Hi green friends, foodie bloggers, and everyone in between! It's Wednesday, so you know what that means..."What I Ate Wednesday" time! This post is once again linked up to the blog, Peas & Crayons and for the month of October we are sharing some Spooky Snacks & Healthy Halloween Treats!
Let's get right into my gluten-free, vegan food for the day...
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| 5:00 AM: warm water with the juice from half a lemon |
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| 5:20 AM Pre-workout snack: Sausage McMuffin (aka Food for Life Gluten-Free English Muffin, with a Sol Veggie Breakfast Patty and some maple syrup) |
Workout: 1 hour on the treadmill, running intervals: run 2 minutes, walk 2 minutes...repeat. Simple enough, yet gets the calories burning!
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| 7:30 AM Breakfast: Chocolate Ice Cream Smoothie Raw cacao powder, hemp seeds, chia seeds, spinach, rice milk, frozen strawberries, and frozen bananas. |
Ashley's Green Life Quiz: Hmmm....I wonder what I'm eating next?
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| 10:15 AM: "Sneaky Spinach Pancakes" with organic maple syrup. |
Pancakes! What a shocker! ( :
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| 11:15 3rd AM Snack: 1 organic gala apple |
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12:15 PM Lunch:"Tofu Mushroom Stroganoff" a favorite in this "green" house! Baked tofu with mushrooms, vegan sour cream, and gluten-free noodles. |
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| 2:15 PM: Green juice: 1/3 of a pineapple, 1/2 a lemon, 1 apple, 2 stalks of kale, 2 stalks of celery |
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| 2:30 PM 2nd Afternoon Snack: 1 Almond Dream Strawberry Yogurt |
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| 3:00 PM Afternoon Snack #2: Way Better Simply Sprouted Sweet Chili Tortilla Chips (taste like Doritos but healthy) |
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| 5:00 PM Pre-dinner snack: "Chocolate Vanilla Smoothie": 1/2 cup vanilla coconut milk, Chocolate Sun Warrior Rice Protein Powder, 1cup of spinach, 1 1/2 frozen bananas, 3 frozen strawberries |
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| 7:00 PM Dinner: Taco Veggie Mix Burritos (with homemade cilantro rice) on a gluten-free tortilla shell. |
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| The burrito filling is part veggie ("Taco Veggie Mix" from The Edible Perspective) and part rice (my homemade rice that consists of long grain brown rice, fresh cilantro, lime juice, and sea salt). |
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| "Veggie Burritos? I love Veggie Burritos!" |
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| "Yep, keep it coming Dad!" |
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| She loved dipping her chips and sometimes hand into the salsa and saying the word salsa, (or as Avery says it: "sha sha"). |
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| She must be part monkey or something because she always likes her little toes to grip on to the table, just lovely manners right?! ( : |
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| My sweet salsa girl. (The chalkboard behind is what we were drawing on before dinner in case you're wondering! |
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| Dessert: Handful of Enjoy Life Mini Chocolate Chips |