What I ate Wednesday

Happy humpday folks! I don't know about you, but I'm counting down the days until the weekend. I'm off out to dinner with the girls on Saturday, but most of all I'm looking forward to some lie-ins! Some of you may know, some of you may not, but for the last month or so I've been having work troubles. They seem to be easing again now but I've been working overtime on my beloved Thursday's off, and the end is nowhere in sight. It's not killing me, but I do miss having a day to myself. Thursday was my productive day where I'd catch up on things around the house, pamper myself, and watch trashy TV that I've been Sky+ing all through the week, but instead I've had to go to work. I'd much rather be at home with my overflowing basket of dirty laundry! Anyway, not long until Saturday. The countdown begins...

Here are my eats from yesterday. Don't forget to check out Jenn's blog for a full list of WIAW participants. I love What I Ate Wednesday posts and it's my favourite part of the week {except the weekends, natch ;)}.

BREAKFAST - 7:00am

The weather has been so lousy that when I woke up I was craving something warm, sweet and filling, so I decided to make an apple and blueberry porridge. It was simple to make and really yummy too:

1/3 cup oats

1/3 cup apple juice (I love, love, love the Innocent one - I'm not a huge apple juice fan in general but this is especially nice)

1/3 cup milk (I used Rice Dream Vanilla rice milk but you use whatever milk you prefer)

1/2 grated pink lady apple, no peel

1 cup frozen blueberries

Mix the oats, apple juice, milk, grated apple and half of the blueberries together, then microwave to your desired consistency. I like it quite thick, so mine took about 3 1/2 minutes in total due to the frozen fruit and thin milk. When cooked, stir through the rest of the blueberries (I do this for extra texture but you can cook them all with the oats for a smoother, gooier porridge) and serve. See, simple!

LUNCH - 12:30pm

My yummy breakfast filled me up until lunchtime, so I didn't need a morning snack. Lunch was a big bowl of spinach and lentil soup. I roughly followed Laura's recipe but added some extra curry powder for an extra kick. At first I wasn't sure I liked it, so I blended it a bit and found it was much more enjoyable. I know where I went wrong with the recipe (I used different quantities of ingredients and didn't adjust the seasonings to match) so I'll be trying this again once I've finished the batch I've frozen.

MID-AFTERNOON SNACK - 4:00pm

I had a carton of chocolate flavoured Rice Dream rice milk and some 'cookie dough' balls. Two of them were cinnamon and raisin flavour and two were chocolate coconut flavour. These are essentially balls of peanut butter combined with ground almonds, and flavoured with different things. Once I've perfected my recipes, I will share them with you but I'm still experimenting at the moment. They were okay, nothing to rave about.

TEA - 6:45pm

I've eaten this every single night since Sunday and I'm still not bored! I had a big salad with lettuce, cucumber, red pepper and sugarsnaps, topped with a massive dollop of houmous (tonight's one was my current favourite, caramelised onion. Wowwee, it tastes so good!), some beetroot, and some wholewheat mini pasta shells mixed with some pesto, pine nuts and a teeny bit of cheese. So lush! Then later on in the evening I had an attack of the sweet tooth, so I had a glass of Innocent's Strawberry and Banana smoothie. It satisfied my sweet craving and filled me right up. Win-win :)

Don't forget to join in the WIAW fun!

xoxo

What I ate Wednesday

Morning loves, hope you are having a good week so far? Mine is a bit strange, and as soon as I can make sense of it in my head I'm sure I will share it with you all, but for now let me share my yum yums from yesterday. As ever, check out Jenn's blog for more WIAW Party-Goers :)

BREAKFAST - 7:00am

I started my day with a mug of hot water and some lemon. Then, my breakfast was something I've been eating a lot of recently. I had a bowl of 'muesli' consisting of a couple of tablespoons of Rude Health Puffed Rice, a couple of tablespoons of Rude Health Apple & Cinnamon Granola, a chopped Pink Lady apple, some green grapes and some Kara Dairy Free Coconut Milk. I'm not a massive cereal fan but this is so delightful and quite refreshing. I loved the crunch of the cereals, the crispiness from the apple and the sweetness of the milk - yum!

MID-MORNING SNACK - 11:00am

This morning's snackage was some chopped strawberries. I'm making the most of them as the strawberry season is coming to an end!

