Feeling squashy
Posted by Sarah Frankel
I started off Wednesday with some more oatmeal. I have had the same thing for breakfast almost every day this week!
Hey, if it ain’t broke…
I’ve been alternating between sprinkling a tablespoon of milled flaxseed and raw wheat germ on my oatmeal. Both have great nutritional benefits (see links)!
Along with green juice, I have also been enjoying homemade iced coffee with unsweetened coconut milk 🙂
I snacked on some natural almonds.
For lunch, I had another Sunshine garden herb patty inside of a pita pocket with a tomato slice and salsa verde.
The tomato I used was purchased from Huber’s Farm, which is located about 45 minutes away from me over in Indiana. I felt good about making a semi-local purchase, but I was still sure to wash and scrub the tomato as I’m not sure what might’ve been on there.
I also had some cauliflower to round out my meal!
For “dessert” I had a new to me fruit: a champagne mango!
Since I didn’t bring a knife to cut it with, I just bit right into it.
The skin had a little bit of a funky taste, so I ended up peeling it back and eating the fruit inside. It was so good! It had a slightly different taste than a regular mango and I found this one to be much juicier and sweet than most mangoes I’ve had.
For my afternoon snack, I had a Larabar. One of my favorite flavors!
Then I went home and took Suzie for a walk instead of going to the gym. It was a good choice!
I was hungry when we got back so I had some raisins, which is what I was craving 🙂
Then for dinner, we headed over to Beth’s house for our weekly girl’s night potluck. On the menu this week: Squash!
Beth made a delicious dish of summer squash baked in garlic herb tomato sauce. It looked very simple but was bursting with flavor.
Between this dish and my beloved spaghetti squash, I can declare: I LOVE SQUASH! I love how it is technically a vegetable (?) but you can make it the main component of your meal. It is quite versatile since there are so many varieties of squash and ways to cook them.
I also had a side salad with diced tomatoes and onion with Annie’s natural goddess dressing and some warm, soft and chewy Meijer bakery bread, which I have absolutely no willpower to turn down 😉
For dessert, Margie brought a lovely rice milk treat.
I have had this brand before and their ingredients aren’t too bad and the sugar content is moderate, which I think being made from rice milk helps that. I thought it was pretty good too!
I enjoyed this while we watched New Moon. I never read the books but it’s fun to watch the movies and find out what everyone is obsessing about, ha ha. From an “outsider” perspective, I thought the second movie was better (but a little long), since the first one just made me laugh.
Do you like squash?
About Sarah Frankel
I am 29 years old and a resident of Louisville, Kentucky. I've been married to my husband Josh for 6 years and we have a 5 year old beagle named Suzie. Four years ago, I changed my eating and exercise habits, dropping 70 pounds and gaining an entirely new life. I took up running in September 2007 and became vegan in October 2009. I am constantly striving to improve my life so that I can live it to the fullest! I hope you will join me on my life journey.Posted on May 14, 2010, in Breakfast, coffee, Dessert, Dinner, exercise, Lunch, products, Snacks and tagged Annie's goddess dressing, champagne mango, flaxseed, Huber's Farm, iced coffee, larabar, New Moon, rice milk cream, squash, Sunshine burgers, wheat germ. Bookmark the permalink. 8 Comments.
I love squash. Will she share the recipe?
And I just had a half whole wheat pita with pb – thought of you since that is a snack of choice for you! 🙂
I miss hubers! 😦
I love Sunshine Burgers.
I love Sunshine Burgers!
Squash is one of my favorite veggies. Summer squash is the best, especially deep fried (yep, you know me!), but I also love spaghetti squash and butternut…and kombucha!
As for the Twilight series, you MUST read the books. I held out for a long time, but when I finally started the series, I could not stop. I wish there were more books. 😦 The movies do the books no justice.
I love squash 🙂
I hope you also purchased some delicious Huber’s wine!
Sadly, I didn’t this time. I think they raised their prices and I only got to sample 2, neither of which I cared for much. My mom got a pretty good one though! 🙂
The tropical fruit is my fav flavor of larabar too!