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?

Happy Wednesday!! Can you believe Thanksgiving is just over a week away?!? Where has November gone??

Last week, Brian was lucky enough to come visit for more than a 24 hour period, which I was really excited about. Although I had to work 2 days and still fit in my yoga, I had all day Saturday with him, which was perfect. We ate out a lot as is what typically happens since I only buy food for myself and never know when he is going to visit. I thought I would link up with Jenn for What I ate Wednesday for some of my food highlights last week.

On Thursday, Brian met up with me at my office for lunch. We decided to walk to Reading Terminal which is a HUGE indoor market with tons of places to eat. It is a bit overwhelming at first and hard to see everything in a short 1 hour lunch break, but then we found a place we could both agree on and I got a delicious hamburger, fries and homemade lemonade.

For dinner Thursday night, we both wanted some light since lunch was so filling. The weather was absolutely horrible (rain –> hail –> snow). We drove to a restaurant a few blocks away and got some sushi. I don’t eat fish, but I enjoyed a cucumber and avocado roll and also had some miso soup.

Friday afternoon, I had lunch on my own, but Friday evening we met up in Narberth where my yoga studio is and checked out the Great American Pub. After yoga, my stomach was hurting a lot and I think I ate too much beforehand or I would have enjoyed the meal more, but I really enjoyed the appetizer we got, chicken spring rolls and then I could only manage to eat some of my chicken pasta salad, which was really good too, but would have enjoyed more greens with it. I took the rest home to add more spinach and salad fixings to it and to last me a couple more meals.

Saturday morning, I got some things down around the apartment and then we headed out at 10am for brunch at a cafe near by. I enjoyed the short (but wide) stack of whole wheat chocolate chip pancakes with some sausage. I couldn’t even finish the pancakes and they kept me full for hours.

Saturday evening we decided to cook at home. We stopped at the grocery store and picked up some steaks. I made spiralized zucchini and Brian cooked the steaks. It is amazing how well we work together in our small kitchen, but I am happy it works. It was a nice delicious meal in the comfort of our home and a perfect way to spend our last night together for a while.

Now it’s time to get back to some cleaner eats at home for a while. I don’t think I will need to go out for food for a some time.

Do you like to eat out often?