Just add an orange is all?!

The only two breakfasts in my repertoire which are super healthy is the hardcore oatmeal and the smoothie -- everything else needs rethinking. Googled "healthy breakfast options"this morning and came up with these scary top 10 lists published by dumb wimmin's magazines. A McDonald's Egg McMuffin with the top thrown out, and the addition of a friggin orange - seriously yo? Today's breakfast, Greek yogurt, is helped along with the almonds -- perhaps I should consider reducing or replacing the honey with fresh fruit.... I should also make the time to bake my own hardcore multi whole grain bagels...

Got out the door with the 2 tater tots around 9:30 and went to Brooklyn to visit C and her 2 yr old Autumn. C is great, we are of similar minds on a lot of things, and we both thought nothing would be more fun than making lunch -- pizza from scratch. We made a quick dough soon after I arrived to give it time to rise for an hour, and topped it with various simple stuff out of the fridge. Not gourmet or blog-worthy, but still better (and definitely healthier) than 85% of the store bought frozen pizzas out there. We rolled out to a playground in the afternoon, and popped into a cafe for tea and cake before we headed back home.


Both kiddles asleep when I got off the train, popped in the local market and picked up a quart of good buttermilk for pancakes this weekend and a nice piece of scrod for dinner.

AM SNACK: 8am, iced green tea


BREAKFAST: 9am, yogurt with honey, vanilla and almonds, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


LUNCH: 12:30pm, homemade whole wheat pizza, half glass of black cherry soda, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5


PM SNACK: 3pm, chocolate cupcake, green tea, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 6:30pm, broiled scrod with butter and old bay seasoning, brown rice, spinach salad with slivered almonds and carrot tofu ginger dressing, pint of grenadine soda, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Brought home a solid 2/3 lb piece of fish. That's around 11 oz, about twice the recommended portion, but I wanted to eat a big dinner to hopefully cut down on cravings. Last night was an exception because I know the slow creep of calorie deficit that a long bike ride can bring (I should strategize for that in the future, rather than depend on chips!)

Though the dressing isn't there, it's easily the best of the bunch so far. The white bean dip was too gritty, the babaganoush too non-descript, the curry carrot dip too pasty. Contemplating how to refine -- perhaps replace tofu with tahini? Cook carrots before blending to make smoother?

Add vanilla extract to my grenadine syrup, gave a nice cream soda undertone to the proceedings.

EVENING SNACK: 8pm, potato chips, .25 bowl


EVENING SNACK: 9pm, chocolate chips and peanuts, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5