Breakfast: Blackberry Yogurt Parfait
I meant to assemble this last night, but I was so exhausted that I left it for the morning. This is fairly similar to yesterday's breakfast, and just as simple to assemble. I did make one change, I added a little bit of honey to help cut the sourness of the yogurt
Deliciousness Level: yummy
Lunch: Shorty's Turkey Hoagie Salad
So I had to stray from the meal plan today since my team went out to lunch. We ended up at a Philly cheesesteak place that is supposedly 'real' Philly cheesesteaks. Tempting. But clearly not even close to clean eating. I managed to find an acceptable alternative that wasnt too far from what I would have had anyways, a turkey salad with tomatoes, provalone and hot peppers with a vinegar/oil dressing. And no, I didn't take a picture, not because they would have thought I was crazy (most of them know that I'm blogging about this), but because I was so hungry and we had to get back to a meeting, so I just simply forgot.
Of course the whole way to lunch I was obsessing over whether anyone would make fun that I was the only one not eating cheesesteaks and it would have been easier to just get what everyone else was eating. But I ordered my salad, and no one even seemed to notice. So if you're ever nervous about ordering something healthy, just do it because really no one actually cares what you're doing.
Deliciousness Level: I mean, it was no cheesesteak, but it was clean, and the hot peppers really added a nice kick.
Snack: Avocado and Lemon Vinaigrette
I must confess, I never really liked avocado, and for most of my life wouldn't even touch the stuff. In recent years I've at least allowed it past my lips, but it's definitely not high on my food preference list. So today's snack was a bit of a stretch, but that's just my personal opinion. I used the leftover lemon vinaigrette rather than use a new lemon half. And it actually made for a pretty decent office snack. There was some prep work involved, and trying to get a pit out of an avocado with a plastic knife is quite the ordeal, but once you get past that, it's super simple.
Deliciousness Level: If you like avocado, then this is the snack for you
Dinner: "Asian" Chicken Salad
So, since I went out for lunch (and already knew before this week that I would be) I already planned on having this salad for dinner instead of the cauliflower/lentils laid out by the official food plan. And boy am I glad I did (see why in the lentils blurb below). The assembly of this was pretty simple, and probably would have been even better if I had bothered to use my mandolin instead of hand chopping the carrots. Also, I don't know what tamari is, but I know what soy sauce is, and that river flows aplenty in this house, so anywhere they say to use tamari this week, just know that I'm using the real stuff. One thing I did learn today was that to chop almonds, it is much more effective to chop verrrry slowly to avoid tiny almond bits flying everywhere.
Deliciousness Level: Very very yummy. Even for dinner
Dessert: Almond Chocolate Milk
The recipe mysteriously just says to use "warm milk" and since I didn't actually buy any milk, I had to assume they meant almond milk. So i whipped up a batch (a larger batch, since I'll need some tomorrow morning) and with tonight's half I warmed it up in the microwave and added shaved chocolate to melt down:
Look at that glorious pile. And that's just off of one square! It's like the fishes and the bread of sweet delicious dessert. It was actually pretty easy to shave the chocolate, just run a knife along the edge and it naturally chips away like that. And then drop it in the warm milk and it melts down. For I second I actually contemplate using a double boiler to melt down the chocolate into the almond milk, and I'm glad I didn't go through the effort (and extra dishes).
Deliciousness Level: This actually was a little gritty from the almond meal, and not terribly sweet from the 70% dark chocolate. But it's chocolate, and dessert, and it was worth it!
Food prep for tomorrow:
I set aside a cup of almond milk to be ready to blend into a smoothie for tomorrow's snack. And started assembly of the salad for tomorrow's lunch. Even though I wasn't sticking to the actual dinner for tonight, I still made the batch of lentils since I'll use the leftovers later this week. And boy I'm glad I had a backup plan for tonight. I don't know who these buzzfeed people are, but they must get out of work super early. I read the recipe for these lentils and they need to cook for almost an HOUR. Nope, when I get home at 8:30 or 9 o'clock, I do NOT have time or patience to sit around waiting for a pot of legumes to become edible.
I actually started making the lentils first when I got home to let it simmer, and ohhhh myyyyyy it is worth the hour. I cannot WAIT for lunch tomorrow. These lentils are AMAZING. Life changing. We will see these again. Oh YES. These are so. good.
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