Meals and Musings
Yep, it’s getting old. I know.. things could be worse! I’m lucky to have a pool. I also could be blind, or paralyzed. I know I’m one of the lucky ones. Still… I’d like to be running again. On land. Not in the pool. (By the way, shouldn’t pool running be illegal on Global Running Day? Grr….) Anyway! Moving right along! Today I’m doing something different- a “What I Ate Wednesday” post. Remember those? Except that these are Tuesday’s eats, posted on Wednesday. I’ll be showing my meals and sharing some of my struggles. Let’s get started! Oatmeal and tea. Steel cut oats with half a banana (already mixed in while cooking,) cinnamon and nutmeg. Since I don’t eat sugar I used a little of my monk fruit-sweetened “maple syrup” for some extra flavor and sweetness. Yum! I couldn’t get this lunch picture to look appetizing, no matter what I did. It’s a multigrain bagel with hummus and cucumber. AND… this: This was INSANELY GOOD. Run as quickly as you can to the closest Trader Joes and buy several bags before they’re gone! I’m stuck in a lunch rut. On days I work I have very little time for lunch, so I bring along a multigrain bagel and either peanut butter or almond butter. On days I don’t work I try to branch out a little with hummus and a vegetable. My body is tired of bagels. What’s deeper than a rut? Whatever that word is, that’s what I’m in when it comes to dinner. Tuesdays are usually pretty good days because we have tacos. This is a good dinner that everyone likes, but I’m already exhausted from the prep and cleanup. The thought that I have to cook again tomorrow is overwhelming. Some nights we have veggie burgers with fries, or roasted vegetables. Some nights my husband will cook for himself and the kids and I’ll just have a salad, or a baked potato, or whatever leftovers I can scrounge up. I have nights where, if the option existed to just take a pill that would give me all the appropriate nutrients, I would gladly take it instead of making dinner. Those were my meals, except that not pictured is the watermelon I ate after my pool run, before breakfast, while I was making the kids’ breakfasts. Also the pretzels I ate while making dinner because… crunch and salt, yum. I would love to hear how other people have solved the dinner dilemma! – I’m thinking next year, when my son is gone and there are fewer people to take into consideration, I’ll try batch cooking for the week. Something needs to change! Anyone have any other food issues to share? – Now that I stopped eating sugar, I’m addicted to salty, crunchy things. I was eating so many corn chips that I had to limit them to one day a week (Fridays, when I get my Chipotle takeout!)