Goooood morning, WIAW-ers! Today, I'll be sharing my eats from Monday. Before you see my food photos, please check out my guest post on Angela's blog! --> Running: A Love-to-Hate Relationship. Enjoy, and please leave a comment! I'd love to learn about YOUR relationship with running.
And now, on to What I AteWednesday Monday
Monday, I had work to do. I wasn't starving in the morning, so I poured myself a small bowl of Love Grown "Apple Walnut Delight" Granola and Almond Breeze original almond milk for breakfast.
HOWEVER, I brought it to my desk so I could do some blog-reading during breakfast, before buckling down on my papers...
MONOTASKING FAIL!! Remember my goal to not multitask this week? Yesterday I wrote in about how difficult it is, and this is one of those moments I was talking about. As soon as I sat down at my desk, I remembered and took my bowl back downstairs. Enjoyed the yummy apple-walnut-cinnamon flavors.
Then I got to work. "I am writing my term papers now."
(And I did.)
Lunch was a super healthy fats salad! I was trying out this packaged salmon from Bumble Bee. I thought it'd be good for when I travel, because it does not require refrigeration OR a can opener.
It was a little weird, because it seemed more like chunk tuna than salmon, to me. But maybe I'm just not used to packaged/canned salmon? Does it all seem more like tuna?
Anyway, I put it on my salad, with some walnuts because I was in the mood. And I had a ripe-nearing-too-ripe avocado ready for use, so I sliced half of that in there. With a dijon mustard dressing, I was all set.
Talk about a FATTY salad!!! But healthy kinds so it's all good :) You know that fats can actually be really healthy and beneficial for our bodies, right? Learn how to overcome fat phobia over at Nicole's "Fat Talk" blog post.
Granted, I don't usually have so many of these "fat" super foods in one meal, but I was in the mood. And it was so worth the healthy fat calories.
Then I had an eye doctor appointment (just a checkup; all good!), which was right near a Red Mango! So while my eyes were still all dilated from the drops, we walked a couple blocks to get a treat until the drops wore off. (How else to pass that time??)
Snack - Original, Pomegranate, and French Vanilla frozen yogurt. Blueberries, Strawberries, carob chips, and a couple pieces of cookie dough. (Sometimes, you just need cookie dough.)
Afternoon workout: Four miles on the treadmill before yoga. Getting back to my running!
Dinner was not particularly exciting, but here it is:
Leftover Vegetarian Paella from my my mother's birthday dinner over the weekend. It was, in fact, quite good, but I had enough leftovers of the family-sized dish to last me for days.
Why do they have to call it "Vegetarian" ?? Why can't it just be "Vegetable Paella"? Are only vegetarians allowed to eat it? What do you think; does the word 'vegetarian' scare meat-lovers away from this tasty dish?
...That's what I ate! What did YOU eat this week?
And now, on to What I Ate
Monday, I had work to do. I wasn't starving in the morning, so I poured myself a small bowl of Love Grown "Apple Walnut Delight" Granola and Almond Breeze original almond milk for breakfast.
HOWEVER, I brought it to my desk so I could do some blog-reading during breakfast, before buckling down on my papers...
MONOTASKING FAIL!! Remember my goal to not multitask this week? Yesterday I wrote in about how difficult it is, and this is one of those moments I was talking about. As soon as I sat down at my desk, I remembered and took my bowl back downstairs. Enjoyed the yummy apple-walnut-cinnamon flavors.
All gone.
(And I did.)
Lunch was a super healthy fats salad! I was trying out this packaged salmon from Bumble Bee. I thought it'd be good for when I travel, because it does not require refrigeration OR a can opener.
It was a little weird, because it seemed more like chunk tuna than salmon, to me. But maybe I'm just not used to packaged/canned salmon? Does it all seem more like tuna?
Anyway, I put it on my salad, with some walnuts because I was in the mood. And I had a ripe-nearing-too-ripe avocado ready for use, so I sliced half of that in there. With a dijon mustard dressing, I was all set.
Granted, I don't usually have so many of these "fat" super foods in one meal, but I was in the mood. And it was so worth the healthy fat calories.
Then I had an eye doctor appointment (just a checkup; all good!), which was right near a Red Mango! So while my eyes were still all dilated from the drops, we walked a couple blocks to get a treat until the drops wore off. (How else to pass that time??)
Snack - Original, Pomegranate, and French Vanilla frozen yogurt. Blueberries, Strawberries, carob chips, and a couple pieces of cookie dough. (Sometimes, you just need cookie dough.)
Brainfreeze.
Afternoon workout: Four miles on the treadmill before yoga. Getting back to my running!
A few minutes warmup
2 miles jogging
20 minutes intervals
Dinner was not particularly exciting, but here it is:
Leftover Vegetarian Paella from my my mother's birthday dinner over the weekend. It was, in fact, quite good, but I had enough leftovers of the family-sized dish to last me for days.
Why do they have to call it "Vegetarian" ?? Why can't it just be "Vegetable Paella"? Are only vegetarians allowed to eat it? What do you think; does the word 'vegetarian' scare meat-lovers away from this tasty dish?
...That's what I ate! What did YOU eat this week?
Salmon is one of those foods that i want to like. Will eat it in a restaurant but any other way.... Ewwww
ReplyDeleteFrozen yogurt looks delish!!!
Yeah I'm not so keen on the canned/packed kind, but if you like it in a restaurant, I bet you'd like a simply baked fillet at home! Give it a try :)
DeleteThat paella looks awesome! And that package of salmon is intriguing. I don't know whether I should be scared or not. Although, I do loooove a fatty salad :)
ReplyDeleteHow full did you feel after lunch? I know the extra fats should keep us full, but I don't always feel that way. Yummy eats!
ReplyDeleteI felt pretty good! It did fill me up well. I actually wasn't even so hungry for the froyo, but I never turn down froyo.
DeleteI like using canned salmon in my lunch salads with cottage cheese and edamame.
ReplyDeleteWow that sounds like an amazing combo!
DeleteMmm, your healthy fats- salmon-avocado salad sounds delicious! My guess on the dinner is that paella is typically made with meat, so "vegetarian" clarifies there is no meat while "vegetable paella" could be interpreted as the normal paella with extra veggies in it? I don't know.... :) I'm gonna check out your running post!
ReplyDeleteGood point! You're right; it could certainly clarify there there is no meat.
DeleteYour salad looks delicious as does the paella. I don't think that I could survive monotasking. I'm such a multi-tasker but I think that it's a really good challenge and probably something that I should try to do more.
ReplyDeleteI love the goal of not multitasking. I tried that a couple of years ago and LOVED it! Thanks for the reminder :)
ReplyDeleteThat paella doesn't look boring, it looks really good! So does your salad. That does look a lot like tuna...it would probably freak me out to eat it, can't lie haha.
ReplyDeleteHaha yes. the paella was delicious; I was just "over it" after my third round of leftovers :) And yeah the salmon was kind of weird to think about. It was fine, and I felt fine, but I'm not sure I'll go buying it again. It would be a good save, though, if I needed to travel with protein.
DeleteHow was the salmon? It didn't look very good UNTIL you added it to the salad with avocado.. it actually looked pretty tasty.. loved all the photos!
ReplyDeleteThis is Mimi from Makeitsimplesister.com .. I'm not sure why my user ID wasn't coming up...
Haha, yes, the avocado COMPLETELY made my salad. :D
Deletewe eat a lot alike.
ReplyDelete:-)
That paella looks awesome! Do you have the recipe??
ReplyDeleteLooks so yummy. I'm giving this one a try.
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