Cold and crunchy Monday

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Fervent Foodie

It’s Monday! Woot.
actually today has been a pretty decent Monday thus far. The office is super quiet since many of my coworkers opted to use our floating holiday today. I decided to bank mine and take my birthday off (next week) instead.

Hope you all have a fabulous fun/food/framily filled weekend!

The PB2 Giveaway ended last night!!! Read further for the lucky winner

Breakfast #1

It’s been so hot these past few days, that I was craving something super cold for breakfast this morning. I decided a fruit smoothie would be the ticket to cooling things off. I threw the following into the blender:

1/2 cup Almond Breeze unsweetened almond milk
1/2 cup Trader Joe’s Vanilla Greek Yogurt
1 cup fresh frozen strawberries
1/4 cup blueberries
1 packet Truvia (Stevia) all natural sweetener

Once I blended everything up, I opened the fridge to put the almond milk away and saw a lonely half-empty bag of spinach sitting on the shelf begging to be eaten.

I’ve read lots of posts on the “green monster” smoothies, especially on Julie’s blog, but I’ve never tried one myself… Until today that is!

I grabbed a handful of spinach and threw it into the blender and gave it a good pulse.

Yes, that is spinach you are seeing

The result:

One huge smoothie with “monster” flecks:

This was surprisingly tasty! You can’t specifically taste the spinach itself, but it gives the smoothy a hearty fullness. It also cuts on some of the sweetness of the fruit, so I was glad I used a whole packet of truvia. I think I’ve officially jumped on the green monster bandwagon

If you’re intrigued — check out the Green Monster Movement.

Stats on the Green Monster: 197 calories, 37g carbs, 2g fat, 12g protein, 6g fiber

Breakfast #2

O…. O….. mmmmmm…. haven’t had overnight oats in a few days, so I went with the go-to OO Combo:

1/2 cup oats
1/2 cup Almond Breeze unsweetened almond milk
1 tsp brown sugar
sprinkling of cinnamon
fresh strawberries

All stirred up:

Overnight oats… oh how I’ve missed you :-*

Stats on the oats: 208 calories, 38g carbs, 5g fat, 6g protein, 6g fiber

Lunch

Keeping on with today’s cold theme, I thought I’d add a little crunch to my lunch with a nice salad. Last night, I threw together a monster salad that consisted of:

1/2 bag fresh express romaine
1 roma tomato
1/2 cucumber
1/4 cup white onion
1 serving baby carrots
1 link of Jennie O’s hot turkey sausage

Topped it all off with 2 tbsp of fat free ranch dressing:

Stats on the Monster Salad: 295 calories, 28g carbs, 10g fat, 22g protein, 7g fiber

And the winner of the PB2 Giveaway ……………

Drumroll please……

Based on the random number generator, the lucky winner is:

Monique at She’s Going the Distance!!!

Thank you guys for taking the time to post on my blog! I really love seeing what you guys have to say, and as cheesy as it may sound (who doesn’t love a little cheese?) it really brightens my day

Monique – please send your mailing address to: ferventfoodie@gmail.com

Everyone else – you can purchase PB2 online at www.netrition.com. Since it’s flat rate shipping, I’d recommend getting some Mama Lupe’s low-carb tortillas, Joseph’s low-carb pita, and some carba nada pasta

Friday Success-2, Failure-1

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Fervent Foodie

Happy Friday!!! I’m pumped for the weekend!

I started this lovely Friday morning off with Day #1, Week #3 of my interval training (2 minutes walking, 4 minutes running for 30 minutes). Knees are doing really good, which makes me SUPER happy

Breakfast #1

GRILLED FRUIT AND NUT BUTTER WRAP! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

Regular PB2 + black raspberries + Mama Lupe’s low carb tortilla =

+ George Foreman

= HEAVEN:

SUCCESSSSS. If you haven’t tried a grilled fruit and nut butter wrap yet… get on it! They are delicious!

2 more days to post a comment on the PB2 giveaway!!!

Stats on the grilled PB2 + black razz wrap: 129 calories, 14g carbs, 5g fat, 11g protein, 6g fiber

Breakfast #2

After seeing the breakfast cookie success Leashieloo had on her blog, I decided it was time for round #2 with the breakfast cookie.

