Sorry for the double blog, I have been busy...
Yesterday for breakfast I had a few spoonfuls of baked beans and rode in to work. I had a yogurt with some nuts when I got in, and somehow that got me through til lunch.
For lunch I had a greek flatbread thing at work which I tried to convince myself wasn't pizza even though it was a pizza, because we had pizza for dinner! Well the lunch thing had capsicum, olives, onion and feta, whereas the dinner had pepperoni, cheese and mushrooms. So I dunno. I should probably feel guilty but I dont. Much...
Today I had a yogurt with nuts for breakfast, and that once again got me through til lunch. Ingrid, in my team, took me to get a pita for lunch. I went something a bit different and went spicy thai. It was.... ok. I bit into it thinking about the regular Lee and I get and it just wasn't the same. Didn't stop me from eating the whole thing though did it!
For dinner I had a jerk chicken wrap with sweet potato fries, and didn't even eat half of it. We were at a pub with some friends, hence the pub grub. Was delicious really, shame I couldn't eat it all!
No photos, sorry about that.
Tonight was meant to be cooking challenge night but I think I have to push it to Sunday. Please don't be mad! I went to get my hair cut and it went over time so we ran out of time really....It is coming though, and I am really excited about it! Woooo hoooo to the Glazed Pear & Macadamia Tart!
Tomorrow is going to be a great food day, so stay tuned, I promise photos and all....
June 08, 2011
Last night after all that food I managed another snack - some jam on bread. Not much I can say about that other than it was good!
This morning I had grapefruit with strawberries for breakfast, then cycled in to work. What a nightmare, the slight breeze means hayfever central. I was that annoying person at my desk sniffling and sneezing that everyone thinks is sick and start cringing at. Would be so much easier if it was heyfever. 'Hey'. Right??
I had a yogurt with nuts around 8am, and at 11 I had a peanut muesli bar. I know I said I wouldn't eat them but I don't take enough food to work, and we bought a massive box of them cos they were cheap so why not eh? It did the job, and got me through til my usual boring salad at around 1 o'clock.
Didn't ride home, Lee picked me up with the bike rack on the car, so sweet. Its bloody hot (39 with humidity), and allergies are a bitch so it was welcomed, even if I did feel guilty for not getting the exercise.
We snacked on some salt and vinegar rice crackers when we got home.
I had a bowl of last nights soup for dinner. Delicious once again, but lacking on the citrus front. Must keep a mental note to boost the lime next time I make it.
That's it for the day. I can't stop thinking of the Gruyere in the fridge, trying not too but all thoughts keep leading back to my favourite cheese....
This morning I had grapefruit with strawberries for breakfast, then cycled in to work. What a nightmare, the slight breeze means hayfever central. I was that annoying person at my desk sniffling and sneezing that everyone thinks is sick and start cringing at. Would be so much easier if it was heyfever. 'Hey'. Right??
I had a yogurt with nuts around 8am, and at 11 I had a peanut muesli bar. I know I said I wouldn't eat them but I don't take enough food to work, and we bought a massive box of them cos they were cheap so why not eh? It did the job, and got me through til my usual boring salad at around 1 o'clock.
Didn't ride home, Lee picked me up with the bike rack on the car, so sweet. Its bloody hot (39 with humidity), and allergies are a bitch so it was welcomed, even if I did feel guilty for not getting the exercise.
We snacked on some salt and vinegar rice crackers when we got home.
I had a bowl of last nights soup for dinner. Delicious once again, but lacking on the citrus front. Must keep a mental note to boost the lime next time I make it.
That's it for the day. I can't stop thinking of the Gruyere in the fridge, trying not too but all thoughts keep leading back to my favourite cheese....
June 07, 2011
Had grapefruit with strawberries this morning for breakfast. I didn't ride in today, the storms were horrific, so Lee offered to drive me which was sweet of him, on the ass end of his night shift. Poor guy was knackered but I appreciated the effort!
I ate a yogurt with some nuts at work in the morning, and was hanging for lunch. I definitely need to take in more food to work. Its such a long day, and especially on bike days I need more energy.
Lunch was another salad, same as yesterday but with peanuts. I got hungry in the afternoon so bought a small slice of banana bread from the cafe at work, which was average.
Lee picked me up again before he had to go back to work for tonight, so we decided to have pitas together.
Its nice to eat early, but naturally that means getting hungry later. So I made the soba noodle soup, this time using uncooked noodles, and they come in the cutest little bundles, check it!
I love the ribbon! The last time I made this soup the only soba noodles we could find were precooked, so we found they went a little soft and mushy, especially second time round. These noodles are awesome, they are 100% buckwheat, have translated cooking instructions on the packet, they are much cheaper and much tastier. Loving it.
