Wednesday comes quickly on short weeks!
Short weeks are good and bad. I love the extra weekend time… but I was at work until 8p last night paying for it.
It’s chilly and drizzling rain here, so I had planned to go to kickboxing for a good, mindless workout. The last class starts at 730p.
On the bright side, I hit the gym in my building and tried out a new back/bicep workout that I’ll be sharing soon. 🙂
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On such a short week I nearly forgot to take pics for WIAW!
I did remember nearly everything in the nick of time. Mas importante because I had a special treat for breakfast.
Breakfast:
I pre-gamed breakfast with some cantaloupe because it was going to take a minute before I picked up the main show.
FREE Chick-fil-A!!! It is free breakfast entrée week (with a reservation). I was pumped to try out their new oatmeal.
I came prepared with my own peanut butter (I never said I was normal). They provided brown sugar, nuts, and dried fruit as toppings, but I’m not a dried fruit fan and the nuts were all sugar-coated. Too much sugar in the morning!
The oatmeal itself was pretty good. The fact that it’s multi-grain gave it a good texture. It was cooked well – not watery, which I generally find to be the problem. Only 120 calories and 5g of sugar, but I liked that it had 3g of fiber and 4g of protein. That said, the serving was fairly small and I was really glad for the peanut butter!
Lunch:
Inspired by the cool, rainy weather I made a delicious Indian Eggplant Lentil Stew Monday night and thoroughly enjoyed the leftovers for lunch today.
Side note: Tech wont their first game against Western Carolina Girl’s School Saturday!!!
Lentils have many benefits. They are:
- High in protein an fiber = filling
- Good source of iron and magnesium
- Take on virtually any flavor from other foods/seasonings
- Low-cost
- Good left-over!
This recipe will be up tomorrow!!!
Snacks:
Not pictured, but I am pretty predictable consistent:
- Chocolate-Toffee Think Thin bar
- Nuts – I caved and ate the Chick-fil-A sugar-coated. They were good. 🙂
- Kombucha Green Tea
- Broccoli and carrot sticks dipped in my new find: Spinach-Artichoke Hummus
This hummus is a new Whole Foods find by Nature’s Healthy Gourmet. You really get the good artichoke flavor in it!
Nature’s Healthy Gourmet is a small company based out of Florida that specializes in vegetarian and Kosher foods. Nature’s hummus is also dairy- and gluten-free. If you can find it, this hummus is worth a try!
Dinner:
Since I got home from work so late I opted for a lighter dinner. A salad with raw french green beans, sprouts, and mission figs.
Did you really think that’s all I ate? Bwhahahaha!
That salad was protein’d up with sriracha-marinated tempeh and hummus dressing (the aforementioned hummus mixed with a bit of apple cider vinaigrette).
I finally learned how to spell sriracha!!! Gotta celebrate the small victories. 😉
For a more delicious eats, check out the round up at Peas and Crayons!
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Please excuse the grainy iPhone pics for the next few days… my camera is broken!
It seems that every fast food place offers oatmeal now – do you ever purchase it in a crunch?
Is is getting cooler where you are? Bring on the fall weather!
Good to know Chick Fil A’s oats fit the bill! I didn’t even know they had their own oatmeal now! I’ve been wanting to try the ones from Micky D’s, but keep forgetting…fast food stops are very rare for me and so also low on the priority list! 😉
The temps have DEFINITELY dropped here in Tennessee! It’s hard to believe that it was pushing 100 on Friday! It only got up to about 68 today and was rainy and gloomy! Boo! I’m starting to get ready for fall, but I’m surely not ready to skip it and go straight to winter! :-/
Love, love, love the look of your salad. But I bet the tempeh was one of the best parts 🙂
And they unfortunatly don’t sell oatmeal in fast food places where I live, only these nasty, pumped full of sugar, instant packets. Not really my cup of tea thank you very much.
It’s getting to be oatmeal weather around here 🙂
Soon I may have to swap to hot oats. Although this causes a bit of a problem because I am in the habit of making my breakfast the night before. I wonder if I could just pop ’em in the microwave for a minute in the morning?
