GUYS.  I started grad school this week.  Which means my posting is going to be EVEN MORE sporadic than normal… you’re all rolling your eyes saying all she ever does is WIAW anymore… you’re righttttttttt. UGH.  I have a few posts in the works, but life is kind of hectic right now between work/travel, making friends (?! crazy I know… you never thought it would happen), and starting online classes.  I promise they will be on their way. 

For nowwwww…. Here’s What I Ate… The Day Before the Fourth of July (aka Last Wednesday):

 

Breakfast

My kitchen had not one single breakfast food in it until this past Sunday, so breakfast for me was a chocolate croissant from Starbucks.  I looked it up and all of Starbucks’ breakfast foods have less than 350 calories!  That’s not that bad… I expected much worse.  I also had an iced soy toffee nut latte… it was one of those days :)

 

Lunch

We were let out early last Wednesday because of Fourth of July, so I just had to work through 2pm and I got to go home.  Ever since I saw this salad from Jessica, I wanted to do my own recreation!  I embarked on a journey to make a roasted mango and raspberry dressing (recipe coming… I know how many times have you heard that one before).  I had some left over steak from having dinner with Cameron and Geoff on Tuesday, so I threw that in my salad with some mango chunks, crispy wontons, carrots, cucumber and onion.  It. Was. Delicious.  The dressing is kind of heavy… not as liquid-y as I would have liked… but it was really refreshing.   

Dinner

I was headed to a Sounders game with Laura around dinnertime so I made up my dinner to go.  I wasn’t about to pay $20 for dinner at the game.  I had some leftover Asian beef tips (from my dinner with Laura at Manhattan) that I heated up with some veggies (broccoli, zucchini, asparagus, and green pepper) and served over rice with some of the sauce and my favorite lemon ginger sesame dressing from Target.  I also put a healthy dose of chia seeds in there.  A few pretzels and vodka soaked watermelon pieces after dinner and I was good to go!  :)

What did you eat last Wednesday?  Tell me! Tell me!  Sorry about the salad construction pictures by the way… I couldn’t help myself.  NOM.