I wasn’t quite ready for Monday to be here, but I was looking forward to 2 things:
- Starbucks Monday
- Oatmeal
First up, I enjoyed some hot oats with rice milk, flaxseed meal, cacao nibs, sliced almonds, and Justin’s chocolate PB.
I really am enjoying how the Justin’s chocolate PB has a slightly savory-sweet thing going on with a nice salt flavor in the sweet PB.
Coffee #1 – Don Pablo
Coffee #2 = Starbucks Monday! Tall vanilla soy latte.
And I was kind of bad and got breakfast out…yes a second breakfast! I love these spinach feta wraps and I figured it would be a good buy since the lunch I packed was pretty light.
Mmm…toasty! Smells so yummy!
The best part – the crunchy end.
I’ll tell ya what wasn’t toasty today and that was my office, which must have had the thermostat set to “icebox.” I was so cold all day! Brrrrrrr!
Lunch #1 = spinach salad with green zebra tomatoes from our garden and organic bell pepper…plus sunflower seeds and balsamic vinaigrette.
Lunch #2 = white chocolate cherry PB / strawberry jam toasted sammie.
I got creative with our leftover rotisserie chicken from last night and made a healthified chicken divan dish.
The recipe wasn’t quite what I wanted, so I’ll have to try it out again before sharing. Sorry!
I served the chicken over brown rice (cooked in my mom’s old school rice cooker) with extra veggies – steamed organic cabbage and organic baby carrots.
The casserole had organic broccoli, but IMO you can’t really get enough veggies (not by normal standards at least).
I had a strange craving for some of hubby’s Lucky Charms so I had a bowl with milk. I haven’t had any in ages and had forgotten how sweet they were…phew! I wish I had some hearty whole grain flakes that were unsweetened so I could control my own sugar levels with some fresh honey. Mmm…
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No Monday zumba tonight. 🙁 Very sad, but I’m still in a bit of a funk and wasn’t feeling up to it. I need to rest up so I can teach tomorrow!
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The Chic Life – Seen on the Web
Look who’s been cooking some TCL recipes:
- Katie of Sweet Tater and Cooking in Japan made my Green Monster Muffins
- Katie of Her Inner Shine made my Strawberry Banana Chia Smoothie
Lookin good guys!
Have you blogged about one of my recipes? Leave me a line to let me know – I’d love to check out your post! 🙂
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MJ Flashback
Michael Jackson’s Earth Song came on in my car this morning when I was on my way to work. I hadn’t heard it since the 2010 Grammy’s and before that not for years. It used to be one of my favorite songs (I was a HUGE MJ fan as a kiddo) when I was growing up.
Here’s the 2010 Grammy version of Earth Song, which I think is a pretty neat rendition of the song with lots of talented singers. Such a good song, though. I love how Michael tried to use his fame to bring attention to important causes.
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Does your SO or family keep something stocked in your house that you don’t really eat?
Thank you for the MJ love – I heart him more than I can express in words. Earth song is one of my favorites 🙂
raisins. I cannot stand them, but they don’t really bug me… 🙂 I even make granola for Jason and add his raisins.
I love those spinach wraps!!
Your dinner looks delicious!
My family keeps ALOT of food stocked in our house that I don’t eat, so I keep my favourite foods separate from theirs so I can be sure they don’t gobble it all up! 😛 A kristy stash
I love Michael Jackson! I cried my way through This is it and haven’t been able to watch it again – but it was SO incredible. I grew up with his music so i’ve always been a huge fan 🙂
Haha, tonight it was more like what food I keep in the house that I wish I didn’t! You know that bag of Adora calcium disks…. well… let’s just say that tonight I ate about 20 days worth of calcium disks and the package is now gone 😉 Hopefully I can’t OD on calcium…. let’s pretend that I can’t.
I try to keep my husband’s ‘junk food stash’ in a separate cabinet so that when I go looking for snack food, I look in MY cabinet and don’t even glance into his. It works pretty well!
FYI — so easy to make your own homemade breakfast cereal (bran flakes and everything!) I have a recipe for them on my blog (with nutrition stats) if you’re interested 🙂
What I did was create a homemade cereal buffet with a jar of homemade bran flakes, a jar of homemade granola, jars of dried fruits, jars of nuts, etc. Whenever I’m craving cereal, I can mix my own breakfast cereal combo.
Pretty much everything my parents eat, I don’t. So when I go home, we must go to the store! That is only a few times a year though 😉
I always start off my Monday’s with oatmeal too. Just makes starting the week off right.
Haha, so funny because I sometimes crave hubby’s sugary kid cereals too! I probably would never buy them for myself but I’m secretly glad that he likes them so that I can grab a bite whenever I have the urge!
My parents keep the cabinets stocked with 100 calorie packs. Ugh. I hate those things! I’d much rather have an apple or half of a protein bar.
I’m obsessed with Lucky Charms. Three Sisters makes a natural kind that you can get at Whole Foods…it’s a little less sweet and doesn’t have as many chemicals, but it still has that kiddie taste 🙂 Hope you have a great day!!
My husband loves to snack on peanuts in the shell – not me, they drive me crazy. I like the flavor but I hate the film that gets on your fingers when eating them. Luckily, he’s kind enough to shell some for me so I don’t have to experience that!
Ketchup. My son eats it on everything, even burritos. GROSS!! I’ve never liked it but its his thing, so I buy it for him.
That all looks really good!! And I had a huge hankering for Lucky Charms during my first trimester. I bought a box to have a bit as munchies while on vacation in June. It was enough to last me awhile.
Billy is a big meat eater so that’s one thing that we always have but I don’t eat. And Ritz Crackers – he loves them. 🙂
my husband loves mountain dew. actually, all his siblings (2 brothers + a sister) do too. they are not into healthy eating to say the least. i think it’s so gross, but actually loved it in jr high. yuck!! once in awhile i’ll try a sip of his and remember why i am not a fan. i’ll take my diet coke, please 🙂
I had a starbucks Monday, too! Although, they messed up my order 🙁 I got it replaced this morning, thankfully 🙂
LOVE all of your meals today!!! Especially all the nut butter variations 🙂
That casserole looks so yummy!
For me, hubby and daughter like having ice cream in the house. While I never deny myself treats when I reallly want them – it’s hard having it on hand 24/7 🙂
I use to listen to that song all the time growing up too! When my iTunes would flip to that song in college I had to explain to my roommates what the intro was, haha – they just weren’t MJ fans. 😉
I have never heard that version of Earth Song and that is seriously awesome!