I ate Raw veggies and Fried veggies for lunch today.
First in the form of a salad:
and then in the form of chips. Both were delicious in their own way š
But, Iām going out of order here, this morning Ben and I went for a walk. It was a gloomy day, but at least itās not raining anymore!!
I guess it rained so much yesterday it brought up a bunch of muck into the little lake near by. The water is sooooo brown. 
After our walk about I came home and made pancakes. Whenever I made pancakes I end up making a huge mess of the kitchen, but I love them so much I would do it everyday if I had the time and ingredients š Maybe.
Toppings included maple syrup, almond butter and a new pumpkin butter. Happy Sunday morning to me š
I have been wanting to bake for a while, but I havenāt been able to since I gave up sweets for Lent (which has been a fail, but is for the best interest of IE and not binging). But ā I found a healthy Irish soda bread recipe that wouldnāt be considered a sweet.
I was a little worried it wouldnāt come out right since the last time I made brown bread it was just okay. It looks okay, doesnāt it?
It was very dense since I used all whole wheat flour. I ended up topping it with pumpkin butter too. Itās not sweet or grainy enough to eat straight up.
Other eats from today include the cookies and a small bowl of cereal. I really need to grab some fruit! 
And the āHealthy Highlightā of the day was this Kombucha! I feel better already š I just wish this stuff wasnāt $4.50 a bottle. 
Question: What was your Healthy Highlight of the weekend? Any super healthy eats??
**Yesterday add on: Last night I ended up staying up super late having āheated discussionsā with Ben. I ate a grilled cheese sandwich and chips after midnight. And maybe a hot pocket sometime around 11pmā¦ No pics, but mentioning it for my own awareness/accountability.
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omg, those dark choc cookies look amazing! how many calories each and where did you get them please? š
I got them at MOM’s a local health foods store, but I’ve seen them other places. The entire package of 4 cookies was 200 calories = 50 cals a cookie.
All this rain is driving me crazy!!! I work in McLean, VA and the water in the Potomac is insane!!! Your eats look wonderful! Have a great day.
$4.50 a bottle!! holy cow! i thought 3-something was bad! definitely a ‘treat’ food – and i use the word treat very lightly!
wow $4.50?!?! it is $3 here. that is some shit! cosmic cranberry is my 2nd fave flavor though. so good! the pancakes look great!
I consider weekends my “cheat days” where I typically eat not only in excess, but outside the realm of healthy as well. It’s the one time I’ll let myself have chicken wings or a donut.
This weekend might have put an end to cheat days. I overate soooo badly on Saturday afternoon that I was weighed down for my hockey game 3 hours later! I hate the feeling you get when you overindulge, so I don’t know why I still do it! Maybe I should have given THAT up for Lent!!
I had trouble deciding between two dishes at our anniversary dinner Saturday night. I went with Ahi Tuna instead of the shrimp pasta stuff that was served in butter sauce. SOOO glad I made the choice that I did because it was delicious!
are veggie chips healthy? i have seen them but have always been confused….what kind of oil are they fried in? do they count as a veggie serving or is the actual amount of vegetable in them negligible?
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Healthy soda bread?!
And are those veggies technically fried?
Your pancakes look really healthy and great. Blueberries and almond butter = one of my most favorite combinations. What does pumpkin butter taste like?
They have kombucha for 2.99 at David’s Natural Market in Columbia.
I’m notorious for HATING salads but over a vacation last week I had one at Olive Garden and sorta fell in love. So, this weekend when I got back I made an amazing salad with field greens, cucumbers, onions, tomatoes, and TJ fat-free Balsamic dressing.
I’ve never tried kombucha, what does it taste like?!
Your pancakes and soda bread look perfect! Let’s see, I had a healthy egg and veggie stir fry tonight! Mmmm.
Happy Monday!
I’ve been trying to make an effort to eat salads for lunch and having a post recovery shake after working out! So far I feel a lot light with these changes in the last 2 weeks and will definitely keep up with it.
Those do sound like healthy and balanced changes š
Yam chips, and BBQ’d chicken. First time I have had meat in many weeks. I have a 20 buck watermelon in the fridge I will be cutting up tonight. It better be the sweetest thing I have ever tasted. LOL
Yam chips sound amazing. That watermelon better change your life for that much money!
I finally bought a bottle of kombucha (only three bones here) so that was something new and healthy. Besides that I didn’t try any new foods but I did run my first 5K so that was my new healthy thing š
Where did you get it for 3 bucks?!
Earthfare–it’s like Whole Foods since we are ghetto (keep in mind I’, in the South) and don’t have one. Not sure if you have them up there but they had a huge variety!
You had a kombucha today?? I’m so jealous..(;
I had a pretty unhealthy weekend to be perfectly honest… well not terrible but I may have had too many sweets and alcohol… But today I turned it around with a green monster for breakfast with an egg white omelet and a veg stir fry for dinner.
I’ve never tried Irish soda bread! I saw it in the store this week though!
yum irish bread. looks great. i guess overall my weekend was pretty healthy eating overall. i did have ice cream each night which would technically bust that idea but i usually do anyway š
I don’t see nothing wrong with nightly ice cream š Just wait until summer arrives and I’m all over that!
My healthy highlight was a giant green monster this morning š
The salad I had for dinner last night was the healthiest thing I’ve had all weekend. It was pretty epic.
The Irish bread looks good!
There are lots of things to bake when you can’t eat sweats! Baking bread is a great idea. I have made two batches of honey whole wheat bread lately. It takes forever, but it’s awesome to have fresh bread in the house.
I had a kombucha yesterday, can that count as healthy? And a big vegan cookie right now–super healthy because it’s vegan
Annnnd after a chickpea-less week I have 2 cans! Super psyched. That will last me… a day
Vegan cookies and kombucha AND chickpeas! We are sooo on the same page š
Most of my weekend involved healthy eats. I also had a snack late last night…a turkey sandwich on wheat. I stayed up later than normal and could not go to be with my stomach empty.