Last night I gathered all my ingredients:

That’s:

1/3 cup Bob’s Red Mill Extra Thick rolled oats
1 tbsp smuckers organic creamy peanut butter
1/8 cup unsweetened Almond Breeze Vanilla almond milk
1/2 cup Mott’s unsweetened applesauce
1/2 tsp brown sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp sweetened coconut

I was a little hesitant when I combined all the ingredients because it seemed like it was just going to be a big mushy mess. I contemplated making back-up overnight oats, then decided to just pack some extra almond milk so I could make on-the-spot-overnight oats if needed.

Well my worries were valid — my breakfast cookie didn’t turn out like a cookie but more of a mushy mess.

I added a 1/4 cup of almond breeze to the mix to make it more like overnight oats. Overall, I think I’m just not a big fan of the applesauce in the breakfast cookies. Not sure why, but it doesn’t jive with me!

Fail

Stats on the breakfast cookie (including extra almond breeze): 322 calories, 44g carbs, 12g fat, 9g protein, 5g fiber

Lunch!

Today I had a very special lunch treat! My friend & colleague Natalie and I had an outdoor picnic courtesy of Jimmy Johns!

I got the usual: Beach Club Unwich – Mayo + Onion + Giant pickle

Success!

Weekend plans include shopping, dining, cookouts, R&R, and fam time

Getcho run on!

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Fervent Foodie

What is it about running first thing in the morning that makes me feel like I can tackle anything the day brings me? This morning I completed Day #3, Week #2 of my interval training plan. Woo hoo! That means Friday I’ll be up to 2 minutes walking, 4 minutes running… and still no knee pain in sight

Breakfast #1

In honor of the fabulous PB2 GIVEAWAY, I decided to make a grilled fruit and nut butter wrap using Chocolate PB2.

I took 2 tbsp of powdered chocolate PB2:

Then added 1 tbsp water:

Then smeared it on a Mama Lupe’s low carb tortilla and topped with 1/4 cup each of strawberries and blueberries

I wrapped everything up, and put it on the george foreman for 5 minutes. Then wrapped in foil and stuck in my purse:

And enjoyed at my desk at work:

Mmmmmmm…. love love love the grilled fruit and nut butter wraps!!!

Stats on the wrap: 145 calories, 21g carbs, 4g fat, 9g protein, 7g fiber

Make sure you post a comment on the PB2 giveaway by midnight Sunday July 4th!

Breakfast #2

Bowl of overnight oats consisting of:

1/2 cup quick oats
1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond breeze almond milk
1 packet Truvia (stevia)
Cinnamon
Fresh Strawberries & Blueberries (added this morning)

I <3 overnight oats.

Stats on the oats: 203 calories, 39g carbs, 5g fat, 6g protein, 7g fiber

Lunch

Last night when I was packing my lunch I was really craving a sandwich. (The carb tooth strikes again!)

Sunday night I grilled up a big batch of chicken breasts seasoned with McCormick’s Montreal Chicken Seasoning. So I packed one of the breasts (about a 2.5 ouncer), 1 cup spinach, tomato, onion, a Pepperidge Farm 7 grain deli flat, and 1 tbsp Trader Joe’s Spicy hummus.

Can you say YUM? Yum.

Stats on the sammy: 230 calories, 29g carbs, 5g fat, 22g protein, 9g fiber

Women Power

Tonight I’m headed up to Cleveland for the Athena Women’s award dinner. This opportunity came up through my involvement with the Knowledgeable Network of Women through the Greater Akron Chamber of Commerce.

And I’m taking my camera. First time for me to let my inner food blogger out at a business function… should be interesting

Running in the Rain

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Fervent Foodie

I started this lovely Monday morning off with Day #2, Week #2 of interval training. It looked pretty grey outside, but after consulting the local radar on my weather channel app, I determined I could definitely get 30 minutes in before any rain approached.

Whelp, I was about 15 minutes off on my calculation… Half way through my normal route, a torrential downpour started to erupt from the sky! Running in the rain is actually pretty fun, and I would have kept right on going had I not JUST got a new iPhone to replace the iPhone that suffered water damage last week. So, I threw my iphone in my sports bra to keep it dry and took shelter under a nearby tree for about 15 minutes until the rain let up. Standing under the tree in the rain was actually pretty peaceful and relaxing! I’m sure I looked like a creeper though

Breakfast #1

I’m really loving the grilled fruit and nut butter wraps I’ve been making for breakfast. Today, I made one with half of a banana and Smucker’s Organic Peanut Butter atop a Mama Lupe’s low carb tortilla. I wrapped everything up and threw it on the george foreman for about 5 minutes.