This is the end product.
And it was goooood. Bok choy, snow peas, shiitake mushrooms and spring onion with garlic and ginger. Glad I have it for dinner tomorrow too, if I didn't have to cycle in I would take it for lunch also.
I'm stuffed squared (tired and full), so that's it for today. If you haven't already done so please vote for my Something Sweet poll, top right. Thanks, and goodnight! xxx
I ate a yogurt with some nuts at work in the morning, and was hanging for lunch. I definitely need to take in more food to work. Its such a long day, and especially on bike days I need more energy.
Lunch was another salad, same as yesterday but with peanuts. I got hungry in the afternoon so bought a small slice of banana bread from the cafe at work, which was average.
Lee picked me up again before he had to go back to work for tonight, so we decided to have pitas together.
Its nice to eat early, but naturally that means getting hungry later. So I made the soba noodle soup, this time using uncooked noodles, and they come in the cutest little bundles, check it!
I love the ribbon! The last time I made this soup the only soba noodles we could find were precooked, so we found they went a little soft and mushy, especially second time round. These noodles are awesome, they are 100% buckwheat, have translated cooking instructions on the packet, they are much cheaper and much tastier. Loving it.
This is the end product.
And it was goooood. Bok choy, snow peas, shiitake mushrooms and spring onion with garlic and ginger. Glad I have it for dinner tomorrow too, if I didn't have to cycle in I would take it for lunch also.
I'm stuffed squared (tired and full), so that's it for today. If you haven't already done so please vote for my Something Sweet poll, top right. Thanks, and goodnight! xxx
June 06, 2011
Had my grapefruit this morning before cycling in to work, which was a pretty quick ride (35mins). I ate a yogurt with nuts when I got in.
For lunch I had left over salad from last night. Totally uneventful, not filling at all, and rather bland. So when I got home I was famished.
Truth is, I had a piece of Lee's lasagna when I got home and it was really good! I was meant to have a poached egg on asparagus, then make the soba noodle soup. Tomorrow....
Oh, I also snacked on some bbq rice snacks.
I heard back from the Food Bank, I got the volunteer position I interviewed for about four weeks ago, so I am officially part of the Recipe Crew! Looking forward to our first meeting, will be interesting to see what path they want this project to take. Either way I am happy to be on board, should be a great project.
Thats it for me today.... unless I get snacky later on....
For lunch I had left over salad from last night. Totally uneventful, not filling at all, and rather bland. So when I got home I was famished.
Truth is, I had a piece of Lee's lasagna when I got home and it was really good! I was meant to have a poached egg on asparagus, then make the soba noodle soup. Tomorrow....
Oh, I also snacked on some bbq rice snacks.
I heard back from the Food Bank, I got the volunteer position I interviewed for about four weeks ago, so I am officially part of the Recipe Crew! Looking forward to our first meeting, will be interesting to see what path they want this project to take. Either way I am happy to be on board, should be a great project.
Thats it for me today.... unless I get snacky later on....
June 05, 2011
Half a grapefruit and a yogurt and nuts for breakfast, then the grocery shopping. Always painful on a Sunday.
We had lunch out again, and had awesome burgers at St Louis. Whoops. And chips. Double whoops. The burgers were really good, shame I didn't get a picture.
We spend the afternoon drinking Pimm's outside our apartment, its about 26 degrees and clear as outside. Allergies are a bit of a bitch but its so nice out in the sun and shade, its hard not to be out there enjoying it.When we came inside we snacked on some Lindt dark mint chocolate. Mmmmmm. I know its not a 'this is what I drank today' blog, but had to share this anyway, plus we ate some of that fruit. We love Pimm's!
For dinner we had chicken drumsticks, I used a Gordon Ramsay recipe, they were meant to be sticky and slightly blackened but they didn't quite turn out that way. Still, they were tasty and I would def make these again, maybe mess with the recipe a little.
I made Lee a lasagna for his night shifts which start tomorrow. It was a huge one so we went halvies on a slice, and it was pretty good. Gruyere makes all the difference, yum yum!
We had lunch out again, and had awesome burgers at St Louis. Whoops. And chips. Double whoops. The burgers were really good, shame I didn't get a picture.
We spend the afternoon drinking Pimm's outside our apartment, its about 26 degrees and clear as outside. Allergies are a bit of a bitch but its so nice out in the sun and shade, its hard not to be out there enjoying it.When we came inside we snacked on some Lindt dark mint chocolate. Mmmmmm. I know its not a 'this is what I drank today' blog, but had to share this anyway, plus we ate some of that fruit. We love Pimm's!
For dinner we had chicken drumsticks, I used a Gordon Ramsay recipe, they were meant to be sticky and slightly blackened but they didn't quite turn out that way. Still, they were tasty and I would def make these again, maybe mess with the recipe a little.
