Spice up your Life

I woke up yesterday exhausted and guzzled down lots of unpictured coffee before I dived into a bowl of oats. Not the prettiest picture I know, but I swear every bite was delicious.

1/3 cup oats, 1/2 very browning banana, and a scoop of almond butter.

I was in such a rush to get to class to present my speech that I had no time to make myself a packed lunch, so later I stopped by my favorite place for a quick and easy sandwich, Subway!

I was excited to see that they introduced a new Omega 3 fortified bread, I tried it and it was really great- it tasted more wholesome compared to the regular whole wheat bread. In the sando was avocado, spinach, pickles, olives, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, mustard, LOTS of jalapenos, and doused in sweet onion sauce. I also had a diet coke bigger than the size of my head.

Later in the day I tried a new the Odwalla super food bar. It was a little weird eating a green bar especially because none of the ingredients in it were green themselves (mostly dates)- odd I know. It was way better than other Odwalla bars that I have tried.

My dinner was more like a snack because I knew I would be going out to Cantina later which meant I would be consuming lots of tortilla chips. I had 1/2 cup brown rice with some of TJ's grilled zucchini and eggplant on top.

That night I decided to go out and celebrate getting a 96% on my speech paying tribute to the sixties! I was a little nervous about it because my teacher is a preacher, and the slide show I used had pictures of topless hippies and talked about the drug & sex revolution. It seems he didn't mind though and gave me an A. I embraced the sixties spirit that night and wore a head band and flowered platforms to Cantina, one of my favorite Mexican restaurants in Malibu.

We had lots of tortilla chips & salsa, with guacamole which didn't make it into the picture.

I also had a couple of blended Margaritas.

Afterwards we went to Spumoni's, this little Italian restaurant with a bar and sang some Karokee. In true Snackface fashion Cami and I belted out Spice Girls and took silly pictures. Didn't realize my brassiere was showing this much- oops!

When I got home late that night I had did some snacking.... I poured out waaay too much BBQ sauce. This is a crazy soy nugget/BBQ ratio.

Strawanas

Vanilla Almond Special K cereal was definetley in order for this morning's AM eats. It topped it off with 1/2 of a slice banana and vanilla almond milk = deliciousness.

Money shot.

Don't get scared, but I took this pic while driving! I was in a rush so I had to finish my coffee in the car.

For lunch I had 3 slices of Tofurky on ezekiel bread w/ vegenaise, grey poupon, TJ's grilled zucchini, soy cheese slices, and sprouts. It was supa yummy.

I also snacked on some of TJ's kettle popcorn and a fuji apple.

After a busy day of school with research class, research meetings, and more research related business, I desperately needed some coffee. This addiction really needs to stop, it's just hard lately when I have been only sleeping like 6 hours a night. Just two weeks left of school left and then I can relax a bit and decrease my coffee intake.

Venti ice coffee w/ soy & SF hazlenut. It really did the job and I was able to crack down on some hw.

For dinner I had something quick and easy. 1/2 cup brown rice, 1/2 cup of peas, 1/2 cup corn, 5 of TJ's soy nuggets, and lots of BBQ sauce. It reminded me a vegan version of a t.v dinner, the colors are also very reminiscent of something from the 50's.

Later as I was typing away on my laptop my sweet roommate Cami presented me w/ a vegan muffin. Not sure about this wrappy thing on it haha, but it tasted delicious anyways!

She even let me post the recipe!

Vegan Strawanas

3 Ripe Bananas

1 Cup Diced Strawberries (Fresh or Frozen, just leave out for a while)

1 Cup of Splenda's Brand of Brown Sugar and Splenda Mix

1/2 Cup of Vanilla Soy Milk

1 TSP Vanilla Extract

1 Cup Vegan Margarine, Softened

2 1/4 Cup of Whole Wheat Flour

1 1/2 TSP of Baking Powder

1/4 TSP of Baking Soda

Dash of Nutmeg, Dash of Salt, Dash of Cinnamon

Directions: PREHEAT to 350 Degrees and grease muffin pan

SEPARATELY

1. Beat together the bananas, brown sugar, vegan margarine, vanilla soy milk and vanilla extract

2. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon

3. Add this to the Banana Bowl Mixture and stir until combined. Then Add the Strawberries and mix.

4. Fill each muffin to 2/3's full

5. Bake for 25 minutes