(I’ll have to post the pic later.. left the stinkin cord for my old camera at home!)

Soooo delicious!

Stats on B#1: 218 calories, 23g carbs, 11g fat, 10g protein, 7 g fiber

Breakfast #2

I was still pretty hungry after B#1, so I decided to overload my overnight oats. Last night, I put 1/2 cup quick oats, 1/2 cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze Almond milk, 1 tsp brown sugar, and some cinnamon in a bowl in the fridge. This morning, I overloaded the oats with blueberries, strawberries, the other 1/2 of my breakfast banana, and some Barbara’s Bakery Peanut Butter Puffins for crunch.

Yum-o.

Stats on B#2: 308 calories, 61g carbs (hello excessive carbs), 6g fat, 8g protein, 10g fiber

Lunch

After all the carbs at breakfast, I was glad I packed a salad for lunch! Today’s salad consisted of romaine lettuce, tomato, onion, cucumber, a sliced up Trader Joe’s Spinach Fontina Roasted Garlic Chicken Sausage, with 2tbsp Hidden Valley fat free ranch dressing.

Couldn’t get the flash to go off for the life of me… haha… need to spend some time playing with the camera! I’m really liking the Trader Joe’s sausage! I wish I would have picked up more than one kind… oh well, guess I’ll have to go back

Stats on Lunch: 239 calories, 22g carbs, 8g fat, 19g protein, 6g fiber

Saturday is for the Chirpy

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Fervent Foodie

Hello friends!

Good news! I woke up this morning, and I literally had a smile on my face The sun was shining and the birds were chirping (which some people find annoying but I happen to love)… Come to think of it, that is odd for me considering I have a phobia of birds…

After my rough start to the day yesterday, we thought the best cure would be Gionino’s pizza and their amazing hot sauce for dinner last night (we will take any excuse for the G, really):

After dinner, I walked 2.5 miles at about a 4 mile per hour pace. I’m not 100% sure the walking is helping me to rebuild the strength in my knee, but it doesn’t seem to be hurting so I’m going to keep on keeping on!

For breakfast #1 today I decided to make up some eggs. I swear my body goes through egg withdrawal if I am sans-eggs for more than a couple days! I chopped up a small potato into bite size pieces, then microwaved for 4 minutes flipping the little guys over half way through.

Then I threw them into a hot pan to crisp up on both sides. Once the potatoes were crispy, I added the following mixture: 4 egg whites, some Frank’s red hot, S&P, red pepper flakes, and a splash of water.

Served em up with a dollop of ketchup

Stats on breakfast #1: 215 calories, 36g carbs, 9g fat, 17g protein, 3g fiber

After the eggs, I completed Day #1, Week #2 of my interval training plan which consisted of 5 intervals of 3 minutes walking and 3 minutes running. No knee pain! Boo ya! I got to the 2.5 mile marker in 27 minutes.

Breakfast #2 today was some overnight oats

Last night I threw the following into a bowl then popped it into the fridge:

1/2 cup uncooked quick oats
1/2 cup unsweetened almond breeze vanilla almond milk
1 tsp JIF peanut butter
1 tsp brown sugar
sprinkling of cinnamon

This morning, I topped the oats off with some fresh strawberries. Mmmm mmmm gooooood

Stats on breakfast #2: 233 calories, 36g carbs, 8g fat, 7g protein, 6g fiber

You know what I really love about overnight oats (besides the delicious creamy coolness)? It’s like a little surprise for yourself. You take 1 minute of time for yourself the night before, and the next morning you have this little bundle of joy just waiting for you!

Speaking of preparing, I haven’t been doing a very good job of planning my meals out for the week in advance. During tax season, I am amazing at this (not to brag or anything ) and not only do I shop for the meals on Sunday, but I also cook EVERYTHING for the week on Sunday. Lately, it feels like I’ve been going to the grocery store several times a week, instead of one large trip over the weekend. So, this week I’m going to do my best to sit down and plan everything out. Speaking of planning… I need to plan out what to make for dinner tonight!

