Last Week's Eats (9/16 - 9/22)

Here are some eats from the last week or so, in random order:

1. Lunch / Dinner: roasted butternut squash - on its own the first day, then the leftovers inside quesadillas the next (ours)

2. Dinner / Lunch: crispy baked tofu sticks (hers)

3. Lunch: sauteed squash, tomatoes, onion, broccoli, and spinach with a side of hummus (hers)

4. Dinner: tomato and grilled onion topped veggie burger, spinach salad, and apple and peanut butter (hers)

5. Lunch: fried egg and tomato on grilled sandwich thin (ours)

6. Snack, Lunch, Dinner: Spicy Garlic Hummus - I put it on everything!

7. Lunch: butternut squash and black bean quesadillas with veggie shreds (hers)

8. (Birthday) Dinner: garlic and butter topped steak, double baked potato, big salad (his)

9. Dinner: Southwest Quinoa stuffed peppers and summer squash ratatouille (ours)

Treats from the week:

Snack: Chocolate Dipped Coconut Luna Bar - my first time for this flavor. It was delightful.

Breakfast: REAL pancakes, as in they contained flour and wild blueberries, instead of banana, egg whites, and protein powder. They were light and fluffy and wonderful.

Snack: dried mango, yum

Dessert: Pumpkin Pie Lasagna - dinner with friends gave me the excuse to make this. It's a take on what we call Eclair Cake but made with pumpkin mousse. I didn't have any mini chocolate chips so I used chocolate curls. Dangerous.

Last Week's Eats (9/1 - 9/7)

1. Dinner: veggie pizza (ours)

2. Lunch: turkey, spinach, and hummus wrap, cherries, mini shredded wheat (his)

3. Lunch/Dinner: garlic and herb marinated tofu, used on salads and sandwiches (hers)

4. Breakfast: kale and pineapple smoothie (hers)

5. Lunch: bean and veggie salad, topped with veggie shreds (hers), topped with chicken (his)

6. Dinner: marinated kale salad with roasted chick peas (ours) --recipe coming soon :)

7. Dinner: grilled veggies (hers) with steak (his)

Last week's treats:

1. Blackberry birthday cobbler (his birthday) recipe from Pioneer Woman - yum!!

2. Flavored Almonds: these were in our race bags from the VA Beach Rock n Roll Half

3. Vegan double chocolate cookies - a kitchen experiment win

Eats from the week

1. Lunch: egg white veggie omelet and melon (hers)
2. Lunch: plantain chips, cherries, cheesy quinoa spinach bake and shredded chicken (his)
3. Snack: Greek yogurt, mango and grapes, animal crackers (his)
4. Lunch: roasted cauliflower topped with cheese and veggies (hers)
5. Lunch: leftover marinated veggies (hers)
6. Dinner: inside out spring rolls and rice noodles (not shown) (ours)
7. Dinner: veggie pizza and salad (ours)
8. Dinner: taco salad with black bean burger and avocado (hers)
9. Dinner: marinated veggies and garbanzo beans, sweet potato muffins, chicken sausage (his)


Treats from the week:

I had to include 2 pictures of "the best cake ever" because I had 2 pieces! It was my youngest's birthday cake and she dreamt it up herself. You might want to sit down for this: 3 tiers of chocolate fudge cake, each one brushed with sweetened condensed milk, a layer of chocolate cream cheese butter-cream frosting, a layer of butterscotch cream cheese butter-cream frosting, and then the sides and top frosted with plain cream cheese butter-cream frosting, on the sides half way up - chopped pecans, the rest of the way up - shredded sweetened coconut, then topped with chocolate and butterscotch chips.

OH  MY  GOSH - Best. Cake. EVER.

oh, and then, popcorn with raisins and peanut m&m's - big whoop.

