I haven’t done a recap of weekly eats in such a long time. So here we are! These meals and snacks are from the last couple of weeks vs. just this week. I try to recap things I haven’t already posted to instagram or in other blog posts. I hope these posts inspire you to eat satisfying foods, disobey disordered eating thoughts and food rules, and continue on your intuitive eating journey. <3
To the eats!
BREAKFASTS
Mornings when I’m in a rush, I grab two slices of bread and a banana as I run out the door. When I get to work I slather on some pb and slice on the banana. I keep a jar of pb in my desk drawer for this very reason.
When I’m not rushing, breakfast is eaten at home and that almost always includes EGGS. Plus a bagel or toast. I like variety so this bagel was spread with 1/2 cream cheese + pumpkin butter and 1/2 almond butter + banana.
LUNCHES
My favorite lunch this week when I’m working from home –> quesadilla made with black beans, spinach and sharp cheddar sandwiched between two Ezekiel tortillas and grilled with some butter on a skillet. Plus a honeycrisp with cinnamon.
This was a “rummage the fridge” lunch from last Friday. The last of some chopped veggies and rotisserie chicken to make a salad + avocado toast with everything seasoning and a sliced apple.
I didn’t have time to pack lunch one day so I grabbed a baggie of frozen green beans and an apple on my way out the door. I knew I had a frozen kale + bean Grainful bowl at work in the freezer. I heated up the green beans and bowl and then threw a bunch of hot sauce on it and called it lunch. Not bad for not packing anything! Plus chocolate because I wasn’t satisfied and knew the portion size of the entree was not enough to fill me up.
intuitive eating tip –> nutrition labels are all around us and we can’t escape them hard as we try. Instead of using them in an objective way to control your food intake, you could reframe them in a new way so they could help you make a choice that supports your body’s energy needs. For example, this bowl has 270 calories. That would NEVER fill me up for lunch. Instead of seeing that and interpreting that amount of food as a correct arbitrary “portion” size…I can say, “Ok I know that is not going to be enough food for me so I need to add some things to this meal so it’s satiating and supports my body’s needs.”
Rotini + kale + tomato + parmesan cheese + butter along with another apple. It’s fall. I was still hungry after this meal though so quickly followed it up with a large handful of triscuts + peanut butter.
Roasted veggie salad with goat cheese. I roasted up parsnips, potatoes, carrots, brussels and beets, added some spinach, made a honey dijon dressing and crumbled on some goat cheese. This was super good too!
DINNERS
Blackened salmon tacos from Grey Dog on a dinner date with a my friend Amanda. They were fab but I wish there were four tacos because that would have been more filling.
We’ve been in “let’s try to clean out the freezer and pantry mode” since we hope to move at the end of the month, hence this random dinner…that was oddly tasty. Frozen green beans sautéed in butter + garlic, roasted sweet potatoes and pasta. To make the pasta we cooked up some sausage from the freezer, sautéed peppers and onions and added in a jar of spicy marinara. Then boiled up some fusilli (straight up white pasta that’s been in the pantry for too long and mixed it with the sauce. I’m not a huge fan of noodles, I’d rather have ravioli or lasagna or gnocchi, but we’re being resourceful over here so noodles it is 🙂
I made Oh She Glows shepherd’s pie last week and it was hellzzz good. Plus red wine + spinach salad with cranberries and pumpkin seeds on the side.
This week we made Pinch of Yum’s pumpkin alfredo that I posted about last week and used up another box of pasta..this time rigatoni and it was amazing! We steamed some kale and drizzled it with olive oil for some green. Cozy fall food at it’s best.
SNACKS
Pumpkin cookies + vanilla ice cream is my bedtime snack on repeat.
If I don’t have cookies on hand (I know…sad) then it’s ice cream straight from the jar. I buy whatever is on sale. Sometimes that’s Coconut Bliss, sometimes Ciao Bella, sometimes Nada Moo, sometimes Talenti.. I know I could get a half gallon for probably the same price but there’s something about pints of ice cream that I love. I’ve convinced myself they taste better. Which is maybe true and maybe not..
almond butter + pumpkin butter toast snack
And more toast …this time with butter + jam. Lately I’ve been craving butter > nut butter most of the time. Butter on pancakes, oatmeal, toast….on EVERYTHING. So good.
And more ice cream..
Have a tasty weekend!
We’re having friends over for dinner tonight and then who knows about Saturday or Sunday. What are your weekend plans? Or share something tasty you’ve been eating in the comments!
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These snacks all look so good! I’ve been all about the toast recently too. Trader Joe’s has some apple cider jam this year and it’s amazing on some nutty crunchy toast with butter! Yum
Last week I shared my recent favorite snacks in a blog post: https://www.reallifewander.com/blog/2017/10/18/current-favorite-snacks
I will have to find that jam from TJs!
That pumpkin alfredo sounds incredible! I love how well you balance all of your meals 🙂
This is such a helpful post for me in helping me continue to give myself permission to listen to my body, eat what I’m craving, and eat enough for me. Yes to sometimes having a thrown-together lunch, and yes to ice cream almost every night! Thanks for being real.
thanks for reading Bre <3
I love the variety of toast toppings you have; toast and bagels are never boring in your house! Of course, I think my foodie friends have expanded my horizons on what you can put on bread for a snack or breakfast. 🙂
so many possibilities!
Robin, I can’t tell you enough how much I love these posts! They really help me reorient my eating habits and try to remove a lot of the guilt I feel when I don’t follow my self-imposed “food rules.” This is real, normal food. Keep these posts up!
glad you enjoyed the post and found it helpful Abby!
