TGIF! I have taught a whole lot of yoga this past week and have been working hard to prepare for my fall teacher training at VIDYA that kicks off in just a few weeks. It was a great week but I am looking forward to some downtime and hanging out with Finn this weekend!
Before I can officially kick off the weekend, I’m participating in a virtual brand immersion today with NOW. This was originally supposed to be an in-person event at their Chicago headquarters but due to COVID it was moved to a virtual event. So far, it’s been super informative and engaging. I’ll have more to share (and some giveaways!) soon.
Finn had a lot of fun helping me unpack all of the products!
I’ve got three pups in my house again. Bear is here to stay for about 10 days while his family is on vacation.
I attempted walking all three of them and it went much better than I anticipated! I am sure we were a sight to see.
And now…I’ve got a few recent eats for you!
BREAKFAST
I usually love breakfast but haven’t been much in the mood for it lately. I have mostly been eating simple things like bagels, toast, scrambled eggs, fruit but one morning I did make this yogurt bowl. It was plain yogurt, honey, granola, fresh figs, peaches, dried cranberries and almond butter.
LUNCH
Lots of delicious lunches over here! Toast with mayo, avocado and yellow tomatoes with peaches and figs on the side.
Whole wheat pita with mayo, avocado, turkey, provolone, cherry tomatoes and a spinach/arugula blend tossed with olive oil, lemon juice and sea salt.
Toast with mayo, tomatoes and sea salt and peaches. These are the best peaches I’ve had this summer!
Spinach/arugula blend tossed with olive oil, balsamic and sea salt and topped with avocado, turkey, tomatoes, hearts of palm, pistachios and Cedar’s new feta dip. You will see in the meals to follow that I have been putting this stuff on everything!
Avocado toast with cottage cheese and cherry tomatoes.
DINNER
Sheet pan dinner with okra, cherry tomatoes, baby potatoes, salmon, olive oil, sea salt and Dizzy Pig seasonings.
Mashed cheesy cauliflower with corn topped with chicken tenders, avocado, tomatoes, shredded cheese and a little bit of ranch. The cauliflower and chicken was from a Metabolic Meals meal that I pulled out of the freezer. I added the other stuff. It made for a wonderful and easy dinner.
Parmesan couscous with sautéed zucchini, squash, onions, portobello mushrooms and feta/spinach chicken sausage. Cedar’s hummus and feta dip on top with some hot sauce.
Mixed greens topped with the leftover zucchini/squash/sausage mix with feta dip, tomatoes and caesar dressing.
Frozen barbecue chicken pizza. This is Whole Foods 365 brand and I added a little extra cheese. I ate this at 10p one night when Finn wasn’t feeling well and I was trying to comfort him.
Finally, this was another Metabolic Meals meal that I pulled out of the freezer. It was a burger topped with fontina cheese with broccoli and pistachios. I served it over some rice I cooked for Finn and added avocado, feta dip and hot sauce.
I was gifted a box of Metabolic Meals about a month ago and I put most of them in the freezer because I couldn’t eat all of them before the best by date. I am so impressed by the portion size of the proteins, how well the meals freeze, how well they reheat and how good they taste for being fully cooked and ready-to-eat. They’ve been a lifesaver for nights that I’ve felt tired or the fridge is empty.
ETC
This was an awesome snack! Half an avocado mashed with cottage cheese and served with cherry tomatoes and Wheat Thins.
Finn and I made my salted fudge brownies last Sunday and we’ve been enjoying them all week. One night I went all out and had a brownie sundae with warm brownies, vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup.
QUESTIONS
What have you been eating for breakfast lately?
Favorite ways to eat/cook/bake with peaches?
What do you have planned for the weekend?
Love seeing how you mix and match ingredients to put together meals! It’s funny that you mention not having as much of an appetite for breakfast lately – I often hit a period in late summer where “nothing sounds good” regarding food, and I stick to simple meals. However I was inspired by some of your recent posts to make an “everything in a bowl” type meal with roasted sweet potato, broccoli, artichokes, chicken sausage, beets, hummus, feta and sauerkraut. It was amazing and so satisfying! I also credit your blog for bringing cottage cheese into my life – it started with the broccoli quiche and now I add it to everything. Thank you for all the inspiration!
Regarding peaches, I recently boiled them down into a jam and added it to a turkey and swiss sandwich, it was the perfect salty/sweet combination. Next I want to try it on a panini with brie!
I always love seeing your food posts! I have fallen into a pattern of eating sourdough toast with something spread it on it for breakfast each day: avocado, some sort of creamy cheese, or butter. Need to up my protein intake again at breakfast because I feel better when I do.
My sons are excited: we are going to a nearby wildlife park, and the highlight of our visit will the the sloth encounter (where we will get to touch, pet and feed a sloth). One of my sons LOVES sloths and can’t wait to pet a real one.
Funny and yummy peaches story for you. My it.slian Bonnie made peaches marinated in a simmered red wine and sugar base. So yummy over white cake or ice cream. Thus was a childhood dessert. So good but so wrong at The same time lol. I’m sure we went to bed early those nights. Lol
Now my favorite peachbrecioebis peach cobbler.
My weekend will be watching the last days ofvyhe Olympics. Loving it. Even without fans.