365.12 - Coconut Love

Saturday was easy for me - and I'm thankful for an easy day!

Baked oatmeal with milk

banana

orange

2 T walnuts

1/2 cup pumpkin lentil soup

2 pieces panera cinnamon raisin bread w pb (this is so yummy, might I add)

3 egg white omelette (another one of my cheap go to high protein low-calorie meals)

1 cup mixed veggies (carrots, edemame, water chestnuts, broccoli - one of my fave blends)

3 carrots with mustard - another fave

espresso macchiato

shared portion of a coconut tres leche cake from Amelia's in Durham

Photo: The Salsa sampler platter at Coyote Kitchen in Boone, NC taken November 2010

365.10 - Overwhelming Dyy

And sometimes, when it is, I turn to chocolate! I usually don't. But I did today. But, I didn't turn to meat.

Fresh and Frootie's Baked Oatmeal (I would nix the coconut and decrease the amount of nutmeg, but other than that it is good - I am going to play with it though)

Toppings: milk and cool whip

Fun story: I went downtstairs to our staff kitchen because there was pasta down there. Yes! Free lunch. Took a bite of the pasta, warmed it up, (only had a noodle), got back up to my office and realized it had meat. So, I'm learning to think before I eat and make vegetarian decisions.

So, I ate what I brought: Lean Cuisine Spinach Mushroom pizza

Boulder Canyon Salt and Pepper chips

2 snack bags of trail mix

salad, pear wine, 2 breadsticks, and the new pear, gorgonzola, and shrimp pasta at Olive Garden. It was good, but a little sweet for my liking

Popcorn

Chocolate intake: about 30 m&ms, a mini butterfinger, and 2.5 squares of swiss dark chocolate.

Photo: Bean Traders in Durham, NC in May 2010