Recent Eats

1. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack: fruit (ours)

2. Lunch: baby carrots and grape tomatoes, nuts & dried fruit, and turkey, hummus and spinach on a bagel thin (his)

3. Snack: plain Greek yogurt with blueberry jam, granola, and fruit (his)

4. Dinner, then Lunch: baked vegetarian tacos, blue corn tortilla chips, fruit (ours)

5. Snack: wheat baguette and Panera roasted red pepper & asiago cheese spread (ours) 

6. Lunch: left-over lentil, kale, red pepper, sweet potato soup (hers)

7. Dinner: onion and zucchini red sauce served on spaghetti squash (ours)

8. Dinner: chicken Cesar salad (his)

9. Snack: pretzel crisps with hummus and veggie chop (hers)

10. Lunch: black bean, corn, and veggie chop salad with a side of avocado (hers)

11. Snack: Greek yogurt topped with granola and blueberries (hers)

12. Dinner: shredded crock pot chicken, roasted baby sweet potato, steamed veggies (his)

13. Breakfast: "green smoothie" with spinach, blueberries, pineapple, strawberries, vanilla protein powder, and soy milk, pretty much every morning (hers)

Recent Treats:

Double chocolate Fudge Chunk Velvet brand ice cream: while hiking for 5 hours, we stopped for a treat. This was the best ice cream EVER. Even though my stomach hurt for 2 hours after eating it (lactose sensitivity), it was so rich and delicious, it was actually worth the pain. I think. 

Chocolate/sweet potato breakfast cookies - recipe coming soon  

Onion rings, at a restaurant: I'm glad we shared them among 4 people. They're good, but who really needs more than 2 or 3 onion rings? Now, the sauce they were served with? Different story. I just needed a spoon.

Frozen banana, peanut butter, and chocolate, aka heaven

I hope your recent eats have been (mostly) healthy and delicious as well!

Last week's eats (5/11 - 5/17)

1. Dinner: Southwest stuffed sweet potatoes (ours)
2. Dinner: ginger garlic green beans & cauliflower and tofu noodles (hers)
3. Snack: veggies, edamame hummus, trail mix (ours)
4. Dinner: fiesta chicken salad (his)
5. Breakfast: green smoothie - kale, pumpkin, vanilla protein powder, cinnamon & almond milk (hers)
6. Lunch: veggie shreds on roasted cauliflower (hers)
7. Lunch: turkey, tomato, spinach, & hummus on bagel thin, grapes, trail mix (his)
8. Lunch: sauteed veggie chop on spaghetti squash lasagna (hers)
9. Lunch: kale salad (hers)

Meal Plan (5/13 -5/19)

Saturday meal planning and grocery shopping, along with Sunday food prep,

 can set you up for a successful week of healthy food choices. 

First, I go through my fridge, freezer, and pantry to see what might still be around from the previous week. Then I make my meal plan and grocery list. I may get to the store and make some changes based on sales or the looks of the produce, but the plan keeps me on track and prevents multiple trips to the grocery store throughout the week. As usual, our free day allows for a restaurant meal and dessert.

Recipes for chocolate granola and Greek Harvest Salad coming soon.  :)

And pictures of:

1. Dinner: Teriyaki tofu and broccoli on brown rice (hers)

2. Snack: Greek yogurt with blueberries, granola, and fruit (his)

3. Breakfast: strawberry oatmeal topped with Greek yogurt and chia seeds (hers)

4. Lunch: pizza, veggies, and hummus (his)

5. Dinner: zucchini and red sauce over spaghetti squash with Parmesan cheese (ours)

6. Lunch: veggie egg beater scramble, fruit, black bean and corn salad (hers)

7. Breakfast: green smoothie (hers)

8. Lunch: vegetarian baked taco and black bean and corn salad (ours)

9. Dinner: pea salad on spinach and grilled chicken (his)

And last week's treats:

Chocolate cupcake with salted caramel buttercream frosting -- deadly.
Popcorn (possibly my favorite food!)
Zucchini bread muffins
Chocolate granola cookies (recipe coming soon)

This week's eats (4/27 - 5/3)

Random meals from the week, in no particular order:

1.  Lunch: butternut squash, spinach, and cheddar jack veggie shreds quesadilla (hers)

2.  Dinner: clean-out-the-fridge-salad with curried lentils, carrots, grape tomatoes, guacamole, and Walden Farm's calorie free dressing (hers) with chicken (his)
3.  Breakfast: multi-grain cheerios with strawberries (his)
4.  Snack: caramel flavored pop corn chips, fat free cottage cheese, and fruit (ours)
5.  Lunch: sauteed zucchini, tomatoes, and onions in garlic flavored olive oil (hers)
6.  Lunch: turkey, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and hummus on a thin bun, veggies, and trail mix (his)
7.  Breakfast: green smoothie (his) Just kidding. (hers)
8.  Dinner: lemon garlic green beans, mashed sweet potatoes, and chicken sausage (his)
9.  Dessert: not-ice cream - 4 oz vanilla Greek yogurt, 1 frozen banana, 1 envelop sugar free hot cocoa mix, and 1 square dark chocolate blended together in the food processor (ours) (also -- YUM!)

