Happy Monday friends! How was yours?
Just to recap, I'm keeping a food and exercise diary on here this week. I hope you enjoy getting a window into my eating habits for a week - I always enjoy seeing what other people eat, I'm a bit nosy like that ;) I quite like looking back at my own visual trackers too. I'm in training for two 10ks at the moment so it will be good for me to actually see how I'm fuelling myself.
So, here's today's eats, drinks and moves.
On rising: A cup of hot water with lemon. I read somewhere that starting the day like this is like giving your insides a steam clean :)
Breakfast: Porridge made with organic oats, Alpro hazelnut and almond milks, filtered water, cinnamon and flaxseed (at the moment I'm using Linwood's with added probiotic and Vitamin D). Topped with steamed almond milk, some Alpro vanilla pouring yoghurt, organic blueberries, a few almonds and a handful of Jordan's tropical granola (which has dried pineapple and papaya in it).
Coffee (just after breakfast): Latte made with 2 espresso shots topped with a mixture of steamed almond and soy milks. I had some almond leftover from breakfast - this made a lovely combination, with a vanilla-like after-taste. My love affair with my wonderful coffee machine continues!
Late morning tea: A plunger of Bluebird Tea's Mint Choc Rooibos. This is delicious stuff and surprisingly chocolatey - I didn't need a chocolate biscuit to go with it :)
Lunch: 2 pieces of toasted home-made bread with spinach and dill hummus from yesterday; apple, fennel, spinach and rocket salad with Tangy Almond dressing from the Honestly Healthy cookbook (I made a few substitutions) - wow, that dressing was amazing! Salty, sour, spicy and sweet all at once.
Snack: Red grapes and the rest of the Pink Lady apple I used in the salad.
After work exercise: Power yoga - Fire sequence on Shiva Rea Daily Energy Vinyasa Flow DVD.
After yoga tea: T2 sencha green tea
Dinner: Such a lovely sunny evening, even slightly warm you might say (!), so I made a veggie variation on grilled chicken with pasta salad and coleslaw.
I grilled some Quorn fillets with a little olive oil, and some lemon juice squeezed over the top when finished, and served them with a salad that's somewhere between pasta salad and coleslaw - cooked Dell'Ugo gluten free chickpea pasta mixed with grated carrots; finely chopped spring onions, fennel and sugar snap peas; and lots of finely chopped dill, mint and basil, dressed with a delicious dairy-free high-protein version of mayo - cashews, Dijon mustard, lemon juice and water blended together. OMG. Yum. I also sprinkled my portion with a Japanese chilli seasoning called nanami togarashi which added a lovely kick.
I can imagine this salad would also go very well indeed with slices of grilled haloumi or some veggie burgers.
I might have gone back for a little more salad :)
Tea: A cup of pomegranate green tea (Twinings brand). Was going to have a piece of chocolate too but didn't feel like it in the end (I know, weird!) so might have some tomorrow.
All up today was a really good day - now that it's sunny all I want to eat is fresh zingy salads so that's just what I had. I had planned a few soups and comforting curries this week in case the weather turned foul again but it seems that spring might have finally arrived.
I've got an early start tomorrow so better call it a night :)
See you tomorrow for more food what I ate!