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Recent Eats: Breakfast + Lunching

It’s been happy times in my kitchen because after six years of heavy, daily use…I got a new Ninja FoodiOven!

ninja 8-in-1 foodioven

Out with the old and in with the new! I LOVE THIS THING!

Okay, let’s get going on what I’ve been eating lately for breakfast and lunch. I’ll note when I used the Ninja. Note, this is NOT sponsored. This is a tale of a brand collab that turned me into an avid fan!

BREAKFAST

toast, bacon and eggs

Cottage cheese scrambled eggs, bacon, toasted whole wheat sourdough with cranberries and pecans (from a farmers market vendor) with salted butter, berries.

*toasted sourdough in Ninja

greek yogurt bowl

Vanilla greek yogurt, Purely Elizabeth granola, dried cranberries, salted pepitas, berries, peanut butter. I just got these bowls at Target and they’re so cute!

sourdough toast with cream cheese and eggs

Cottage cheese scrambled eggs, cherries (eating allllll the cherries during their short season) and the same sourdough toast but with butter and cream cheese.

*toasted bread in Ninja

yogurt parfait to go

Packed breakfast eaten at the gym of plain greek yogurt, honey, granola, almond butter, dried cranberries, frozen cherries, blueberries and strawberries.

toast with hardboiled eggs and fruit

The same toast with salted butter, hardboiled eggs and strawberries, blackberries and mango.

*toasted sourdough in Ninja

brekki overnight oats bowl

A brekki vanilla cinnamon overnight oats cup add granola, blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, dried cranberries and almond butter.

overnight oats in a peanut butter jar

Speaking of overnight oats…brought back overnight oats in an almost empty peanut butter jar and it was just as delicious as I remember from back in the day! Highly recommend not tossing your empties and using them for overnight oats. So yum to scrape the remaining nut butter from the sides of the jar.

This was vanilla greek yogurt, oats, chia seeds, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and a spoonful of Bonne Maman four fruits preserves.

blueberry pancakes

Blueberry pancakes with salted butter and maple syrup, cottage cheese scrambled eggs, bacon and berries.

LUNCH

salad with turkey, avocado and blueberries

Mixed greens, olive oil, balsamic, sea salt, deli turkey, pickled beets, pecans, lentil and grain mix, blueberries, avocado, pecans and dried cranberries.

salad with chicken, strawberries, goat cheese and radishes

Mixed greens, olive oil, sea salt, balsamic, leftover chicken breast, goat cheese, radishes, strawberries, pecans, chickpeas, tomatoes, dried cranberries.

open faced sourdough turkey melt

Open faced sandwich on homemade sourdough with mayo, avocado, turkey, banana peppers and havarti. I’ve been putting banana peppers on my sandwiches lately and love the tang! Watermelon on the side – it was my first whole cut watermelon of the year and it was so sweet. Looking forward to eating this all summer.

*air-broiled the sandwich in the Ninja

salad with chicken meatballs, beets and avocado

Mixed greens, olive oil, balsamic, sea salt, leftover chicken meatballs, pickled beets, avocado, radishes, goat cheese, dried cranberries, pepitas, carrots, lentil and grain mix.

warm salad with chicken, grains and roasted broccoli

This warm salad bowl was SO GOOD! I need to do more warm bowls. Baby kale massaged with lemon juice, evoo and sea salt topped with chopped leftover chicken thighs, lentil grain blend, roasted broccoli, tomatoes, avocado, feta, pecans, dried cranberries and balsamic.

*roasted the broccoli in the Ninja

tuna melt

Sometimes a simple tuna melt just hits the spot. I whipped up a tuna salad with a can of tuna, mayo, plain greek yogurt, salt, pepper and chopped bread and butter pickles. Served with avocado and colbyjack cheese.

*air-broiled this in Ninja

turkey, kalamata and artichoke salad with romaine

Romaine, rotisserie chicken, kalamata olives, tomatoes, carrots, artichoke hearts, feta, cucumbers, avocado, balsamic, olive oil, sea salt. Love a crispy, crunchy romaine salad!

open faced sourdough sandwich with chicken and barbecue sauce

Another open faced sourdough sandwich…this one with mayo, avocado, leftover sliced chicken breasts, barbecue sauce and pepper jack. Sea salt kettle chips and cherries on the side.

*air-broiled in Ninja

Yafo bowl

Lunch meeting at YAFO. Built a bowl with greens, quinoa, tomatoes, cucumbers, feta, kalamata olives, red cabbage slaw, chickpea salad, beets, hummus, tzatziki and lemon tahini sauce.

leftovers for lunch

Leftovers…the bowls are MASSIVE. Added avocado and had cherries and sourdough toast on the side.

*toasted sourdough in Ninja

salad with grains, turkey, beets and avocado

A pretty bowl with greens, lentil grain blend, beets, tomatoes, avocado and chopped deli turkey.

salad with turkey, chickpeas and avocado

Farmers market greens, carrots, cucumbers and radishes with chickpeas, feta, turkey, beets, pepitas, dried cranberries, avocado, balsamic, olive oil and sea salt.

open faced turkey pesto sandwich

One more open faced sandwich with mayo, carrot/radish top pesto, turkey, avocado, farmers market tomatoes, muenster cheese and arugula. Cherries and kettle chips on the side.

*air-broiled in Ninja before adding arugula 

kitchari and naan

Trader Joe’s kitchari packet with buttered toasted naan bread.

*toasted the naan in the Ninja

kale salad loaded with toppings

This was truly a salad extravaganza. Massaged curly kale (lemon juice, olive oil, sea salt), quinoa, roasted golden beets, carrots, cucumbers, radishes, tomatoes, chickpeas, pecans, avocado, dried cranberries, feta, olive oil, balsamic, sea salt. The kale, beets, carrots, cucumbers and radishes were from the farmers market. The tomatoes were from my back patio!

turkey melt with banana peppers and pepper jack

Toasty, melty turkey sandwich with wheat bread, mayo, avocado, banana peppers and pepper jack cheese.

*air-broiled in Ninja

That wraps it up! Of course dinner is next and I’ll also show you how I use the Ninja FoodiOven for those meals too.

QUESTIONS

What kitchen appliance do you use a ton? 

Current favorite sandwich combo? Inspire me! 

 

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