Food is what makes the ride worthwhile

Since the hubs tried his first Green Monster, I had to capture the experience on film. This was taken about 40 seconds after he got out of bed. I am a GREAT wife (yes, he is drinking it out of a Corona bottle that was blown into a glass!)

This was taken pre-taste. Post-taste was a bit too difficult to get on camera because there was too much Green Monster Action.

So another Monday has come and another Monday has almost gone. I am looking forward to an evening of reality television (Intervention is one of my favourite shows!).

I started the week off right with a Breakfast Cookie.  This one contained:

• 1/3 cup quick oats
• 1/2 banana
• 1 Tbsp milk
• 1 spoonful of flax meal
• 1 spoonful of peanut butter
• 1 Tbsp pepitas
• 1/2 Tbsp unsweetened dessicated coconut

Good stuff when paired with a bowl of strawberries.

For a snack, I tapped into a new container of cottage cheese topped with frozen blueberries.

For lunch, I had some leftover bean salad with some spinach and tomato. Whenever I make a batch of bean salad, I feel like it lasts for days and I have some at every meal. Beans beans the magical fruit, the more you eat, I am going to stop right there :)

(I also had two slices of ezekiel bread with lunch)

My afternoon snack was a good old-fashioned apple.  It was kind of on the small side.  I did not approve of this!

For dinner, I made the curried eggplant dish.  It turned out very good!  I subbed in a can of diced tomatoes and I didn't have fresh basil on hand so I used dried, but overall it was very tasty.  My only complaint is that it wasn't filling enough.  I had 1/2 cup of quinoa which I thought would be enough (it is a super grain, after all), but nope.  So I had another spoonful of the eggplant mixture which helped a tiny bit.
And to finish off the day, I had a cup of lemon green tea with a ginger molasses cookie (one of the ones I baked on Friday that did NOT get burned) and a strawberry. With the flower I received at the bridal shower, this makes for a rather quaint photo op.

This is a very sweet quote, although I find it equally as sweet if you replace "love" with "food"!

Fridge Raid

The day before a move means that you are eating up the contents of your fridge and cupboard without caring too much about how all of the flavours configure. I think I didn't do too bad today. I used up lots of produce, including the involvement of avocado twice. It's been a good day.
For breakfast, I started out with yet another breakfast cookie. I smell an addiction on my hands! I made this one exactly like yesterday's, but had it with a side of peaches (1/2 cup) and a two spoonfuls of plain non-fat yogurt with a sprinkle of cinnamon. Breakfast isn't complete without a cup of coffee!

My morning snack was simple and delicious. Who can argue with fresh strawberries and a cheese string? All I needed was a glass of wine and I could have been French! (Something tells me that the French don't eat processed cheese strings.  This is just a hunch).
Lunch was a good old-fashioned sandwich, just like how mom used to make! Except mom never used hummus, now did she? This whole grain sandwich had homemade hummus, 1/2 an avocado, sliced tomato and baby spinach. The bread was very fresh. Always a bonus.
After my usual cup of Starbs coffee, I wasn't too hungry for my afternoon snack until 4:00 pm. I treated myself to a Pistachio Larabar. I hadn't tried this flavour. It was subtle, but very tasty.

I love that the ingredients are so basic and natural. 5 grams of protein, 4 grams of fibre, 10 grams of fat, and a WHOLE DANG LOT OF DELICIOUSNESS.

For dinner, I really went hog wild.  I had a can of Amy's Butternut Squash soup.  The hubs had some too, but was more interested in my leftover pizza from last night.  I made us some salads using up most of the contents of my crisper.  This salad included:

• Spinach
• Cabbage
• Strawberries
• Tomatoes
• Green pepper
• Avocado
• Walnuts
• Hummus
• Broccoli
• Mushrooms
• God knows what else
• Maple balsamic vinaigrette

I love a gigantic salad like this.  So satisfying!