I made Lee a lasagna for his night shifts which start tomorrow. It was a huge one so we went halvies on a slice, and it was pretty good. Gruyere makes all the difference, yum yum!
June 4, 2011
Dinner last night was awesome. It does deserve its own post but I am feeling a bit lazy, so forgive me.
So lets see.... Lee picked me up after work, we came home, dropped off the car and walked into downtown Kitchener, about 3km away. We went for a beer then caught a bus in to Waterloo and walked to The Keg. Man, we love The Keg! We last went in Vancouver a couple of years ago, we fell in love with it then and still love it now.
We started with a cocktail and a crab, parmesan and spinach dip to share which was really good. We both had a steak (of course), mine was a 12oz NY Strip, medium rare, with a baked potato that came with sour cream, chives and bacon. It also had some yellow and red beets on the side. We shared some sauteed mushrooms, and oh my god it was all so delicious. I kept quoting Mantis from Kung Fu Panda - I wish my mouth was bigger! Couldn't finish it all, but got as close as we could.
Breakfast was lazy today, a peanut muesli bar. I know I said I wouldn't have another one but laziness and sugar hankerings kicked in so thats what I ate.
Lunch was out, as we were under budget at dinner last night. I had a chicken wrap and a greek salad. It was pretty good, but not mind blowing. Still riding the high of last nights steak probably. Either way it was cheap and cheerful, and kept us going for the rest of the day.
Dinner tonight is planned, although not sure when I am going to crack it out. It's monkfish in green tea with edamame & shiitake mushrooms with a side of quinoa. That's the plan... will update later on.
UPDATE: Dinner was awesome, check it out! Skipped the side of quinoa, too lazy....
So lets see.... Lee picked me up after work, we came home, dropped off the car and walked into downtown Kitchener, about 3km away. We went for a beer then caught a bus in to Waterloo and walked to The Keg. Man, we love The Keg! We last went in Vancouver a couple of years ago, we fell in love with it then and still love it now.
We started with a cocktail and a crab, parmesan and spinach dip to share which was really good. We both had a steak (of course), mine was a 12oz NY Strip, medium rare, with a baked potato that came with sour cream, chives and bacon. It also had some yellow and red beets on the side. We shared some sauteed mushrooms, and oh my god it was all so delicious. I kept quoting Mantis from Kung Fu Panda - I wish my mouth was bigger! Couldn't finish it all, but got as close as we could.
Breakfast was lazy today, a peanut muesli bar. I know I said I wouldn't have another one but laziness and sugar hankerings kicked in so thats what I ate.
Lunch was out, as we were under budget at dinner last night. I had a chicken wrap and a greek salad. It was pretty good, but not mind blowing. Still riding the high of last nights steak probably. Either way it was cheap and cheerful, and kept us going for the rest of the day.
Dinner tonight is planned, although not sure when I am going to crack it out. It's monkfish in green tea with edamame & shiitake mushrooms with a side of quinoa. That's the plan... will update later on.
UPDATE: Dinner was awesome, check it out! Skipped the side of quinoa, too lazy....
June 3, 2011
Lets see. This morning I had a yogurt with nuts for breakfast, and thats all I ate until lunch time. Terrible of me really.
Lunch was naughty. Lee came to get me as he has the day off and we went to Wendy's. My favourite sin is back - the BBQ dipped chicken burger. Basically the chicken is dunked in bbq sauce, then slopped in a bun with some pickles and red onion. OMG awesome. Terrible of me though, especially the side of fries...
Dinner tonight is going to be awesome. We are heading to The Keg. Finally! This is the 'hooray we are both employed' dinner we have been planning for so many months. So I will update on that later. If its totally awesome I might even dedicate a whole post to it.
Until then, be good, and if you can't be good, eat something delicious!
xxx
Lunch was naughty. Lee came to get me as he has the day off and we went to Wendy's. My favourite sin is back - the BBQ dipped chicken burger. Basically the chicken is dunked in bbq sauce, then slopped in a bun with some pickles and red onion. OMG awesome. Terrible of me though, especially the side of fries...
Dinner tonight is going to be awesome. We are heading to The Keg. Finally! This is the 'hooray we are both employed' dinner we have been planning for so many months. So I will update on that later. If its totally awesome I might even dedicate a whole post to it.
Until then, be good, and if you can't be good, eat something delicious!
xxx
June 02, 2011
Wow what a hardcore sleep last night.
I woke up feeling groggy as and with post allergy attack eyes (I think only my family and Lee will know what this looks like, I am not going to lie to you, it aint pretty), so facing grapefruit was tough, but I did it anyway. No ryvitas left, so I packed a yogurt and some nuts to take in to work with me. I ate those at about 8am.