So many good toast creations here! Always love your IE-type posts.
This weekend I’m supposed to go camping but it’s gonna be coldddd!
fun! hope you stayed warm 🙂
Robyn!
Have you tried Halo Top ice cream?? They just came out with a dairy-free version and it is so good! The peanut butter cup one is. So. Good. I hope you have a great weekend!
I haven’t because it looks like diet ice cream to me and I can’t imagine that would be satisfying … 🙂
Yes, I can understand that; it isn’t for everyone. I like it because I can’t have dairy but it’s still light and “creamy” and isn’t too sweet. But I love Coconut Bliss as well and have never heard of the chocolate chip cookie flavor?! The peanut butter chocolate on the other hand… ha!
Now I need to eat a quesadilla! I’m with you on pints of ice cream. I just can’t resist buying the pints, especially if I’m trying a new flavor. I’d hate to have a gallon of ice cream I didn’t like! I don’t have any fun plans for the weekend, mostly because as a grad student living in a new state, I tend to let my homebody tendencies take over, and I spend all of my time doing school work and prepping for my internship. The weather is cooling down, though, so I’ll be sure to make time for a glorious walk/run outside!
I hope you got some time outside this weekend! <3
Looks yummy Robyn! My latest snack obsession has been triscuits + cheddar or gouda cheese + salsa! I know your blog is geared towards nutrition and IE, but would you consider making a post about the evolution of your faith? I would love to hear your story
that sounds amazing! we use to eat triscuts with melted cheese all the time growing up and now you just reminded me of that! I will write that idea down to sit on…it might not be the best fit for the blog platform but perhaps on social media like Insta stories 🙂
What yummy eats! I love that nutrition tip you gave also! My plan for the weekend is to catch up on school work, clean out some of my clothes and relax before all the finals then holiday fun starts.
Sounds like a great weekend!
I just want you to know HOW HELPFUL your posts have been. After nearly ten years of an eating disorder/disordered eating, I was truly beginning to feel like I’d never break free from calorie counting and missing out life because of my food rules. I’ve been reading your posts all week, especially the ones on hormonal health. I naturally have a very large appetite, and I eat very often throughout the day. I have felt so bad about this for so long, and I’ve mistreated my body, my self, my mind…I never thought I could have the courage to actually listen to my body and TRUST that it’s not going to throw me off a wall. But more so, I never thought that I could trust God or believe that who He made me to be is good enough, beautiful enough. I don’t know how all of this came out of reading your posts, but I just wanted to thank you for living so honestly and for being someone who doesn’t follow any diet. You’re so right that diets mask themselves! I’ve tried it all, but they were still all about restriction for me. If I restrict this, then I’ll be healthy, thin, blah blah, blah. I’m sort of terrified at the journey ahead of me. It’s only been a week since I’ve been eating intuitively. But, I’m trying not to think too much about it! I pray before I eat and I ask God to help to nourish my body wisely and then to MOVE ON AHEAD to LIVING MY LIFE. Anyways, I just wanted to let you know how much you’ve helped me so far!
Jennifer thank you for being so vulnerable in sharing! I’m so so glad the posts have resonated and know that you are NOT alone. Many women walk in your shoes and it’s okay for the journey to take a long time. You never arrive. Keep taking it one day at a time. <3
Absolutely love these posts of yours! As someone who is recovering from an eating disorder and learning to have a more comfortable relationship with food, it can be challenging to decipher through my body’s cues of what might taste good for a meal or snack. I am always looking to your posts for new inspiration, it is so encouraging to see the incorporation of a variety of nutrient dense foods and satisfying treats throughout the day. Thank you for sharing your ideas and thoughts!
Thanks for sharing Devon! It can be challenging as we learn to tune into INTERNAL vs external cues. But it does become more second nature!
You really just can’t go wrong with evening ice cream 🙂 And I love that tip! Such a good way to reframe your thoughts.
you can never go wrong 🙂
My roommate and I have a great ice cream system…we both buy whatever ice cream we want whenever and then just share. She goes for the pints pretty often and I go for the half gallons, so it works out!! Weekend plans include another full length MCAT to prep for the real deal and relaxing + enjoying some cooler weather. Hope yours is great!
I love that system! Good luck studying!!
All of this looks SO great! You always post these when I am in need of some major food inspiration! Thank you!
glad it was helpful!
You have a real talent for making delicious food combinations that don’t take all day to make. I love cooking, but a full time job means not always having the time to prep picture perfect meals. You demonstrate that it is possible to eat well with a busy schedule. I’d love a post about packed lunch and reheatable options. I’m always looking for ways to make work lunches more fun.
Once you get in the swing of everyday things that just work, it gets much easier and just second nature. After several years it’s become second nature though so give yourself some time 🙂
Love that post idea!
I love pantry/freezer cleanout sessions. Sometimes I declare we’re skipping a grocery shopping visit just so we can make do with what we have. It’s a great way to save money, be resourceful and eliminate waste. Your pasta combinations have given me some inspiration. We have SO MUCH pasta in our pantry right now!!
Delicious as always, thank you for sharing! I love your IE tip because it’s something I’ve been doing for a while too without even realizing how big of a win that is for me. In the past, if I saw a salad on a menu that was, let’s say 300 calories, I would think, oh wonderful, a low amount, maybe all my lunches should be like this. And obviously wound up starving an hour later. Now, it’s like 300 calories LOL. Bring on the sides! 😉
so glad it was helpful!