WIAW #3

Hello there! Whew, it's been a busy few weeks, between work and school...hence why I've failed at posting lately. I'm working on it though! It's still pretty busy, so this will be a quick one. Real quickly though, I want to just say that I really like the idea behind this WIAW banner. Especially because I'm continually striving to make good choices while stressing out from school and studying and what not. So here it goes!
Lunch:

Fruit, yogurt, and hot sauce!

 Bottom is just mixed fruit. For the first time this week I made a big bowl of fruit so that we can just take some as we want it. I really like this idea because fruit is always there when we want it with no work involved. On top is my plain greek yogurt. Within this past week I've decided to make the transition back to plain yogurt. Until I compared the stats on plain yogurt to fruit filled yogurt last week I never realized how much sugar is in the fruity ones! It's nuts! I'd rather just get plain and then have all sorts of options on how to flavor it myself. So today I added 1 tablespoon chocolate PB2 and 1 TBSP ground flax (+ 1/2 packet of Pure Via for a little sweetness). Yum! Plus my hot sauce for the concoction below :)

Butternut squash, green beans, and a veggie burger

The green beans and squash were left overs from last night. Just grilled up a veggie burger this morning while getting ready and topped it with some fat free cheese. Topped it with hot sauce at work...perfect :)
Snacks while studying:

Vanilla maple almonds <3

 I got these in my monthly package from bestowed. If you don't know about bestowed, check them out. They are an awesome company and I was really happy with my box this month. Hopefully I'll be doing reviews of everything later this month once I've used it all. Anyways, these almonds were awesome. There was only 4g of sugar, which seems really good for almonds that are coated with stuff. They were really tasty though.

Lentil chips

I also got these cool chips from bestowed. These were equally as awesome. They were kind of airy and had a delicious garlic Parmesan flavor. I'd love to be able to buy larger quantities of these.

Also, not pictured was about 30 grapes...but I think everyone knows what those look like ;)

Dinner:

Cucumber feta turkey burger, veggies, salad

I made these turkey burgers on a whim from a suggestion from my love. Shredded some cucumber, added 1 egg white, some feta crumbles, and seasonings. They were pretty good but I definitely plan on improving this recipe. On the side was just a veggie saute (cauliflower, sugar snap peas, bell peppers, onion, garlic, artichoke hearts, feta, and seasonings), delicious as usual. And just a typical salad.

Well, that's my quick WIAW for today. I hope you all had a great Wednesday <3

With love,

Tuffy

WIAW #2

Yay for another WIAW! :) I hope all you other WIAWers had good Wednesdays as well.

Here's my eats from yesterday:

My lunch all packed up and ready to go

Lunch: Salad + yogurt + mixture of blueberries and cherries.

Up close & personal

My salad consisted of: spinach, mixed greens, various veggies (cucumber, onion, tomato, mushroom), lentils (which were cooked with garlic and onion), quinoa, feta, and fat free italian dressing. Plus my Trader Joe's 0% Greek yogurt + 1 tbsp flax and my fruit to round it out :)

Snacks!

I love this chocolate almond coconut Mojo bar...mmmm. Plus, still loving my ranch with hot sauce + veggies <3

Healthy gyro

The other day I had a craving for gyros, and I thought to myself: you know what, I bet I can make gyros healthier. Oh my gosh. I was so happy with they way this turned out. I looked up a recipe to season chicken and to make a healthy Tzatziki sauce. I think I need to do a bit of tweaking before I post my recreated healthy gyros, but considering this was my first go at them I was really happy. My boyfriend even said that this was like a comparable healthy version of his favorite Halal place in NYC (sweet!) and asked that this join our regular rotation of meals. And of course we had to top it with some Sriracha for a little zing ;) I also made a Greek inspired salad on the side:

This was just mixed greens, lots of cucumber, tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, artichoke, onion, and feta.

And for dessert I threw together this delicious-ness...

Cinnamon Apple oat bowl

Again, I was really happy with the way this came out. I just kind of threw together stuff that sounded good and ended up with this. My boyfriend even asked for one tonight! I'll eventually post a recipe for this too, once I get it down pat. But it's basically just oats, chocolate pb2, apple, cinnamon, apple saucce, and brown rice crispy cereal.

And that's it for my 2nd WIAW...I was very happy with my new creations yesterday :)

With love,

Tuffy