Let’s just be honest about this right up front…my breakfast was actually a dessert. Just want to be clear. 😛 [They are leftover peanut butter and chocolate chip oatmeal cookies from our first MOPS meeting of the year and they were GOOOOOOOOD].
I had approximately 65 carrots while making lunch because I was sooo hungry.
Ever since the kids started school I’ve been doing longer workouts and my appetite hasn’t caught up. I have always eaten lunch after the kids are done with theirs and all squared away with quiet time (or naps) because I like eating in peace. Lunch is my one shot for that because breakfast is usually eaten in haste standing over the counter and dinner is eaten as a family and I’m constantly getting up every 4 seconds to get something for someone or clean something or who knows what. But lunch is MY meal. That said, it’s been harder to wait as long as is required to eat in aforementioned peace because I am super starving by 1 pm. Hence the baby carrot overload. They are my holding pattern snack. And sometimes it goes on forever and ever.
But eventually I get to sit and dig into this!
Kale massaged in a balsamic vinaigrette, with half an avo, smoked salmon, and fresh figs.
Fig season is coming to a close so I splurged on a pound of them on my last grocery run.
Some nuts probably would have been good on this (like candied walnuts) but I am trying to take a break for a hot second after eating 10000 calories worth of them earlier in the week. Oops. Like I said, ravenous Elise mode.
Almost burnt the house down grilling these inside!
Kyle was supposed to BBQ them but then got caught up and couldn’t make it home so I just decided to do it inside. I thought turning the hood on the stove would be enough but I still ended up with a smokey downstairs and ended up having to open all the windows and doors so as not to set the smoke alarms off.
I went outside to pick tomatoes after putting the burgers on (not thinking it would be an issue because surely they’d take a while before I needed to flip them or anything) but then we had wayyyyyy more tomatoes than I realized and so I was outside picking for a while. Which is why I walked back inside to a very smokey situation.
Oops.
Anyway, it was all fine aside from the house heating up an extra 5 degrees because I had to open every outdoor access.
BURGER NIGHT!
This meal was a special request and since the kids are so easy going with whatever I make, if/when they voice an opinion on wanting something specific I’m eager to make it happen.
I had both gf and wheat buns in the freezer as well as ground beef, so all I needed to buy was toppings…oh wait, no I don’t! The tomato was from the garden and then I just grabbed whatever lettuce and cheese we had on hand (because we always have something in those categories!).
As well as an assortment of condiments.
Here’s how the condiments went down:
Elise – Sir Kensington’s special sauce
Kyle – vegan mayo + BBQ sauce
P – vegan mayo
V – vegan mayo + BBQ sauce
Ever heard of nuco? They have a bunch of coconut based products, which I first learned about back when I ordered stuff from Thrive Market. I got their coconut wraps as a promotional deal once, which were ok. I think I got this vegan mayo for free too now that I think about it, but I can’t recall since it’s obviously been in the party for a while now. Anyway, it’s coconut and avocado based and (as you can read) vegan, gluten free, soy free, non GMO and all that jazz…
It’s a little odd in the texture department (because of the coconut oil??), but Kyle and the kids all liked it. It almost acts like it has gelatin in it even though you can read the ingreds and see it doesn’t. It’s kinda cool that it has pea protein too, although I supposed egg and soy would still offer a higher amount.
The GF bun was pretty meh, but I don’t know if that’s on account of being from the freezer or not. I can’t recall the brand, but it was tapioca based, and tasted like pure starch. Not in a good way. I’d rather eat no bun and reserve my sugar intake for dessert…
This time I did both.
The barnana bites never made it to the plate. 😛
Those cookies remind me of my favorite from the King Arthur Whole Grain Cookbook! Oats, PB and chocolate. I used to love eating them from the freezer. I know what I’m making for the week!
The days i get up extra early to workout i have to have a snack around late morning or I become that hangry person who can’t deal….! Usually just an apple or a cup of yogurt.
Those tomatoes are so gorgeous!! And I totally know what you mean about how a not great bun puts a damper on the meal, i would rather have chips and no bun :))