WIAW #6

Yes, yes I know- early again! :)
Welcome to another WIAW (What I ate Wednesday) featuring on Tuesday!
Have a look over at Peas and Crayons for some more awesome WIAW linkups form around the blogosphere! (probably featuring on Wednesday :)

So as per usual, the day started off with Breakfast:

 My absolute favourite breakfast ever! Peanut butter and banana toastie with a side of strawberries and a glass of soy milk :)
But why is it on the ground?
Funny story- ever since the 40-hour-famine last year (I gave up furniture and technology) I prefer sitting on the floor to eat brekky... weird, I know :)

Yum, yum!
* Note- best strawberries ever.

Lunch:
* Another note (this is a mix between today and yesterday as I didn't get to photograph a whole day- I did not eat two sandwiches in one day!)

 Grilled veggie sandwich with a chickpea patty, grilled capsicum, eggplant, mushrooms, carrot and tomato- as well as some hommus and spinach :)

Snack:
*Note... again- Does anyone else think drinks taste better through a straw?

 Chopped apple with a glass of soy milk, in a coke cup, with a curly pink straw- it doesnt get cooler than that people!

Jealous?
Dinner:
*Note- last one- this was yummy!

Baked garlic-y wedges, with some home-made guacamole and salsa and a salad of steamed veggies and chili tofu. The guac+salsa was for wedge dipping :)

There you have it, another day of eats! What did you/ are going to eat Wednesday?

Fill me up, Buttercup!

Every morning I wake up, smile at the world and then go about my business of organising stuff for school, or heading out for a walk, or....
YEAH RIGHT!
Every morning I wake up, smile at the world and.. JUMP out of bed ready for a delicious brekky as my tummy is ready for food!
I always make big brekky's, but sometimes they just don't satisfy:(
Today's breakfast definitely satisfied!
Vanilla protein oats in an almost empty coconut butter jar with a papaya and banana green smoothie!

It may not look like much, but trust me- you will be full to the brim!
I got up, ate a small handful of brazil nuts and began making my oats (oats+oat milk+ 1 scoop of vanilla protein powder- smells sooo good!+ 1 tablespoon chia seeds) Once the were done I put them in my jar, put the lid on and went for a quick run/sprint around the block (training for cross country carnival on Thursday!)

I then raced in the door, threw a frozen banana and 1/4 of a frozen papaya (both chopped) in a blender with some soy milk and two large handfuls of spinach and blended until smooth.

Then I went outside and devoured my delicious brekky!
Vanilla protein oats:

And a delicious smoothie:

It was a tad sweet for me (I don't eat any added/processed/ not already in natural ingredients sugars so I guess I'm more sensitive to sweet stuff -papaya and vanilla protein powder) but I'm sure anyone else would find it perfect!
Super full right now and ready to tackle the streets of Hillarys, door knocking for the Red Shield Appeal!
Have a great Sunday everyone!

PB+J!

Guess what happened today? One word. Cockroach. Worst word ever invented.
OK, maybe I should explain a little.
I was putting on my jacket at school and felt something funny as I put my arm through my sleeve, I didn't think it was anything- a few minutes later something crawls out onto my hand- COCKROACH! I scream and jump (and very nearly cry) and keep screaming and jumping for a good 10 minutes until I'm certain there is nothing left lurking in my jumper.
BLEECCHH!
It was sort of a coincidence that on peanut butter fingers blog post today was a list of 8 fears and her number 8 was cockroaches!
Well that was a bad part from today, but I like to focus on the good and as usual the good was...
BREAKFAST!