Headed to the yard for hours of glorious yard work

Ooey Gooey Love

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Fervent Foodie

This week is just F-L-Y-I-N-G by. Can’t believe tomorrow is Friday already!

Breakfast #1

This morning I was craving something warm and peanut-buttery for breakfast. I pulled a Mama lupe low carb tortilla out of the freezer to let it thaw out. Then I topped it with 1 tbsp Trader Joe’s Crunchy Almond Butter and some sliced strawberries.

I wrapped it up into a little burrito and put on the george foreman grill until it was hot and the shell was crispy. Then I wrapped the little guy up in foil and stuck him in my purse.

I got to work about 20 minutes later, and the wrap was still nice and hot and gooey.

ooey gooey love

This was just delicious. So simple, and so delicious!

Side note: If you are obsessed with freezing things like me, before you freeze the tortillas put a piece of parchment paper or wax paper between each one. That way you can easily grab 1 tortilla from the freezer at a time (and they won’t all be frozen into one tortilla blob).

Stats on Breakfast #1: 172 calories, 13g carbs, 12g fat, 9g protein, 7g fiber

Breakfast #2

OO! That’s right, Overnight Oats!

I typically use quick oats when I make overnight oats, but this time I tried them with Bob’s Red Mill Thick Rolled Oats instead. Last night I threw the following into a bowl in the fridge:

1/2 cup Bob’s red mill thick oats (uncooked)
1/2 cup Almond breeze unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 tsp brown sugar
cinnamon

This morning, I topped the oats with strawberries and blueberries:

The rolled oats have a different consistency than quick oats. They really keep their oat texture and are somewhat chewy:

These were sooooo yummmy. If I had to choose, I’d pick quick oats over rolled oats, but I’d be happy to eat either one

Stats on breakfast #2: 258 Calories, 45g carbs, 6g fat, 8g Protein, 8g Fiber

Lunch

Healthified Tuna Salad Lettuce Wrap! This was one of those times were I just kept adding things to the bowl until I found something tasty:

1 can tuna
s&P, rpf, celery seed, dill weed
3 tbsp greek oikos
1 big squirt wasabi mustard
couple drops lemon juice
1/4 cup chopped white onion
1 chopped pickle (that’s how my dad makes it!)

I made a lettuce wrap out of the tuna salad and also had some cucumber salad on the side, which was leftover from last night’s gyro dinner.

Stats on lunch: 211 calories, 19g carbs, 2g fat, 29g protein, 6g fiber

For dessert, I had a little unsweetened applesauce with some cinnamon. When I say little, I mean about 2 spoonfuls.. (Leftovers from the big fat flop protein cakes I made)

Good news! I think my phone is almost fully recovered!

DAY #3 OF INTERVAL TRAINING TONIGHT! LET’S HOPE FOR NO KNEE PAIN!

Big Fat Flop(s)

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Fervent Foodie

Breakfast #1

Last night I was apparently in the mood to try 3,000 new concoctions. I found this recipe for Protein Cakes the other day. They are super simple to make and work out to less than 100 calories each (before you add toppings) so I decided to make two different kinds to try out for breakfast #1.

Protein Cake #1

1/2 scoop chocolate protein powder
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 packet truvia
1 tbsp sugar free applesauce
1 egg white
1 tsp choc chips

Protein Cake #2

1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder
2 drops vanilla extract
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 packet truvia
1 tbsp sugar free applesauce
1 egg white
1/4 cup fresh blueberries

They only take 1 minute to cook in the microwave!

Cakes in the mugs:

Check out the height on the chocolate cake:

As you can see, one of these cakes is not like the other. One of these cakes just doesn’t belong…

Apparently the blueberries had a negative effect on the vanilla protein cake. BUMMER! (PS, that one got tossed, it was just gross looking).

BIG FAT FLOP #1.

This morning, I was really excited to try the surviving chocolate cake. I heated it up in the microwave for about 15 seconds, and took a big ole bite. I guess since they have “cake” in the title, I was expecting something moist and delicious. But this was super dry and not very tasty. I put some blackberry preserves on top, but still ended up throwing most of it away.

BIG FAT FLOP #2.

