Breakfast

I have been trying to 'balance' each of my meals throughout the day. Meaning, at every meal I include a carb, protein, and fat. I eat 4 small meals and a snack. I try to balance the snack as well being that the snack is usually my 'after workout snack' and it's generally a string cheese and an apple, celery with peanut butter and a glass of almond milk, toast and almond butter, or greek yogurt with chia, nuts, and berries. So, in an effort to balance my breakfast this morning I ended up with this:

an egg, egg white, quinoa, avocado, tomato, and half of a grapefruit. 

A couple weeks ago on Facebook I posted the question, 'What do you eat for breakfast?' I got a lot of responses and I've been trying to pull ideas from all of you for my own breakfasts (hence the grapefruit and avocado). 

Here were some of your responses:

1. Oatmeal and Grapefruit
2. Greek Yogurt with Walnuts and Almonds
3. Honey nut Cheerios new Meledy Crunch, sprinkled on yogurt with blueberries
4. Gluten free bagel or english muffin with lite cream cheese or a poached egg
5. Low cal, low carb lavish bread (with flax) with 2 eggs, mozzarella cheese and salsa! Serve with some side of fruit, like fresh raspberries or strawberries!
6. Egg white omelette with lots of veggies!
7. Green smoothie
8. Steel cut oats with cinnamon & raisins & Naked Green Machine

I've yet to try this smoothie but it sounds delicious. Any of you men out there that aren't intimidated by all these ingredients... let me know how it tastes! Sounds delicious.  

• 2 handfuls of Kale
• 1 cup each of blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, red grapes
•  Trader Joe's Omega 3 Trail Mix, 
• 1 banana, 
• 1 apple
• 1 avocado. 
• 1 dollop of almond butter
• coconut milk or almond milk
• Ice Cubes
• Dash of Cinnamon

Blend!

Thanks for all the great Ideas everyone. 

Desserts.

I rarely ask for a Dessert after a meal now. I don't crave it anymore and I know it would be trouble if I did. I go nuts on the stuff. Yesterday, I went a little 'crazy' and I 'got mad' at the chocolate chips, craisins, apricots, crackers, and honey nut cheerios that we had left in the house. I threw them all in the trash. I felt a little bad considering there are children starving but they should be eating better things than that anyway. I was on a workout high as I headed into Cooking school for my 3rd to last class and determined to resist the desserts I knew we were about to make. Fail, halfway through class Jason handed me his spatula covered in Chocolate Cake batter, I went in the corner and licked it all off. (sigh). 

 delicious caramel 

 finished caramel

 Guess what I made!!!

 'Apple Gillette' 

 ICE CREAM!

 Besides my scooping, it was possibly the most delicious Ice cream I've ever had. So fluffy. 

 Then we practiced plating. 

 Lemon Tart

 Of course I came home and finished off the day with a bag of "Broccoli Slaw" and Marinara. If you haven't tried that then I suggest you do. (Steam the Broccoli and stir in your marinara). 

and this is my delicious (not) cleansing tea that I feel the need to drink after all of that Sugar. 

We just keep on going, keep on trying, eventually we succeed. No sugar.