Impatient WIAW

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It’s already Wednesday?! Yikes!

This week’s What I Ate Wednesday, brought to you by the lovely Jenn over at Peas and Crayons, is filled with eats from Monday.

I was impatient on Monday. I wanted quick. I wanted delicious. I wanted my food now. They say patience is a virtue? Pffffft.

Breakfast:

On a Monday mornings I want to spend as little time as possible in the kitchen, because, well … it’s Monday. I usually don’t get my butt in gear quick enough, so I don’t have a lot of time on Monday mornings anyway. This week I whipped up a bowl of oatmeal with chia seeds, chocolate protein powder and an apple. Then I read blogs while inhaling it. I don’t remember, but I can pretty much guarantee I spilled on my keyboard. That happens regularly.

Morning snack:

I would be super ashamed to find out how many of these crackers I ate at my desk while working. See guys, THIS is why you portion stuff out. Don’t just dig in the box while you type. Or you’ll feel like you’re going to turn into a cracker like I did on Monday. I took this box to work (leftover from my sangria/snackfest on Saturday) to share with my coworkers. We all share our food, all the time. Except I didn’t share these. Whoopsie.

Lunch:

The ultimate convenience and solution for impatience is take out soup. It’s actually a fun story … my friend/coworker and I went to a local cafe for supper on Friday and had this coconut chicken curry soup. It was the soup of the day, and it may have been the best thing I’ve ever eaten. We started talking about it (reliving the magic) around lunchtime on Monday, and wondered what the odds were that they were serving it again. One phone call later, I was one happy camper. It was deliciously spicy, and this was about when my sore throat started to show up. Soup is great when you’re sick. Spicy is also great when you’re sick. This was obviously a fantastic decision. I paired it with a vanilla rooibos tea latte from Starbucks.

Supper:

I felt like crap for supper. I knew I needed to jam as many nutrients into me as possible if I was going to beat the bug that was threatening my immune system (it’s still there today, but I’m a lot better). This meant filling half of a plate with assorted veggies (microwave = my friend), and eating a protein packed wrap. That whole wheat tortilla housed two eggs, chia seeds, two Jamie Eason turkey muffins, yellow peppers, spinach, and a light little smear of leftover Boursin cheese (again, from the sangria/snacking session on Saturday).

Dessert/snack I inhaled before falling asleep on the couch:

So much happiness in one bowl. I wanted more fruit (hello, vitamin C). With chocolate. And peanut butter. And yogurt. I listened to my cravings and piled not one, but two apples in a bowl. On top of that went some carob chips, blueberry Greek yogurt, crunchy peanut butter, and golden raisins. I ate it, and my sick body decided to fall asleep at 7:45. I even missed Gossip Girl. That tells you how gross I was actually feeling.

Enjoy your day! I’m going to check out some other beautiful WIAW’s … but never when I’m hungry. That just makes it worse ;)


Savin’ Lives

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In true superhero fashion, I saved some lives yesterday.

No, those are not my toes. They look like it though. I chewed all my fingernails off yesterday at work :(


It was my second time donating blood. I love the feeling (after I leave, not when there’s a needle sticking out of me). Have you ever donated blood?

I highly suggest it. You get snacks after.

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I was lazy last night. Suuuuper lazy. A plate of rice pasta topped with two turkey muffins (I made Jamie Eason’s recipe earlier this week) was great comfort. I didn’t photograph it because I may have already been eating it before I even got to the table. Whoops. Saving lives will really work up an appetite. Then I decided that Jeff Probst was much better looking than whatever was sitting on my kitchen table, so I ate in the living room in front of the newest episode of Survivor. And yes, I’m aware I’m like the only person on the planet still watching that show. Once a fan, always a fan.

A plateful of pasta is one of the greatest comfort foods out there. Some other favorites of mine? Soup. Pancakes. My mom’s corn chowder. Anything with cheese.

Aaaaand now I’m hungry. What are some of your favorite comfort foods? You know, the kind you’d like to eat while wrapped up in a blanket on the couch in front of a movie while it rains outside. Let’s hear ‘em :)

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In true sporadic/random/crazy posting fashion (I am all over the place today), I’d like to share a quote I stumbled upon the other day:

I’m not even completely sure where I found it (maybe Twitter?) but it kind of struck me, so I took a screen shot of it on my phone and saved it. I’m glad I did. I love the message.

When was the last time you read something or was told something that really stuck with you?

Enjoy today … IT’S ALMOST FRIDAY!