Snacks, treats, and other munchies that we may or may not have eaten. Nah, we definitely ate them.

(I made 2 kinds of scones for a friend's day-after-the-wedding-brunch. The one pictured is maple bacon walnut flavored (his). I also made lemon blueberry almond scones (hers). And I have to measure nuts; otherwise my 'handful' serving is more like 3/4 of a cup....  

This week's eats (4/20 - 4/26)

This week was especially busy and I kinda felt like we weren't eating all that well. I was relieved when I looked back over my meal pics and realized we did okay. Phew.

Some random meals from this week:

1. Snack: fruit (ours)
2. Dinner: pad Thai with lots of veggies (hers) and pork tenderloin strips (his)
3. Dinner: spinach and carrot polenta with a side of sauteed veggie chop (hers)
4. Treat: Trader Joe's trek mix [almonds, craisins, white chocolate chips, and granola bites] (ours)
5. Lunch: roasted butternut squash (hers)
6. Lunch: Green Giant veggie medley and a black bean burger (hers)
7. Snack: Greek yogurt, veggies, and white bean/basil hummus (ours)
8. Treat: Trader Joe's dark chocolate with almonds (ours)
9. Breakfast: high fiber cereal mix [Fiber One and Kashi] and blueberries (hers)
10. Lunch: turkey, spinach, avocado wrap, grapes, and trail mix (his)
11. Dinner: sauteed veggie chop on couscous with roasted chicken (his)
12. Dinner: big green salad with lots of veggies, chick peas, sunflower seeds, and pork tenderloin strips (his) or tofu (hers)
13. Lunch: cold couscous veggie salad with cucumbers, peppers, tomato, onion, kalamata olives, and feta, drizzled with lemon juice and balsamic vinegar (ours)

Other random eats not pictured: lunch at Panera (soup and 1/2 sandwich), yogurt covered pretzels, a soy based dark chocolate protein shake (a sample from a friend - so tempted to buy a jug of it, but it's ridiculously expensive) and carrot cake wedding cake with cream cheese frosting -- I may or may not have licked the plate.

This week's eats (4/13 - 4/19)

Random meals from this week:

1. Best snack ever: celery and peanut butter (hers)
2. Lunch: pumpkin lentil soup with carrots, kale, and roasted red peppers (ours)
3. Breakfast: oatmeal with strawberries and flax seed (ours)
4. Breakfast: green smoothie with spinach, peanut butter, banana, chocolate protein powder, and soy milk (hers)
5. Dinner: sesame gingered green beans, teriyaki rice noodles, and grilled Asian chicken (his)
6. Snack: baby carrots, sugar snap peas, and white bean/basil hummus (ours)
7. Lunch: Simply Steamed veggie medley and a black bean burger (hers)
8. Lunch: Taco Bell veggie Cantina Bowl on the way to the airport (hers)
9. Dinner: chopped cabbage salad with mandarine oranges, Chinese noodles, ginger dressing, and those white crunchy things (?) from Toucan's in Mexico Beach (hers)

This week's treats:

Frozen yogurt with lots of toppings while walking through the beach shops
Thank you gift from friends: red wine, cheese, crackers, grapes, and nuts
Trader Joe's Triple Ginger Cookie Thins

This week's eats (4/6 - 4/12)

Random meals from this week:

1. Lunch: sauteed tomato, onion, zucchini, and spinach (ours)
2. Lunch: grapes, hummus, pretzel chips (hers)
3. Breakfast: green smoothie with spinach, banana, pineapple, mango, and vanilla protein powder (hers)
4. Dinner: tofu taco salad with side of chips and guac (hers)
5. Lunch: grilled cheese, tomato, roasted red pepper, with turkey (his) with spinach (hers)
6. Dinner: pork tenderloin, broccoli slaw, and sweet potato (his)
7. Snack: animal crackers, Chobani Greek yogurt, pear, and grapes (his)
8. Snack: celery and peanut butter (hers