Lunch was veggies with hummus. I didn't take a photo, I was starving. I knew it wouldn't be filling either, bummer! So I had a kitkat in the afternoon.
I snacked on some rice crackers when I got home, and we had left over mushroom soup (finally) for dinner.
I was hungry soon afterwards, not sure whats got in to me! I ate some baked beans and a salami sandwich.
Another early night, Friday is going to be a great day!
I woke up feeling groggy as and with post allergy attack eyes (I think only my family and Lee will know what this looks like, I am not going to lie to you, it aint pretty), so facing grapefruit was tough, but I did it anyway. No ryvitas left, so I packed a yogurt and some nuts to take in to work with me. I ate those at about 8am.
Lunch was veggies with hummus. I didn't take a photo, I was starving. I knew it wouldn't be filling either, bummer! So I had a kitkat in the afternoon.
I snacked on some rice crackers when I got home, and we had left over mushroom soup (finally) for dinner.
I was hungry soon afterwards, not sure whats got in to me! I ate some baked beans and a salami sandwich.
Another early night, Friday is going to be a great day!
June 01, 2011
Wow, sixth month of blogging about everything I eat! Half way there, so far so good (the blogging, not so much the food, hahaha). Thanks for following me!
I am a little late posting this one too as I went to bed as soon as I got home from work last night. My muscles were hurting and my hayfever attack had me knocked down and miserable.
Yesterday I had a yogurt for breakfast. I was starving when I got to work so I bought a banana nut muffin. It was average to be honest, wont do that again (plus I really shouldn't!). For lunch I had left over salad from the night before. We were meant to have mushroom soup again for dinner, but I was starving so we had pitas instead (Lee bought them home after night shift). Same old same old - grilled chicken, lettuce, tomato, red onion, olives, feta ant tzatziki.
After that we both crashed. Today should be a little different, here's hoping! Happy June everyone xxx
I am a little late posting this one too as I went to bed as soon as I got home from work last night. My muscles were hurting and my hayfever attack had me knocked down and miserable.
Yesterday I had a yogurt for breakfast. I was starving when I got to work so I bought a banana nut muffin. It was average to be honest, wont do that again (plus I really shouldn't!). For lunch I had left over salad from the night before. We were meant to have mushroom soup again for dinner, but I was starving so we had pitas instead (Lee bought them home after night shift). Same old same old - grilled chicken, lettuce, tomato, red onion, olives, feta ant tzatziki.
After that we both crashed. Today should be a little different, here's hoping! Happy June everyone xxx
May 31, 2011
Ok this is a day late, I have been a bit useless lately eh.
Yesterday I skipped breakfast because I was running late (shame on me) and biked straight in to work. I had a yogurt here in the fridge so I was all over that but they are so tiny it hardly touched the sides!
For lunch the IT team took us out, it was actually pretty nice, just a little on the hot side and I wasn't wearing summer clothes. I had a Mediterranean chicken flat bread - its kinda like a pizza but the dough is super thin and crispy. It had olives, artichokes, pesto, cherry tomatoes, and of course chicken. Was pretty good. I boxed what I didn't eat and bought it back to work with me, and snacked on that in the afternoon.
Shame on me, thats all I ate until dinner. It was my first real pay in over a yea so we decided to get take away. We had an awesome meal, we shared Vietnamese spring rolls, pork rolls, and two salads (one mango chicken, one Vietnamese chicken) and it was superb. I was so hungry and tired and hot, yesterday was a loooooong day, so I forgot about pics or anything.
Well, today should be better. Will keep yall posted and update when I get home tonight. Loving the response on the poll, thanks everyone!
Yesterday I skipped breakfast because I was running late (shame on me) and biked straight in to work. I had a yogurt here in the fridge so I was all over that but they are so tiny it hardly touched the sides!
For lunch the IT team took us out, it was actually pretty nice, just a little on the hot side and I wasn't wearing summer clothes. I had a Mediterranean chicken flat bread - its kinda like a pizza but the dough is super thin and crispy. It had olives, artichokes, pesto, cherry tomatoes, and of course chicken. Was pretty good. I boxed what I didn't eat and bought it back to work with me, and snacked on that in the afternoon.
Shame on me, thats all I ate until dinner. It was my first real pay in over a yea so we decided to get take away. We had an awesome meal, we shared Vietnamese spring rolls, pork rolls, and two salads (one mango chicken, one Vietnamese chicken) and it was superb. I was so hungry and tired and hot, yesterday was a loooooong day, so I forgot about pics or anything.
Well, today should be better. Will keep yall posted and update when I get home tonight. Loving the response on the poll, thanks everyone!
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