It’s Wednesday and if you follow my blog you know what that means right? The day where I expose my eating to YOU!! Pictures of what I’ve eaten one day last week! I enjoy sharing and I hope you enjoy seeing!

This day was actually a Sunday before the 4th of July that the hubby and oldest were camping with the scouts and just returning that evening. They brought home an unexpected present of LOBSTER! I didn’t mind! You’ll see since he and the oldest picky child were away I made life simple and ate simple. 🙂

I started my day with a Carrot Orange Ginger Juice and I was happy!

We then had a dance recital for my daughter and after it she went over a friends house and my son was with his auntie so I came home and enjoyed some of my favorite new dip, Avocado Bean Dip on sweet pepper slices!

In the afternoon I worked on a new delicious recipe that I haven’t posted yet because the frosting needs some tweaks, but I think you can guess what it is, but there’s a hidden veggie in it! Hope to post it soon!

Can you tell what this is from the looks of it? LOBSTER!! The hubby and son brought home a LOT of lobster and it was already cooked but the scouts didn’t eat all of it so they got to take it home, whoohooo! Yes that is mayo there but I don’t enjoy lobster every day either so…….. I.Ate.Every.Bite.

I know seafood is wonderful and all but I was still hungry a little while later in the evening so I made a spinach and cheese quesadilla. Fast and just enough and I called it a day.

 What’s something you rarely get to or choose to eat, but savor every bite when you do enjoy it?

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Happy Wednesday to you! Today is the day of sharing my eats with you! My visual food journal for all to see! No shame, no judgement, just the truth! I’ve increased my exercise routine and apparently it has also increased my appetite! BUT I am losing those last 5 pounds I’ve been working to take off, slowly but yes loosing!

So here’s the start of my day:

I love making my Personalized Baked Oatmeal cups with individual toppings so everyone has a choice of what they like in their oatmeal and they are so easy to heat and go on the road with! I had 2!!

Love me some banana for a snack!

I’ve started adding 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in my smoothies or salads, not daily though. Not sure if I see any positive benefits from it but I’m not being that consistent so….. Anyone use the stuff?

My favorite snack is plain yogurt (I’ve been enjoying the Brown Cow brand, it is full fat but so good!) and fresh berries! Perfect after lunch snack!

We went out to do some errands so I treated myself to an ice coffee since it was quite warm for a winter day in RI!  When I got home I had these little Cookie Dough Truffles in the fridge so I ate 1, ok maybe 2. 🙂

Hungry again before dinner so I had some carrots with cashew butter. Have you tried it? Can’t say I like it more than peanut butter but it’s good.

For dinner I roasted a whole chicken with carrots, onions and potatoes and it was delish! I took the skin OFF that thigh, yes I did.

My after dinner, cleaning up the kitchen snack was my Light Berry frozen yogurt I still had tucked away in my freezer. I scooped out a 1/2 cup and called it a night!

Food Allergy Update:

Yesterday I received a call from my doctor informing me of my blood test results. I was quite surprised that I don’t have a wheat allergy but am pretty sure I do. I’ve been off wheat/gluten since New Year’s and my stomach/digestive issues have disappeared! When he tested me though I was already without the gluten and wheat so I think my results are inaccurate. I also was surprised to find out I don’t have a milk allergy as I thought since I can;t stomach milk since I was a kid. Apparently the blood test doesn’t check for lactose intolerance which I am positive I have. I get sick immediately after consuming milk based soups or milk or too much yogurt or cheese in a day. Needless to say since New Year’s and being gluten free I’ve had a half cup of yogurt a day without any stomach aches so hmmmmm……..

Another crazy surprise was the fact he told me I have a moderate to low egg allergy, specifically to egg whites….WHAT????? I eat them daily, I drink them in smoothies, I bake with them and I don’t seem to have any issues after eating them, so again I say….WHAT!!!!!

So now I’m not quite sure what I will do. I think I will continue gluten free eating until the end of this month and try some back and see if symptoms occur. After that I may decide to eliminate eggs for a short time and see what happens. I really love eggs and egg whites!

If you celebrate the first day of Lent today (Ash Wednesday) and are looking to eat cleaner you could start with my 3 Day Cleanse & Detox Plan!! Also be sure to check out the host of this foodie party, Peas and Crayons!

Almost forgot!!! Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day!! Here’s some of my new delicious and healthy Valentine treats:

• Light Berry Frozen Yogurt
• Valentine Coconut Filled Candy
• Healthy Chocolate Pudding Parfaits
• Valentine Peanut Butter Cups
• Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles

Enjoy!

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Hello again!! Wednesday is “What I Ate” for all of you to see! This is linked up with a bunch of other healthy foodie bloggers that share some fantastic food over at Peas and Crayons! Be sure to check them out when you get a chance. 🙂

I really hope this won’t be a shock to you but sometimes I really don’t eat that balanced and this day last week was just one of those days. So ho….. hum…… I am still showing you my not so great day of eating and I know you’ll notice I didn’t eat much.

I only know this: it is always busy in my life with the kiddies and most days I make better choices then others. Some days I eat too much and others not enough. This is one of those not so much days……hey but I know you what judge right? pretty please 😉

Here’s my new protein green smoothie I was so excited to share with my kiddies but they burst my excitement with only one of three kiddies liking it, boo 🙁

I think the green color just freaked the other two out, but I will attempt again with them and I am totally sharing the recipe tomorrow so be sure to check back here for it!

but on a good note it was delicious and I saved the second serving in the fridge for a snack later…….

…….only it ended up being my lunch along with some cooked from the dinner the night before green beans and some “new to me” food called nutritional yeast!

You can find it here through www.iherb.com where I get many of my products. If you’re a first time buyer you’ll get a discount and even if your not you’ll still get a discount I believe using my discount code here: YAJ035.

Supposed to be a healthy alternative for adding protein for vegetarians and vegans, a great replacement for cheese too. I liked it, but I added some extra virgin olive oil over the beans too and it made the yeast less……..dry 🙂

So a side note here, this green smoothie even after a few hours in the fridge was still just as thick and delicious as when I first made it earlier in the morning……that is why it became my lunch for lack of making anything else really.

I was in a mood can you tell?

and then I was hungry because I really didn’t eat much at lunch.

I opted for the JAR of natural peanut butter, thank you very much and a SPOON.

Yep it happens.

At least I ate an apple with it. No I didn’t finish the rest of the jar, but I sure thought about it and wanted to, but knowing that would be totally wrong I removed it from my sight and forgot all about it albeit taking one more spoonful.

Out of sight out of mind really does work for me, and you?

And then there was dinner. It was left overs, which were good, but don’t look great in this iphone pic so I made it REALLY tiny so as not to gross you out.

Want to know what that concoction was in that bowl?

Left over Turkey Tettrazzini: basically turkey, gluten free pasta mixed with chopped kale and topped with shredded cheese. alot. of.it. no denying.

So that was my day in a nutshell…….hope you don’t think so terribly of me now but I am not going to show to anything but the truth here. This is after all accountability for me and hopefully next week I will share a more balanced eating day or not….

please forgive my sarcasm and please share your thoughts.

Oh and have you ever tried nutritional yeast?

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