Goooooood morning! Today’s WIAW post comes from Monday – a day with no class! One of my teachers is out of the country so his class was cancelled Monday morning, meaning I had a nice, free morning. Sadly I wasn’t as productive as I’d hoped… but I did get some cleaning and some baking done! And a liiiiittle reading.
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I started off my morning pretty lazily, reading blogs, posting my own and doing a little reading. I also cleaned my kitchen and made banana protein muffins from Dashing Dish! I had one muffin while I was putting together my breakfast:
For breakfast I had 2 egg whites and 1 egg, roasted zucchini, eggplant and mushrooms, all topped with salsa. It was soooo good! My new favorite way to cook egg whites is just pour them in my small pan, let them cook and then flip them. It’s like an egg white pancake!
I also had a piece of dark chocolate. I am obsessed with dark chocolate right now.
After breakfast I did a little more hanging around and then I headed to the gym for 3 miles on the treadmill and an upper body strength workout. When I got back I refueled with a pumpkin smoothie!
Pumpkin Smoothie
Ingredients
- 1/2 frozen banana
- 1/2 cup frozen pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup flax milk (or milk of choice)
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin spice
- 1 scoop protein powder (I use Sunwarrior Vanilla)
Directions
Combine ingredients in blender and mix! Add more milk or water as necessary to get it moving.
I’m so glad I froze the pumpkin ahead of time, I think it added to the creaminess! I also topped it with a crumbled banana protein muffin.
I had lunch about an hour and a half later because I needed to head off to Girls on the Run practice so I kept it light. I had a can of Annie’s Pea Soup and a sliced apple with cinnamon.
I Loooooooved Annie’s Black Bean soup so I wanted to try some others. The pea was alright, but definitely not as flavorful as the blackbean.
After practice I headed to the Whole Foods right by the school I volunteer at. I grabbed a salad from the salad bar and a bit of trail mix. I had a ways to walk to get to the bus I needed so I snacked on trail mix while I was walking.
I hopped on the bus and headed up to the neighborhood where I was meeting people for Bingo! I was an hour early so I found a Starbucks to eat my dinner. At Starbucks I grabbed a green tea and hung out to eat my salad and work on my computer (okay, play Pottermore, I only had 30 minutes). My salad had peas, corn, sweet potato, beets, chicken, parmesan chees and balsamic vinaigrette. It was pretty good! I’m kind of obsessed with peas right now…
I met up with some of my Kappa Delta Alumnae friends at Hamburger Mary’s up in Andersonville. I’d never been to that neighborhood and it was fun to look around. It is a Swedish area of the city, I love that different areas have different nationalities. They do bingo night at Hamburger Mary’s (I went once in Kansas City!) and each time it’s to support a local charity. Tonight the Charity was CAWC – Chicago Abused Women Coalition.
We had a great time playing, and I even won a round! I literally screamed when she called B5 and everyone was laughing. I WON BINGO!!! Haha I absolutely love Bingo so this was horribly thrilling. I even had to take a lap around the restaurant while everyone threw their crumpled up losing cards at me. Loved it.
While we played I tried Crispin Cider (served in a glass on ice). I’ve tried a couple kinds, but this one wasn’t my favorite. I tasted a little watery compared to others and didn’t have much flavor.
Unfortunately, this was the last photo I managed to take before my phone battery died… I was just about to get a picture of our MC – Hamburger Mary for the evening! She (he?) was hilarious and had the best sequined dress and giant sequined bow. She also changed costumes halfway through the evening to perform a Pink song.
When I got home I was hungry so I made a quick snack – microwaved pumpkin pie with some PB2 and Chocolate PB2 (couldn’t decide…).
I didn’t measure anything but this seriously tasted like pumpkin pie, so I’ll be sure to re-create it and post a recipe soon.
Are you a bingo fan?
What are your favorite salad toppings?
All your food looks amazing! Top tip: chuck that apple and cinnamon in a bowl with a plate on top for 3 minutes – goes all soft and sugary and gooey like apple pie filling!
I used to do that all the time! I was craving the crispness of the apple though
mmm that smoothie sounds so good…im jealous of your salad
I’ve seen Annie’s soups at the store but I’ve never tried them because it’s so much cheaper to make a pot of soup on my own….I’m a cheap-o. Are the worth it?
Cheer to chocolate at breakfast! I always crave sweets in the morning, and dark chocolate is such a better choice than a giant pastry!
lol I think I’m too lazy to make my own, I like the convenience. The black bean is definitely worth trying! And I was really craving that dark chocolate, perfect way to start the day!
I love picking up snacks on the way to bus stops!! (Funny enough, my go-to lately is dark chocolate! Or candy corn …) And that pumpkin smoothie looks awesome! Going to be trying it this afternoon!!
I love reading about your eats, Katie. Always one of my favourite WIAW posts. I think that we have a lot of the same tastes. And while you eat healthily, you’re relaxed and down-to-earth about it. It seems very natural. 🙂
Have a great day!!
Thanks Chelsie! And candy corn pretty much rocks…
It’s awesome that you work right by a Whole Foods. If I did, I would probably grab food from there every single day!
