WIAW: Last Orlando Hurrah

by Brittany on June 13, 2012

And just like that, the moving process has begun!

My strategy of choice is the whole “slow and steady” route. Each day I’ve been tackling separate projects— First my wall décor, then my bookshelves/desk, and today should be my bathroom toiletries. Speaking of, if the world’s toothpaste supply ever goes down, don’t worry– I’m pretty confident that I’ve got all of us covered. I stock up on tubes like it’s going out of style 8)

Okay, enough of that. Lets get this WIAW show on the road! Here is a glimpse of a day of yesterday’s eats while packing up a storm.

Breakfast (6:00 AM): This is the perfect example of what I like to call “desperate for oats in a jar”. In this particular scenario, I literally took the remnants of my half-full container of peanut butter, emptied it into Will’s jar that he left over at my place, ALL so I could pour my melty oats inside.

It’s all in the name of the game, my friends.

Into the mix:

1/4 cup Bob’s Red Mill Scottish oats
1 cup water
1/2 scoop vanilla whey protein powder
1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
Salt
Cinnamon
Vanilla extract
LOADS of blueberries
Topped with a bit of PB & Co. chocolate peanut butter

The top–

and the bottom–

Swirls of blueberries are always a good sign

Lunch (10:30 AMish)- I was in the mood to work out, but not in the mood to think up a routine, so I turned to the handy dandy Summer Shape Up that the beautiful Gina threw together for the next four weeks. I did Workout #1 in my apartment gym, which took about 50 minutes in total to do.

Aaand before I knew it, I was back up in my kitchen downing a green smoothie in one of my newly bought mason jars!

1 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 cup frozen mango
1/2 scoop vanilla whey protein powder
1 tbsp peanut butter
3 handfuls of spinach
1 tbsp chia seeds
Vanilla extract

The mango in the smoothie brought out a delicious natural sweetness, and the combo of protein + PB made it a pretty hefty meal. Thank goodness I only stuck to 1/2 a scoop of powder!

Plus some green tea for a heavenly cold/hot contrast

Snack (2:00 PM): A few handfuls of Whole Foods sea salt soy crispettes, followed by a traditional Brittany-snack of roasted Brussels sprouts + ketchup

Class at it’s finest

A couple days ago Will picked up some veggie chips at Whole Foods for himself, and requested a french onion chip dip to go along with them. In an attempt to prevent him from splurging on the overly processed store-bought brand, I insisted that I would look up a recipe to make him a tastier and cheaper homemade version (which come to think of it, is pretty much the same strategy he used to get me to make him the peanut butter M&M blondies…)

All it took was a quick Google search to find Jessica’s recipe for caramelized onion Greek yogurt dip, and considering the fact that I already SWEAR by her better-than-crack brownies, I knew that it was most likely a winner.

Judging by Will’s reaction, I was spot on.

Seriously, this stuff was AMAZING. The recipe calls for 2% Greek yogurt instead of the 0% that I’m used to, and it makes the dip much thicker and more like legitimate sour cream. Also, caramelizing the onions takes a little under an hour to do, but the lengthy process was more than worth the final result.

Dinner (6:00 PM): You guessed it, Thai!

My roommate Nicole & I are parting ways for good this weekend after four years of living together, so we decided that it would only be appropriate to celebrate with some good food. Nicole has only had Thai a handful of times, so you can only imagine how quickly I pounced on the opportunity to bring her around one of my beloved Orlando joints. Thai House, I will miss you so.

I rolled with my standard tofu-veggie soup to start,

with my vegetables & shrimp in brown sauce + brown rice

Rest in peace.

Nicole was even sweet enough to surprise me with a new addition for my Pandora bracelet—a farewell “forget me not” charm! (the one all the way to the right)

Am I a blessed lady or what?

Snack (9:00 PM): I’m guessing that Gina’s workout woke up the animal within my stomach because when nighttime rolled around, I was lurking in the kitchen for a bedtime snack.

Bring on the random combo bowl of cottage cheese, blueberries, PB2 & Sunbutter!

And that concludes my last Orlando WIAW! Ah, time is-a-creepin’!

A bit to think about: What is your go-to evening snack?

Tagged as: Orlando, Packing, Pandora, Summer Shape Up, Thai House, What I Ate Wednesday

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Claire @ Live and Love to Eat June 13, 2012 at 8:55 am

Popcorn in the first photo: “WTF is going on, Mom?”
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