After my package extravaganza on Monday, I consciously remembered to eat less out of the box today by preparing all whole, real foods. To start I made stove top oats with oatmeal, oat bran, 1/2 banana, raisins, cinnamon with a spoonful of almond butter on top.
I think I could eat oats for breakfast everyday for the rest of my life and be perfectly content. They’re warm, delicious, and super filling! What more could you ask for from a breakfast item?
For lunch, I had homemade lentil soup. Eat, Drink and Be Vegan proved it’s loveliness once again with Mellow Lentil Sniffle Soup. I don’t have the sniffles, however it is getting quite cold out here in VA and this warm soup was the perfect meal.
Isaac and I both had a bowl for dinner last night. He packed another bowl for lunch today and I came home and warmed up a bowl for my lunch as well. The soup is very flavorful but I decided to spice it up with a few squirts of sriracha sauce mixed in. Twas delicious. Yet another reason I would highly recommend purchasing Dreena’s awesome cookbook.
I was going to have more soup for dinner but I decided to switch things up a little / save some for tomorrow. Plus we had a huge butternut squash just waiting to be chopped up. I decided to have a big salad with some butternut squash fries on the side. When I was taking the butternut out of the oven I remembered the Falldorf Salad I had a while back and was inclined to put some of the squash on my salad.
Once again, butternut squash in salad proved to be a winner. The other ingredients included homegrown lettuce, cucumbers, broccoli, shredded carrots, sprouts, dried cranberries, hearts of palm, and TJ’s goddess dressing. It was quite tasty and filling.
After dinner my friends dropped by to bring me a special treat. I tweeted about it, however I think I’ll wait to share what exactly the treat was. Here’s a hint, it’s a homemade fall dessert and it rhymes with lumpkin nuff. They not only brought the tasty little treats but they also brought the recipe to make them! My friends know me well. 
It’s getting late so I must go to bed. Good night friends.
- Brittany
Brittany Mullins, HHC
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all your food looks great!
I do have the sniffles! And I feel like the only cure may be that bowl of soup!
Yummy! I love lentils and and am a little obsessed with ED&BV, so I am surprised that I have not yet made that soup. Sounds delish!
We LOVE Sniffle Soup!!! LOVE IT!!!! It’s amazing how delicious everything in ED&BV is. It makes me so happy to see you love it too.
that lentil soup looks like the perfect cold day meal! it is getting chilly here… and now rainy
hope it goes away for the weekend!! 
I really miss the cold. All of your food looks great.
mmmm. banana and raisins mixed in oats is a fabulous combo. I think I’ll try that when I’m not including protein powder in my oats. Love your lentil soup! I was eye some at Whole Foods today and I’m super bummed I didn’t buy it. It’s cold and I need soup ahah!
Its October and 45 degrees in NYC! Its a soup kind of day. Yours looks yummy.
Your soup and salad look delicious!! It’s been soup weather around me too.
How ironic. I just decided tonight that I am going to buy the stuff to make that soup this weekend. I’m glad to hear that it’s a good recipe.
I love lentil soup!!! It is the perfect fall soup : )
Ohh! that lentil soup looks superb!