Wiaw: New Combinations

I love finding new combinations of food! Mixing up my daily "Menu" always makes my day more fun! Do you agree? 

Get ready for another Wiaw!

Considering it is "Love Your Veggies Month" I probably could have squeezed a few more servings in my meals today. Oh well. Maybe next week!

Breakfast: 8:15

Pumpkin breakfast bowl! It has been my favorite breakfast lately. I talk about it more in this post. This one is topped with 1/2 C. Barbara's Brown Rice Crisps, 1 heaping Tbsp. of Golden Raisin, and 1 Tbsp. of chopped almonds. On the side are fresh berries. First great combination of the day: Brown Rice Crisps with white raisins and my pumpkin breakfast bowl. I had never used actual cereal to top my breakfast bowls before but the crunch was awesome! The raisins provided a nice chewy texture and subtle sweetness .

Lunch: 11:45

I had tofu and peas that had been cooked (in my Crock-Pot) in Trader Joe's Curry Simmer Sauce (I think that's what it's called). Second great combination! Very good! I highly recommend doing this. It is a easy meal that you can keep on hand. I went back for seconds, also.  Below is 1/3 of a banana topped with peanut butter, freeze dried banana, and a few chocolate chunks. I went back for the rest of the banana topped with more PB and freeze dried banana :) Third great combination! It is a wonderful to eat a PB banana with freeze dried banana. It provides some crunch!  I also had 1/2 an Ezekiel sprouted grain English muffin. 

Snack: 3:45

An orange! I forgot to take a picture of it before, but you guys get the gist :)

Dinner: 4:45

Super early dinner, right? I had quinoa over spinach topped with hummus. I went back for seconds on the spinach and hummus. This was the final great new combination of the day! I also had some TJ's Marcona Almonds with Rosemary. 

And with that, I wish you all a great Wednesday!

A Week in Review

This week was a good week. What is immediately coming to mind right now is the yoga class I started here at the University[<<I feel x a million better in just two classes!] and all the baking I did yesterday.

I thought I'd give you all a little summary of some of the moments that happened:

It snowed! 

The view outside my window sucks. Between the picture that showed a "better" view of outside and this picture, this picture was much more appealing to look at. You can still see the snow, but at least you get something a little prettier than a parking lot in the picture as well. [It's my roommate's bamboo plant :)]

Like I said, I did a bunch of baking yesterday. A couple hours of baking was exactly what I needed. 

I wanted to show you all my cooking space. (The oven is down the hall.) This is my cooking space here at school: my dresser! In total it gives me about 2.5x2.5 feet of space. (Not including the area where I push all my cosmetic/toiletries off to one side.) I'm always so proud of myself when I manage to make the space work. 

Today there were some people handing out hand warmers outside. (It was about 13 degrees Fahrenheit.) The hand warmers were much appreciated and such a thoughtful, creative little goodie to hand out! This simple act made me very happy :) I had it in my pocket the rest of the day.

Lastly, I roasted up some butternut squash. I have found the skin to be extremely edible. So, I left it on as I cut the bulbous part of the squash into rounds. It baked up quite nice if you ask me!

And with that, I wish you all an amazing weekend! Stay warm :)