June Two

June first came and went and I totally missed it. Blogging wise that is. And you know what? I'm going to let it slide. It was a weird-bad (as opposed to weird-good) eating day so it's going to go down in history outside of the blog. It wasn't a disaster or anything, I mostly just want to stay caught up to the present and I'm already a day behind! I never knew it would be so hard to keep up with myself.

Anyways, happy June!

Workout

I finally completed Day 10 of the Jillian DVD! I am finally ready to do level 2 and I am betting it's not easy. Can't wait!

Breakfast

Yesterdays overnight oats were a bit bland but still successful. The night before I prepared in my oats bowl:

• 1/2 cup oats
• 1/2 cup soy milk
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tsp. chia seeds
• 1 tsp. milled flaxseeds
• 2 tsp. raisins
• shake cinnamon.

The next morning I added a banana and a scoop of peanut butter.

I rehydrated with some H2O and took my Women's One a Day like a good girl.

Snack

Yesterday was the last day of Advanced Tonal Analysis and because our professor is awesome, she called the last day "Happy Day!" (which she actually wrote on the chalk board, hahaha) She brought in her pet rabbit Max and made chocolate chip pecan cookies. I couldn't resist these precious cookies and actually, she told us that she's been organic for 3o years! I completely enjoyed this non-vegan exploit.

Lunch

After 50 of talking about euthanasia in intro to ethics I was soo ready for something innocent and tasty...like sweet potato fries! I sliced those fries up myself! No prepackaged, pre-sliced business. Not that there's anything wrong with buying them sliced, don't get me wrong. I'm just proud that I can cut a yam into a fry shape. The only thing I was frustrated about with these fries was that they were not crispy and firm like a fry should be but rather limp and mushy. They still tasted great but Savannah and I discussed the matter and and concluded that yams and sweet potatoes really make a difference if you're making fries. To make them I coated them with a little olive oil and sprinkled them with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.

My sandwich is the same ol' same ol' except I added a slab of roasted bell pepper. On the side, a pickle and some grapes and pear slices.
I enjoyed the other half of my Mate Mojito from last night's dinner.

Snack

After work I had some biz to take care of. I had been dying to try this PB&J flavored Lärabar ever since I saw it on Carrots 'N' Cake.

Delicious! Peanutty and Jelly-ie?

Dinner

Some Three Bean Quinoa Salad on some spinach, sweet potato fries, and roasted broccoli and cauliflower made up my terrific dinner last night. Savannah and I enjoyed reruns of Gray's with dinner. I have been completely sucked in to the series, I have no idea how it happened!

Dessert

I made up a little dessert recipe that is definitely a keeper: Fruity Pudding

• 1 package silken tofu
• 2 peaches
• 1 banana
• agave to taste (I probably used about 2 Tbsp...maybe a little more)
• vanilla soy milk, just enough to get the blender going

I put everything in a blender and whipped it up till smooth. That's all it took! It reminded me of yogurt but without the live bacteria. I topped it with some cinnamon puffins. Delish.
Happy June 2!

Full and Not Full

Snack

A little passed the halfway point into studying I couldn't resist those juicy oranges. I thought leaving them in the peel would help to avoid the juice mess that usually happens. I also lit my Oleander candle to set the study mood. It helped!

Dinner

Finally I finished and it was dinner time! Just in time too, Savannah rolled in and we decided to start watching the series The United States of Tara. My dinner is suspiciously similar to last nights but I don't care because it was so good! On the plate:

• roasted broccoli
• roasted sweet potatoes with yellow mustard
• mushroom soup rice with kidney beans (and a little something extra...see below)
• corn bread muffin with vegan butter

While I was studying I got an intense craving for the sun dried tomato and mushroom risotto that I made for my birthday last year. I thought I would use this black truffle infused oil to bring back that flavor. I mixed 1/4 Tbsp. into my rice but sadly it didn't do much if anything to the flavor :(

Dessert

About three episodes into The United States of Tara we took a dessert break. I went for Strawberry Lemonade Sorbet with mango and blueberries all mixed up.
Now I am really to hit the hay! Is it possible to feel full and not full at the same time? My stomach feels full for sure but it also feels sort of hungry...I don't think I had enough protein in my dinner or something. I nixed the hummus tonight so I could have that black truffle oil. Hmm, I guess it just means I will have to have a hearty breakfast! I'm already mentally concocting.