And soup. Iwill be making soup SOON!
You can! I’ve done it before – they get awesomely thick after sitting overnight. 🙂
Wait – no chicken at Chick-fil-a? Oh my…they have the best chicken……ever….YUM!
Never ate a fig…..ever…must try them soon!
xoxo from Trinidad
Really?! You have to try them – they are like candy!
I have a coupon for free chick-fil-a oatmeal so I will try it without trepedation 🙂
I think your dinner was the winner in my book…it looks completely delish!
I just bought a bag of red lentils. I figure they’re cheap, healthy, and like you said, good as leftovers! Can’t wait to see your recipe – I love eggplant!
I think its good that a lot more fast food places are offering oatmeal on their menu. I heard that Burger King has Quaker oatmeal now, too! 🙂 It’s a healthy alternative to a burger and fries. I personally rather have oatmeal than have all that fast food junk. 🙂
Yay! It’s getting cooler where I live! The leaves are changing colors and theres a nice fall breeze which I love 🙂
As much as I love summer, cooler weather is better for FOOD in my opinion. hehe. I love soups and stews and things like that!! Yumm!
Looks soo good! I’m kind of loving the cooler weather. FALLFALLFALL!
Mmmm Indian food! Love that. I actually was thinking about making something similar today…are we telepathically connected at all times? If so, can you turn me into a runner?
I will in San Fran! 🙂
I’ve got to try figs. One of those foods I’ve never had before. They look amazing on a salad!!
I thought the tempeh was salmon at first haha!! You’ll have to post where you got the tempeh and how you prepared it!!
I can’t believe you haven’t tried figs! You’d LOVE them. They make some killer scones too. 🙂
So noted about the tempeh. I’ll take some good pics and write a how to next time I make it. For now, check out my crab-free cakes. Tempeh, but prepped another way (my favorite!). https://www.sprint2thetable.com/2011/03/tempeh-crab-free-cakes/
I didn’t know chick-fil-a had oatmeal! I’ll have to remember that!!
Yay for Wednesday coming super fast! Once again.. love all of your eats! Especially lentils 🙂
Nice to see fast food come up with some healthier options for breakfast.
Totally drooling over the hummus.
That salad looks spectacular!
I haven’t eaten any fast food oatmeal…I didn’t even know it existed until reading this post…but it’s good to know about if I’m ever REALLY in a crunch. But don’t most fast food places take about as long as just making some quick oatmeal?
[sitting on the couch with the doors and windows open] I am so stoked about our cooler weather and hope it sticks around. I’m a better person (more productive) when it’s not roasting outside. I have been thinking about figs and ways to use them for the last couple of days. ‘Didn’t ever think of tossing them in a salad. Looks great!
The weather is def more chilly than normal here. I think I’ll even have soup tonight to welcome the cooler temps. I haven’t tried fast food oatmeal yet, but I’m sure I’ll have to one day when I’m stuck on the road.
Free breakfast? Whoa now. I, too, always have pre game breakfasts because it just takes too long to make and I’m starving in the morning!! Love the look of that lentil dish, lentils are so filling and great for you too!
Everywhere is offering oatmeal now but I much prefer homemade- I cook it a special way that is my favourite.
It is getting a bit cooler, and the trees are beginning to turn!
Totally agree – homemade is always better! 🙂
Oh No, Chilly Weather Eats – more declarations that summer is over!! The eggplant lentil stew is very cool but it’s the fig in those delicious greens that’s got me hopping! Love it.
Ha ha! I never knew how to spell that sauce either. See I’m too lazy to even try to spell it correclt on here. I always call it “Rooster sauce”. 🙂 Love Kombucha green tea too! 🙂 Happy Wednesday!
Those figs are truly calling my name!
I’m going to be forced to make the fig scones I love after all these fig comments! 🙂
Love the figs. It’s getting cooler here, but I’m sure that’s not going to last!
wooww!! that lentil stew looks yummy! recipe please?? 🙂
Ask and you shall receive! I posted it yesterday. 🙂
https://www.sprint2thetable.com/2011/09/eggplant-lentil-indian-stew/