Bye bye, weekend

 

Why must the weekends always go by SO fast?!? I would usually not be very excited about this, however, I am actually pretty happy because it gets me that much closer to Summer!!!

Look at my new Ipod screensaver:

puts a smile on my face every time I look at it. :)

So today I had some pretty delish eats to show you guys…starting with of course breakfast:

Overnight non-cooked oats:

The night before, I mixed the following in a bowl:

• 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
• 1/2 cup almond milk
• 1/2 cup water
• cinnamon
• tbsp of chia seeds

Then in the morning, I added:

• 2 huge scoops of plain greek yogurt (vanilla would be good!)
• 1/2 sliced banana
• scoop of kroger natural peanut butter

This is going be a great bowl for summer breakfasts when I don’t want something hot. The only thing I think it needed was a bit more sweetness. I think that next time in order to add sweetness, I will either:  1.) mash the banana  2.) use vanilla yogurt  3.) add vanilla protein powder. We shall see…

Then lunch was a classic favorite of mine:

1/2 whole wheat bagel with 2 microwaved egg-whites, 1 piece of cheese, and 1 Morningstar soysauge patty. So good. Plus some overnight slaw. And an orange (unpictured)

After my lunch digested, I decided to get in some exercise. But I was feeling like some leisurely exercise, so I hopped on the treadmill and power walked at an incline while I read a magazine and rocked out to my music. The perfect way to workout.

This afternoon’s snack rocked my socks off.  I had been meaning to try this smoothie combo based off one that Jenna had posted a while ago. I finally got the ingredient I was missing, so I decided to give it a shot today. Boy, was I glad I did.

For the smoothie, I added these items in a blender:

• 1 frozen ripe banana
• 3 chunks frozen mango
• 1 cup vanilla almond milk
• 1/4 avocado (secret weapon!)
• tbsp flax
• scoop of vanilla protein

I blended the heck out of it and the result was nothing short of amazing.

 

Rockin’ the KU mug.

This was the CREAMIEST, most delicious smoothie EVER. Seriously, you guys need to try this combo…the avocado is what really makes it out of this world!

And now onto dinner…I decided to bake some tofu:

Usually when I do this, I mix together 2 tablespoons of oil, 1 tbsp agave nectar, 1 tbsp soy sauce, and then just throw in whatever spices/seasonings that I want (unmeasured)  There was some minced garlic, garlic powder, onion powder, parsley, and cumin in this mixture. I baked at 400 degrees for 35 minutes.

I paired the tofu with leftovers from last night…another recipe a la Jenna!! I have been trying to get more familiar with Indian cuisine, so I decided to try my hand at my favorite Indian dish yet: Channa Masala!!!

Here was last night’s:

And here was tonight’s:

 

The channa masala definitely gets even better the day after. It was SO flavorful tonight! I can’t wait to attempt to make more Indian in the future!

Here is the my little evening snack, featuring my new granola!

This stuff is sooo good!

I also grabbed this granola yesterday at the store, too:

 

I <3 granola.  :D

Now I’m going to go spend some time with the Fam and hopefully watch Desperate Housewives! 

Oh, and before I go, I  wanted  to mention that…I was MEAT-FREE all weekend! Lately I have found that meat just hasn’t been all that appealing to me. I am really glad that I am cutting down on it, and I am actually feeling much better, too!

Ok, I’m off! Enjoy the last bit of the weekend!!