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WIAW – Meatless Monday

02/19 by Leigha 15 Comments

Fashion Friday {2/18 - 2/20} + a helpful tip!
Superfood Overnight Oats

Greetings everyone! Rather than show you yesterday’s eats (which were the exact same as these) I’m showing you Monday’s eats from my day off! After I ate breakfast I realized that I could try and do a Meatless Monday. It wasn’t hard at all! Here is What I Ate on Meatless Monday! Thanks for hosting the party, Jenn!

Breakfast

oatmeal + pb + bananas

Since I don’t have time to make stovetop oats on school days I took advantage of my day off and enjoyed some slow cooked oats topped with peanut butter, bananas, cinnamon, almond milk, and cottage cheese! They were good.. but I think I like my overnight oats more!

zucchini bread

I couldn’t resist a little bite of some zucchini bread that Grandma brought over πŸ˜‰ and hey, I conquered a fear! Eating in between breakfast and lunch!

Lunch

black bean, egg, onion, tomato pita + apple, carrots, hummus, and peanut butter

 I came home suuuper hungry from basketball practice. It was 12-1:30, right during lunchtime. I made a pita with a scrambled egg, black beans, caramelized onion, and tomato! Served with an apple + peanut butter and carrots + hummus. It was a bigger lunch than I normally eat and while I was full, it was a good full. You know when your belly is full of good food how you don’t feel bloated at all and your belly feels happy? Love that feeling.

zucchini bread 2

Aaand the last of the zucchini bread πŸ˜‰

homemade bread

My mom attempted to make some homemade bread from this recipe. For some reason it didn’t really rise and it was the most. dense. bread. ever. I had a bite of it dipped in some olive oil and spices. 

Dinner

main street pizza with mushrooms

Oh pizza, I wish I could eat you every night. You will never get old. 

pizza, carrots, avocado tomato bread

Pizza, carrots, and a piece of bread topped with avocado and tomato. Yeah… the bread was bad. I scraped off the avocado and tomato and ate them plain. Then I had another piece of pizza to make up for the bread. Then another. Then another… Okay I think I had 5 pieces.

I usually (read: always) have dessert but for some reason I didn’t really want any! Seriously, the one day that I take pictures I don’t have dessert. I did just finish up the last of the Monster Cookies… I need to make more.

That’s it for today! I have my last(!) basketball game of the season tomorrow so you’ll hear from me on Friday! 

Oats: stovetop, microwave, or overnight?
What food would you never get sick of?

 

Fashion Friday {2/18 - 2/20} + a helpful tip!
Superfood Overnight Oats

Filed Under: All Posts, What I Ate Wednesday

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  1. Jess @ Story of a Girl says

    02/19 at 9:46 am

    That zucchini bread looks fantastical! And your lunch is definitely up my alley – eggs, apple, carrots, caramelized onion(!!) – yup, my kinda lunch. It’s awesome that you were “happy full”! Haha!
    Hmmm I don’t really trust crock-pot breads, or “quick” breads either – mine always turn out way dense and get used for toast or something. Ah well, all you can do is try.
    Have an awesome day!
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    • minougirl says

      02/19 at 3:33 pm

      It was my first time ever caramelizing an onion! And yeah.. it was our first time EVER using yeast so we’ve gotta work on that! I think I’ll just stick to buying bread from the store haha πŸ™‚ have a great day also!

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  2. Emma @ Life's A Runner says

    02/19 at 10:09 am

    All your eats look SO good – and you are so right, going meatless is WAY easier than everyone thinks! Although, I don’t think I could last more than one day without my chicken. πŸ˜‰

    Now I’m craving pizza! Have an awesome Wednesday. πŸ™‚
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    • minougirl says

      02/19 at 3:35 pm

      Really the only time I eat meat is on my turkey sandwich at lunch! Otherwise I’m pretty much vegetarian! Go get that pizza πŸ™‚

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  3. Christine@ Apple of My Eye says

    02/19 at 10:22 am

    Such tasty food! And please send me over some of that zucchini bread asap ;). Please and thank you!
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    • minougirl says

      02/19 at 3:36 pm

      Will do πŸ˜‰

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  4. Miranda @ Loving Every Mile says

    02/19 at 10:42 am

    Girlfriend, that breakfast looks bomb-diggity! I will always stay loyal to peanut butter at breakfast, no matter what form it’s in πŸ˜‰
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    • minougirl says

      02/19 at 3:37 pm

      If you went back a year, I honestly don’t think you’d find a breakfast that didn’t have at least a little peanut butter!!

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  5. Alison @ Daily Moves and Grooves says

    02/19 at 9:16 pm

    Gah I love zucchini bread. If your grandma ever makes an extra loaf of anything, hit me up πŸ˜‰ That’s awesome that you conquered a fear too, girl!
    Overnight oats all. the. way.
    I never get sick of peanut butter, Greek yogurt, and avocado toast!
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  6. Liz @ Carpe Diem and Run says

    02/19 at 9:45 pm

    That is so awesome that you conquered a fear! Haha your bread could not have been denser than mine – I baked some and I literally banged it on the table and it didn’t even dent/crack.
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    • minougirl says

      02/20 at 7:28 am

      I don’t think this one would’ve cracked either! It was a workout just trying to cut it, lol!

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  7. Courtney @RunningforCupcakes says

    02/20 at 1:09 pm

    I became a vegetarian about 4 months ago and it’s been soo easy for me to not eat meat. I don’t crave it at all! That pita looks delish πŸ™‚
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    • minougirl says

      02/20 at 3:42 pm

      I don’t crave it either! Really the only meat I regularly eat is turkey for my sandwich!

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  8. Michelle L says

    02/20 at 5:14 pm

    Yum the egg and bean pita looks awesome ! And i am jealous of the zucchini bread too !
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    • minougirl says

      02/20 at 7:48 pm

      They were both suuuper yummy πŸ™‚

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