard. I didn’t want Charlie to think it was playtime with the poor guys, so we went on a looong and hot walk.

For dinner, I had kind of a random quinoa bowl. In the bowl:

• 1 cup cooked quinoa
• 1/2 cup white kidney beans
• sautéed eggplant, green peppers, onion, and garlic

After this picture was taken, I doused it with nutritional yeast and hummus. The hummus got all melty and delicious. I kind of want more.

Snack — TBA

I’m feeling a bowl of granola tonight. Maybe two.

I hope you’re starting to see why I don’t post what I eat every day — the only thing holding me back from eating Mexican food tonight was that I ate that LAST Wednesday. Repetitive much?

Question: What is the best thing you ate today?

Tagged as: balsamic vinegar, blueberries, hummus, oatmeal, peanut butter, salad, trader joe's, what I ate Wednesday, WIAW