Frenchies

Snack

I picked up some prepackaged trail mix when I was at Trader Joe's.

This is one of my favorite trail mixes. I grabbed a pack on my way out.

Lunch

I had almost no time for lunch so I went with quick at simple. I had two servings of the mushroom soup rice and kidney beans and broccoli roasted with soy sauce. I also heated up a corn bread muffin and had some eggplant hummus and roasted tomato salsa on the side. Fast and tasty.
After studio I came home and had a juice orange. I'm loving these oranges!
By the way, I went with a frenchie! French tip that is. Savannah and I decided that although acrylics are really not good for the nails, it's worth it this time to not be worrying about chipping before the big performance.
Later I enjoyed a Fuji and a Tbsp. of almond butter. It's such a good snack but wasn't doing the trick so satisfy my appetite.

I decided to have 1/3 cup of raisin bran crunch with 1/2 cup almond milk. Did the trick :)
I didn't want to fill up before Shabbos dinner but I was a little hungry since the shabbos meal is later than I usually eat. I decided to make a batch of sweet potato chips.
I love the little crispy ones!

Served with some fresh ground pepper and my favorite condiment: mustard.

Dinner

Shabbos dinner was great as usual but I think the sweet potatoes were too much or something because my stomach was just not sitting right. When I got home I had a few pieces of ginger to try and calm the storm.
I think I may have overloaded on fiber which is very easy when you're a vegan. It's happened before and I just have to cut it back a little.

It's recital weekend!!!! Get Pumped!!

Whateva whateva, I do what I want!

Snack

This snack eventually evolved into lunch but started out with a crostini and zucchini slices, perfect for dipping into...

hummus!!

Lunch

Then I decided I should probably just have a something more meal like and call it lunch! I ran out of bread so I made a eggplant patty on a bed of spinach with plenty of avocado. It was quite delicious!

For a 'dessert' I had a chocolate brownie flavored Z Bar. Yum! Mostly I just wanted to show my newly painted nails in this shot. RED!
When I finally got down to business later that afternoon to work on my paper I kept the peppermint tea flowing to stay hydrated and focused. Also, I was having a weird stomach ache... I don't know what caused it! Too much fiber? Too much fat from the hummus and avocado? Ugh.
Eventually I tried mixing powdered ginger into my tea since ginger is supposed to help tummy aches!

Dinner

Part 1! It's funny because when I was little my parents told me that I used to confuse hunger with a stomach ache, always saying that my tummy hurt when really I was just hungry. Last night I was having a moment like that. I really couldn't tell if I was just having digestive pain or if I was hungry! I decided it was a little of both. I wanted to put something friendly in there so I made a sort of rice pudding/cereal thing lol. All it is is

• 1/2 cup uncooked brown rice
• 1 cup water
• handful raisins
• shake cinnamon
• shake ginger
• 2 tsp. brown sugar
• soy milk to taste

I soaked the brown rice for just over an hour (which probably didn't make much of a difference in the long run) and then brought it to the stove to cook. In the last 5 minutes or so of being done I added all the ingredients save the soy milk and let that cook till the timer went off. I portioned out little by little, adding soy milk on top to make it like a cereal. It was pretty good!
I couldn't handle eating all of it at once but I did eventually eat all of it. I made it last!
Part 2! Later that night Savannah and I decided we deserved to just relax and do whatever we wanted! We bundled up and walked to a favorite 'healthy' food place "Silvergreens". We both went with the half soup half sandwich meal which is always a winner in my book. The soup was a hearty tomato vegetable. It was a little salty even for my taste but still good.
For the sandwich I got the Hummus & Avocado (I know, did they invent that just for me? I think so.)
I was just really appreciating letting someone else put together my food last night. haha, sometimes you just need a break! (Plus...I think I'm running out of my staples :/)
For a little dessert I sliced half a banana and sprinkled it with blueberries, chocolate chips, mixed nuts, and a drizzle of maple syrup. I throughly enjoyed this concoction!
Gangs of New York was on last night and Savannah and I completely lost track of time watching it. Leo is such a hunk, he's so talented. By the time we realized how late it was, Spring Forward had happened and it seemed even later!!

I definitely slept in this morning but I whipped up something spectacular for breakfast. Post coming sooooooon!