Happy Wednesday everyone! Now that I’m back in grad class for the semester, I probably won’t be posting on Wednesday mornings again due to the exhaustion I’m feeling when I walk through my door at night. I was very lucky to have a professor for my last class that let us out of class every night before 7:00 (it’s supposed to go until 8:45), but this new professor doesn’t believe that same concept. It’s a good class though with a lot of great discussion, so I can’t complain!
I guess I’m a little late, but thanks to Jenn for hosting the WIAW party today! (Well, and every Wednesday)
Breakfast – 6:00 AM
Confession: This is a recycled photo.
However, I promise you my breakfast looked very similar! I finally ate oats (this egg kick I’m on is for real), and I won’t lie, I was kind of disappointed. I missed my eggs! This morning I had chocolate oats (oats with 1 tbsp. of cocoa powder mixed in) topped with cinnamon, coconut, and peanut butter.
Lunch – 11:15 AM
Leftover chili
(unpictured apple)
Snack – 2:00
I can usually wait until after school to eat my snack, but today I was ravenous by the time the kids settled into their silent reading time. I ate this new to me KIND bar flavor – peanut butter and strawberry. Oh my gosh was it good! I have some surprises coming in weeks to come from KIND. Be on the lookout!
Snack – 4:15 PM
When I got home, I snacked on some chips and hummus because I was hungry again. Then I proceeded to crash on the couch and take a nap. It was ridiculous how tired I was.
Dinner – 6:00 PM
Tonight was one of those nights where the thought of cooking something even remotely elaborate (in my mind, elaborate was pasta) seemed way too difficult. All I wanted to do was have dinner on the table couch in five minutes or so.
Dinner included the best balsamic vinegar I have ever had in my life. One of my students bought it for me for the holidays, and it is delicious. It’s super thick and has the best flavor!
I had a salad filled to the brim with the good stuff.
romaine
tomatoes
sautéed brussels sprouts
sautéed carrots
sautéed onions
fried egg
balsamic
hummus
And is there anything better in life than avocado and sea salt on a piece of toast?
I think not.
Tonight is Wednesday which means you can find me on my couch watching my favorite shows and perhaps ending my night with a piece of banana bread and peanut butter. Sounds about right!
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that salad looks amazing!! and peanut butter & strawberry?! sounds soo good i have to be on the lookout for that flavor!
never had a kind bar b4. are they good?
mmmm banana bread!
i have homemade banana chocchip oat muffins curently at my house
one of bccomuffin+some peterpan honey roast crunchy pb+glass of soy milk=1 amazing bedtime snack
They are delicious! My favorite is the dark chocolate cherry cashew. And that bedtime snack? Sounds AMAAAZZZINNNGGG.
Yum! You’re meals look delicious! Ummm… Peanut Butter and Strawberry Kind bar!?! Where have those been hiding!
I’ve never seen them before either!!!
I really need to start getting more protein in the mornings, but for some reason eggs are about the last thing I want then. I did see a recipe for herb frittatas that you make in a muffin pan that I might try out. Something different would be good.
I’m typically not a scrambled egg girl in the morning either - guess it’s just a phase!
I’ve never tried avocado and sea salt on toast, but I plan on it now.
It’s the best. Once you start, you won’t be able to stop!
Don’t feel too bad…I won’t be posting my WIAW post for about another hour. Now THAT is late to the party!
I am loving the sound of a strawberry and peanut butter Kind bar..two of my favorite things! I am also loving the sound of a potential Kind giveaway in the near future??
Finally, you are right. Avocado on toast is AMAZING. I usually add salsa to mine, too!
You’re definitely on the right track.
There actually is something better than a piece of toast with avocado and salt. Two pieces
hahaha so so true!!
I LOVE avocado on my Ezekiel toast!!!! SO YUMMY!!!! Seriously there is no other way to eat toast (uuuunleeess it involves coconut oil and cinnamon LOL).
oooo that is another one of my favorites!! Love that combo!
Yummy food choices! I love the WIAW posts! You and Courtney from Sweet Tooth Sweet Life inspired me to do one. I think its pretty cool. Not exactly how it works, but I suppose I’ll get better.
I stopped eating oats for a while after getting seriously tired of them, and although I have welcomed them back into my life on some mornings, it helped me discover so many other breakfast favorite. Hello greek yogurt, pancake, and cereal obsession!
I hear you on the pancakes!
Ah, avocado and salt. Make shift guacamole! Love it!
Love avocado on toast…topped with sundried tomatoes! Hope you manage to catch up on some much needed rest/sleeps!
I did - I’m feeling pretty well rested today thanks!
Hmm, that new Kind bar sounds delish! I ate one at Starbucks (yes…only once) and wasn’t a fan, but this flavour combo sounds much better. Thanks for sharing.
You and Ashley both love the avocado on toast thing!
Great minds think alike!
You bet!
i’ve never seen the pb&j kind bar flavor before!! kind bars never disappoint!
Mmm I love avocado and salt on toast. I also like to put a squeeze of lemon juice on there too!
Last year, I used to eat avocado on a whole wheat english muffin practically every single day as a part of my lunch. I think this food kick needs to come back. The problem is that I’ve been so disappointed with the avocados around me lately! It’s hit or miss when I buy them.
I hadn’t thought to sprinkle sea salt on my avocado toast. Good idea!
That KIND bar sounds like a PB&J - yum! And no, there’s absolutely nothing better than avocado + sea salt on toast. I like to add a little dash of garlic powder too. Hope you’re feeling more rested today! Yay for Friday tomorrow!
I’m digging your salad! What does your hubby do for dinner when you make a quick salad for yourself? Sometimes when I’m too tired to cook I feel like I need to fight through it to make something my hubby can eat too….or he will starve (actually just eat a monstrous bowl of cereal with protein powder!)
Kind bars are so good. I rarely eat them but whenever I do I remind myself to buy some instead of my usual Luna bar stock. I haven’t had avocado toast in god knows how long but now I am craving it hardcore!! Yum.
That salad looks all sorts of incredible!
I love these posts, i am about to do my first one! Those kind bars sound soo good!
surprises from KIND? Nice! I still haven’t tried their products… can’t wait to see what you have in store for us
I’m very late to commenting on this but had to because I’m so glad I’ve found someone else who loves my combo of avocado and sea salt on toast! The only weird thing about me is that mashed avocado kinda skeeves me out - no idea why - even though I love guacamole. So I have to slice mine on toast. But it is still amazing with salt and sometimes a splash of lemon juice too!
Btw I think I will be using your recipes a whole lot more in the future. I think I’ve worked out that wheat makes me pretty bloated - I seem to be okay with foods containing gluten, but straight wheat like bread or bran flakes or anything like that = not good. So I gotta start browsing your recipe section a little more!
I just found your blog a few days ago and have already read through the entire thing! …… Should I be admitting that? Haha! Anyways, as a fellow teacher and girl with food allergies, your posts are inspirational, helpful, and just plain fun to read! Thanks so much, I’m so excited to have found this!
You are too funny - that is AWESOME!! Please don’t judge me on my writing from 3 years ago.
everything looks so good! what is the cherry-looking sauce on the oats pic? looks delish!