I did something this weekend that I haven’t done in almost 5 months…
I took pictures of everything I ate. I know. It’s something that I used to do everyday when I first started blogging, before cutting back to just once a week for What I Ate Wednesdays, and then stopping completely. It’s been kind of nice not to have to worry about plating my food and spending time taking pictures before digging in, but I did miss sharing my eats with you guys so I’m hoping to make these posts a more regular thing on Spoons. I can’t promise that they’ll happen every week, or that they’ll even go up on a Wednesday, but there definitely won’t be another 5 month hiatus.
So without further ado, I give you… Sunday’s eats!
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Breakfast was a modified version of my secret ingredient chocolate smoothie. And by modified I mean I left out the secret ingredient (read: sweet potato) and tossed in a handful of frozen sweet potato tots instead 😆 I know that might sound a little bizarre, but I had a lot of leftovers hanging out in the freezer from all my botched attempts, and well… they’ve gotta go somewhere! So into the blender they went, and I’ve gotta say the result was pretty darn fantastic. The sweet cinnamony-ness complimented the other ingredients perfectly, and the frozen SPs made for one heck of a creamy texture…
That was followed by coffee, obviously. Or a homemade almond milk latte, to be more exact…
It’s so foamy I could DIE. Buying a milk frother was definitely one of the best things I’ve ever done.
Insert a few hours of tidying since my place always gets neglected during the week, and I found myself feeling a little munchy (munchie?) so I sat down to snack on some dates and almonds while trying to come up with an itinerary for Maui.
T minus 4 days until my trip. SQUEEEE! And I just wanted to send out a huge thank you to everyone who gave me advice on things to do and places to see. Much love to you. Much love.
Lunch was… not a snack plate. I was going through a big snack plate phase the last time I shared my eats with you guys, and while I’ll still have them on occasion, now I’ve moved on to obsessing over bowls. Not the actual dinnerware, but the smorgasbord of delicious ingredients I can combine and call a meal. Today it was coconut basmati rice with chickpeas, avocado, and… and what? OH! And some steamed frozen veggies I had lying around. Broccoli, bell peppers, asparagus, spinach, snap peas, and… garlic sprouts, apparently. Basically this mix here.
The weather was gorgeous, so I headed on over to my parents’ a little early so that I could take Ky for a walk…
I miss seeing that ridiculous face on a daily basis, but there’s no way I’d take her away from a big backyard and coop her up in a condo.
Following our walk, I whipped up a chocolate smoothie to snack on because it was way warmer than I thought it was going to be, and I ended up overdressing, overheating, and needing something cool and creamy…
I think I threw a banana, a pear, some cocoa powder, a handful of oats, and some coconut water in there. I think…
Dinner was courtesy of yours truly, which is totally unfair since the main reason I go over to my parents’ on Sundays is to mooch off my mom’s cooking *ahem* see them. But I was doing some recipe experimenting so I brought over a wild rice casserole that I’ll be sharing the recipe for later this week.
I didn’t eat the whole thing, obviously, but I didn’t want to whip out my phone at the dinner table, so I just took a picture before it got ravaged.
Aaaaaand because this is already getting longer than I’d like it to be, we’re going to end things with a raw artisan chocolate snack…
… even though my night ended up not ending for quite some time since, as delicious as that bar was, it had coffee beans in it and probably wasn’t the best thing to eat so late in the evening. But that’s okay because I had planning to do 😆
Happy Monday, friendly faces! And a big shoutout to Jenn for hosting!
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Ah Amanda! You were one of the FIRST blogs ever that I followed, and I am so glad I am still here reading. You inspired me from the get go.
I really need to buy a milk frother. I want homemade lattes!
Great eats! That chocolate looks really good 🙂
I am the worst at remembering to take pictures of my food! It’s like I am so engaged in eating, that I don’t remember until my plate is completely empty!
That casserole at the bottom looks amazing!
Some delicious noms right there, lady!
I understand how you feel about having the pup cooped up! I had to leave my truest BFF of my life back in Texas with my parents. 🙁 But she’s happy there, so that makes me happy!
Not even gonna answer the pet question. Because we both know that I do and that he’s adorable 😉
Breakfast today: cottage cheese, a banana and almond butter. Not exactly super exciting, but had to be eaten in the door because when I book an appointment for my car and asked for it to be in the morning, they gave me 8 am. On my day off. Not cool.
What a good lookin day of eats!! Once in a while it’s fun to share the day, but definitely only once in a while (for me.)
Aww- that’s one cutie pie of a dog you are letting your parents “borrow” – but wait – is that there snow on the ground all around in that picture? If it is – I am in awe of your smoothie drinking abilities! I am one of those that needs to sit in front of a roaring bonfire to drink a smoothie in winter!
You know what’s crazy?! I actually find myself craving smoothies more in the winter than I do in the summer — I think it’s the dry air! But yeah… You can find me huddled up in my hoodie sipping on icy drinks 🙂
All that food looks so good! And how fun you go to your parents every Sunday! I want to be able to do that.
I think the last smoothie I made was an epic fail because I didn’t want to really make it very big but it was too watery… too much spinach, an acai pack, half a banana, some coconut water… it just tasted like banana spinach water. not the worst but not what I was going for!
That casserole looks so so good! I haven’t hqd a smoothie in ages…either that or I’m just blanking right now. Your food photos always make me salivate, it’s not pretty 🙂
Sweet potato in a smoothie sounds genius – totally making one today. Love this and will never tire of reading about what other people eat!!!
Smoothies are amazing. Everything looks so delicious!
BRING ON THAT CASSEROLE RECIPE! And I definitely WOULD eat that whole casserole in one sitting. Forget a plate or bowl. Just give me a big spoon. Or I could just faceplant into it. Probably the latter!
Just make sure to wear goggles 😉
Giiiiiiiiiirl, I’m one step ahead of you- I’ve already got glasses! That being said….COME TO MOMMA
The cinnamon-crazy [meant in the best way possible, promise] girl snacking on Zimt chocolate – could it get any more fitting 😀 ?!
You win for the most picturesque way of showing a an actually simple snack of almonds and dates. Also, I want some of that casserole because it looks gooood. I spy cheese. Just about everything’s better with cheese.
You totally got hosed at the rents house, bringing the dinner yourself. Not that I’d complain if you brought that to me. I keep meaning to get on the rice bowl train and then I totally forget. Not sure why because it’d be so easy and delicious. Um hello, rice plus yummy toppings. It’s a winner for sure. Also, I’m now officially addicted to chocolate smoothies and I hold you responsible.
I’ll get you hooked on the rice bowls just like I got you hooked on the chocolate smoothies. Challenge accepted.
RIGHT? I wa anti- smoothies for a while.
How thoughtless of you eating over that pretty world map. 😉
I’m all about the bowls lately too! And by lately I mean for the past 4 years haha. There’s something so satisfying about them!
And comforting <3 Mine could have used a few spoonfuls of that dip you posted today. Omg. Yes.