Good night!

It's Not Hard When All You Eat Are Veggies

Lunch

After class I decided to run downtown to Macy's to pick up my recital dress (I did pre-sale, saved 30 bucks!). I also hit Trader Joe's on the way back which did pretty quickly but still only left me 20 minutes to prepare and scarf down my lunch! I hate rushing when I eat :( My salad was

• baby lettuce mix
• snow peas
• tomato
• beets
• mushroom soup rice with kidney beans
• carrot sticks
• celery
• TJ's roasted tomato salsa
• TJ's Eggplant Hummus

The eggplant hummus is only 35 calories for 2 Tbsp. Um, hellooooo hummus!

Snack

After work I went for this Coconut Cream Pie Lärabar. I was walking to choir when I took this shot.Man these things are like dessert! Now I remember by the Coconut Cream Pie is one of my favorites.

Dinner

For dinner I decided, even though I was pretty hungry, to put the time in and cook. I was inspired by Tina's salad the other day which had roasted sweet potato chips. I sliced one sweet potato into discs, laid them on a baking tray which I sprayed with cooking oil, and baked them for 20 min at 350F.
Then I got to work making some cornbread! Somehow I ended up with two bags of cornmeal. Figured I may as well use them up! I got my recipe from Fatree Vegan Kitchen and used her recipe for Confetti Cornbread minus the confetti (bell peppers and corn). I also used gluten free baking mix because that's what I had! I am definitely sharing these with Miz Kelsey, my gluten free, roomie. Here's the drys,

and the wets. I combined the two and poured the batter into 11 individual muffin tins. They baked for 20 minutes at 400F.

Voila! Dinner is served! Roasted sweet potatoes, roasted broccoli, mushroom soup rice with kidney beans, cornbread muffin with expertly measured out vegan buttery spread, yellow mustard, and eggplant hummus. What more could a vegan ask for!?!?
Not to toot my own horn, but when I try, I can really whip out a tasty dinner! I guess it's not hard when all you eat are veggies :)

Dessert

I was thoroughly enjoying myself while I ate dinner with an episode of Six Feet Under that I didn't want it to end. I decided to watch the last episode of season 1 with a fruity dessert. Here we have

• scoop of my homemade Strawberry Lemonade Sorbet
• frozen mango from trader joe's
• frozen blueberries also from TJ
• Kelsey's raw coconut cashew cookie bar.

There really is sorbet in there, I promise!
See, there it is!
By the time I finished season 1, it was bed time. I missed last nights post but I knew you would understand that sleep was more important! Hope you had a good night too!

Superb On-The-Go Dinner

Dinner

I packed myself a tasty dinner indeed. When I set my plate up with everything on it one of my supervisors said, "What a lovely looking dinner". Why thank you!! On the plate tonight:

• the rest of the roasted broccoli
• two servings of mushroom soup rice and kindey beans
• 1 cup of Kaboucha squash topped with yellow mustard and black pepper

Spectacular on-the-go dinner!

I even brought a little reading for my break! I love Mariska Hargitay.

Dessert

I also packed a dessert, naturally! A thick slice of the raw cashew coconut cookie bar and the other half of a banana. Together it tasted like a banana coconut pie! A winning combo for sure.

Now, in an effort to make myself completely healthy and ready for anything I am going to bed! I also want to get a workout in tomorrow before class. I'm thinking workout DVD and the yoga routine from the Health I was reading at break. I would run but it's lookin like rain and my path is surely muddy.

Good night blog world! Sleep well cause tomorrow is Hump Day!