LUNCH - 1:30pm

I ate some lemon and coriander couscous with some cucumber and green pepper. I also had some carrot batons and a tiny tub of red pepper houmous. I love houmous and would gladly eat it every single day. I followed it with a pot of Alpro Vanilla Soy Pudding, which was just delicious. It was very creamy and really satisfied my sweet tooth. I couldn't tell that it was soy either, it tasted really indulgent.

TEA - 6:45pm

I didn't need an afternoon snack as my lunch was quite big and filling. I had intended on making a vegetable and halloumi kebab (halloumi, mushrooms, yellow peppers and tomatoes, brushed with some basil and olive oil) but the skewers I was using weren't very good and no sooner than I had thread them on, they fell off. So I just grilled them as they were and served it with some couscous, flavoured with parsley and vegetable stock. This was really yummy and I'll definitely be attempting this with good skewers soon!

EVENING SNACK - 9:00pm

One of my favourite TV programmes was on last night (Don't Tell The Bride, new series) so I had 2 squares of Lindt dark chocolate with a touch of sea salt. Oh. My. God. My current favourite thing ever. It shouldn't work (erm, salt and chocolate?!) but it is totally lush. I've got a stash at work, a stash in my living room and a stash in my bedroom. Thankfully 2 squares is always plenty to satisfy my craving, so I don't feel too guilty. Delish!

I was asked to be on this series of Don't Tell The Bride by the way. We applied for the previous series but our photos weren't clear enough at the time, so they phoned us back when this series was starting to be filmed. It took me all my courage and bravery to apply first time around that I reverted back to scaredy-cat about being on telly by the time the phone call arrived, and chickened out. I'm still in a huff about not finding a wedding venue yet, so I do have moments where I regret turning it down, but ultimately I think we made the right decision. Mr L knows me too well for our wedding to make dramatic TV, and I can't stand the thought of cameras following me everywhere. Urgh. Still, it makes great viewing.

And that's it! What's the best thing you've eaten today, and have you ever been on TV?!

xoxo

What I ate Wednesday

Happy Humpday sweeties :) Another dose of What I Ate Wednesday - join in the party over at Jenn's blog!

BREAKFAST - 7:00am

I have been indulging in smoothies this week, either eaten in a bowl or drunk from a glass. Either way, they are a yummy and filling start to the day! Yesterday's smoothie consisted of orange juice blended with a bit of mango and passion fruit yoghurt, frozen mango, frozen papaya, and frozen pineapple.

LUNCH - 1:00pm

I had a huge pitta bread filled with rocket, tomato and cheese, then put under the grill until the cheese was all melty and the pitta was crisp. Yummers. I had this with some beetroot (my latest obsession), some leftover cheese and some coleslaw. I followed this with a pink lady apple sprinkled with cinnamon.

TEA - 6:30pm

I wasn't too hungry in the afternoon, so when I got home I just made myself some pizza-toast. So simple and quick and tasty. Two slices of toast topped with chopped fresh tomatoes, a bit f pepper, a sprinkling of grated cheese and put under the grill until the cheese has melted. I followed this with a strawberry sundae - frozen strawberries blended with a frozen banana and some soy milk, then I layered it in a glass with some fresh strawberry slices. Mmmmm.

And that's it. I did get a bit peckish before bed but I figured since I'd had a lot of cheese, I wouldn't have a snack and instead made a cup of tea. Tea solves everything! I also managed about 3 litres of water, so I'm happy with that. No exercise as I slept late (whoops) but I am planning a double session tonight to make up for it. Wish me luck!

What was the yummiest thing you've eaten recently?

xoxo

What I ate Wednesday

Happy WIAW! Don't forget to join in the party over at Jenn's darling blog :)

My eats from yesterday :

BREAKFAST - 6:45am

Oh. Em. Gee. This was the most AWESOME breakfast EVER! I had a gigantic smoothie in a bowl. I underestimated how much I was using so it was piled up in my bowl. It was bloody gorgeous and as much as I wanted to, I physically couldn't eat it all. I left a good few spoonfuls! This one consisted of frozen banana blended with frozen berries (raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, redcurrants and blackcurrants) and some soy milk, topped with some desicated coconut, a handful of frozen blueberries, some pomegranate seeds and half a punnet of the Super Detox Berries from my Graze box, which is a mix of goji berries, green raisins, dried blueberries and dried cranberries. The tang from the frozen berries, the creaminess from the banana and milk, and the chewiness from the toppings makes a very scrumptious meal indeed.

