WIAW: Black Truffle Pizza

March 15, 2017March 12, 2017 / Melissa (I Crashed the Web) / 2 Comments

Happy Wednesday! I missed last week’s What I ate Wednesday because frankly, I was busy and tired. It was one heck of a week and I’m glad it’s over but I’m already ready for Friday! Alas, it’s not Friday- so here are my WIAW eats from last Thursday.

The day started with a small smoothie and some BF egg white oats. The smoothie had BROCCOLI in it – yes, broccoli! You can see what’s going in it, below:

And here is the complete meal.

A mid-morning snack of some mixed nuts.

Lunch was DELICIOUS. We went out and I feasted on this truffle, mushroom, arugula pizza and a kale salad with oranges and goat cheese.

I was pretty full but had a snack before dinner of some homemade almond butter I made in the Vitamix.

Which held me over until dinner – egg whites! Egg whites, spinach, tomato and toast.

And dessert – ice cream 🙂

And that was it! Some questions for you for this WIAW:

How often do you have ice cream? Do you eat it in the winer?
Have you ever made your own almond or other nut butter?

WIAW: A Blurry Brinner

February 8, 2017February 8, 2017 / Melissa (I Crashed the Web) / 5 Comments

Greetings from Atlanta! I’m on a little trip right now, but still wanted to share my WIAW eats (especially since I missed last week … last week was a doozy but I survived!). This week’s eats are from last Thursday.

The day started with some egg white oats and mixed nuts and fruit. I have been loving my egg white oatmeal and finding it a really good breakfast for bf-ing – I add in Brewers Yeast and flaxseed to give it some extra oomph.

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I had some more nuts for a snack (unpictured) while I was waiting for my lunch.

For lunch, I had a bunch of leftovers but made it into a salad. It was SO good- it included some pork loin and frozen veggies, sweet potato and spinach. A very fulfilling lunch.

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Snacks included some apple and celery …

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And some dried fruit. Probably more than I wanted to have but I had some dates and cherries. I was bummed to realize as soon as I put some in my mouth that the cherries were sweetened! Ugh. They’re good still (obviously) but I’ll have to get back to the market to get my unsweetened dried cherries.

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And for dinner? B made us brinner! Yes, it’s a blurry pic but it’s egg whites, avocado, spinach, Cleveland coleslaw (gnar gnar!) and tomato.

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And some Halo Top because that’s how I’ve been ending my days lately. YUM. Black cherry is a pretty good flavor!

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And that was it! Some questions for you for this WIAW:

Have you ever been to Atlanta? Any tips of what to do?
How do you like your eggs?

10 Thanksgiving Things

November 27, 2016November 27, 2016 / Melissa (I Crashed the Web) / 2 Comments

I had a LONG weekend (took part of Wednesday off) and I can’t believe that it’s over. Unfortunately our plans to go back east and spend Thanksgiving with my family fell through, but we were able to spend the holiday in Cleveland with B’s family. Which meant we got to do quite a few things on our days off. Here were 10 of those things …

1. Running the Cleveland Turkey Trot. It’s a 5 mile race and was my first real race after FW was born that I had signed up for. I tried to keep up with B’s siblings for most of the run (B watched FW during the race and cheered us on) – but since I’m still getting back into shape and they’re mid-marathon training, it wasn’t an easy feat! In any case, I finished pretty strong and better than I expected – I had an 8:40/mile average page.

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2. Getting dressed up and celebrating the holiday with B’s family. Any excuse to put FW in a cardigan and bowtie 🙂

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3. Cooking! B and I brought cauliflower to the big meal. We roasted a few whole heads with a dijon dressing and then also made a cauliflower, date and pignoli nut dish.

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4. Cuddling with great grandma. This was FW of course 🙂

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5. Working out. I got in 4 runs and some kettle bells on my days off. 20161126_093814

6. Bundling up for a walk downtown. It was chilly for the first few days – but at least it made for perfect ice skating weather! (not for me – but for those people in the picture)

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7. Shopping! We did some shopping for Christmas gifts and bought a few books and teething supplies for FW. (Side note – teething is THE WORST.) img_20161126_115128

8. Walking. FW, B and I went for a walk when it was sunny and in the upper 40s one day. It felt great to see the sun and not be super bundled up!

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9. Bowling. B’s family’s post-Thanksgiving tradition is bowling and then a big Italian dinner. I did pretty well for me (82!) but as you can see, it wasn’t enough to get in the finals – check out all the high scorers in my lane!

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10. Lots of eating. I mean – it was Thanksgiving, after all. B and I had some good meals even outside of our Thanksgiving Day meal. Including some great Chinese takeout from our favorite place (Wonton Gourmet)and then feasting on all of the new Halo Top flavors. Seriously – I almost squealed (okay, I did squeal) when I saw all these flavors at Whole Foods! img_20161125_192017 20161127_162724