A Day of Eats.
About a billion 3-4 times a day, I get requests to post a day’s worth of eats. I find this odd, but I figured I would please the masses and share a day with you!
This was incredibly… weird. I am not camera-comfortable so this did not come naturally at all. Plus, since I quit my job my daily schedule is still all out of whack. I am getting used to it, but it sure is an adjustment.
That being said – I think I cracked the code on the whole vegetable dilemma. What I’ve learned over the last few weeks is that I absolutely despise vegetables reheated, or leftover vegetables. This would be the number one reason that I haven’t enjoyed a vegetable for years. The meals I have eaten at home since I graduated college have been breakfast and dinner. There is absolutely never going to be vegetables in my breakfast, unless it incorporates a large quantity of bacon. And when dinner time rolled around, I think I was just so soured on vegetables that the thought made me sick.
I still can’t palate the majority of vegetables, but am enamored with the odd ones: brussels sprouts and kale – in chip form of course. And I’ve done spinach in smoothies for years now, so that is no biggie. At least 4-5 days a week I am getting in kale and brussels sprouts. I’m probably going to OD.
So without further ado… here are yesterday’s meals.
While I was working, I’d normally wake up, work out, and then begin my day. I still get up early to work out, but have been blogging first. So this leaves me some time to have a really small snack before exercising. I hate eating much before a workout, so it is usually a bar or fruit and nut butter. In this case, it was a banana and peanut butter. Undocumented!
I usually have 2-3 different breakfasts a week. This one was sprouted toast, eggs, hummus and salsa verde.
I also chopped into my first pomegranate of the season. I really like poms.
For lunch I had some brussels (!) and a caprese quesadilla.
And a honeycrisp and some chocolate almond butter.
I hate almond butter, but I love this.
Then some chocolate chips.
Later I had a strawberry smoothie.
This just has ice, strawberries, milk and yogurt.
For dinner, a big pile of kale chips (this is a whole bundle of kale, I hate how much it shrinks down) and a few bowls of grilled chicken pasta that I made.
Then the other half of the pom.
And then, I had the most incredible, decadent and rich dessert I have made to date. I can’t share it with you until next week, but I will let you in on a little secret: it includes peanut butter, pumpkin and chocolate. I promise you will love it! Unless you are like Mr. How Sweet and hate pumpkin.
So there you go… a little glimpse into my daily eats.
41 Comments on “A Day of Eats.”
I’m mucho impressed by how gourmet all your meals look!! They’re pretty simple but seem delicious. That Justin’s is straight crack :)
It’s fun to see a post like this! I can’t believe the brussel sprouts and kale are the vegetables you actually like. I’m not a fan of either, except I do like kale in some soups.
That strawberry smoothie looks incredible. I never think to make smoothies without a banana (cause they’re so cheap), but I think I’ll try this.
my breakfast often includes egg on bread like that… I don’t think I could EVER get tired of it… YUM !
Thanks for doing this.
I will never understand our obsession of seeing what other people eat for breakfast, but it is a pleasure to see that you eat healthy food in proper amounts.
Your food is beautiful and your humour is inspiring.
Aw, that was so sweet. Thank you!
can’t wait for that dessert recipe! just so you know, i coun’t salsa as a veggie:-) looks like you are doing better than you thought!
Saaa-weeet! Vegetable at breakfast then.
That quesadilla looks freakin’ awesome.
I agree! I think you are doing better vegetable wise than you thought! :)
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We would be great meal buddies. Although I do start my day off with oats…but everything else you would find me eating any day.
i need that breakfast STAT!
I’m a little disappointed at the lack of buttercream here, but I understand we all have our “off” days. You’ll get ’em next time ;-)
Your ‘dilla looks great! I don’t love almond butter, either, but I love Justin!
Thank you for sharing what a day is like for you diet-wise. Do I really have to wait until next week to see the recipe that includes pumpkin, chocolate, and peanut butter? ;) It’s worth it!!
That is so funny that people are intrigued by a full day of eating. Nice to switch up the posting a bit. :)
I flippin’ can’t wait to see what this dessert is! And, you just reminded me how much I LOVE kale crisps. I think I’ll make some this weekend and snack on em during the game! :)
Oh, and I’m jealous of your strawberry yogurt smoothie! Gah, I miss dairy and will probably take a bath in Greek yogurt post-comp HA! ;)
Everything looks great, especially the caprese wrap.
I don’t like pumpkin, but I bet I would still eat it :)
You dessert tease.
your meals look delicious! and i can’t wait for that dessert recipe, i have a feeling i’m going to be all over it!
great day of eats for sure! Now I have to admit something. I never had a fresh POM. Looks like I am missing out!! Eek!
LC
Oh girl… you must! I had my first about 3 years ago and fell in LOVE. Granted at that time I had no idea what a blog was, and had no clue (or blog tutorials) on how to cut and eat it. The fresh juice and seeds are delish.
Yum! I like the idea of a caprese quesadilla. Enjoy your weekend!
Love kale chips and HATE the way they shrink. I never make enough!
Your eats looks really tasty. I’m definitely going to have to get ahold of a fresh pomegranate. I’ve had one before, but it’s been a long time. The juice and seeds are making my mouth water, though:)
I love how melty, cheesy and wonderful your quesadilla looks!
I’m glad you don’t post what you eat everyday- I love recipe blogs more than every bite I eat blogs, but it is interesting to see how other people eat sometimes! For someone who doesn’t really like veggies, looks like you got a fair number in. Good for you for continuing to try to find veggies you like!
i feel so ungourmet haha I eat out of tupperwares and reheat everything! hahaha that caprese quesadilla is SUCH a good idea!!
I did that for years! And I’m sure I will be doing it again someday too.
I am proud of you! What a healthy balanced day of eats – veggies and all!
A great day of eating…yum!
Can’t wait to see the recipe!
Mmm, lovely, simple, delicious meals! :D
You’re much better on the veggies front than you think you are. I don’t think I could sit down to a plate of brussels for lunch.
I absolutely love pomegranates, especially in salads. And some pomegranate seeds (with lots of juice!) sprinkled over Greek yoghurt with some crushed meringue or macaroon is an awesome dessert.
Mmmm, that caprese quesadilla looks good!
Looks like your days are filled with scrumptious foods :-)
Mmmmm could you provide the recipe of that strawberry smoothie? Looks really good! :)
I didn’t measure anything, but it was probably about 1 cup of milk (I used So Delicious coconut milk in vanilla), 1/2 cup of plain Fage greek yogurt, ice, some vanilla extract and 1/2 cup or so of frozen strawberries.
I love this post! You are quite the healthy eater, and everything looks amazing! :-)
I loved reading about your average day of eats!!!!
It was fun to see this post!
I love that you posted about a pomegranite! I introduced my husband and his entire family to them. Before me they’ve never even heard of a pomegranite…who does that?!
Somehow I just came across this post even though it was posted a while ago. Your food looks fantastic! Would you mind providing the chicken and pasta recipe?