LUNCH - 1:00pm

Unsurprisingly I didn't need a mid-morning snack as I was still super stuffed from my heavenly breakfast. Not the most appetising picture as it was a bit squished and squidgy, but for lunch I had a wholemeal wrap, spread with some red pepper houmous and filled with roasted vegetables (mushrooms, courgettes, peppers {red, yellow and green}, red onion and some cherry tomatoes sprinkled with some oregano and basil before roasting). Mmmm absolutely scrummy! I had some beetroot on the side, which I can't seem to get enough of at the moment. Love me some beets!

MID-AFTERNOON SNACK - 4:00pm

I had a major sweet tooth this afternoon so I had a nectarine and a peach. Most people hate peaches because of the fuzzy skin, but they are sweeter and juicier than nectarines so I adore them. Really enjoyed both of these.

TEA - 7:30pm

I had some kind of salad concoction, and just threw whatever I could find into a dish. It was couscous, spring onion, green pepper and some sweetcorn, on a bed of mixed leaves and cucumber, topped with some beetroot and tomato, then drizzled with some balsamic vinegar. For something so simple it was quite tasty, though next time I will leave out the sweetcorn (wasn't a fan) and use a sweet chilli sauce instead of balsamic (for a bit of a kick). I followed this with a dish of strawberries and blueberries topped with Rachel's Greek Style Coconut Yoghurt and some pecans. Then I was super stuffed and couldn't eat another morsel if you paid me!

DRINKS

I had about 3 litres of water in total and no tea or soda :)

EXERCISE

I did a 30 minute 'plod' before work. It was a mixture of brisk walking and jogging, but let's not get too excited as there was not enough of the latter for it to be classed as a run. I've always struggled to understand how people have the time to workout before work. I struggle to get my ass out of bed to shower, let alone workout, but I'm beginning to understand that people don't have the time, they make the time. So I decided to get up 30 minutes earlier and faff less with my hair ;) As it happens, I felt better for it. I also did some weights (with tins of beans)  and squats/lunges following a YouTube video when I got home from work. My legs are gonna ache like a bitch today, I just know it.

When do you make the time to exercise? Do you sacrifice other things for it?

xoxo

What I ate Wednesday

Aww I missed doing this last week as I was in the hotel from hell, so I was really excited to whip out my camera and get stuck in! I've been feeling a bit miserable with my food choices lately as I find myself stuck in a rut when it comes to meat-free meals. I really enjoyed today's eats though and can see myself repeating these and not minding! As always, check out Jenn's blog for more WIAW party-goers!

BREAKFAST - 6:45am

Breakfast today was so yummy - I had a bowl of summer fruits smoothie. I just blended up soy milk with some frozen summer fruits - raspberries, blackberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants, blueberries and strawberries. I like my breakfast smoothies to be quite thick as eating them out of a bowl makes me feel fuller, so I added the soy milk a little at a time until I got the right consistency. I add more if I want it as a traditional, drinkable smoothie, but either way is absolutely delish, if not a little bit cold! My only issue was the amount of strawberry seeds - flipping heck there were tons! 

MID-MORNING SNACK - 11:00am

I took a HUGE tub of sweet, juicy watermelon to work with me today, so snacked on some of that. Very yummy and refreshing. Nom nom nom.

LUNCH - 12:30pm

Early lunch today and I had two mini wholemeal pitta's, filled with fresh cooked beetroot and a little dollop of coleslaw. Much tastier (and messier!) than it sounds. I also had a pack of Walkers Sunbited 'crisps' in sour cream and cracked black pepper flavour. Meh, they were okay. Nothing exciting, though I'm not a huge crisp lover to start with.

MID-AFTERNOON SNACK - 4:00pm

More (unpictured) watermelon. Straight from the fridge so icy cold and delicious. Mmmm.

TEA - 6:30pm

A huge salad with lettuce, cucumbers, peppers, radishes, spring onions, tomatoes, beetroot, pickled onions and coleslaw, served with two crispy cheese and onion bakes. Loved every. Single. Mouthful. Yum yum. For my 'pudding' I had another smoothie, made with frozen peaches, frozen raspberries, fresh raspberries and a little splash of peach flavoured sparkling water.

DRINKS

I had tons of water today - about 2.5 litres. No tea (hooray!) but of course I've got my night time tea for tonight. Yum!