Because I’m such a smarty pants, I had planned ahead for such a catastrophe by bringing a Peanut Butter Cookie Lara Bar. This is the first time I had tried a Lara Bar. What really intrigued me was the mere 3 ingredients:

Gotta be honest, I wasn’t super happy with it. If it weren’t for the ingredients list, I probably wouldn’t buy it again. Maybe some of the other flavors I picked up will be better–but as of now I’m not sure when I’ll be trying them.

Any of you prefer Lara Bars to Luna Bars? Looks like I’m a Luna girl…

BIG FAT FLOP #3.

OVERNIGHT OATS!!! YAY!

No let downs here! My oats today consisted of:

1/2 cup oats
3/4 cup almond breeze unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 packet stevia
1 tbsp PB2
1 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
fresh strawberries

These were coldy, creamy, and delicious, as usual!

Stats on the oats: 219 calories, 36g carbs, 7g fat, 9g protien, 8g fiber

Lunch

After the flops I had for Breakfast #1, I was kind of anxious for lunch. I have always really enjoyed chicken salad with grapes in it, so last night I decided to whip up my own healthified chicken salad using Oikos plain greek yogurt:

3 oz shredded chicken breast (grilled up last week with McCormick’s Montreal Chicken Seasoning)
2 tbsp Plain Oikos greek yogurt
1 small green onion, minced
1/2 tsp lime juice
1 tsp chopped cilantro
Sprinkling of S&P, cumin, cayenne pepper, celery seed
1/3 cup grapes, halved

I put the chicken salad in a Joseph’s Low Carb Pita.

chicken salad with greek yogurt and grapes

SUCCESSS!!!!!! This was really yummy! Hooray!

Stats on the chicken salad: 215 calories, 14g carbs, 5g fat, 25g protein, 4g fiber

Starting the week off on the right foot

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Fervent Foodie

Happy Monday

This morning I decided to start my week off on the right foot with a 2.5 mile power walking session. This was a follow up to Day#1 of my interval running/walking plan, which I started yesterday. My knee only bothered me slightly during the running intervals yesterday, so I ended up swapping the 5th running interval for a cool-down walk. I definitely want to err on the side of caution as I start building myself back up to running.

I thought walking today would be good to help keep things loose. I’m also making sure to not sit in the same position for too long while I’m working so that my knee doesn’t lock up. I’m determined to get my knee back into running shape!

Breakfast #1

I have my mid-year review at work today, so I thought I was in need of a little love for breakfast:

egg love

Yes, that is a heart shaped scrambled egg. Do you feel the love?

I made two of these little hearts, which consisted of 4 egg whites, S&P, Franks Red Hot, Red Pepper flakes, and a splash of water. I cooked them in the oven at 350 degrees for about 28 minutes, then I toasted up 1/2 a Thomas’ multi grain english muffin.

Breakfast #1 Stats: 129 Calories, 18g carbs, 1g fat, 17g protein, 4g fiber

Breakfast #2

Overnight Oats!!!

1/2 cup quick oats
3/4 cup Almond Breeze unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 tsp brown sugar
1 tbsp chocolate pb2

Before devouring the oats, I added some chopped up strawberries. Overnight oats are not very photogenic, are they?

overnight PB2 oats

Breakfast #2 Stats: 230 Calories, 39g carbs, 7g fat, 9g protein, 7g fiber

Lunch

I wanted to find a lunch recipe to use up some of the leftover ingredients from the chicken fajitas and guacamole we made over the weekend. I decided to make a heathified chicken salad recipe I found on Skinny Taste. (I’ve become slightly obsessed with this website over the past week)

I followed this recipe except I substituted fat free sour cream for the mayonnaise. Admittedly, I don’t mind mayo — but something about reading the word “mayonnaise” in a recipe just turns me off. I used about half the chicken that was called for and kept all the other ingredients as listed in the recipe.

I topped the chicken salad with red onion, tomato, banana peppers, and all that was leftover of the guacamole from this weekend (about 1 tbsp). Then I wrapped it all up in some romaine lettuce leaves.

This was delicious! I think next time I will sub in some green grapes for the guacamole and onion. Two thumbs up on this chicken salad!