The plan is to have some green tea for an evening snack.  I know that my eating will get kind of wacky these next few days, so I'm going to try to stay away from the kashi crackers and peanut butter jar tonight!

The first post

Greetings Internet!

Welcome to my food blog! I've been reading other food blogs for a while (beginning with Self Magazine's Eat Like Me) but only now am I embarking on one of my own. My intention is to write about my journey towards utter and complete health, happiness, and enlightenment, but in all likelihood I will just rave about the wonders of oatmeal (Steel Cut vs. Quick: The Untold Tale)

I hope to write about more than just the record of my food intake. As fascinating as it is to know how many almonds I ate in one day, I'd like to branch out a bit, test out my writing skills, and see if I can learn (and teach?) about health and nutrition. For today, though, I write about what I ate. Put on your seat belts, because I am going to BLOW YOUR MIND (or not).


This is what I had for breakfast today! This is called a "Breakfast Cookie", one of those secret recipes you really only get to hear about if you are privy to the food blog world. This is an ingenious idea. Last night, I mixed 1/3rd cup of oatmeal with 1 Tbsp of almond butter (the superior of the nut butters!), 1 Tbsp of milk, 1/2 mashed banana, and some cinnamon and a few raisins. I mixed this all up in a bowl and then spread it out on a little plate using the back of my spoon. I put it in the fridge to set overnight and voila, this was the end product. It was even tastier than I was expecting and will definitely become a mainstay in my breakfast repertoire. I had this with a few strawberries and a cup of coffee.

For a snack, I had an apple and a cheese string.


For lunch, I had a classic salad made with spinach, pepper, broccoli, and tomato. For protein, I added a lump of homemade hummus and a few almonds. For pep, I also added some chopped dried apricot. I had this with balsamic vinaigrette. I love balsamic vinaigrette because it really accents the flavour of vegetables instead of masking it.

Without fail, I have a coffee from Starbucks after lunch everyday. I live in a Starbucks-dense area, so how can I resist? A human impossibility. The secret is to use a grande sized travel mug. I order a "Tall" coffee every day, but with the discount with the travel mug (10 cents), the barista usually just fills it to the top. Not bad for $1.68. There are worse addictions out there.

For an afternoon snack, I had a couple of medjool dates, a few cashews, some almonds, and a few goji berries. It was the poor man's trail mix, although with the price of dates, cashews, and goji berries, it really isn't the poor man's trail mix. More like the inventive man's trail mix.


I was STARVING when I got home tonight. I shouldn't complain, since I get home before 5:00 pm (for one day longer!). I had some pizza! For those that don't speak Italian, this translates to "four cheese pizza" (are you impressed with my translating skills?) In the olden days, I would have eaten this entire pizza in one sitting. It's a thin crust, so what do you expect? In an attempt to be healthy, I had 1/3rd of it. I have to say, it was difficult not to go back for seconds!


(I am new to this thing and have no idea how to flip this picture. Baby steps).And this horrible looking thing is The Green Monster, made famous on http://ohsheglows.com/. Colour aside, I have kind of fallen in love with these things. There is something about drinking kale that is so wrong, it's right. This monster was made with:
- 1/2 cup almond milk
- 1/2 cup coconut water
- 1/2 cup canned peaches
- 1/2 cup grapes
- 1/2 banana
- Wow, there are a lot of halves in this monster
- 1 Tbsp flax meal
- 3 leaves of kale

It was delicious, although somewhat...chunky. Need to mix longer next time!


Ta da!


As tasty as this was, I was STILL hungry, so I had 3/4 cup of baked beans in tomato sauce from the night before. It hit the spot. Beans always do! <-- Not sure what I really mean by that.

I can already feel the positive effects of keeping an online food journal. I was pretty tempted by that pizza, but staying accountable via this journal kept me on track. Having the beans instead of seconds on the pizza was a healthier option. I deserve some sort of gold star for that.

Or maybe some cake? :)