What did you eat today?

xoxo

What I ate Wednesday

Having a weekly feature really makes me notice how quickly these weeks are rolling around. It's frightening! What's worse is we had a company newsletter in work the other day and they're already counting down to Christmas - we haven't even have a proper Summer yet!

Have you joined the WIAW party?! Hop on over to Jenn's lovely little blog for more participants :)

BREAKFAST - 6:30am

I woke up hungry, but nothing I thought of sounded appetising. I spent so long deliberating over what to have that I actually didn't leave myself a lot of time, so I settled for my usual mix of porridge, made with cinnamon and a grated apple, and topped with some mixed nuts (I think it was peanuts, almonds and... walnuts maybe?) and blueberries. Because it wasn't what I was craving (I still don't know what I wanted) I didn't enjoy it, but ate it for the sake of it. It was a lovely combination though, so no doubt I'll be returning to this when I'm in a fruit 'n' nut mood.

LUNCH - 1:00pm

I took a box full of raw vegetables to work today, as I knew there were some dips in the fridge that needed to be eaten. I took cucumber, carrots, mange tout, a yellow pepper, and a couple of cherry tomatoes, and had some lemon houmous for dippage. Mmmm. I also had a pot of Activia Fat-Free Vanilla Yoghurt and two small (unpictured) plums, which filled me up for the afternoon. I did get peckish at around 5:30pm, but I didn't have anything as I was finishing work at 6:00pm and going straight home.

TEA - 6:15pm

Tonight I wanted something a bit stodgy, as the weather resembles Autumn. I had a bowl of couscous, topped with some of my chunky vegetable chilli, which was very yummy, very filling, and exactly what I wanted to warm me up. For my dessert I had a strawberry ice cream-slash-smoothie, which was just some frozen bananas and frozen strawberries, blended with a little soy milk until I got the consistency of ice cream. This was so delicious and I felt like I was having a really naughty treat. You know those luxury ice creams that are made with real strawberries instead of artificial strawberry flavourings? This tasted just like one of those. Mmmm.

DRINKS

Today I had 1.5 litres of water, so not my 2 litre target but near enough. We're kind of keeping tabs on each other in work and checking how much water we're drinking, so it is a good reminder to hydrate myself! I also had my first bottle of 'Vitamin Water' today. I chose the i-focus Strawberry and Kiwi flavour, not entirely because it is pink. Well... maybe just a little! The first sip was quite nice but by the end it wasn't as nice as I thought. Plus it is just full of sugar! I bought into the vitamin aspect of it and regretted it. I won't be buying anymore. I'm having a cup of Clipper Night-Time Tea tonight too, which is becoming somewhat of a nightly ritual now. It's my favourite, and if it didn't help me sleep I'd drink it throughout the day too!

Notice something different about today's meals?

What have you eaten today?

xoxo

What I ate... the other day

Hello cupcakes :)

Today's WIAW post isn't for my munchies for today. I have been ill with food poisoning for the last 2 days so all that I've 'eaten' since Monday evening has been water, water and more water.

Fun times.

Instead, I'm showing you my eats from Monday, before I got ill. If you want to join the WIAW party, check out Jenn's blog for the deets:

BREAKFAST - 6:15am

I made my usual mix of porridge (1/3 cup oats, 1/3 cup milk and 1/3 cup water) and added some cinnamon for some yumminess. I topped it with some Dorset Cereals Honey Granola (soooo good!) and pecans. As much as I enjoyed this, the porridge was still a little bit too plain for my tastes, so next time I think I'll add a mashed or melted banana to my mixture.

SNACK - 10:30am

I had a choconana smoothie, and yes, that's a Superman glass! It's Mr Lollipop's. To make my smoothie I blended a banana with some Alpro Chocolate Soy Milk and a teaspoon (quite a heaped teaspoon... oops!) of crunchy peanut butter. Thick, creamy, chocolatey and really delicious. I couldn't even tell it was soy milk instead of my regular milk!

LUNCH - 1:30pm

This innocent and delicious looking salad gave me food poisoning. It was made up of lettuce, cucumber, spring onion, red pepper, radish, grated carrot, a little bit of grated cheese, some cooked beetroot, some pickled onions, some cherry tomatoes and a teaspoon of coleslaw. Nothing offensive there. Oh, and salmon. Sigh. That's what did it. Tasted fine, smelt fine, but it was not fine and I don't think I'm going to eat salmon again after this. I thoroughly enjoyed every single mouthful so I can't understand why I had such a bad reaction to it - I've ate salmon a ton of times before! Damn salmon.

