The return of the weekly food diary
Can you believe it’s been three weeks since I last posted a “What I Ate Wednesday” style recap of my daily eats? Me neither. While I usually don’t skip this weekly feature, because of my trip to Maui, I had to pass on a couple of reports. Well, we’re back to it today.
How’s your week so far? Mine is going well. Things are business as usual over here with blogging, writing, teaching classes and whatnot. Not much else to report, so let’s get to the food …
This week’s “What I Ate Wednesday” recap
As a reminder, the point of these weekly food diary posts is nothing more than a chance to see real food in action, so I hope you enjoy them. But remember, what I eat works for me, and it may not work for you.
Today, I’m sharing everything that I ate on Sunday, and all of my meals were prepared and eaten at home. Here’s how it all went down …
Breakfast at 8 a.m.
I stood in front of the fridge for a very long time before deciding on this breakfast. I didn’t have anything prepped and was craving a smoothie, but couldn’t deal with my blender. Thus, cottage cheese and a sliced-up banana came to the rescue. I enjoyed it alongside hot green tea, sweetened with almond milk and stevia. Standard stuff.
Pre- and post-workout at 10:30 a.m. and 12 p.m.
Dave and I went to the gym together for a one-hour weights session on Sunday, so before we headed off I had some Healthy Skoop all-natural beet energy for a little pick-me-up. And of course, once we got home, I refueled with this little Organic Muscle Milk.
Lunch at 1:30 p.m.
My mid-day meal called for a massive baked sweet potato served with two very runny eggs on a pretty plate. I believe this is all you need in the world for a delicious lunch, even if it doesn’t look all that fancy. I’ve been eating this for lunch most days of the week for a while now, and I can’t get enough.
Afternoon snack at 5 p.m.
After making these Honey and Nut No-Bake Pumpkin Energy Balls, of course I had to dig into them as a snack once they were ready to be eaten. I had a few of them alongside a delicious and thick juice, which you’ll hear more about from me next week.
Dinner at 8:30 p.m.
No big surprises with this dinner … whenever we are home for dinner on Sundays now, I always request salmon. Dave was the grill-master for this meal consisting of fish and asparagus. (Of course, I took care of the white wine, as I usually do.)
Dessert at 9 p.m.
I like to end every day of eating with something a little sweet, so a glass of vanilla almond milk and a few coconut-covered and almond-covered dates did the trick. Many of you have asked over-and-over again about these dates, and I buy them from Safeway in the produce aisle. Good stuff!
And those were my eats. On this particular day, there was quite a bit going on in the kitchen in our house. In addition to prepping my Honey and Nut No-Bake Pumpkin Energy Balls, I also made five containers of pumpkin overnight oats, so those have been serving as my breakfast each weekday. Dinners have included the usual turkey burgers, kale salad, chicken and rice, etc. And now we’re all caught up with food. See you tomorrow, my friends!
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Each week, “What I Ate Wednesday” is hosted by Peas and Crayons for bloggers to showcase their eats to the world. If you want to see more food recaps, check out some of my posts from the past here:
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- Healthy challenges and foods from my day
- Eating, napping and eating again
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- A different kind of training and my food
- Joining a healthy green movement and my eats
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- Food pictures from a light and healthy day
- Life lately and a look at all of my meals
- What’s normal to you? (And my daily eats)
- A bit of chatter and “What I Ate Wednesday”
- How you eat beets and a look at a day of food
- What I ate yesterday in the Sunshine State
- A full day of lazy eating from the weekend
- Every thing I ate yesterday in pictures
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- Random life updates and a look at my food
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Questions of the day
What’s the best thing you’ve eaten lately?
How’s your week going?
I tried baking sweet potatoes whole for the first time a week or so ago and I can totally tell why you love them so much! Oh my gosh, they were so sweet and delicious and so much nicer than any other cooking method! Thanks for the inspiration! xx
YES, Krissy! I bake mine in the microwave each day. So easy and tasty. 🙂 Have a great day!
It has been so hard to do the whole real and honest cook at home thing of late. We’ve been going out whenever Alex is released from the hospital largely because it is hard to plan for and also to give him a break from the endless cycle of eating at the hospital or at home! 5 more weeks of insanity, though…
It sounds like his schedule is totally crazy, Susie! Might as well be flexible when you need it. Happy Wednesday! 🙂
Sweet potato and eggs is the bomb! I’m so glad it’s getting cooler out so I can eat my favorite winter foods.
Yes, Megan! It’s cooling down a bit here too. Thank goodness! 🙂 Happy Wednesday!
That looks like a great day of eats! I love your lunch. Eggs and sweet potatoes are my favorite… whether I eat them individually or together. Right now I have eliminated eggs from my diet to see if they are causing me stomach discomfort, and it is so hard!
Oh no, Mattie!! 🙁 I hope you figure out what’s causing your issue soon!
I love salmon, yum! It’s been hard- I go through phases where I cook everyday and plan my meals and the other weeks (like this week) I’ve lost my creative motivation! The best thing I’ve eaten later was sliders at a food truck over the week, yum!
Food truck food can be QUITE tasty! And I feel you, I go on repeats for meals a lot … but I don’t really mind the repetition. 🙂 Happy Wednesday, Marielle!
Pumpkin overnight oats?! What do you add differently than the regular overnight oats? With fall right around the corner, I’m definitely in pumpkin mode!
Hi Brittney, I made my normal overnight oats (Greek yogurt, almond milk, chia seeds, oats, cinnamon) and added a glob of pumpkin. Pretty simple. 🙂 heheh!
I love simple meals like your sweet potato & egg. It’s delicious and filling, it doesn’t need to be fancy.
Simple is the way I go, Jen! Totally agree! 🙂 Happy Wednesday!
