Adventure Begins in the Kitchen
Breakfast: Leftover Swag Cereal & Almond Milk
Lunch: Souped Up Soup
Dinner: Barley & Bean Salad with Green Beans
The shining star meal of my day was most definitely the soup. I usually keep a few Simply Asia soups in my pantry for when I’m feeling brothy and boring. And today I souped up the brothy and made it far from boring by adding a cup of frozen kale and two tablespoons of hot and spicy marinade. I can’t even describe how much this soup hit the spot – so spicy, so crunchy, so noodle-y!
I had a decent amount of extra shredded “cheese” and zucchini from the fillo cups I made the other night and thought making some mac would be a functional use of said leftovers.
FoodFash Mac
(1 serving)
1/2 cup brown rice pasta
1 teaspoon Earth Balance
1 teaspoon crushed garlic
1/3 cup non-dairy cheese
1/4 to 1/2 zucchini, shredded
1/2 to 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
Prepare brown rice pasta per the package instructions, drain, and put back in the pot. Add all of the ingredients except for the yeast and stir until the non-dairy cheese is mostly melted. Add the nutritional yeast and stir until evenly distributed. Then, serve yo mac!
Zucchini is my all time favorite sneaky veggie because, when shredded, you can barely tell it’s there. Zucchini also has high quantities of fiber, vitamin A and vitamin C, making it a supremely kind form of trickery.
What’s your favorite sneaky veggie?
A few weeks ago before I left for a DC work trip, I remembered that I had a long overdue Clearly Fresh Bag review in my queue. I chopped a leftover onion in half, put one piece in a Ziploc, the other in a Clearly Fresh Bag, and presumably grabbed my luggage and rushed out the door. When I returned a week later, the Clearly Fresh Bag onion (on the right) was clearly the winner.
Now fast forward to hearing Dawn Jackson Blatner speak at the Healthy Living Summit last Saturday… Of the many amazing mantras I took away from her session, there was one in particular that I felt I should start practicing immediately: everyday veggie tray.
The concept behind ‘everyday veggie tray’ is that veggies that are already washed and chopped are just as accessible when you’re busy as a packaged snack. Seems simple, I know, but most healthy living concepts are simple, so simple that they’re easily forgotten.
My every day veggie tray consists of radishes, cucumber, and broccoli – precut for perfect hummus scoopage. I’m also very excited because prior to my Clearly Fresh Bag experiment I would have been very hesitant about chopping this many veggies in advance.
Do you think an every day veggie tray would work for you? What kinds of veggies would you prep for the week?
Good morning plane, I’m going to be seeing a lot of you this week. DC today, Tampa tomorrow, Phili Thursday, Tampa Sunday. Helloooo frequent flyer miles!
Thankfully the Starbucks line was freakishly short and I was able to grab an iced coffee because I’m feeling especially groggy this morning, even as far as Monday mornings are concerned. And caffeine is a necessity before a DC landing as I know the second I arrive it’ll be non-stop work.
I also know that for the next 36 hours I’ll be at the mercy of my team of dudes and their burger and beer cravings. Even in the most sarcastic of tones, I can’t express to you how awesome that is… Fingers crossed I get to sneak away and order take-out. But just in case, I made sure to get some freshness in form of a fruit cup in.
See you soon DC!