Hello and TGIF! Thursday was a beast for me. I had training clients at 5:30 a.m., 6:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. followed by a gym management meeting, another training client, teaching hot yoga and book club this afternoon/evening. I arrived home at 10 p.m. and was DONE! One thing I do love about my work though is my complete control over my schedule. I stacked today so that I can have some flexibility on Friday for home and personal stuff. Double bonus on loving my work is that every client/class I had today was awesome and I enjoyed every minute of it.
So, it’s been a while since I’ve done a recent eats post and this one is a little off the clean eating bandwagon but that’s totally to be expected during one’s birthday week, right? 😉 Get ready for carbs, cake and more cake with a side of chocolate!
Breakfast
Breakfast is the one meal that I have kept steady over the past week. Green smoothies are still the only thing that I want before noon any day of the week.
Lunch
Well, I met with a friend at Sunflour on Wednesday for lunch and had intentions of ordering a sandwich. I ended up with a morning glory muffin and an iced coffee instead…and enjoyed every bite! The muffin was full of carrots, pineapple, raisins and more.
I got it together today and made a salad and half of a sandwich. This was such a great summer lunch. The salad was a mix of greens, kale, roasted beets, avocado, dried cranberries, goat cheese and sunflower seeds with honey dijon balsamic. The sandwich was tomato, avocado and basil mayo on honey whole wheat.
Dinner
I have eaten dinner out every night this week with various friends for my birthday. On Tuesday I went to The Cowfish which is a sushi and burger restaurant here in won that I avoid at all costs due to the popularity and wait. Fortunately, we were able to be seated late on Tuesday when we arrived at almost 9:30 p.m. I tried the Bento Box for the first time. Such a great combo of a slider, sushi, sweet potato fries, edamame and marinated cucumbers. The variety was so fun here!
And I had dinner out with my girlfriends on Wednesday night. We went to Napa on Providence. I ordered a salad with kale, arugula, pickled onions, tomatoes, goat cheese, strawberries and grilled salmon. We split a couple of pizzas on the side.
Sweet Treats
This week has been FULL of sweet treats. I received a box of mixed truffles from Godiva for my birthday. I’ve been sampling my way through them all week.
My girlfriends surprised me with a box of delicious cupcakes at our get together on Wednesday night. I had a raspberry cheesecake cupcake that was to die for.
And brought home a pecan pie cupcake that was devoured at lunch today. (Yes, that is a chunk of pecan pie in the middle of the cupcake…)
And if that wasn’t all enough, we had chocolate cake at book club tonight to celebrate another friend’s birthday. I was too excited when our host offered everyone a glass of milk with our chocolate cake and eagerly accepted.
I’m attending a wedding on Saturday so we’re going to keep this cake trend going for a few more days! 😉
Favorite cake/cupcake flavors? This is a nearly impossible question for me but my all time favorite is probably strawberry and my least overall favorite is chocolate (although I will clearly eat and love it when it’s offered!).
