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PB&J Comes My Way

by eatingbirdfood on August 18, 2009

Did you know that chia seeds oats are pretty much the best thing ever for breakfast? Well, they are! They are both tasty and filling and I’ve pretty much fallen head over heels for them. Hence the reason I eat a bowl almost every day (when I’m not having smoothies, of course). This photo is actually making my mouth water right now.

Especially that spoonful of PB&CO cinnamon raisin swirl pb. <–When I went to go find the link for PB&CO I got hooked on the website for a while- day dreaming about all the amazing sounding sandwich options they serve at the PB&CO Sandwich Shop in NYC. Isaac and I are planning to take a trip up to NYC at the end of this month and now I really want to stop by and get The Elvis- A grilled peanut Butter sandwich, stuffed with bananas and honey.

After a morning at the office, I went home for lunch for a quick and colorful salad of baby romaine, cucumber, tomato, broccoli, feta cheese, chopped red cabbage and Rachel’s Wickedly Delicious Cucumber Dill Cottage Cheese on the side.

I didn’t know what I would think about the cucumber dill flavor, but surprisingly it was tasty and the perfect topping for a salad. I’ve been impressed with all the Rachel’s cottage cheeses I have tried!

After lunch I headed back to the office for some productive work. The highlight of my afternoon came around 3 when I pulled out my snack. As I mentioned previously, I was extremely excited to try the latest and greatest LARABAR flavor – Peanut Butter & Jelly.

Did it live up to the anticipation? Oh YEA!! It tasted just like my mom’s PB&J sammie- it took me right back to grade school when I used to pack a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch everyday! I’ll definitely be buying this bar as soon as I find it in a grocery store near me. I’ve been looking but haven’t spotted it.

Has anyone found the new bars yet?

I’ll be back soon with a new dinner recipe!! P.S. Don’t forget that I now have my own domain, if you are subscribed via a reader, please update your subscription to www.eatingbirdfood.com. If you’re not a subscriber, but would like to be, simply click here and pick which rss feed method works best for you. Thanks!!

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Stranger Things Have Happened

by eatingbirdfood on July 27, 2009

I think I captured all my eats today, which is rare, because normally I don’t have the time to take a picture of every little thing I eat, plus some stuff just isn’t really blog worthy.

Today’s breakfast = totally blog worthy. Chia Seed Oats.

Notice the congealedness today? It’s because I actually let them sit for about 10 minutes before digging in. I am usually starving and have no patience to wait.

Work went well for a Monday morning and I walked home for lunch per the usual. I put the left over tzatziki to good use and made little pita triangles with hummus, tomato, red onion, avocado, and the tzatziki.

These little babies were so easy and so GOOD! The pitas that I used are awesome because they don’t break apart when you stuff them like most other pita breads do. They’re Joseph’s Middle East Bakery Low Carb Pitas. I’ve talked about Joseph before when I tried his lavash bread. Now it looks like the domain for his website has expired. I’m wondering if they are still in business? I surely hope so, because I’ll be quite sad if I can’t find these pitas anymore.

With lunch I also had the rest of the Amy’s Black Bean Soup from yesterday.

And some fresh cherries (this plate X 2). Gotta love fresh cherries!

Once back at the office I got right to work and by mid afternoon the trail mix was calling my name. I had one small handful.

And then another.

And I may or may not have gone back for a few more pieces. I’ll keep ya guessing!

After eating the mix I wasn’t satisfied and decided to eat the snack I had brought from home – another flavor of Rachel’s Cottage Cheese – Pear Mangosteen this time!

This one lived up to it’s name. It was wickedly delicious. It probably had something to do with the sweetness, as this one had double the sugar in comparison with the one with red pepper. But, I tend to like fruit with cottage cheese so I’m not surprised I like the Pear Mangosteen better.

This evening I decided to go shopping in lieu of hitting up the gym. It was for good reason. I have a wedding to attend Saturday and I bought this dress over the weekend but I need a new pair of shoes. I found a pair tonight at DSW that I thought would work perfect. Too bad I got home and tried them on with the dress and I wasn’t in love with how they looked together. Oh well, I guess I might have to go shopping again… how very sad.

Once home, Olive and I went for a walk while I baked some sweet potato fries.

With the fries I had a veggie egg with sauteed summer squash, red onion, green pepper, and hot salsa.

It was a great little dinner. I love love love having breakfast for dinner. It’s been one of my favorite meals since childhood.

Keeping with the breakfast theme I also had a small mug of kashi go lean, a sliced berry and unsweetened almond milk for a snack.

Totally hit the spot. I’m off to read and try to get to hit the sack early. I was up much of last night due to a huge storm that came through. Every few seconds my entire bedroom was lit up from the lightening. Plus, Isaac had already left for DC so I only had little Olive to snuggle. I’m not usually scared of storms, but trust me this one was on the intense side.

Good night friends!

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Sour, Sweet, Salty & Seedy

July 8, 2009

I think I got my sour fix for the day. These tangy little gems are called Golden Inca berries. From the look of them you might expect something sweet like raisins, dates, or dried plums. Well, they are a bit sweet, but more so sour. The skin of the Inca berry is thick and the [...]