Around the World on What I Ate Wednesday

Have we arrived at Wednesday again?! You know what that means....you get yet another peek into my good eats!! I can't tell you how much I love sharing some quick and easy meal ideas with you! This WIAW craze has inspired me to step out of my comfort zone and try some new things too! As I planned out this post, I realized that I've been eating all types of different foods. Today, I was in Greece for breakie, India for lunch and Mexico for dinner ...  if only I could give a wiggle of my nose and actually be in those places ....  ah, a girl can dream can't she??

I hate to brag, but I've had some really great eats this week....and my focus on easy meals has helped me to get out of the kitchen at a decent hour. No more washing dishes at 9 p.m. my friends!

Check out my eats.

This morning I didn't get up in time to eat before my workout. I didn't even get in a warm lemon water <insert wrist slap>  I hate when that happens because my body feels like lead and it takes me forever to feel awake! 

I'm trying to cut back on my coffee-a-day habit, but I decided that my level of exhaustion entitled me to just one. Gotta love a large Timmies coffee with one milk. 

Breakfast

First up we have strawberry-flavoured Chobani Greek Yogourt with strawberries and chocolate coconut granola. I've been loving this breakie after an early morning workout. I find that it usually satisfies me until it's time for lunch.

Dear Chobani,

I know we just met, but I think I love you.

Please come to Canada ASAP.

Love, A

xoxo

This yogourt is really, really good. It's so creamy; I absolutely loved it! I only had a strawberry and a blueberry, but I've seen many different and amazing flavours in the blogging world that I'm dying to try. Good thing I'm heading to Kentucky at the end of this month to visit my parents. My plan is to bring my biggest suitcase, so I can fit in lots of groceries to bring back home with me. Will Delta accept a large-sized cooler in checked luggage??

For lunch, I had some leftover Indian-inspired veggies. This was an awesome lunch! I think a bunch of my co-workers will be trying out this recipe because I had tons of compliments on how good my meal smelled. It was just as good today as when I made it fresh!

I forgot to take a picture before I dug in, so you're getting my original photo.

I wanted to keep my calories low, so I skipped the tofu this time.

For dinner, I whipped up Jenn's fiesta quinoa, with a side of guacamole and baked nachos.

Scrumptious! This was an amazing and easy dinner!

These meals were so satisfying that I really didn't have an urge to snack. I did treat myself to 2 squares of dark chocolate after dinner to satisfy my sweet tooth and keep my nighttime cravings in check....they were my last 2 squares and I don't know what happened ~ they were in my mouth and on their way to my belly before the camera had time to click a pic! Oops! Good thing you all know what a good piece of chocolate looks like :-)

Hopefully one of these amazing meals has tickled your taste buds and inspired you to try something new. If you're looking for more ideas, make sure you drop by Jenn's blog, Peas and Crayons, for lots more inspiration!

What flavour of Chobani yogourt is your all-time fave?

What was your best meal today?

Have a happy Hump Day y'all!!

Andrea

Baked Nachos

Happy Wednesday!

Tonight I had dinner at my grandparents' house and I was so sad to realize that I forgot my camera. We had a couple of really awesome new dishes tonight and now I'm going to have re-create them so I can share them with you! There was one vegetable dish that you are going to love!!

After I had dinner, I went to a dog training class - have I mentioned that I moonlight as an assistant dog trainer? I'm planning to dedicate some of my blog posts to my poochies and their favourite things like clicker training and dog treats...but that will be someday down the road.

When I got home I had the munchies but wanted to make sure that my snack was something healthy and satisfying, so I made us a really easy and tasty treat . You've gotta believe me that you can still have delicious and fun while being healthy and nutritious!! This week we are trying to clean out the fridge and pantry, so this snack incorporated 1/4 of a leftover avocado, some corn tortillas that have been in the freezer for way to long and some hot salsa that has been in the fridge for several weeks. I hate wasting food, so recipes that can use up all the leftovers make me very happy :-)

Baked Nachos
6 corn tortillas (6")
1 - 1.5 tbsp olive oil
sea salt (I used spicy Herbamare) to taste

Preheat oven to 350. Using your kitchen scissors cut the tortillas into wedges. I made 8 wedges per tortilla.

Spread the tortilla wedges out onto a baking sheet. Using a basting brush, brush each wedge lightly with olive oil. Sprinkle the wedges with sea salt or spicy Herbamare. Bake in the oven for 7 minutes making sure to flip the nacho chips halfway through.

Serve & enjoy!

We are huge fans of Mexican food ~ especially guacamole. I didn't have the motivation or ingredients to do an authentic guac, so instead I mashed up some leftover avocado, squeezed in some fresh lemon juice and seasoned with spicy Mrs. Dash and sea salt. There are no set amounts for this; you just need to adjust the seasonings to your tastes. We like a little tang (the lemon) combined with some heat (spicy Mrs. Dash - you could use Frank's Red Hot for a kick too!). As a second side, we had a hot salsa.

This was great snack ~ Derek even said it was great (he said it with some surprise in his voice ~ now what's up with that?!)

I also like to bake up some of these chips and serve as a side with a veggie soup or chili. I used to have bread on the side but these are lower calorie and still very satisfying.

Healthy snacks are the best aren't they? I can watch what I eat and still eat my chips - that makes this girl really, really happy!

What is your favourite healthy snack??

I hope you had an awesome Hump Day --- two more days and then its the weekend!

Andrea

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