Sweat It Out:
Elliptical 60 Minutes

So I totally slacked on taking pictures of my Tuesday food so I’m a little late on the What I Ate Wednesday.  But yesterday I captured all of my eats and here they are for your enjoyment.  Once again thanks to Jenn over at Peas & Crayons for hosting this every week!

Breakfast:

Protein Shake. In the mix was:

• Almond Milk
• Pea Protein
• Frozen Strawberries
• Half a Frozen Banana
• HUGE handful of spinach

Snack:

Oddly enough, I wasn’t really hungry ALL morning. Weird?  But I knew I needed to eat something and so I had some baby carrots and Red Pepper Hummus.  I love Banzo’s Hummus.  It’s not quite as thick as Sabra, I like mine a little runny.

Lunch, if you can call it that:

Peanut Butter on a Thomas’s English Muffin.  I was hungry by about 1:30, but I was also feeling lazy so this tided me over until late afternoon when I had another protein shake for an afternoon snack.  Those Protein shakes were filling because I wasn’t hungry all the way until 7 when we had dinner.

Dinner:

I kept telling myself that I wouldn’t try eating cheese substitutes while doing my Vegan Challenge, but this recipe for Butternut Mac & Cheeze (notice the “Z” in Cheeze) looked to good, I had to try it.  I found the recipe at Oh She Glows.  It was good!  I topped it off with some Franks Red Hot Sauce, and roasted some green beans on the side.  The Butternut Squash made the cheeze sauce a little sweet, which I wasn’t super jazzed about, but once I added the hot sauce it really kicked it up.  I would probably try using a different kind of pasta too, because the penne was a little thick for my liking.  I would tweak this recipe a little bit the next time I make it by adding 1 less garlic clove (calls for 3) and less salt.  I was pretty amazed that you could make an awesome sauce with raw cashews, almond milk and a few seasonings.  Next week I will be trying out her original Mac & Cheeze recipe, which uses potato’s and carrots instead of Butternut Squash.  One Last thing: This recipe makes a TON.  I made an entire box of pasta and still had more cheeze sauce left over.

Now I am off to do a little shopping for some birthday’s and showers that are coming up next week!  Hope you are all having a fabulous day!

Have you eaten anything memorable lately?