That my friends is my bowl of overnight oats inspired by the classic PB+J sandwich!
So really it's peanut butter and berry over night oats with banana!
Ingredients:
3/4 cup muesli
1 tablespoon chia seeds
1 cup milk of choice (I used oat milk)
1 banana
1 tablespoon peanut butter
1 handful of mixed berries (fresh/frozen)
extra milk

Method:
1. The night before make your overnight oats by placing the muesli, chia seeds and milk in a bowl, stirring and placing in the fridge overnight.
2. The next day you will have this:

Give it a little stir:

3. Now you can make your jam by placing the berries in a small bowl:

and heating in the microwave for about 1 minute (you may need more depending on microwave)

4. Place in a small food processor along with a few chunks of banana for sweetness:

5. Whaz until smooth:

6. To make your peanut butter mixture, place peanut butter and about 1 tablespoon of milk in a small bowl and microwave for around 20 seconds, stir to combine:

7. Place in the washed food processor with some banana and whaz until smooth:

8. Cut up rest of banana, add to overnight oats (I also added some multi-grain cheerios) then lightly stir in jam and peanut butter mixtures to create a sort of swirl effect

Enjoy!

Next time I think I'll freeze it in my icy-pole molds and create PB+J oat ice creams!
Yay! It's the weekend! 

Greeny love!

I really dislike the colour green, unless it's a beautiful deep forest, calming green- I can't stand it, but then I feel guilty for judging something because of the way it looks...
Then I don't feel guilty because I realise I make up for not liking the colour green by eating tonnes of it!
Peas, spinach, brussel sprouts... PESTO! I love it!
So I decided I owed it to green to do a little tribute :)

ah-hem (clears throat)
I love green food because...
It makes things look cooler:

Thank you chlorophyll! In my lovely green smoothies :)
And whazzed up in an omelette:

I love hiding it in heaps of my dishes- bumping up the nutrition:
From this:

 To this:

Delicious veggie filled pasta
I simply love the taste of spinach:

And using it as a taco:

I can't imagine eating a pasta dish without a touch of green:

Pesto pasta!
I love green smoothies- AND- green crazy straws!

And finally I love green because it was the colour of one of the coolest fruits I've ever seen- the kiwi berry!

But you all know the real reason why green is awesome..

Pesto. Enough said.
I guess this post was necessary because recently I've had some pretty green meals:

Some eggs topped with a pea smash and some sweet potato fries with parsnip

In the pea smah was some anti pasto, the fries were super long too:

And also yesterdays breakfast:
A green smoothie (frozen banana, mango, oat milk, spinach and chia seeds) with some coconut granola

So as you can see... Green is amazing (maybe)
But the real star colour is of course:

;)
Have a great rest of your week! (Eat lots of greens!)

What I ate Monday!

Soo, I've said it before, and I'll say it again… Wednesdays are one of the most hectic days of the week for me, along with Tuesdays.. and Fridays.. any way! I decided to do a What I Ate Mondays for you, so I'm ahead of the game!
And it must be your lucky day, because it's a double-whammy (meaning Sunday was included too :)

Breakfast…
Well, it was pancake Sunday!

Apple cinnamon pancakes with coconut butter and a green smoothie (banana, frozen mango, spinach, oat milk)
Pancakes:

Green smoothie+awesome straw!

Pancakes again:

Resulting in..

Lunch…

Chargrilled eggplant, zucchini, mushrooms, tomato, capsicum and avocado, in a toasted wrap with chill tofu and hommus
This was a good wrap!

Dinner..
I cooked some yummy millet:

And steamed some yummy veggies.. including:

Baby brussel sprouts!
I was feeling green (it's not easy!  ;)

Monday:
Breakfast:
OIAJ (oats in a jar)

Whipped banana, cinnamon, coconut oats in the almost empty mixed nut butter jar- with an apple :)

Spoon shot!

Lunch:
I made a veggie sandwich on wholemeal bread, with hommus, mashed lentils, capsicum, spinach, carrot, huge delicious ripe tomato and some sprouts!

All wrapped up in foil and taken to school :)
Dinner:
Delicious! Gluten free pasta with roasted vegetables, mixed beans and Jamie Oliver chill garlic pesto and some shredded basil leaves. YUM!

The photo does this deliciousness no justice- but it still looks pretty good!

So there you have it- on time and full of food! YEH!
Have a great rest of your week every one!
Thanks peas and crayons for the link up!