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Full of Green: What I Ate Wednesday 4.8.2015

Happy HuMp Day!!

I don't know about you but I am more than ready for this week to be over. My body is feeling tired and worn out from the traveling last week to DC. Also I feel like I'm beginning to get a sore throat so I've been loading up on a bunch of greens, ginger tea and water because I am not in the mood to get sick anytime soon. Keeping my fingers crossed that all this helps!

Despite being tired from my flight on Saturday I managed to meal prep on Sunday because I knew I would be completely tempted to reach for those foods that make me feel sluggish. Meal prep is a life saver for me so I usually always eat the same main meals for the entire week but I like to "spice" things up with my snacks :)

For my very first What I Ate Wednesday my food was FULL of green!


Post work out Green Smoothie
 Woke up and headed to the gym to do some morning cardio. Post work out Breakfast #1 was a green smoothie made with 1/2 scoop of Nature of Life Vanilla Protein Powder, half a banana, frozen spinach and a cup of cashew milk. Seriously obsessed with cashew milk at the moment. It's a lot creamier than almond milk and has a more flavor in my opinion. Drank this green monster on my way to work. 

Kale Salad
 Once I got settled in at work I ate Breakfast #2 which was a kale salad massaged with lemon and topped with some avocado, kabocha squash, 1/4 cup of quinoa and an egg white scramble. My body responds best with a protein + vegetable heavy breakfast. These types of breakfasts leave me feeling refreshed and energized to start my day. Not pictured includes multiple cups of hazelnut coffee, the one addiction that I cannot seem to give up!

  

I don't have lunch until 1 pm so I always have to have a snack in between breakfast and lunch. Today I had some sliced almonds and cashews because I cannot get enough of cashews and I love my fats. 

Ginger Lemon Lentils 
Steamed veggies + chicken (not pictured) 
  For lunch this week  I made a big batch of The Real Life Rd recipe for Ginger Lemon Lentils paired with some steamed veggies, some not pictured chicken and the rest of my avocado from this morning. This was my first time making lentils and they were ohhh sooo good. Didn't have red lentils like the recipe calls for but I swapped them with red lentils and it worked out perfectly. Definitely recommend you trying out this recipe since it's simple,delicious and can be easily frozen for later days. A perfect meal prep meal!  Fats, protein, carbs and veggies are all accounted for in this lunch. 

 
Afternoon snack of carrots

Ever since I came back from vacation last week and all the delicious eats I had, my body has been craving nothing but giant bowls of salad and vegetables. So who am I to deny it what it wants?!?
ENORMOUS Salad
For dinner I had a spinach salad with asparagus, sweet potato, mushrooms a hidden egg white scramble and copious amount of nutritional yeast. Not ashamed to admit that I quickly devoured this salad. So good and filing that I have been eating this same dinner for the past two weeks. I like to broil the asparagus, mushroom and sweet potato tossed  with some curry and onion powder for a couple a minutes so that they get nice and crispy. Try it out and let me know how it goes. 

Frozen Fruit + Fresh Straberries

Popcorn
SNACKS, SNACKS AND MORE SNACKS. I can't go to bed without snacking on something after dinner. Lately I have been on a popcorn kick. I melt a some coconut oil and toss in the kernels, once all the kernels have popped I like to toss it with nutritional yeast, cinnamon or eat it plain like i did last night. For my sweet tooth craving I munched on some frozen mango, frozen pineapple and sliced strawberries. Not pictured included a handful of cashews because the addiction is real and like I said I love my fats.

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  1. MarissaApril 8, 2015 at 2:35 PM

    Great eats! Such clean food:)

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    1. SA RamblesApril 9, 2015 at 8:35 AM

      Thank you Marissa! Last week was full of indulgent eats and sweets so my body has been craving nothing but fresh and nourishing foods.

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