I'm Back!

Hello with a smile :-)

I've been gone for a while, I cruised the seas
all in all there was much food to seize
my food choices have been varied, some turned scary
but all in all, all is good
and gratitude is forever
and always

Love LaShanna

A day of variety

Getting some dairy in.
I crave, we all crave. My husband is the original craver if peanuts in the household.

Another handfulla (translation hand full of for non southern dialect) peanuts or four!

Dear friend made delicious soups to try. This was broccoli couscous and the other was a delicious lentil soup (not pictured). I had it with my favorite butterfly crackers, also given to me, by a coworker. Thank God for this, and every meal!

And yet again I forgot to record breakfast on this Tuesday meal but It was delicious eggs and a hot biscuit from the cafe at work. Of course I had some jam on it, although I would prefer 100% fruit spread...I enjoyed it.

Loving life

As for Today

Well today I left my camera at home so all of the work meals didn't get the attention that they normally get. I slept in and didn't pack. For breakfast I had a small coffee (black) and one egg and two egg whites on two pieces of whole wheat bread made at the cafe at work. I had it with a pack and a half of jam.

Drank LOTS of water. A medication that I am almost off of has required quite a bit of water drinking and heavy food intake latley. Anyway, I had at least two liters at work today and another liter or so at home.

For lunch I had a huge ranch laden salad with eggs and such. I crave these salads with homemade ranch!
A burst of Bazi for my vitamin D and B needs this evening.


For dinner I had some "chicken" patties cut up into strips served with organic bbq sauce and steamed brussels sprouts- one of my favorite veggies! I know these are steamed but please don't knock brussels sprouts until you have tried them roasted!

My Body Craves

Veggie Entree at Kabuto with extra veggies.
Tamago appetizer at Kabuto
Baltimore roll at Icheban- a delicious and elegant time.
My joy with hotsauce :-)
beans and brown herbed rice.

Random food choices

I eat almonds as a part of a healthy breakfast or snack. My favorite are raw, unsalted almonds.

Taco Salad with veggie "meat crumbles".. It was as good as any taco salad except I didn't have taco sauce or salsa! Hotsauce it is!
A surprise snack from hubby when I was having a blood sugar meltdown at work.
My breakfast a few days last week. A hard boiled egg, apple, and a banana.

More Collage

My joy, lol
Flame grilled bbq (veggie) burger. yum!
15 Bean soup with tarragon crackers
Cranberry oatmeal
Popped corn

Its Been a While Collage One

Yep, I've still been taking pictures although I've missed a few meals there is still the essence of my meals captured in the photos. I'm grateful for the food that I've enjoyed over the past few weeks. I'm going to post these pictures and let your imagination do the thinking as to when/where/how they were consumed. Enjoy my photo collage. The delicious, the healthy, and the necessary.
Love Forever

Bazi is king for keeping my appetite at bay and allowing me to focus. Bazi for (pre) Breakfast!



Yummy butterfly crackers about 130 calories for four. I love them with natural honey peanut butter.



Buttercrunch cashews are a delicious snack with healthy fat and a dash of protein.
Double decker mushroom veggie burgers topped with carrots (light) colby jack and romaine with peas and mushrooms and brown rice

Rise and Shine, lunch was mine!

I decided on eggs and a new type of vegetarian sausage links. Needless to say I didn't like how either turned out. I left my fried eggs sitting out too long and they got cold. I didn't wind up eating them. I pretty much forced down the sausage- I won't be getting this brand again...

This wasn't much of a meal. Since breakfast I've had a delicious lunch which was stir fried brown rice and seasoned steamed Asian vegetables. I topped it with some toasted sesame oil, low sodium soy sauce, and hot chili sauce. Soon after I had a snack of tortilla chips and a cup of coffee with almond biscotti (yum!).

Herbed fried eggs and vegetarian sausage links
Stir fried brown rice with steamed vegetables
Tortilla chips
Almond biscotti with black coffee

Pizza Fest!

Yummy! This veggie pizza from Papa Johns well done with thin crust was delicious!

It weighed in at about 210 calories per slice and I had 2.5 slices... The "apple pie" dessert was the worst at about 480 calories for four sticks and I had 5... needless to say I was VERY full and feeling VERY puffy afterwards.

Snack Time

I love tortilla chips!

Topped with veggie chili and salsa.

A Yummy Quick Veg Chili for Lunch

I didn't feel like sweating over anything in the kitchen and I don't have much on hand so I put together this chili that came out delicious! It included a can of fire roasted tomatoes, seasoned black beans, half a bag of frozen corn, leftover frozen broccoli, cumin, turmeric, garlic powder, salt substitute, garlic salt, ground black pepper, a dash of cayenne pepper and vegetable juice. I topped it off with a little hot sauce before serving. Chowed down on two bowls of this one. Next time if I'm feeling up to it I'll add some diced celery an onions.

Breakfast

Bazi, coffee, and whole grain waffles with 100% strawberry spread. I feel very nice. Earlier I was feeling sick to my stomach- I think it was from the Red Lobster.
Find out more about Bazi at drinkbazi.biz/kbraswell

Sushi for Dinner

My girl and I went out for sushi at Dancing Wasabi tonight after shopping. I enjoyed green tea, edimame, a california roll, and a custom cucumber and cream cheese roll. I didn't eat it all and I also didn't catch it all via photo (aww) but I did get one shot to share!

Its beautiful!

Looking back and reflecting on today I see that I only had two meals and a snack and I spent much of the day hungry or super full. This is not how I would like to live on a daily basis. My energy and mood are much more steady when I have five or six small meals a day or three home cooked meals per day. I also noticed that the lobster dip that I had earlier did not sit well with me at all- while we were at the table I poured about two teaspoons of grease off the top of the serving dish, so I think that had something to do with it.

I had a cup of black coffee earlier. That curbed my appetite. Goodnight until tomorrow.

Love throughout the Universe

LaShanna

Snack Time

New Year Indulgences

We got a gift card to Red Lobster for Christmas. Red Lobster doesn't offer any vegetarian entrees. I tried some lobster dip and pasta with lobster. My stomach hurt immediately after tasting the dip but after a while I think my body "remembered" how to handle the greasiness... For now.

The day was off to a late start so this meal was my first for the day. I estimate this meal tops 1500 calories easily. I had chocolate chip and white chocolate macadamia cookies for a snack a few hours later.

What a way to start the New Year eh? I'm not concerned. Working hard in the gym pays off and an occasional treat doesn't hurt.