wiaw… so typical

Can I just stop to say that I’m pretty sure that Jenn from Peas and Crayons is absolutely genius for coming up with What I Ate Wednesdays? Talk about blog exposure 101! I have been seriously impressed each week with how big this trend has become across the blogosphere. Not to mention I have loved reading (most) of the entries to get ideas for my meals in the future.

Today’s (er.. yesterday) were pretty typical of my daily diet. Some veggies, some fats, some carbs – all the good stuff balanced into 3 meals and 2 snacks. I like balance.. much more than I like stomachaches.

Breakfast – 5:45 AM

It’s starting to get cold in the morning now, which is making me want hot oats (just a little bit) for breakfast. I haven’t taken the plunge yet though – it’s still overnight oats for me.

And I cannot tell a lie – that wasn’t my breakfast either. It is way too dark in the morning for me to now take a decent picture of breakfast. Looks like I need to be making a light box in the near future! In my bowl this morning, I had:

• 1 serving voluminous overnight oats
• 1/2 scoop chocolate Sun Warrior
• 1 tsp. raw cacao nibs (best idea ever!)
• 2 tsp. unsweetened shredded coconut
• lots of cinnamon
• 1 tbsp. MaraNatha peanut butter (meh… I miss my TJ’s)

(insert Starbuck’s iced coffee here – I’m down to 3x a week now. I call that progress.)

Lunch – 11:45 AM

Lunch was actually kind of crazy. I usually plan on going out for lunch with some co-workers on Tuesdays, and I didn’t bring a lunch. Usually I’ll bring one just in case they go somewhere that I can’t get a good meal at. Of course, today I didn’t – and today is the day they all wanted to go to Portillo’s to get lunch. I would say I could get a good salad there, but I am not able to eat any of their dressings. So, I ran out and got the salad bar from Jason’s Deli.

I one upped it from last week’s picture – this week you get an empty box. Sorry – it was good.

Snack – 3:45 PM

On the way home, I was about 3/4 of he way done wolfing down my raisins and almonds when I realized I really am horrible at WIAW. Good thing there was a stoplight coming up, or else you wouldn’t have even gotten this picture.

Dinner – 6:00 PM

Dinner was uh-mazing for two reasons. One, we had a guest! I saw my mom this afternoon because she was babysitting my niece and nephew (they live down the street) until my brother in law and sister got home. I knew she would be getting done right when we were sitting down for dinner, so I invited her over. She has missed my cooking since I moved out last year, so I figured it was the least I could do.

The second reason dinner was great? Um, the food was awesome. I made a variation of Emily’s Black Bean an Butternut Squash Enchiladas – instead of butternut though, I used acorn because that is what I had on hand. It was a super easy recipe and I wanted to swim in the enchilada sauce. On the side, I sautéed up a zucchini and onion. You know I didn’t stop at just one either!

It was a fast and easy recipe – and delicious too! I really recommend you making it!

Dinner ended on a high note when my mom helped me clean the kitchen (for the second time) – I felt super spoiled! Thanks momma!

Snack – TBD

But it will (or did at this point I suppose) happen – no doubt about it! Just like there’s no doubt about how much I will laugh at watching SuperBad on TV right now (or last night – this is killing me!).

Question: What is the best thing you ate today? (or yesterday for that matter!)

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