Today was one of my slowest days at work in a while. Some days I’m really busy and want nothing more than one of these slow days, but then when it finally rolls around, I can’t stand it. Having little to do is so much more boring to me than keeping busy! But I think that may just be my type A personality talking.

I meant to write a WIAW yesterday, but never got around to it. I had pictures ready to go and everything, but I was just beat after running some errands after work. So I thought I’d share today!

Breakfast

Love Grown carrot cake granola (so good!), strawberries, blueberries, and a Chobani. Here it is all mixed up!

I’m especially excited to share this one because for once, I had something other than overnight oats for breakfast! My parents just brought two Costco-size boxes of strawberries and blueberries and I’m determined not to let them go bad, so I washed and cut a bunch the night before. I should do this more often.

Lunch

My boss found a place called Energy Kitchen on Hoboken menus and man, was I excited when I saw the menu! Nothing over 500 calories and it all looked delicious. I had a California wrap (hummus, guacamole, roasted red peppers, and cucumbers). Yum! I want to try making this combination at home sometime.

Snack

My building’s cafeteria just put in a Wicked Spoon froyo machine. Mmmmm. This may require a lot of self-restraint.

Dinner

I went for one of my favorite post-workout dinners: veggie protein nachos! I just throw veggie protein crumbles, black beans, and salsa in a bowl and heat it all up. I love that it’s easy and healthy too.

In Hawaii prep news, I just bought an underwater case for my camera online and I think I’ve found the perfect dive shop for my sister and I to go scuba diving with. Off to give them a call back and hopefully book our dive! I’m so excited.

Happy Wednesday!

I thought I’d share my eats from yesterday for today’s What I Ate Wednesday. I usually don’t make any effort to eat vegan or vegetarian, but sometimes I realize at the end of the day that it’s happened inadvertently. Yesterday was one of those days. I love when this happens because I used to be so reliant on meat that I couldn’t imagine a day without it.

Breakfast

Breakfast was my usual batch of overnight oats! I’ve finally gotten my overnight oats down to the perfect consistency, which I’m loving. I mix in a bit dollop of sunflower seed butter when I get to work too. Yum!

Lunch

Lunch was a boring one. Our building cafeteria usually has a lot of great healthy choices, but not much yesterday, so I went with one of my usual combinations when I can’t find much: spinach, tofu, dried cranberries, and sunflower seeds. I also threw some roasted sweet potato slices on the side, but they had way too much cinnamon for me so I didn’t finish them.

Snack

I got hungry pretty quickly after lunch. I grabbed a honey Chobani from our caf and threw on some of Wild Harvest’s organic cherry vanilla granola and strawberries. So good!

Dinner

For dinner, I went for my one of my recent favorites. Spinach with a portabello veggie burger, roasted red pepper hummus, and goat cheese.

Yes, it looks kind of nasty when all mixed up, but trust me when I say it’s delicious! Super quick too.

Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday!

Since I started writing this blog, I take photos of almost all of my food. I’m sure many of my fellow food bloggers can relate.

My new photo compulsion has led to a new pet peeve. Like I didn’t have enough already! The latest is having untouched food photos on my phone. I just feel the need to post them on here!

So today’s WIAW isn’t so much a WIAW as a dump of some recent food photos that I haven’t posted.

Breakfast

I had these two cereal bowls when I was at Chrysanthe’s house this past weekend. I usually have overnight oats for breakfast every day, which I love, but these were a nice change of pace too!

A pomegranate Chobani with Kashi Go Lean Crunch and raisins. Gotta have my raisins!

A coconut Yoplait Greek with Kashi Go Lean Crunch, raisins, and half of a ginger muffin crumbled on top. I hadn’t tried this yogurt before but I was pleasantly surprised! And it was the perfect portion to go with my cereal.

Lunch

My boss and I went to Touch of Spice in Weehawken for lunch yesterday. On my plate (clockwise from far right) is naan, mutter paneer (green peas and cottage cheese cooked in curry sauce), spinach with potatoes, sauteed veggies, and chicken tikki masala.

I definitely didn’t remember their food being so good the first time. And it was only $7.99 for the lunch buffet! I love a good lunch deal.

For today’s lunch, I put together this salad from my building’s cafeteria. Not too much to pick from, but I was happy with all the green in it! Mesclun greens, green bell peppers, lemon chickpeas, quinoa with tomatoes, feta, and zucchini, and steamed broccoli.

Dinner

Dinner today was a random egg wrap! It’s my go-to quick dinner, but I didn’t have my usual ingredients today so I improvised.

Instead of spinach, I used some rinsed kale and instead of Mexican four cheese, I used goat cheese. I also tried a new salsa today: Desert Pepper’s peach mango salsa. To be honest, I kind of thought this could turn out disastrously as I was putting it together, but it ended up being delicious! The tang of the goat cheese, sweetness of the salsa, and bitterness of the kale all worked together perfectly. I was happy.

Off to watch some Cougar Town and hopefully get to bed early!

Crappy workout, indeed.

I’ve been stressed at work and having trouble sleeping and I think it’s starting to affect my waking hours. Today I ran about a mile on the treadmill and then planned to follow it up with some circuit training. That’s usually not a problem or even a big challenge for me. I just wasn’t feeling it though and ended up cutting my workout short and leaving after about half an hour. Boo.

Anyway, another WIAW today!

Breakfast

Breakfast was a batch of chocolatey overnight oats! I had a feeling I’d be craving something chocolatey and I was right. I used my usual overnight oats recipe (1/3 cup of oats, 1/3 cup of almond milk, 3 ounces of Greek yogurt, and a tablespoon of chia seeds) and also added unsweetened cocoa powder and raw cocoa nibs the night before. Before running out the door this morning, I sprinkled some more cocoa nibs on top and some shredded coconut. Delicious!

Lunch

Around lunchtime, my boss was craving a sandwich with sundried tomatoes and mutz from Vito’s Deli in Hoboken so I was happy to tag along and get my own! I asked for turkey, mutz, and sundried tomatoes on a multigrain sub. I ate half of it way too quickly when I got back to my desk, so this sad photo of my lopsided remaining half was all I could get when I got home after work. It tasted much better than it looks!

Dinner

I was in such a weird eating mood today! When I got back from the gym, I wandered around the kitchen for about half an hour wondering what I should make. Finally, I decided on something easy but always good: an egg sandwich on an English muffin with jam and a slice of muenster cheese. I also had some blackberries on the side.

Looking back, I definitely did not get enough vegetables or fruit today! Boo. Bad eating day and bad gym day. I’ll try for a better one tomorrow!