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.
SUCCESSS!!!!!! This was really yummy! Hooray!
Stats on the chicken salad: 215 calories, 14g carbs, 5g fat, 25g protein, 4g fiber