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WIAW #33

28 Wednesday Nov 2012

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Posted by Jennifer (the student) on November 28,2012

Hello, Everyone. Happy What I Ate Wednesday!!  I am sharing my meals from Thanksgiving day.  We had a very low-key holiday at my parents house. My mom and sister did most of the cooking. Thank you to Jenn a Peas and Crayons for hosting the WIAW!

This is what I ate:

Breakfast (7:30am)

Since the kitchen was already busy, we ran out to Starbucks to pick-up coffee for everyone. And we brought pastries from one of our favorite bakeries. I had a very tasty pastry that was sort a combination of a sugar donut and a croissant.

AM Snacks (11:00am)

Unpictured – I think we ate so quickly, I completely forgot to take a picture. 🙂

 We snacked on homemade guacamole (my husband’s specialty) and chips.

Dinner (4:00pm)

For Thanksgiving dinner I had turkey with gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, brussels sprouts, asparagus, sweet potatoes and rolls.  There were other dishes I skipped, my mom cooked for about 20 people but we are a small family of 5. 🙂

Dessert (7:00pm)

Pumpkin pie, of course. My sister made the pie and it was very tasty.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope your day was full of healthy meals! 

♥ ♥

WIAW #32

21 Wednesday Nov 2012

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Posted by Jennifer (the student) on November 21, 2012


 
Hello Everyone. Happy What I Ate Wednesday!  I am sharing my meals from last Saturday. This Saturday, my husband and I went to the Cleopatra exhibit at the California Science Center with a group of friends. We were able to try a new restaurant too. Thank you to Jenn at Peas and Crayons for hosting the WIAW.

This is what I ate:

Breakfast (7:00am)

I started the day with coffee and a power crunch protein bar.

 Cleopatra: The Exhibition at the California Science Center.

Lunch (1:30pm)

At the Daily Dose in downtown Los Angeles, I had a wonderful latte with a ham and cheese sandwich called The Taylor and finished with a chocolate chip cookie.

 Rosanne and Augie

 Mickey

Dinner (6:00pm)

Quick tofu tacos from Wahoos.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope your day was full of healthy meals! 

♥ ♥

WIAW #31

14 Wednesday Nov 2012

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Posted by Jennifer (the student) on November 14, 2012


 Hello Everyone. Happy What I Ate Wednesday!  I am sharing my meals from last Saturday. This Saturday, I ran lots of errands and ate on the run. I hope you enjoy my day. Thank you to Jenn at Peas and Crayons for hosting the WIAW.

This is what I ate:

Breakfast (7:30am)

I started the day with coffee and a pumpkin smoothie ( my recipe).

AM Snacks (10:00am)

A pink lady apple and pumpkin seeds.

Lunch (11:30am)

A small green salad topped and a Greek turkey burger at the Orange Tree Deli.

PM Snacks (2:00pm)

Cheddar Cheese. 🙂

Dinner (5:30pm)

Grilled fish with tomato slices and coleslaw at The Crab Cooker.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope your day was full of healthy meals! 

♥ ♥

WIAW #30

07 Wednesday Nov 2012

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Posted by Jennifer (the student) on November 6, 2012 


 Hello, Everyone. Happy What I Ate Wednesday!!  I am sharing my meals from last Saturday, this was a busy day with most of my meals eaten out. I can’t believe how busy this time of year is getting so fast. Last week was Halloween, Tuesday was election day and in two weeks Thanksgiving will be here.  Thank you to Jenn a Peas and Crayons for hosting the WIAW!

 
This is what I ate:
Breakfast (7:30am)
I started the day with coffee and some of the best pancakes I have ever had at the Early Bird.

Lunch (11:30am)

A chicken panini at Rae G Cafe.

Dinner (5:30pm)

A half curry chicken salad with mushroom soup at the Gypsy Den. All so tasty!

Dessert (7:00pm)

Melon. Yum!

Thank you for stopping by. I hope your day was full of healthy meals! 

