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Good Morning All!

Happy Monday. Time to start the workday. I hope you all had a great weekend. My weekend was full of fun and eventful things. 

We kicked things off Friday night at a Thai restaurant. I got the Garden Green dish which is suppose to be a bunch of vegetables. I was a bit disappointed because there were a bunch of limpy vegetables, such as cabbage and bok choy. I was hoping more for broccoli, carrots and string beans. 

The husband ordered a chicken dish which looked far more interesting than my dish:

Yeah... It's on fire. 

The rest of my weekend included a lot of healthy eats:

We also did a lot of cooking and prepped meals for the week. We are on an Indian food kick and made a pot of channa masala and daal. We also made a batch of falafel burgers. 

I also made a stack of oat waffles for myself for the week:

And that's a wrap with good eats :-)

Today's Wrap Up....

Hello Everyone, Hope you all had a good day! Today started off extremely cold and ended...extremely cold :-p. I grabbed my coffee on the go and headed to work. Breakfast was my ricotta toast, but this time I used a ripe banana as the fruit. I really liked this combination. The banana provided a nice smooth creamy texture, with a hint of sweetness. This went very well with the ricotta and sliced almonds.


Shortly after, I did have a blood orange as a snack. What does a blood orange taste like? I have to say a twist of berry and tangerine. Very delicious! Lunch was a mexican bowl I made last night. Mmmm...so delish. This was made with brown rice, avocado, black beans and a tomato and onion ceviche. I will post the recipe soon. Dinner was at a wonderful Thai restaurant called Room Service. Delicious Thai food with a chandelier right in the middle of the room. See pic.


Anywho, I incorporated The Cinch! Puzzle and ordered: steamed mussels, brown rice, sauteed greens in garlic and oil. Yup...got my lean protein, whole grains, produce, plant fat and SASS in one cute lil meal.


Couple of things I'm really happy about: I'm really happy because my favorite cinnamon arrived today. I LOVE LOVE Simply Organic's cinnamon. Its like no cinnamon you've ever had and I put this on everything...I even sprinkle in my morning coffee! I bought a pack of three from amazon for $10. Not bad, considering the store I get them from is $4.69. So, yay! I'm also happy that I made it to the gym and got my workout in! Yes...so far on track for the week. Well, that's it guys. That's my day in a nutshell. How are you guys doing?

Healthy Tips for Eating Thai Food....

Hey Guys, I just wanted to post up some healthy tips/reminders for the next time you get Thai food:

1. Stay away from Coconut Milk laden dishes. One cup of Coconut Milk alone has over 400 calories and 50 grams of fat, 45 of them are saturated!!!
2. Stay away from fried rice -try to get brown if you can
3. Pad Thai -I'm sure you love it, but one dish can have over 1100 calories and over 40 grams of fat, you need alot of activity points to get over that one!
4. Watch out for portion distortion, after ordering your food, immediately ask the waiter to put half of it in a doggie bag for you.
5. Whatever you order, ask if you can have the sauce on the side, this way you can control how much of the sauce you want.
6. Fill up on the CLEAR BROTH soups before your meal
7. Go for anything that is roasted, steamed or grilled
8. Thai salads are usually a great choice, filling and loaded with flavor -seriously when they ask you how spicy you would like your salad, it's gotta be loaded with flavor!
9. If you are going to get an appetizer, aim for the spring rolls, these are loaded with fresh ingredients and not high in calories.

I hope some of these tips have been helpful!