Wednesday, August 31, 2011

WIAW (Better late than never!)

Hey, my loves :-)

It's Wednesday night and I'm relaxing with a beer. 


I finally have some time today to bust out my WIAW post! 

So, without further ado, allow me to begin! 

As always, a big THANK YOU to the amazing Jenn at Peas and Crayons, the lovely hostess and mastermind behind this whole operation :-)

Be sure to head on over to Peas and Crayons to say hi to Jenn and get lost in the wonderful world of food :-) 







My day yesterday began no different than many others, with my typical water and tea in the morning, followed by a smoothie for breakfast. 


 It's not a pretty color, I know. But we ALL know, that's not what matters. Let me see if I can remember what was in there. Banana, blueberries, either almond milk or coconut milk, Sunwarrior vanilla protein powder, possibly some dates, maybe some chia seeds and flax seeds....(I really need to start writing this stuff down!) and probably some spinach too. Topped with Perky's Crunchy Flax Cereal and Leapin Lemurs (which are kinda my favorite cereals right now FYI!) 

After breakfast, Woody and I headed out to a beautiful and sweaty 90-minute heated vinyasa flow yoga class at Thrive.

When we got home, I was SUPER hungry and couldn't decide what to make. I was craving several different things at once. So, I decided to just begin with a very MINI bowl of oats. 

 Very banana-y oats topped with some coconut earth balance, ground flax seeds and cinnamon. 

And then, because Woody made them, I just HAD to eat a tiny portion of his nachos. :-) 


Not a very typical lunch for me, but hey, who am I to judge?! 

At some point in the afternoon, I sipped on one of these.

My FAVORITE Kombucha at the moment :-) 

Then, I ended up munching a bunch of these as I was picking them in the garden.


Later on in the evening as I was beginning to get hungry again, an idea blossomed in my mind. It made me go....hmmmmm? for a minute. But then I took it and ran with it. 

 Grilled goat cheese sandwich (on Udi's bread) with bilberry Jam and a fried egg. (On a side note, every single time I type FRIED, I always end up typing FRIEND instead and have to hit backspace.) But, back to the sandwich...

AWESOME. That's all I have to say. 

I pretty much figured that sandwich was going to be dinner, but I got hungry again a little while later so I made another smoothie. 


This one was something like: banana, cherries, spinach, water, Sunwarrior chocolate protein powder and...that might be it. Topped with the same as my morning smoothie: Perky's and Leapin Lemurs. 

Kind of a strange day of eats for me. Not a single salad! But, I'm not complaining. I still felt totally satisfied and nourished. 

And now for the BONUS round!!!

Haha :-) All this means is that I have a few random photos of yummy things I've eaten in the last week or so and they insisted that they be shared. So, here they are: 





Sweet potato topped with black beans, pico de gallo, avocado, cheese, greens and other things, plus a veggie taco. Not from my kitchen though! From a place called Papas and Pollo. It's pretty, huh? :-) 


 Spinach topped with veggie burger, pickles, baked beans and a fried egg. If you are thinking YUM! right now, then you are my friend :-) If not, then ummmmm....well. Whatever. All I have to say is, this was seriously, seriously an awesome combo of flavors. But, I don't know! I might just be weird. Woody looks at very strangely sometimes when I make stuff like this :-) 
 Green beans from the garden, roasted and dipped in a yummy spicy sauce made with vegenaise and "cock sauce" (aka: Sriracha.) 

Mixed greens salad topped with baked beans (left-over from the previous picture) lots of cilantro, fried egg, nutritional yeast and "cock sauce."

Thank you my friends! This concludes my:



Now, I'm off to finish the last few pages of my book! I'm reading The Books Of Pellinor by Alison Croggon. It has been a pretty good fantasy series. It may not the BEST series I've ever read (it ain't no Harry Potter, that's fo sho!) but, I'm still a little sad it's about to be over. If anyone has any good book recommendations, please pass them on! 

Another thing, today marks the one year anniversary of when I officially began moving in with Woody! Yay! We've lived together for a year and we still like each other ;-) 

Okay, I really am done now. Thank you for reading! I really love you whether I know you or not, and you are appreciated :-) 


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your food always looks AMAZING. i love that goat cheese sandwich!!
Totally thinking YUM when I read this. Awesome eats! Now I think I'm going to make eggs tomorrow...
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Sonia the Mexigarian · 712 weeks ago

I just want to gobble up that grilled cheese and egg sandwhich. Must get eggs and goat cheese!
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Ohhh looks so good! I made nachos for my WIAW just like your man and they were SO BOMB!
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That egg sandwich is lovely! You've been eating lots of eggs lately. So have I...I didn't eat eggs for ages, and now I seem to be craving them and eating a couple every day.
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"I really love you whether I know you or not, and you are appreciated :-)" I love that! *virtual hugs* all over the place today :) Thanks for your kind words on my blog this morning :) Nothing like winding down from a busy Wednesday with a beer and amazing food!
I'm a big fan of oatmeal for lunch... or dinner... or whenever really :D And all of your other eats look so, SO delicious. I'm loving all of the egg and avocado action. Have you ever tried the two combined in sandwich form? To. die. for. Seriously probably one of my favorite things to eat ever. And happy moving-in-day anniversary! I've always wondered whether or not I'd be able to get along with someone else if I lived with them... I love my space and my alone time, so I dunno... but I guess when you find that right person, everything just clicks :)
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You and Woody are adorable. I still like my fiance too, even though it's been over a year now. Who woulda thunk? By the way, I'm coming over to eat fried egg, cheese, and jam sandwiches with you. I hope you don't mind. And I hope Woody doesn't mind if I eat half his nachos.
Beautiful eats!! I always wondered what cock sauce was when I saw it at the international market...
I think your fried egg and veggie burger combo looks yummy. I will have to try it myself.
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Alaina! I love you and appreciate you too! Can I come over for lunch now? And you can make me a spread of everything on this page? :) Congratulations to living with Woody for one year. How and when did you know that you really wanted to live together?
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Thanks Andrea! Woody and I decided to move in together about a year after we started dating. He had just moved into his new place and was now about a 20-25 minute drive from my house whereas, before he only lived about 5 minutes away. So, we both ended up driving a lot more! When I ended up spending more time at his house than at mine, we started talking about me moving in. I was in love with him and in love with the house. And it all just felt right, so we went for it! :-) And I don't regret it for a second.
thank you so much for your prayers! and I am so glad you are embracing life!!
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Have you read the 'Song of Ice and Fire' series? HBO has started a show based on the series called 'Game of Thrones', the first season is based on the first book (the first book is called 'Game of Thrones'). I liked the first book better than the show, I'm on the 2nd book now and it has kept me entertained so far. It's not the best series ever, but is entertaining (so far. tho it is no HP of course).

Love your blog! Thank you so much for your positive attitude, it is always uplifting!
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Hi Lora! Thanks for the book recommendations and for saying such sweet things about my blog. I will have to check out that series. But, nothing can ever compare with Harry Potter! Haha :-)

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