Purple Meatless Monday

First let me start by saying GO RAVENS!  Congrats to my boys on their win over the Jets. It wasn't a pretty win but it was still a win! Yaaaay!



The day began with some instant oatmeal w/ chia seeds, pumpkin butter, granola, cinnamon, and vanilla soy milk. I am NOT a fan of the instant stuff. Bleck!

Our firm was given a catered lunch by Panera from our process serving company. Unfortunately I didn't bring lunch and wasn't going to pass on the opportunity to get a free one. The conference room smelled of lunch meats, onions, and warm bread. Maybe not appetizing to some but I wanted in. As much as I wanted to dive in the smorgasbord of sammies I refrained from the turkey, italian cold cuts, tuna and chicken salads, and went with a half of a veggie sandwich on sundried tomato bread, a side of greek salad, a pickle, and a small piece of the multi grain baguette.  

The sandwich was OK. There was a strong cilantro flavored spread that I wasn't a big fan of but the bread was wonderful. Cut a little thick so it was hard to get into my mouth but it was soft and oh so fresh.

I also had one of these. I tried really hard not to eat the whole thing because it was humongous but by the end of the day there wasn't a crumb left. Shhhhh

Of course we had to go out to our favorite football spot JD's Smokehouse and we had to get there early to get a good spot so there was no time to make or eat dinner beforehand. On the way to JD's I stopped to take a picture of my snack for my walk to the square. Larabar yumminess.

Somebody else decided that it was time to take a picture too. Busted taking a picture of my food. Hehe

As much as I wanted to have one of the guy's chicken wings I stuck to my Meatless Monday goal and ate my Margherita Pizza. It was garlicky and crispy and surprisingly good considering where I was. It was a fine choice and I'd probably order it again. Maybe for more MNF games.





blurry pic from my Droid. poor bar lighting :(

  Overall Meatless Monday was a success especially with the Ravens win. It really wasn't as difficult as I thought it was going to be but it was a challenge to make good choices with the catered lunch and dinner at a bar but it can be done with a little will power.

So Fresh and So Clean Clean

I am feeling super sluggish this morning. Last night was the first class back for the Fall and I am tiiiiiiRed. I am currently taking Organic Chemistry II in the evenings at a nearby community college while also working full time at a law firm. It makes for a super long day but I keep telling myself that "It'll all be worth it someday". I only had about 4 weeks of a break this summer and I was so not ready to go back yet. Class runs from 7:30PM-10:30PM and my professor likes to give us our money's worth and teach up until the last second possible so I don't end up getting home until after 11:00. Since class is so late and I don't have much time to work on the blog between work and class. I'll probably be posting meals the day after especially on the days that I have class and lab. I'm sure I'll figure out a schedule and get in to a groove once the semester and the work really starts.

Breakfast in the office consisted of the other half of my muffin from the day before

 The last South Mountain Creamery yogurt that we got from the Farmer's Market a couple weeks back...

and a banana for some texture. I mashed up half of it and mixed it in and sliced up the other half and put it on top along with the pumpkin muffin crumbles.

Lunch was a combination of whatever I had in my desk and fridge.

Organic Marathon Bread from Wegmans

White nectarine

almonds

Roasted Garlic Hummus

baby carrot snack pack

I've never had white nectarines before but I saw them and decided to give them a go. They were very sweet, almost like a pear but with a mild tang of a nectarine or peach. I was worried that it wasn't going to be enough food but it was actually quite filling which I think I can attribute to the bread. The marathon bread is amazing and the ingredient list looked pretty good. It's soft and chewy and the smell is almost as good as the taste. I highly highly recommend trying it if you are close to a Wegmans. Soooo good.

Ingredients:

Water, Organic Unbleached Unbromated Flour, Flaxseed, Organic Sunflower Seeds, Pumpkin Seed, Organic Stoneground Whole Wheat Flour, Organic Stoneground Whole Rye Flour. Contains 2% or less of the following: Yeast, Organic Rolled Oats, Organic Cracked Rye, Organic Wheat Gluten, Organic Carrots, Salt, Organic Malted Barley Flour, Organic Soy Grits, Organic Pumpkin Seeds, Organic Honey, Organic Sesame Seeds, Organic Apple Dices, Organic Banana Chips, Organic Sugar, Guar Gum.


I didn't take any pictures of dinner because it was just the leftovers from the Cajun Shrimp Stir-Fry. It was purdy good even for leftovers. I'm usually Terrible with eating leftovers but I've gotten so much better. I started to think about how much food I was throwing away and about how many people are starving in the world. It put things into perspective for me and really motivates me to eat what is in the house. Plus my wallet appreciates me not running to the store every day for more food.

Since class didn't start until 7:30 I had just enough time to give the pup a bath. She's been stratching like crazy so I decided to give her a good scrubbing with the flea and tick shampoo even though I couldn't actually find a single flea on her. As you can see she is quite the princess and is not a fan of getting wet.

Get me outta here

OH NOOOO

ALL CLEAN!