Happy WIAW! I love that this month’s theme is eating more vegetables. This is something I’ve been consciously trying to do for the past couple of weeks. As you’ll see from Monday’s eats below, I could still use a few more vegetables in my life, but I’m getting a little better:
Breakfast
It finally happened – my local grocery store no longer stocks P28 bread. When it comes to getting enough protein at breakfast, P28 bread had become somewhat of a crutch for me. It’s so much easier than making an omelette or cooking meat for breakfast, plus it allows me to eat my favourite breakfast of nut butter on toast while still getting a big serving of protein, which really does keep me fuller longer.
But I’ve since found a simple solution – egg whites! You can get a decent 10 grams of protein for only 50 calories, so I simply add a side of egg whites to my usual nut butter/toast/milk/fruit breakfast combo and – BOOM! – 30 grams of protein.
For Monday’s breakfast, I had almond butter on toast, a glass of milk, blueberries and egg whites (which I basically just poured into a small greased bowl and nuked for 90 seconds, leaving my lazy morning routine firmly in tact):
Lunch
Over the weekend, I made baked ziti from The Biggest Loser family cook book. I bought that cook book over two years ago when I first learned how to cook and while I’ve since graduated to more sophisticated recipes, I occasionally still refer to it from time to time. I have to admit, this recipe was pretty delicious and since it serves 8 people, I had lots of leftovers. I brought a slice to work for lunch on Monday.
Dinner
Breaded pork chops with a side salad of spinach, avocado, grape tomatoes, olive oil and lemon juice.
Snacks
Here’s some exciting news – I tried a new snack combo on Monday morning. My snacks tend to be the same day in and day out, to the point that my cell cubicle mate actually makes fun of me for it. Today, instead of apple slices and peanut butter, I ate strawberries with ricotta cheese and cinammon. My co-worker was very impressed.
Mine looked just like that, except in Tupperware.
Other snacks – Greek yogurt with granola and raspberries and crackers with peanut butter (I had to get the peanut butter in somewhere!)
Have you discovered any new and amazing snack combos lately?
What are your strategies for increasing your veggie intake?
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Your ziti nd parfaits look amazing. Great job!
don’t you snack on nuts or fruits?i just ask becuz i’m a snacker
I usually have 3 snacks per day, unless I’ve had larger than usual meals. Greek yogurt with granola/berries, fruit and nut butter and VitaTops are my go-tos.
Hello, I am from P28 and was wondering what store you were purchasing P28. Could you please give me store name and address?
It’s the Metro at Hopedale Mall in Oakville, Ontario – granted, I didn’t actually ask anyone if they’d stopped carrying it but I didn’t see a spot for it on the shelf where it usually is.
They are actually keeping it in the in-store bakery department in the freezer chest. Love your blog!
Thanks for looking into that for me – I will check there next time I do my groceries!
That ziti looks great! I love anything pasta related
The latest snack I discovered was cottage cheese + rice krispies. It sounds disgusting, it looks disgusting … but it’s good! And to get more veggies, I shove a couple of handfuls of spinach into my smoothies. It’s a no fail trick, you can’t taste it!
The baked ziti looks wonderful!!
I often bring fruit, carrots & hummus, or a yogurt (or cottage cheese) for snack. And I usually eat the same thing that entire week, just to make planning my meals for work easier
Looks delish!! I hate it when the grocery store stops carrying my favorite foods- that has happened to me a bunch recently and it takes me forever to find something I love just as much.
That baked Ziti looks amazing!!!!
Mmm the baked ziti looks fantastic! I need to check out that cookbook!
That ziti looks soo good!
Lately I’ve been eating apples a lot for snacks, but I’m usually craving salt too, so I gotta find something to fit in that catergory, before I star reaching for potato chips!
Mmmm I don’t even know what ziti is but it looks DELISH *off to google ziti*
Egg whites are so great to get extra protein in! I love mine with cinnamon and Stevia, delish.