I'm bringin WIAW back. <- to the tune of the musical genius JT's sexy back

It's baaaaaaack.  Everyone's favorite post  (okay, just mine).  I decided to bring it back into the rotation of blog posting because I've found when I do regularly scheduled WIAW posts I tend to post more.  WHO'DA THUNK?  

But seriously, I find myself paying more attention to the blog when I do WIAW posts so we'll see how it goes.

Plus, it's one of my favorite ways to make internet friends & find new blogs to read.  And you know, internet community yadda yadda yadda.  

It's kind of hard to believe that the last time I did a What I Ate Wednesday was a whole year ago.  And it's so funny because that post really closely resembled my food from my trip back home a couple weeks ago.  Any whoooo, let's see if I even remember how to do this!

I was working from home last week & I was able to make all of my meals which is always fun for me.  Plus it gave me some control over the food styling – but the pictures are all from my phone & I was just getting back into the groove of WIAW so go easy on me.

 Breakfast

I woke up and started my day with half of an orange from the market (8:09 am).  My produce guy, who I've talked about before, hooked me up with some really good oranges last week and they definitely hit the spot.  I knew the orange wouldn't be enough to hold me over until lunch though so I treated myself to half of a banana topped with a Nutella drizzle (10:30 am).  I die.  

Lunch

Lunch was kind of a dud, I won't lie about it.  I was in a pinch & needed something quick.  I roasted some brussels sprouts with green beans, onion, and garlic until they were slightly burnt (which is actually the way I like it – i'm super weird).  Then I ate that with some Oscar Mayer deli rotisserie chicken with mustard & Sriracha (1:00 pm).  I was on board with the veggies but there was something weird about the chicken that I wasn't a fan of.  I think it was the texture or something.

Afternoon Snacks

I knew I was going to need something in between dinner and lunch so I munched on half of a peppermint Luna Bar (3:33 pm).  The peppermint ones are still in my top favorite Luna Bar flavors.  Just so good.  After work I went on a run, & I brought along some airline peanuts (I always snag them on flights because they're good portion control snacks – usually about 70 calories in a pack) incase I started feeling hungry.  I ended up needed a few of them on my walk back to the apartment (6:40 pm).  

Dinner

My dinner was a taco salad that was out of this world (7:40 pm).  I snuck a bunch of vegetables into a semi-homemade salsa (pace + green beans + onions + bell peppers + a roasted hot pepper in the food processor until smooth) & a chicken mixture (deli chicken slices + red & yellow bell peppers + green beans in the food processor).  I layered the salsa, some Mexican quinoa (quinoa with homemade taco seasoning), and the chicken.  Holy cow.  It was crazy good.  And grinding up the chicken in the food processor really did the trick.

Dessert

For dessert I had a couple bites of my 3 ingredient pineapple frozen yogurt (8:30pm).  Ugh.  So good.

Drinks

When I woke up in the morning I had a cup of green tea & I drank water with lemon all day long (I've been trying to be better about staying hydrated lately – I feel like I'm always dehydrated).

Well that's all she wrote folks.  Have a fantastic day & thanks to the ever lovely Jenn for hosting!

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