This week's eats (4/1 - 4/6)

1. Lunch: Gardenburger on bagel thin with lettuce, tomato, and onion, and 1/2 banana (hers)
2. Lunch: butternut squash soup (hers)
3. Dinner: spaghetti squash lasagna and spinach salad with strawberries, pecans, sweet onion, and Walden Farms calorie free dressing (hers)
4. Snack: Chobani yogurt, trail mix, and a pear (his)
5. Treat: blueberry yogurt covered mini pretzels (ours)
6. Lunch: carrots and cherry tomatoes, salad with chicken, blue cheese, pecans, and Chinese noodles, and Walden Farms calorie free dressing (his)
7. Breakfast: 1/2 thin bun with peanut butter and banana (hers)
8. Treat: strawberries with sugar free pudding (ours)
9. Dinner: grilled chicken and broccoli, strawberries and banana (his)

Not pictured: the enormous black bean burger and mountain of french fries I had at Pike's in Charlotte, the half pound bag of peanut m&m's I consumed upon returning from Charlotte, the multi-grain cheerios I had for lunch (twice), nor the 2 bags of popcorn we shared while watching the last 2 episodes of Hell on Wheels. So sad the show is over, but so mad about Lilly!!! Grrr.

This week's eats (3/24 - 3/30)

1. Breakfast: Special K with berries (hers)

2. Snack: animal crackers (ours)

3. Lunch: veggies and black beans on hummus (hers)

4. Dinner: green salad with nuts, Chinese noodles, feta (ours)

5. Dinner: broccoli slaw with sunflower seeds and tofu (hers)

6. Lunch and snack: turkey and spinach wrap, Greek yogurt, Samoa bars, cutie, Triscuits and hummus (his)

7. Lunch: mac and no cheese with veggies (hers)

8. Snack: hummus and sweet potato Triscuits (ours)

9. Breakfast: apple pie green smoothie (hers)

We arrived in Charlotte on Thursday night to spend Easter weekend with our girls. We're enjoying meals, movies, hiking, coloring eggs, games, and lots of goodies!!

Treats so far...

Chocolate mint chip ice cream cupcakes with Andes mints in and on. Oh my gosh!

Cinnamon coffee cake

Salted caramel brownies

This week's eats (3/16 - 3/22)

Some random meals we ate this week...

1. Snack: crackers and hummus (ours)

2. Dinner: shredded chicken w/ barbecue sauce, asparagus, and sweet potato (his)

3. Snack: cuties (ours)

4. Dinner: ratatouille with pasta, chicken sausage, and veggie shreds (his)

5. Breakfast: Kashi Go Lean cereal and strawberries (ours)

6. Lunch: spinach, artichoke, tomato pizza (ours)

7. Lunch: toasted veggies on whole wheat tortilla with hummus sauce (hers)

8. Dinner: stir fry veggies and tofu (hers)

9. Snack: celery and peanut butter (hers)

Last Week's Eats (3/2 - 3/9)

If you've been reading this blog for any length of time, you probably know Saturdays have traditionally been my Meal Plan Day. And they still are. But I was afraid the Saturday meal plan post was becoming repetitive, boring, and repetitive. Using the labels on the left, you can easily access months of meal plans if you need ideas. I won't bore you each week by posting my plans for our breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and dinners for the upcoming week.

Instead, I will bore you with pictures of random meals we ate over the last week....

1. Dinner: Taco casserole: my honey's with ground turkey and cheese, mine w/tofu and veggie shreds; both versions have lots of veggies and flax seed tortilla chips from Trader Joe's. Yum.
2. Dinner: Salad with tofu, veggie chop, veggie shreds, and avocado
3. Snack: baby carrots, hummus, TJ's flax seed tortilla chips
4. Dinner: Curried lentils and sweet potatoes over butternut squash, topped with veggie chop
5. Breakfast: green smoothie- almost every morning, my go-to of late
6. Lunch: green salad with tofu and avocado
7. Lunch: salad with red beans and veggie shreds
8. Dinner: roasted broccoli and sweet potatoes
9. Dinner: Mixed veggie salad with spinach pesto dressing topped with veggie shreds