As you can see, I like my iced tea reallly almond milky.
How I make it is recipe-free, but I brew pitchers of tea at a time (no sweetener) using 4 tea bags for my 2 liter pitcher. I add boiling water to it, let it steep for a while then put it in the fridge to cool (but continue to steep) overnight. In the morning I remove the teabags.
Then, each day I pour some over 3-4 ice cubes, and then add maple syrup and unsweetened vanilla almond milk.
Sometimes I can get the milk to balance on top, separately, which is a totally random way I amuse myself.
And then I stir it all up and sip sip sip. So good. I almost always make black tea (which has caffeine so that’s why I make it so weak). Every once in while I mix it up though. I just got a big box of decaf English Breakfast, so we’ll see how that goes.
[Edited to add: I threw up after the decaf English Breakfast tea so I tossed the rest of the pitcher and gave the rest of the tea bags to my mom]
For my favorite teas, see this post.
Anyway, this breakfast was tomato & egg on toasted sourdough sprinkled with sea salt. As tasty as it is gorgeous.
Since this was a yoga day, I had a small snack around noon before heading off.
These nuts own me. I have a love/hate relationship with them to say the least. If you’ve never tried Blue Diamond’s smokehouse almonds, I think for your own good you should just stay away. They are the definition of addicting.
After yoga I got a juice from Whole Foods and a soft pretzel. And then I went shopping. I was on the hunt for new workout clothes, and Old Navy wound up being my savior. Cheap and comfortable are the only things I care about.
By the time I got home I was hungry enough for a real meal so I sandwiched on this guy.
Smoky tempeh. Romaine. Tomato. Mustard. Vegenaise.
I waited for Kyle to get home for dinner since I leave the grilling to him. We had BBQ corn and vegan sausages. On the side I also had my leftovers from Fig & Olive.
This actually was consumed in two sittings since I never got that hungry between my late afternoon sando and Kyle getting home. It’s easier for me to graze anyway.
Dessert.
I love Old Navy workout clothes! I actually think most of my workout are from Old Navy, my college student sized budget appreciates their prices!
I totally have kombucha for dessert too! My fav is the gingerade:)
haha, i love random stuff like that too — balancing the almond milk on top 🙂 and oh. my. gosh. blue. diamond! I agree — stay away, they’re so freakin addicting! I bought one of those HUGE bags — killed in 3 days! haha breakfast looks delish!
Trader Joe’s now has mesquite smokehouse almonds that are even yummier than the Blue Diamond ones and a lot cheaper too!! I love the salty, smoky combo and the taste of Mesquite always reminds me of Cabo (our happy place).
oooo those eggs with tomato on sourdough look soooo good! My cousin mentioned once that sourdough is not as bad for people with gluten intolerance (cannot for the life of me remember why), do you find it doesn’t bother you? I miss sourdough the most…
What brand of tempeh is that? And where do you get it?
Seth makes fun of my addiction to the Blue Diamond smoky BBQ almonds. I can easily polish off a can by myself in a matter of two days!
Great dessert and those almonds are very addicting! Some for the Kirkland brand roasted and salted almonds, a big jug of those in my pantry are trouble!
I work for old navy and love the compression workout pants and shorts! They are so comfy and you can’t beat the prices!The maternity stuff is really cute too…
You have me sold on the iced tea with almond milk I think. Gonna try it this week.
Something about eggs on toast is just so comforting! I used to love dunking the toast into the egg yolks when I was younger 😛
I totally craved eggs on sourdough with tomato during the beginning of my pregnancy too. Yum!
Ha, I got addicted to smoked almonds while I was pregnant 😉
nuts. sausage. hmmm… noticing a theme.
xoxo
i got it at whole foods, but most health stores carry it. lightlife smoky tempeh strips – http://www.lightlife.com/Vegan-Food-Vegetarian-Diet/Organic-Smoky-Tempeh-Strips
i loooove gingerade. its one of my faves.
oh man. TJs really knows how to get a girl with their low prices and copycat recipes….gah!
to be honest, its hard to say because i seem to have heightened responses to any wheat now that im pregnant. not sure why but the bloat is the least of my concerns (symptoms wise) so im just going with it. have you ever tried spelt flour/spelt bread? i have heard some gluten sensitive people tolerate that ok. i seem to do fine with it.
dude. i have made a weekend with that kirkland tub in the past. its dangerous stuff having such a massive container of yum.
yes! i love doing that!!
the “theme” is your perverted mind. as always, its on pace with mine though 🙂