What I Ate Wednesday #13

Happy What I Ate Wednesday everyone! As usual my Google Reader is bursting with yummy posts for me to paw over later – I love indulging my nosy side and reading about what other people eat. I think WIAW is such a brilliant way to get recipe inspiration and new ideas for meals and snacks. It also reminds me that variety and diversity is a good thing – there is no one “right” way to eat.

This week WIAW nearly didn’t happen for me. I took Monday off work to recover from the half marathon, so I’ve been a day behind myself. I had a sudden moment of panic yesterday afternoon when I realised it was Tuesday and I hadn’t taken any photos of my food. Luckily I remembered just in time, so this is a mish-mash of yesterday’s and today’s eats.

Breakfast

I started the day with a 20 minute strength and core workout. I stuck to upper body exercises because my legs are still a little sore, but soooo much better after I spent some time with my new foam roller yesterday.

Breakfast saw the return of the smoothie. Last week I had porridge for breakfast most mornings in order to increase my carb intake before the race. I really missed smoothies though. For me, they’re the perfect start to the day – light, but filling.

Today’s creation was a banana and plum number.

• Frozen banana
• 2 ½ frozen diced plums
• Handful of spinach
• 2 tablespoons pea protein powder
• Tablespoon hempseed
• Teaspoon maca powder
• ½ teaspoon xantham gum
• ½ cup Kara coconut milk
• 1 ½ cups water

I’d run out of muesli, so this was sans toppings. It wasn’t as tasty or as photogenic without my beloved cereal, so I rushed out at lunchtime to buy some more!

Snacks (throughout the day)

I was really hungry today, so all these were eaten, plus a home-grown (by my Dad) pear and a packet of Bear Cherry Pie granola. The dried apricots and pumpkin seeds provided a good dose of iron.

Lunch

For lunch I had one of my all-time favourite combinations – boiled egg and rice. I also mixed in some sweetcorn, diced cucumber and red pepper.

Dinner

Now we’re firmly in autumn I constantly crave warming and comforting meals in the evening. Last night I made a spicy vegetable and chickpea stew.

In the mix:

• Small sweet potato
• Carrot
• Leek
• Mushroom
• Cauliflower
• Swiss chard
• Chickpeas
• Chilli powder, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, turmeric, black pepper

After dinner I had a couple of dark chocolate batons and some oats and coconut milk. These were consumed too quickly for a photo

What are you’re favourite food combinations?

For me it’s definitely egg & rice, beetroot & goats cheese, banana & peanut butter.