Lunch Stats: 232 Calories, 19g carbs, 6g fat, 25g protein, 6g fiber

Snack

Over the weekend I picked up 4 Luna Bars flavors I haven’t tried yet — and none of them have chocolate in them! Crazy! After my walkathon this morning, I had half of the Lemon Zest Luna Bar–and I LOVED it!

Reminds me of those lemon bar desserts you always find at cookouts in the summer time! Yum! I’m about to down the other half with some coffee as we speak

Post-work plans = new recipe I found for Cajun Jambalaya. I am pumped!!!

Fajitas & Guac succeeded by Cold Oatmeal

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Fervent Foodie

Jarrod and I wanted something delicious for dinner, so we decided to try this recipe for Chicken Fajitas. We followed Skinny Taste’s recipe to a T, except we also made some brown rice to mix in. The recipe doesn’t say how long to marinate the chicken, so we let it go for about 30 minutes.

We both felt what threw this meal over the edge to amazingness was the guacamole we made to go with it.

My recipe for guacamole adapted from my Chipotle days in college:

I kid you not, this recipe post-it has been on my fridge for over five years. I’ve moved from apartment to apartment to house, and this puppy is ALWAYS displayed on the fridge

We each had 1 Mama Lupe’s low carb tortillas that I had ordered from Netrition, and we threw everything that couldn’t fit into the tortilla atop a bed of lettuce. We also had some fresh salsa we had picked up last week, so we drizzled a little on top.

One giant plate of food:

Yes, I cleared my plate. Yes, I contemplated licking it clean.

Skinny Taste chicken fajitas + chipotle inspired guac = best dinner we’ve made in a long friggin time!

BTW, I told Jarrod he is now required to plate all foods before photo sessions. That plate looks absolutely beautiful!

Side Note -

Yesterday on the way home from the hair stylist, I tried the Chocolate Raspberry Luna bar. The bar had been in the hot car for a little while, so it was slightly melty and absolutely divine tasting!

Breakfast

I hadn’t had cold oatmeal (or “overnight oats” as food bloggers call it) in quite a while. After reading about Leashieloo’s recent success with overnight oats, I decided to make some up last night.

Here’s what I threw in:

1/2 cup quick oats
1/2 cup almond breeze unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 tsp peanut butter
1 tsp brown sugar
1 tsp choc chips (which was like 4 chips, but I figured what the hay that’d give me four chocolately delicious bites)
A sprinkling of cinnamon

I stirred up the oats and popped them into the fridge to hang out for the night. This morning, I added some chopped up strawberries.

Oatmeal is great for you, but who the heck wants a steaming bowl of oats in the hot summer months? Most people think cold oatmeal sounds appalling. To those people I say quit being so cantankerous and give it a shot! What’s most fun about overnight oats is you can mix in ANYTHING you want. Seriously, just give it a shot already! And let me know how they turn out!

Stats on overnight oats: 233 calories, 36g carbs, 8g fat, 7g protein, 6g fiber

On the agenda today:

Day 1 of walking/running interval training
Father’s Day!
Wine, food, family time!

Eggplant makes me ralph

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Fervent Foodie

So I woke up this morning and was absolutely sick to my stomach. Ralphing was involved.

While laying on couch trying to fall back asleep, it dawned on me that my body was rejecting the eggplant I ate yesterday!!! Even typing the word makes me queasy.

For you purple veggie lovers out there, definitely give yesterday’s recipe a try. For all you sane people out there, such as myself, try the recipe again using lasagna noodles.

I don’t know about you, but when I’m feeling sick I crave processed carbohydrates. Pizza, mac and cheese, PB&J… mmmmmm……

So when I finally felt stable enough to try and eat something, I decided to make some healthified bisquick waffles. I mixed up the following:

1/3 cup bisquick
1/2 cup almond breeze unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 egg white

I poured the batter onto my little waffle maker ($8 at Target, boo ya). The waffles seemed to take longer to crisp up than normal unhealthified waffles. I topped them off with 1/8 cup sugar free smucker’s syrup and some strawberries I had sliced up yesterday.

waffle love

It was d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s. And it seems to be agreeing with my belly, so I’m heading into work shortly. Not sure what to do about lunch. Seriously contemplating a stop at Wendy’s….. Hopefully my brain wins this war over my belly!

Stats on the waffles: 216 calories, 35g carbs, 6g fat, 7g protein, 2g fiber