This rainy weather is wearing on me! It’s so depressing to wake up to cloudy skies every day! I won’t complain those because I know it’s needed. Easy lunch today – just leftover baked mac and cheese and a side salad. This definitely gets better with time. Hoping the clouds make their way out of…
TOO LONG
It’s been a productive afternoon around here! Or at least around the kitchen š Can’t wait to share my latest baking adventures with you all. I broke around 12:30 to make a lunch that I haven’t had in AGES! A veggie burger salad! I have no idea why it’s been so long, but it’s unacceptable….
Nieces
Once the after-breakfast movie finished up, the girls helped me out with my #photoadayjuly picture of the day: “chair” Then Madeleine had to take on her newest obsession: “making funny faces” on Mac’s Photobooth program – I finally managed to rip her away from staring at herself with distorted faces so that we could pack…
FROM SWIM TO SPA
Shortly after our pancake breakfast we headed over to the pool for my niece Julia’s swim lessons! She was thrilledĀ to have her whole family accompany her and show off her moves! And we were all theĀ mostĀ attentive audience… Afterwards we came home, I made a quick little lunch – Hard boiled egg on two slices of…
Just Another Fourth
I hope you all enjoyed the day! We started out early with some coffee and freshly baked doughnutsĀ on our way out of Vermont. Truth be told the doughnuts were actually Chad’s but they looked too good not to photo š My breakfast looked a little something more like this: Chobani + trail mix. We drove…
The Great American Bagel
Shortly after breakfast we were packed up and on our way to the airport. We’re headed north for the July 4th holiday! Look at that hazeĀ of heat! Before we boarded I grabbed myself a quick something to eat seeing as we’d be on the plane through lunch. I would’ve preferred to pack something rather than…
A GREat Friday
I took the GRE! Even better is that I took the GRE and I was happy enough with my scores to keep them. Just one more step in the whole “getting my master’s” process. It’s going to be a looooong and hard process, but honestly it’s pretty exciting so it makes all the hardship worth…
Cherishing Cherries
Do cherries just scream summertime or what? I’ll tell you: they do. It was a summertime lunch all around! Complete with a little beachĀ Love this blue mason jar. The big hitter for lunch was a turkey sandwich – It might look ordinary but it was good. I piled two slices of 100% whole wheat…
Have to be Careful
It’s been a homemade bread type of day for me! First with breakfast and now with lunch. You can’t beat it when it’s fresh like this, so I try to use it as quickly as possible. After that it’s freeze + toast to enjoy š I had a nice tuna sandwich for lunch today. Ā …
Early Fall
It’s a perfect day out there. It actually feels a lot like early Fall – which is my absolute favorite season. I headed to the gym around 11 and did a quick elliptical workout then headed home for lunch! I kind of wanted a salad, but I was also craving something a little warm given…
Beats Store-Bought
Breakfast held me over well! When I finally got hungry, I whipped up a quick and easy lunch – Turkey, hummus and avocado on homemade honey whole wheat breadĀ – I subbed in some quinoa flour into the recipe to up the protein of the bread and I was really pleased with the texture and taste…
Should Be Repeated
There are a lot of things in life that I think should be repeated. One of those things? Delicious lunches. Even if they’re repeated two days in a row. Or at least that’s a convenient theory to explain my lunch yesterday and my lunch todayĀ Yup. That’s the same lunch right there. But I mean…
Celebrate the Season
Now that summer has “officially” begun (even though me and this girl have proclaimed it ‘summer’ since about the last week in May) – it’s time to do something special to celebrate it every day! If you follow me on Instagram, you know that today, I’m rocking a pop of color to celebrate the second…
Summer Lunchin’
Someone commented on my lunch post yesterday saying that it seems like we eat out all the time. And she’s absolutely right. IĀ feel like we eat out all the time. Ā And you know what? Ā It kind of stinks. It takes the specialness of going out to a meal away. Ā It also means you’re a lot…
Greens
Surprisingly, my breakfast held me over pretty well! Around noon, I broke for a quick and easy lunch to break up the studying monotony. Chad came home and we headed over to Crisp for some greens The entire atmosphere of Crisp just makes you want to eat healthy and do good things for yourself. Which…
Last Taste
We had our last taste of Chicago today before heading out. One last view from the hotel room. Starbucks for breakfast! Perfect Oatmeal with all the fixin’s and an iced coffee with soymilk. Followed by some walking…which if you follow me on Instagram, you’ve already gotten a taste of š I literally walked everywhere.Ā Up…
West Egg Cafe
Keeping the egg theme of the day going, we decided to stop in a cute little place called the West Egg Cafe that we stumbled upon while walking around downtown. Another winner! I always find it’s a little tricky when traveling to get the best places. Ā I prefer to “do as the locals do” –…
Scrambled
I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted for lunch today but after poking around in the fridge for a bit, I pulled out a couple of ingredients and actually made a pretty delicious lunch! I took the rest of the all-natural chicken strips, some feta cheese and some eggs. I scrambled them all up together…
Triple B
Black bean burger for lunch! I ordered it on wheat, with onions, tomatoes, lettuce and avocado. I got it on white with lettuce, avocado and tomato. It happens. It was still pretty delicious despite that. And pretty filling! Ā I didn’t even have room for my side of fruit: But I did have room for water….
Smooth Finish
Tiring day! Ā I’m climbing into bed as soon as possible. Actually, that’s a lie – I’m blogging fromĀ bed! Lunch was delicious. A huge salad with: Mixed greens Baby carrots Walnuts Craisins Grilled chicken strips Avocado Topped with olive oil and vinegar. Then it was study, study, study. Quick 5.5 fartlek run: Finished off with a…
Everything Left
Lunches on Friday almost always turn into big bowls of “use everything left in the fridge.” Which is just what today’s lunch was! I don’t know if I can quite call it a “salad” because the lettuce was a little low… But whatever it is…it was most definitely delicious. Into the bowl went: Spring mix…
A Baked Harvest
My class materials came! I now officially have more GRE materials than one single human should ever need. Around noon I broke for a quick lunch. It’s still a little gloomy out there so I was craving a nice warm lunch. I remembered I had picked this guy up at Target the other day which…
The View From Up Here
This is the view of the coffee table right now. Papers, books, pens, pencils, coffee, water. It’s full-on GRE time up in here! A little after noon, Chad came home and I broke for lunch with him – breakfast did a fantastic job of holding me over through my morning study session! I needed to…
Edible Project
For lunch today I dug into a recipe I worked on for an upcoming freelance article – and boy was it good! This was a chicken sausage, pepper and mushroom pizza on a 100% whole wheat thin crust pizza. Super easy to make and super healthy. What more can you really ask for!? 3 slices…