Posts tagged ‘seitan’

November 7th, 2012

Meatless Mexican WIAW

by Tiff

I’m changing up today’s WIAW just a bit.  Instead of highlighting what I ate Tuesday, I’m showing off Monday’s eats.  I had to go into the office to run some reports (it takes sooooooo long to pull the data at home for these big ones), so I figured my on-the-go meals might be slightly more entertaining than at-home ones.

As I mentioned yesterday, I did an at-home workout on Monday.  I mixed up a TBS of my new banana protein with water before the workout, and I used the rest of it with 1/3 cup oats and 1/2 banana to make a post-workout bowl of protein oats.

banana

Lemme’ just say – major yum!  I will not be using all the samples that Muscle & Fitness sent me (ie: thermogenic fat burners ain’t on the menu), but I’m glad I tried this!  The banana flavor is pretty sweet, but it has a malt-like taste.  You know, like the Whopper malt ball kind of malt.  I’m glad I have one more packet of the Gaspari Nutrition MyoFusion Probiotic Series- Banana Perfection.

oat

Snack = almonds & the other half of that banana

snack

Lunch = BHG’s Mexican minestrone soup (so yummy!)

mexi

Snack = Quest bar.  I normally don’t like two supplements in a day, but this was great for on-the-go.  I’m having some Daisy cottage cheese and an apple for afternoon snack the rest of the week.

quest

Snack = gala apple.  Daylight savings time has my tummy all messed up.  I was soooo hungry after work!

gala

Dinner = seitan tacos and side salad… plus some unsweetened almond milk because my tacos were too spicy

tacos
Stop by Peas & Crayons for the other great snack/meal ideas and recipes!

  • Ever make your food too spicy to eat?
  • Got any good crock pot soup recipes?  Link up in the comments!
September 12th, 2012

What I Ate Wednesday

by Tiff

Yay!  It’s that time again –  time for the foodie blog-hop party.  Be sure to check out Peas and Crayons to see all the links to everyone else’s WIAW posts.  (It’s worth a look; this party’s getting pretty big!)

You know how I said I was trying to take it easy on my runs?  That didn’t go so well for me.  I ran an extra half-mile repeat yesterday simply because I had a blonde moment and miscounted them mid-run.  Whoops!  It was a pretty speedy 3 miles though – well, considering there were big hills involved.

good run day - bad hair day

Snack: Rice Cake (before my early run)

Breakfast: berry protein oats with chia (soooooooo good)

oats

Snack: hard boiled egg and 1/2 cup green beans

beans

Lunch: broccoli slaw and mushrooms in 2 TJ’s low-carb, high-fiber wheat wraps – along with TJ’s guacamole hummus (I wanted to make my own tahini sauce for the wraps, but TJ’s doesn’t sell plain tahini.  I grabbed this stuff instead, and I’m impressed!)

wraps

Snack: a little chocolate and one of these babies (apple muffin recipe coming soon!)

muffin

Side Note***I worked from home in the afternoon, so Leia helped me out as best she could.

leia

Dinner: eggplant & seitan on whole wheat pasta (I guess it was like a mix between caponata and vegan bologonese)

caponata

I really liked dinner and am happy for the leftovers tonight. Kevin, on the other hand, is not a fan of seitan.  This was my first time making it, but since it was only half a hit, I guess I won’t be posting a recipe for that. Muffins win!

  • Have you had seitan?  Do you like it?
  • Do you eat before early morning workouts?