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Busy Up in Here

by eatingbirdfood on June 24, 2009

As most of you know I’ve been extremely busy, but with that said, I’ve still had to time to create some delicious eats.

For instance, the breakfast below is what I like to call The Lean Banana Split – all the flavors of a banana spilt but with less calories, more protein and fiber, and it’s for BREAKFAST!

1 serving of Kashi Go Lean

1/2 scoop of chocolate protein powder

1/2 banana, sliced

2-3 strawberries, sliced

Approx. 3/4 cup of Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk

I’m skipping over lunch (because I usually just have a salad) and heading straight to meal that is usually the most time consuming.

Quick, healthy, and tasty dinners are hard to come by without falling in a food rut and eating the same ol’ things week after week. Well this week I came up with two standbys. One is an oldie- frozen/fresh combination stir-fry and the other is a new recipe that I decided to try and will continue to make because it was absolutely spectacular!

First up, frozen stir-fry veggies (from Costco), stir-fried in water. I added a touch of freshness by tossing in a portobello mushroom and some bean sprouts. Once the veggies were cooked to my liking I added some Bragg’s Liquid Aminos and some sriracha hot sauce… quick and easy!

That one little pea is taking the spotlight in the photo….

And for the spectacularness… I give you my rendition of Fitness Magazine’s Greek Quinoa.

I will definitely be making this again, especially when Isaac is back in town because I’m sure he’ll love it. It was fast, very easy, plus it tasted heavenly. I am so glad I made the whole recipe (4 servings) rather than halving it because now I have left-overs!

I pretty much followed the recipe but I did change a few things. The changes are italicized.

My Ingredients

1/2 cup uncooked quinoa
1 cup juice from home grown canned tomatoes, plus additional water
2 Roma (plum) tomatoes, seeded and finely chopped
1/2 cup shredded fresh spinach
1/3 cup finely chopped red onion
4 shredded basil leaves
1 tablespoon of red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
Spinach leaves
2 avocados, pitted, peeled, and sliced
1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese

Off to bed, I need my beauty rest as the rest of the week is gonna be B-U-S-Y!!

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Meet and Greet

by eatingbirdfood on March 12, 2009

I had totally planned to eat oatmeal this morning, but the PB Puffins were calling my name. I ended up with a combo- kashi go lean, PB puffins, and Almond Breeze Unsweetened Almond Milk (USAM) I’m officially addicted.

The morning went by quickly a work and around 11 I started thinking of what I had a home that could be lunch. I couldn’t really think of anything and thought about just running over to Subway. I haven’t had a veggie sub in a long time. I knew I was eating dinner out so I decided to just head home and scrounge around for something I could call lunch. Which ended up being awesome. I forgot how much I like Trader Joe’s Organic Tomato and Roasted Red Pepper Soup. I think it’s one my favorite soups from TJ’s.

I also toasted a TJ’s mini WW pita. It was kind of like eating pita chips, which I dipped into the soup. Lastly, I had a little something sweet Kashi’s TLC Pumpkin Pie Bar! Click on “pumpkin pie bar” to read my review. I’m updating my product review page to include a rating system… be sure to check it out. More reviews are coming soon!

For dinner I met up with a the Vegetarian/Vegan group from Meetup.com. It was my first experience meeting up and I was excited because it was hosted at Da Lat, a delicious Vietnamese restaurant that I am rather fond of. It turned out to be really fun. Of course I like talking food so meeting and chatting with other veggies in the area was right up my alley. As usual, the food was awesome, I ordered a fresh spring roll and the Eggplant sauteed with shiitake mushrooms, tomato, lotus root, snow peas, sweet cabbage, and fresh basil in a light spicy sauce.

Obviously I took this picture at the restaurant so I told them about my food blog – hi to any meetup members who decided to check it out! I randomly got two pieces of crispy tofu in my dish and I wasn’t complaining one bit. But don’t let this picture fool you- this was just my first portion. I cleaned the entree plate by having about 3 more servings similar in size to this one. It was so good! If you live around Richmond you should totally try this restaurant! I highly recommend this dish and my “usual” which is the Bun Tofu Nuong Cha Gio Chay- Grilled tofu and crispy vegetable spring roll. This dish is so fun because you get to make your own spring rolls with rice wraps with the above ingredients plus chopped lettuce, cucumbers, bean sprouts, pickled carrots, scallions and warm rice noodles, basil and peanut sauce. Try it – I promise it’s fun.

I ran to Whole Foods after the meetup and grabbed a few things, which included lots of fruit. I couldn’t resist the Strawberries- but they weren’t as yummy as I had hoped. Oh well, the grapes were good!

I’m off to play wii bowling… wish me luck.

P.S. TGIF!

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Hmm…Citrusy

February 20, 2009

I did a little something different for breakfast and had some kashi go lean with 1/2 scoop of chocolate protein powder, and USAM. I took this photo and then Isaac left for work – he needed his camera today so the second part of my breakfast (a banana with PB & Co Cinnamon Swirl PB) [...]