So in addition to all the fresh eggs at my parents, they also have an orchard. Getting fresh peaches off the tree is amazing. Good stuff. My week has not been so great. I’ve been sick for the last two weeks and now I have a sinus infection. It’s awful. I never go to the doctor, but I finally had to yesterday. Hopefully the antibiotics will clear this up fast because I’m miserable!
Ohhhh Melissa — I went through a time a few years ago when I get a couple sinus infections in a row, and a neti pot really helped me to ward them off in the future. I hope you feel better soon:( Poor lady …
It is awful! Ok, so they told me to do the neti pot….wow, that’s not fun! I’m trying to work myself up to do another round, but it’s yucky!!
It’s gross, but it works!
Delicious day of eats – I need to get more sweet potatoes back in my life! 🙂
Yes, Jamie! They are the perfect food! 🙂 Happy Wednesday!
I love gym dates with the husband! And I did not eat nearly enough salmon when in Alasaka. It’s a favorite, too!
You should have eaten salmon for every meal, Emily. Go back and do it again!! 🙂
Best thing I’ve eaten lately is homemade cinnamon peanut butter. I loosely followed this recipe http://slimsanity.com/2014/03/homemade-cinnamon-peanut-butter.html and have a feeling I’ll be making many more batches of it. If only I had known how easy it was to make pb at home!! I’ve been putting it on everything 🙂
Can I make a suggestion? Would it be possible to put all your WIAW and Friday Favorites under a special heading instead of including links to all of them in your posts for that week? Now that each of those topics have lots of posts it can make for a lot of scrolling if I want to head down to the comment section.
Hi Catherine! Homemade PB? YES! Good work! And thanks for the suggestion — funny you should mention that because my husband told me to do the same thing with the extra links and I told him I didn’t want to. But since you asked … hahah! OKAY, I’ll make that change soon. Thanks, lady!
Yay – thanks so much for changing that. It’s not an issue when I’m on my computer but when I’m on my phone (which is 90% of the time) it really does make for a lot of scrolling. And as the weeks go by it would be that much bigger.
This makes me realized how long I’ve been following you since there were only a few of links at that time 🙂
Hi Catherine! I love that you’ve been around the blog for a long time. I aim to please, you’ll see the improvement in tomorrow’s Favorites! 🙂
you’re so good at turning tiny meals into gourmet meals! if I’m looking for a lighter meal, ill just reach for fruit or something. fruit aaaaand fruit! haha. we stayed at a little inn last week who served the most incredible parfaits! so, that would be my favorite meal as of last!
Parfaits are quite yummy, Annie! Happy Wednesday to you, and thanks for saying hi:)
I made a simple salad yesterday afternoon and it was the best thing I have eaten in a couple days. My week is going great, had some really great workouts, and trying to stay positive. Thanks for sharing your meals
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That’s right, Heather! Work out, eat good food and stay positive. That’s a good way to live! 🙂
Your dessert sounds delicious and super sweet, which I love! The best thing I’ve eaten recently was a chocolate croissant!
Ummm YES for that, Carrie! Sounds yummy! Are you back in SoCal??
Everything looks so good! I’ve been having a ton of smoothies lately because the weather is still crazy hot. I’m ready for fall foods though. Give me all the roasted veggies!
It’s starting to cool down here a bit in my area, thank goodness. 🙂 YES for roasted veggies — I had some last night! Happy Wednesday, Kat.
Cottage cheese for breakfast! WHY haven’t I done this. Probably the same reason I haven’t cooked sweet potatoes with a side of eggs. Loving these eats, Ashley!
Thanks, Heather! Cottage cheese always comes in for the save! 🙂 Hope you’re having a good week, lady!
I’ve been craving sweet potatoes – I have my eye on one for lunch tomorrow since I won’t be traveling and will have access to my kitchen!
Yes, Dani! Hope you get one! You are a traveling machine, by the way. 🙂
Ooh those coconut covered dates look good! Before I tried dates, I didn’t really realize that you could eat them as a ‘dessert’, but they are so sweet and delish. 🙂
Well they aren’t a SUPER sweet dessert — but the ones with caramel and coconut on them are sweet enough for a healthy dessert. They aren’t as good as carrot cake with cream cheese icing, but they are good hahah! 🙂
i dont know why i dont eat cottage cheese that often. I love them though..
need to check out those energy balls recipe.
Hi Dixya! Cottage cheese is so delicious and versatile. Get on it! 🙂 Happy Wednesday!
I tried a sweet potato hash with eggs last week and it was SO good so I could see that lunch combo being yummy! Looks like a great day of eats! 🙂
Yay, Liz! Now you see why I eat it for lunch so often! Happy Wednesday! 🙂
Do you have a recipe you can share for the pumpkin overnight oats? I want to revamp my breakfasts for the season and those sound delicious!
Hi Mackenzie … actually, I just added a blob of plain pumpkin puree (like I used to make the energy balls) into my usual oats recipe. 1/2 cup of Greek yogurt, 1/2 cup of almond milk, 1/2 cup of oats, 1 tablespoon chia seeds, about 2 tablespoons of pumpkin puree and some cinnamon. Mix together, put in the fridge and eat in the morning! 🙂
I love salmon. I always request it too. Have you tried grilling it on a cedar plank? The flavor the salmon gets from the plank is so good and it’s super easy.
Hi Sheena! No — never used the cedar plank, but I saw one at the grocery store and may need to try that soon. Thanks for the reminder. 🙂 Happy Wednesday!
Oh MY I can’t believe I’ve never thought to combine runny eggs and sweet potato – that sounds like the most heavenly combo. Thanks for the idea 🙂
Oh Jacky — I hope you like that combo. It’s my favorite! Happy Wednesday! 🙂