Hello everyone!! I haven’t done one of these posts in a while, maybe because I am always eating similar things so I don’t want to bore you. Well after eating many of the same things and not doing as much meal prepping lately, last week I had many days where I just didn’t really want to eat. I just wasn’t excited about my food. I ate because I have to eat. Over the weekend I tried to break out of my food rut by spending some time in the kitchen and that really helped.
At work during my lunch hour, I sometimes watch The Chew in the kitchen with other co workers. It is great (or maybe distracting and bad) having a TV in the kitchen at our new space. The Chew had a fiesta party on Friday and I was really craving some tacos. Saturday morning I headed to the grocery store picking up some chicken, limes, avocado, cilantro and onion to make some chicken tacos. I got some thin sliced chicken breasts so that they would cook fast and sliced the onion and sauteed it in some olive oil, then I chopped up the cilantro and avocado and squeezed some lime juice on top. It was so much fun spending some time cooking and putting together a pretty plate of food. Finally I was excited to eat something! I actually packed these in a container to bring with me to yoga training, so they kind of fell apart in the container but I was so hungry by the time we got our food break and they really hit the spot!!
Sunday morning is my pancake morning usually, unless I am heading out early. I made Becky’s protein pancake recipe again. Last time I forgot to add the water so it didn’t come out right, but this time was good. I added in some Enjoy Life chocolate chips and topped with banana and syrup with a couple clementines on the side. I love clementine season!!
I also enjoyed an Honest tea on the side that I treated myself to when I went to Whole Foods Saturday.
For an early lunch before I headed out to yoga I had half a can of minestrone soup. I have found that soup is enough to keep me full and light enough that I won’t feel sick when I practice yoga after eating it. So on my yoga weekends it is my go to for an early lunch before I take the train to the city.
For my late lunch/early dinner on Sunday during yoga, I made some pasta salad with the ingredients I used for the tacos Saturday. I squeezed some lime juice on top to keep the avocados from browning too much while they were in my bag.
It was nice to spend a couple hours on Saturday and Sunday in the kitchen, putting together a colorful and delicious plate of food. It really helped me get out of my food rut I had been in and enjoy what I was eating. Oh yeah and there were a few of these…
…the Girl Scouts caught me at the train station Saturday and I had to get my annual box of Thin Mints. I figure it’s a once a year treat 🙂
Thank you Jenn for hosting!!
Do you ever get into a food rut? What helps you get out?
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Ugh.. I understand getting into a food rut! Usually a new cookbook is just what I need to get me out of it. I find I end up making the same go to things over and over after a while and need some new inspiration to get me taking risks in the kitchen again (and it’s always so much more tasty).
Yes new recipes always make me more inspired and definitely agree they are more tasty