Yawn

Sociology reading is so boring! While I was reading, I tried mixing some squash puree with my yogurt, to simulate the pumpkin yogurt idea that’s been floating around lately. I have a confession: although I’ve never tried pumpkin, I have always believed it is yucky! Now, there’s no reason for this since I like other types of squash, so I will make it my new mission to try pumpkin sometime!

Back on topic, this was not too bad. It did increase the volume of my yogurt, but I didn’t puree the squash enough, so there were lumps. I don’t know that I’d do this again, but ya never know!

Sorry for the ugly plastic, it’s time to wash dishes soon!

Lunch was my last chickpea cutlet, along with some brown rice and steamed spinach. I added some barbecue sauce to my cutlet (yum) and some plain yogurt to my rice (also yum!).

It’s another gorgeous day outside with a forcasted high of 16 Celsius. I should try to get outside later, but that means I have to speed through the rest of my reading, so I better get at it

Double Trouble!

So I picked up some more tortillas the other day because I was enjoying my wrap craze so much. I don’t know what came over me, but I decided to get the small ones. Let me tell you, these bring on some major wrap explosions! Luckily I managed to keep it under control, but it was tough for a while there

My solution? Two wraps, each filled with half a chickpea cutlet and spinach. The first one also had cucumber slices (which I forgot in the second)

The second had cheese (which I forgot in the first).

I guess all together I ended up with all the fillings that I wanted! I heated the rolled up wraps in the frying pan for a couple of minutes so they got a bit crispy on the sides.

It’s still only 7 degrees out, so I don’t know if we’ll make it to the forecasted 14, but it’s still way too gorgeous to stay inside!

Sleep at last!

Good morning!

Well, I finally got to sleep last night at a decent hour and I slept like a log. It was wonderful but I feel more tired this morning! I know this usually happens to me while I’m “catching up” though, so in a couple of days I will feel better if I keep sleeping well.

I had some banana oatmeal this morning. I’m taking advantage of the weather still being cool to enjoy a warm breakfast since I probably won’t be in the mood in a month or two.

A few weeks ago I did a breakfast experiment. I know a lot of people like to eat a bigger breakfast and include more healthy fat and protein by adding nuts or nut butters, so I gave it a try. I wanted to really give this a chance, so my experiment lasted for a few weeks. The result? I prefer to eat a smaller breakfast and then a snack or early lunch a few hours later. I find that no matter what I eat, I’m hungry within 3 hours (unless I eat junk, then I’m hungry a lot sooner!) This applies to all my meals, not just breakfast. More proof that everyone is different I guess

I’m goung to post my lunch now too because it’s all packed up and ready to go. I don’t want to carry my camera around with me at school all day because I’m not all that careful (sometimes I drop my bag on the desk without thinking!) I don’t want a broken camera! It’s just leftovers from last night, nothing too exciting to see… but exciting to eat

See you at suppertime!

Big eyes!

That’s me! My eyes are bigger than my stomach, I mean.

For supper tonight, I made Scentilentil Journey from the Looneyspoons cookbook with Happy Herbivore’s Saag. I should say that I didn’t make it exactly as in the recipe and I didn’t puree the greens (didn’t want extra dishes to wash!) I am stuffed and there’s still about 3/4 of the rice left over, so I stuck it in the fridge for later. I know it’s really not photogenic, but this meal was so good. Here’s a close-up showing the mountain of rice:

I’m back! As promised, I ate the rest of my rice tonight. I made a microwave “rice pudding” by adding some milk, raisins sugar, cinnamon and vanilla to my rice, then nuking it on low for about 10 minutes. This was the perfect little sweet treat – healthy too because of the brown rice and very small amount of added sugar.