And that's all of my eats for Monday because I got violently sick by teatime so I came home from work early, had a long hot bath and tucked myself up in bed, then got looked after by my Mammy. Mammy's are the best when it comes to TLC. I'm feeling extra sorry for myself as I haven't been able to sample some of my brother's giant cupcake birthday cake either. By the time my appetite comes back there won't be a crumb of it left on the plate. Hmmph! Stupid salmon.

Is there anything you can't eat? Anything you've been put off by because of one bad experience? My mother thinks I'm crazy to be put off something (it's the same with beef, I avoid beef these days as I was sick last year after eating it) but I just conjure up these horrible feelings when I think about eating it. That's normal, right?

xoxo

What I ate Wednesday

Happy Wednesday my lovelies, the weekend is in sight! Hope you've had a good week so far :)

I feel like a bit of a fraudster posting today's eats - I mean, it is what I ate - but I've had a really rubbish week food-wise and today's munchies don't reflect that. Today's consumption was quite healthy, bar breakfast, but that's because I've felt the need to make up for the weekend. I've indulged in Krispy Kreme's, McDonalds, Harry Ramsden's, ice creams, crisps and dips, fluffernutter sandwiches in abundance, American candies... the list is quite endless.

Sigh.

I know it's so easy to say 'tomorrow is another day', and that treats aren't bad occasionally, I just feel rotten that the last week has undone all of my hard work. But, that's enough melodrama for now. I've bored you enough with it! Here is what I've eaten today - don't forget to check out Jenn's wonderful blog for more WIAW-party participants!

BREAKFAST - 7:00am

Breakfast today was a bowl of Lucky Charms. Mr L and I 'treated' ourselves to some things in Americandy on the weekend (surprise surprise *rolls eyes*), and one of my buys was Lucky Charms. They're not so easy to come by in the UK anymore, but now that I've found this American shop in Cardiff, I'll have a neverending supply on my almost-doorstep! I adored these as a kid, and they totally lived up to how I remembered them. Was it a sensible breakfast choice? No. Did it fill me up for most of the morning? Well, no, not really. Did it hit the spot? Completely!

MID-MORNING SNACK - 10:00am

An early snack today as the Lucky Charms, though delicious, did not fill me up for long. I ate a banana and an apple. I haven't eaten an apple sans cinnamon for a long, long time, and I thought I'd miss it more than I did.

LUNCH - 1:00pm

I had a plate of raw carrot batons, green peppers, and a dollop or tomato and chilli houmous. At first I could only taste the tomato and thought it was really bland, but then I got a kick from the chilli! Really enjoyed this one and will definitely be buying more. I do love me some houmous. I also had a great big summer fruits smoothie using frozen summer fruits (raspberries, cherries, strawberries, blackberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants, blueberries) pomegranate and cranberry juice, and a splash of sparkling peach flavoured water. Fizzy and slushy and very refreshing.

MID-AFTERNOON SNACK - 4:00pm

I started feeling hungry at around 3:20pm, but I decided to hold out for a little longer otherwise I'd be wanting my tea earlier too. When I finally caved in I had some sugarsnaps and an orange.

TEA - 6:30pm

I had a salmon fillet baked with lemon juice and dill, and I served it with some stuffed peppers. I stuffed them with some lemon and coriander couscous (my favourite flavoured couscous) and baked them in the oven until the peppers were softened and the top of the couscous golden and crispy. These were so delicious and I polished off the lot, though I do think the couscous could've benefitted from having some veggies mixed in. Definitely one I'll be trying again though. For my pudding I had a bowl of strawberries, which are so scrumptious at this time of year, topped with some of Rachel's Organic Greek-Style Coconut Yoghurt.

DRINKS

I've consumed 4 cups of tea today *slaps wrist* but I've also had my 2 litres of water. I'm looking forward to 9:00pm when I can have a mug of Clipper Sleep Easy tea, which is my favourite bedtime drink. I've been having trouble sleeping lately and this seems to help.

What have you eaten today? How do you feel about falling off the wagon and treating yourself - are you harsh like me or accept it and move on? I'd love to hear your thoughts!

xoxo