Happy Wednesday friends!
Yesterday’s weather was so happy. It started off drizzly and rainy and cold and then turned into this gorgeous mildy warm, sunny afternoon. Don’t you just love when things turn unexpectedly awesome? I practically skipped to yoga…just kidding I walked/jogged the mile there yesterday afternoon and came home feeling so rejuvenated. Sometimes we need that random warm day in the midst of all these cold, nasty ones to keep our spirits lifted and hearts happy right?
And we always need a big ole breakfast to keep our bellies happy….until lunchtime.
Thanks to the fabulous Jenn over at Peas and Crayons for hosting this WIAW fiesta! I have a recipe…well kinda…to share and I hope these eats inspire you to nourish your body well, eat more not less, and embrace food!
Last week I wrote about the downside of intuitive eating when our metabolisms have been damaged and we can’t really trust our hunger cues. When you begin to nourish your body adequately, you might not be hungry for all the food your body needs as your metabolism revs back up. Heck, some days when I’m particularly active I might not be super hungry for a second or third afternoon snack but I know my body needs it. And then some days I’m friggin’ ravenous and my body just needs a whole lot of food. Like yesterday.
After waking up around 6:30, doing some quiet time, and getting ready for work, breakfast began with a green smoothie made with 1/2 frozen banana, 1 cup almond milk, 1/2 scoop vanilla vega one, spinach, and a pinch of xanthum gum [the secret for a super creamy smoothie!]
Then when I got to work I ate breakfast part two….a breakfast bake with roughly a tablespoon each almond butter and coconut oil. You guys, this combo was amazing.
Lunch came early around noon so I instead of a mid morning snack I skipped straight to an early lunch, a snack wasn’t going to cut it. I’m loving big huge salads with all kinds of satiating toppings lately. A salad can be bo-ring but once you start piling on the toppings full of healthy fats + protein they are all I crave.
My Favorite Filling Lunchtime Salad
3-4 cups of any greens [I love spinach + romaine]
chopped bell pepper
2 or 3 chopped baby carrots
cherry tomatoes
sliced cucumber
1 tablespoon hemp seeds
2 tablespoons slivered almonds
1/2 chopped avocado
1/2 tablespoon hemp oil [or olive oil or flax oil]
1 tablespoon lemon juice
sea salt to taste
Combine all the veggies, top with hemp seeds, almonds, and avocado. Then combine lemon juice and oil to drizzle on your salad and sprinkle with sea salt! Hemp seeds and almonds are protein + fat and the avocado and hemp oil give you more healthy fats!
I always need something else to fill me up besides the salad so yesterday it was a slice of sprouted spelt toast with peanut butter and half a grapefruit. You could also throw some quinoa on top of the salad or eat it with a sweet potato or crackers too!
I was headed to yoga around 4 and wasn’t terribly hungry but knew I needed to eat something or I’d be starving afterward.. So pre-yoga I had some carrots with almond butter…actually the best almond butter ever. Yes, that’s a bold statement. It’s true. Oh em gee.
And post yoga I had the last two chocolate chip cookie dough bites. I’ve plowed through this batch in 3 days and I can’t wait to make more. Hoping to post the recipe Friday!
Things have been busy, busy with Nutshell Nutrition and I don’t really have time to cook on the weeknights so I’ve been prepping two dinner recipes on Sundays which has been HUGE in making it possible to eat healthy food that actually tastes good on weeknights. I made my first homemade marinara sauce on Sunday and I don’t think I’ll ever go back to jarred you guys. This was SO easy, I followed this recipe and then roasted up eggplant, mushrooms and zucchini and ate that over spaghetti squash with nutritional yeast and a kale + avocado salad. I think I’ve eaten kale + avocado salad for the past 423 dinners. Because it’s good. All I do is massage kale in 1 tsp each lime juice and olive oil and then top with avocado and sea salt!
I was still a little hungry after dinner so I pulled out the jar of PB and chocolate chips and slathered both on a some banana bread. It was awesome. And can I just gush over how amazingly good natural Jif is and how I think it’s laced with something…organic-super-crunchy-all natural-no sugar added-peanut butter cannot hold a candle to natural Jif.
And then I didn’t get in bed till 11pm, whoops. So that means after community group tonight I’m tucking in early!
What have you been noshing on lately??
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