The Rest of April...

April 22 Sweet Potato Toast

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Breakfast - Sweet Potato Toast.  SO GOOD.  Who knew?  Baked them on a rack yesterday on 400 for about 25-30 minutes.  Popped them in the toaster this morning.  Topped with: avocado, Trader Joe's Everything But The Bagel seasoning, plain Greek yogurt, warmed blackberries; strawberries for prettiness. :-)

Sweet Potato Toast, avocado, EBTB seasoning, yogurt, warmed blackberries

Breakfast part 2: Pero in milk, cutie

April 21

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Breakfast - steel-cut oats, milk, yogurt, almonds, strawberries, cinnamon
Lunch - broccoli slaw sauteed for a bit and topped with salad topping; fried egg
sf peppermint patties.  The slaw is too bitter and I didn't enjoy it much.
Diet Coke at Bosa Donuts (on bike ride date with Jess)
Dinner - Leah calls it a Protein Bomb' -- ham & cheese baked in egg; 1/4th of an acorn squash; roasted carrots; grape tomatoes; Blackberries & sf hot chocolate for dessert

Dinner - Protein bomb, acorn squash, brussels, spinach, tomatoes

Some Meal Prep for the Week:

Carrots, brussels cut in half -
brushed with avocado oil, sprinkled with salt - 400 for 25 minutes

Acorn sqsuash, Sweet Potatoes sliced 1/4 inch thick,
brushed with avocado oil, added salt - 400 for 25 minutes
(I put the acorn squash back in the oven for 5-10 more minutes, I think.)

April 20

The grain part of my dinner.  haha

April 19

April 18

Breakfast - steel-cut oats, walnuts, berries, yogurt, cinnamon

Lunch - turkey burgers, roasted brussels, bell peppers, jicama, spinach, broccoli slaw

Subway.  Without the bread, these ingredients were rather - eh.

April 17

French toast, PB, blueberries, scrambled egg

Lunch on the go in my car - superfood bowl from costco topped with avocado, bell pepper, grapes

Chick-fil-A chicken club transferred to my own bun; zucchini fries

April 12

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Breakfast - Steel-cut oats made overnight in the rice cooker, strawberries, sliced almonds, dried blueberries

Lunch - tuna & cheese broiled on Ezekiel bread English muffin, sauteed zucchini & mushrooms seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic, nutritional yeast; spinach with apples & strawberries; grapes

Breakfast - steel-cut oats, milk, strawberries, almonds, dried blueberries

Lunch - tuna melt, spinach salad, sauteed mushrooms & zucchini

April 11

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Breakfast - Dave's Breakfast, milk
Lunch -  tuna, yogurt ranch, avocado on toast; cauliflower

pizza; roasted carrot, roasted eggplant, spinach salad with strawberries, apples, walnuts; dressing: lemon juice, avocado oil

DDrPepper, Clear American pineapple coconut flavor

Snack - sweet potato pancakes and strawberries

Dinner - roasted sweet potatoes, brussels, potatoes and mushrooms; spinach, 2 eggs

Hot chocolate

Dave's Breakfast - yogut, fruit, nuts, PB, chia, hemp

Lunch - tuna, yogurt ranch, avocado on toast; cauliflower
pizza, roasted carrot, roasted eggplant, spinach salad

Dinner - 2 eggs, roasted veggies, spinach, tomatoes

April 10

Breakfast - egg scramble with bell peppers and cheese, avocado, strawberries

Lunch - turkey burgers, roasted veggies, spinach

Dinner - salmon, baked sweet potato, spinach/fruit salad, cauliflower crust pizza
The rest of the family ate lazagana.  This was so good, I wasn't even jealous.

April 9

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Breakfast - overnight oats (see recipe below)

Lunch - 

Dinner - 

Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats

Peanut butter banana toast, sweet potato pancakes, cutie

Chocolate Peanut Butter Overnight Oats
Layer in order:
1/2 cup old fashioned oats
1/2 cup milk (I used coconut milk because i was all out of regular)
2 T peanut butter
1/2 T cocoa powder
1/4 t vanilla
2 T large 60% cacao chips (this makes it sweet enough - no sugar or honey necessary)
2 T chopped nuts

Store in fridge overnight.  Stir, microwave for 30 seconds, top with bananas

April 7

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Breakfast - egg, sauteed mushrooms topped with feta and basil, roasted sweet potatoes, avocado with Jane's mixed-up salt and red pepper flakes, tomatoes

Lunch - leftover Mongolian bbq, avocado, sf carnation with milk

Dinner 1. sweet potato pancakes, dave's breakfast with yogurt, chia, pear, hemp, peanut butter, and this new Daily Boost trail mix that's super good

Dinner 2. Gyudon (sugary so I didn't eat much) - rice, thin sliced beef, onions, soy-sugar-ginger sauce; clementines

April 6 - Ham Bone Chowder

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Breakfast - leftover brown rice heated up with milk, peanut butter, pears, cinnamon, strawberries

Walk outside

Lunch - few sips of coconut water, santa fe salad (romaine, chicken, cheese, corn), ham bone soup

Dinner - Mongolian Barbecue - too many vegetables to name, chicken, pork, tiny bit of rice noodles, low-sugar curry sauce, garlic, sesame oil, ginger; diet pepsi

Link to: Ham Bone Chowder

Mongolian BBQ.  Loads of veggies and a low-sugar curry sauce!

Observation: noticed weight coming off my gut.  Finally. 150