♥ ♥

WIAW # 29

31 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Posted by Jennifer (the student) on October 31, 2012

Spooky Snacks and Healthy Halloween Treats
 

Hello, Everyone. Happy What I Ate Wednesday and Happy Halloween!!  I am sharing my meals from Tuesday. I am very busy with school right now, so my meal are quick and simple. Thank you to Jenn a Peas and Crayons for hosting the WIAW!

Hope you have more treats than tricks today! Have a Spooky Halloween. 🙂

This is what I ate:

Breakfast (7:30am)

I started the day with coffee and my sweet husband made me a cheese omelette with avocado.

Lunch (11:30am)

A green salad topped with egg salad, tuna salad and chicken salad at the Orange Tree Deli. This was my first visit to this deli and I know it will not be my last.

PM Snacks (2:00pm)

Peanut Butter Puffins.

Dinner (5:30pm)

A homemade steak salad. YUM!

Dessert (7:00pm)

Baked apple slices with honey, cinnamon and nutmeg topped with fat free ricotta cheese. Very Tasty! 🙂

Thank you for stopping by. I hope your day was full of healthy meals! 

♥ ♥

WIAW #28

24 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Posted by Jennifer (the student) on October 23, 2012

Spooky Snacks and Healthy Halloween Treats
Hello, Everyone. Happy What I Ate Wednesday!  I am sharing my meals from Tuesday, it has been a busy week.  I am still trying to catch-up after our blog party last Saturday, which was a great success. Thank you to Jenn a Peas and Crayons for hosting the WIAW!

This is what I ate:

Breakfast (6:30am)

I started the day with coffee and a strawberry and cheese croissant from the Gypsy Den.

AM Snack (9:00am)

Apple.

Lunch (11:30am)

My favorite salad at Rae G in Brea , the chef salad.

 PM Snacks (2:00pm)

Cashews.

Dinner (5:00pm)

A pumpkin smoothie with flax seeds. 🙂

Thank you for stopping by. I hope your day was full of healthy meals! 

♥ ♥

WIAW #27

17 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Posted by Jennifer (the student) on October 17, 2012


Spooky Snacks and Healthy Halloween Treats
 

Hello Everyone. Happy What I Ate Wednesday!  I am sharing my meals from last Saturday. On this day I attended a doggie birthday party. The party was for Jennifer’s (the RD) dog, Kasper. I hope you enjoy my day. Thank you to Jenn at Peas and Crayons for hosting the WIAW.

Please stop by Jenmi Jenmi on Saturday the 20th; we are having a Recipe Swap Blog Party in honor of our 200th post. (Invitation)

This is what I ate:

Breakfast (6:30am)

I started the day with coffee and a egg baked with Boursin cheese.

Lunch (11:30pm)

We had lunch at Kasper’s birthday party. The dogs we so excited, I never got a good picture of them. So I am sharing a photo from a previous party. We had lasagna, broccoli salad and a wonderful sandwich. To drink we had homemade strawberry lemonade. For dessert we all had cupcakes from Sprinkles. I had a cinnamon cupcake, which was super tasty. And the dogs had Sprinkles “doggie cupcakes” and they polished them off. 🙂

Kasper, the birthday boy

 Doggie Cupcakes from Sprinkles

Dinner (6:30pm)

For Dinner, we tried a new restaurant The Burger Parlor in Fullerton. I had the Burger Bowl, a salad with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, bacon with blue cheese dressing topped with a burger. My husband and I shared baked potato fries topped with sour cream and scallions. We have found our new favorite burger place.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope your day was full of healthy meals! 

♥ ♥

WIAW #26 & Counting

10 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Posted by Jennifer (the student) on September 10, 2012


 

Hello, WIAWers. Happy What I Ate Wednesday!  I am sharing my meals from Saturday and we finally got a break from the heat, so food sounds good again. Thank you to Jenn a Peas and Crayons for hosting the WIAW!

This months theme is “Spooky Snacks and Healthy Halloween Treats”. This day I attended a haunted house and now I am in the mood for Halloween. :-)

This is what I ate:

Breakfast (6:30am)

I started the day with iced coffee from Starbucks and protein bar before my tennis class.