Well I only volunteer by there twice a week, but nevertheless dangerous!
oh my goodness YES post the recipe!!
Re-made it last night, it will be up soon!!
That salad looks incredible! I’m pretty diverse when it comes to salad, but it will always win my heart if it has feta!
Feta is pretty good too! I’m good with most kinds of cheese though 😉
Your pumpkin smoothie looks delicious!! 🙂
How nice that you had an extra day to your weekend! I used to Anne’s soups quite often when I was in college. I enjoyed that split pea one! I should get some of her soups again for an easy on the go meal for the winter months. My favorite salad toppings would have to be: candied pecans or almonds, berries, and goat cheese!
They are great for easy meals, even for school I’ll just dump the can into a microwavable container and bring it with me! Oooo and candied pecans sound so good right now!
wow I totally need to try those amy’s soups. I really do. i am intrigued by the pumpkin pie muffin. looks amazing
recipe coming soon! I remade it yesterday and measured!
jealous of your day off of class! also i love those muffins, i use them on top of my oats all the time – i hope yours turned out well! i haven’t played bingo in yearssssssss but seeing your board reminded me of how much fun it used to be!
This was my best batch! The last one I burnt… but ate them anyway. haha
I love Bingo! I don’t know if a person can claim that they’re bad at Bingo since it’s generally all luck, but I am pretty lousy at it haha. Every year my extended family on my mom’s side gets together for a pre-Christmas Christmas party (usually some random Saturday in December), and the highlight of the party is always the annual Bingo game. Everyone who participates has to bring a $1 prize in a paper bag, and once you win a round of Bingo you can claim a prize. If you win more than once, you can swap the bag you have for someone else’s…it always gets very dramatic haha. But it’s so much fun! I love it.
Hahahaha I like that you’re bad at bingo, I think that some people are just naturally “talented” at it (aka lucky). And I love the prize idea! That sounds like a fun tradition!
MMmm pumpkin pie! I can’t wait to see your recipe!
I’ve never been to Hamburger Mary’s but I really love the Andersonville area. One of my friends from high school lives up there and the area is full of good restaurants!
We should all go for bingo! Haha I loved it, I’d go over and over!
Love that you ate dark chocolate after breakfast! Sometimes, I totally just need a sweet something early in the day. Also, I just remembered that I have a can of Amy’s Black Bean Soup in my panty. Yessss!
I actually read an article that it’s good to eat dark chocolate for breakfast! Haha, I’ll take it!
Your WF salad looks so good! Lately I’m loving sweet potatoes, beets, chicken, sharp cheddar cheese, dried cranberries, apples, and a sweet balsamic dressing on mine!
And I’m excited for that microwave pumpkin pie recipe. 😀
Ooooo okay that sounds like a great salad to me!
I want that salad in my mouth right now.
Too bad we aren’t wizards or you could Accio a WF salad!
Oh man I LOVE bingo, but I never win 🙁 haha That is so awesome you won, I would have been screaming as well! ha Congrats!
I never win either, I think that’s why I was so shocked!
I like Bingo too!! YAY for winning!
that pumpkin muffin/pie thin at the end sounds like an awesome way to end the day 🙂
Haha soooo good, I need to go get more pumpkin now!
That pumpkin smoothie looks amazing and that microwave pumpkin pie thing sounds awesome! Recipe please!!!
Like I said, the recipe will be up in a couple days!
Dark chocolate will always have my heart. Personally, I prefer anything above 85% or else it tastes too sweet for me! Totally weird because I love sugar.
Haha we have so many bingo clubs in my area, I didn’t actually realise you had it in the states! You must post that recipe for the pumpkin pie at the end it looks amaze balls!
oh yes, we love bingo here!
I love how a lot of your eats are pumpkin themed! Haha! I love pumpkin. That pumpkin pie smoothie looks good. I am going to recreate it.
Man, I can’t even remember the last time I played Bingo. High school, maybe? I do remember it being awesome, although my luck was terrible so I barely ever won.
I’m loving to multiple pumpkin appearances! My night class was actually cancelled on Monday so I know how you feel about the unexpected free time. Wish I had thought to do some baking like you did in that free time like you did, yum!
Anything done in free time is worthwhile, as long as it’s relaxing!
Nothing wrong w/ choosing both regular pb2 and chocolate. 🙂
That pumpkin shake looks wonderful! Yum, yum! My favorite salad topping is cranberries. I just love them!
Oooo I need to get cranberries again!
I haven’t played BINGO in years! How fun! DC bars are big on trivia nights, but I haven’t heard of any that offer BINGO. Maybe I can start a new trend. 😉
Amy’s is a lifesaver during school. When I need something quick, I go for the tofu scramble, enchiladas, or brown rice bowl. I enjoy the black bean soup too (so good with chopped avocado, Greek yogurt and cheese).
Haha bingo > trivia, it takes less talent!
So many great eats throughout the day Katie! I loved the way you ended the day too, I shall look forward to that recipe, post soon please 😉
And weee congrats on winning bingo! I never ever win stuff like that so I am quite psyched for you!
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