Brunch (11:00pm)

Since returning to tennis a few weeks ago, my husband and I have made stopping by the Gypsy Den a habit. And we have been ordering the same dishes, the bread plate and the spinach and feta scramble to share.

Dinner (6:30pm)

Once a year we go up to Pasadena for hamburgers and a haunted house. Sometimes we go with a group of friends and other times we go alone. This year, we went alone. We at dinner at Pie ‘N Burger, a place I have been going to since I was a child and it has not changed a bit. I had a hamburger with grilled onion and we shared my husbands favorite macaroni salad and a chocolate malt. They have really good pies but we were to full this trip. But the highlight of the night was our annual trip to the Pasadena Old Town Haunt. We had so much fun, it was scary but not too much. 🙂

Thank you for stopping by. I hope your day was full of healthy meals! 

♥ ♥

WIAW # 25

03 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Posted by Jennifer (the student) on October 3, 2012



Hello, everyone. Happy What I Ate Wednesday!  I am sharing my meals from Tuesday and it is a rather boring day food-wise because we have had temperatures in the low 100’s and I have been suffering with a sinus infection so not much taste good to me. Thank you to Jenn a Peas and Crayons for hosting the WIAW!

I love the new theme “Spooky Snacks and Healthy Halloween Treats”. This week, I don’t have any to share but maybe next week after my visit to a haunted house I will feel inspired. 🙂

This is what I ate:

Breakfast (6:30am)

I started the day with coffee and my new favorite smoothie.

Lunch (2:00pm)

My cheesy caramelized onion egg bake with avocado and salsa. For recipe.

Dinner (6:30pm)

My favorite smoothie again, I just did not want to warm the house up anymore by cooking.

 

Banana Peach & Flax Seed Smoothie
INGREDIENTS
  • 1 frozen banana
  • 3 to 4 slices of frozen peach
  • 1 TBSP nut butter (I use sunflower seed butter)
  • 2 TBSP fresh ground flax seeds
  • ¼ cup vanilla whey protein powder
  • ¾ to 1 cup coconut milk (or any milk you like)
  • cinnamon and nutmeg (to your taste)
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Combine all ingredients in blender.
2. Blend all ingredients for 1 to minutes until smooth.
3. If smoothie is not thick enough add 3 to 6 large ice cubes.
4. Blend again until combined.
5. Enjoy this tasty treat!

 

Thank you for stopping by. I hope your day was full of healthy meals! 

♥ ♥ 

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WIAW #24

26 Wednesday Sep 2012

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Posted by Jennifer (the student) on September 25, 2012


Hello, Foodie Friends. Happy What I Ate Wednesday!  I am sharing my meals from last Monday. I hope you enjoy my day. Thank you to Jenn a Peas and Crayons for hosting the WIAW!

 9/5/12 Goals:

My three fall goals are: 1) Return to Sunday marketing and cooking for the week. 2) Continue with my workout plan, trying to improve each week. 3) Stay organized and ahead of the game with all school work.

9/12/12 Goals:

My new fall goals are: 1) Eat two pieces of fruit each day. 2) Study at least 1 hour Monday thur Friday. 3) Track water intake.

Above are the goals I created for the month. So far so good, my goals are helping stay organized through the week. The only goal I am having trouble sticking to is my fruit goal, some days are better than others. 🙂

 This is what I ate:

Breakfast (6:30am)

I started the day with a quick breakfast of coffee and a chocolate protein shake for the road.

 

 AM Snack (9:00am)

String cheese.

Lunch (11:30am)

My favorite salad at Green2Go, the roasted chicken salad.

 PM Snacks (2:00pm)

Walnuts and roasted asparagus.

 

 Dinner (5:30pm)

A seared ahi salad from California Fish Grill. It was tasty but a little to salty for me.

Dessert (7:00pm)

I shared a “Marvelous Milk Chocolate” cupcake with my husband. We stopped by Casey’s Cupcakes in Laguna Beach and we had a hard time choosing because they were all so beautiful. And it was as good as it looks. 🙂

 

Thank you for stopping by. I hope your day was full of healthy meals! 

♥ ♥