Hey everyone! I hope you’re all having a good week, only 4 days long!!! Lol okay, 3 for me, but I won’t rub that in. Anyway, since it’s Wednesday it’s clearly time for another What I Ate Wednesday! If you’re new to WIAW, head over to Peas and Crayons to find out what it’s all about!
I started out my morning with quite a wake up call. I was laying in bed (I’d been up since like 4…) and at 6am my brother texted me asking if I had his car keys. Oops. I leapt out of bed, threw on my workout clothes and literally ran over to his apartment! My bad. Stealing car keys. Since I was up and ini my workout clothes I headed to the gym and started out with a little bit of elliptical action at the gym, some upper body weights and a few ab moves, and then plenty of stretching and rolling out my legs.
After I showered I ended up just reading and getting some work done. I we weirdly just not hungry this morning, but finally around 9:45 I was ready to eat! I had a sweet potato topped with an over-easy egg and the about a half a bag of spinach sautéed with nutritional yeast and some cayenne pepper. I served it with salsa!
I headed out the door to class after breakfast, getting there early so I could get a little reading in. By this time it had been a couple hours since breakfast but I couldn’t get lunch until after class, so I had an apple and a KIND bar. I also got a Kombucha, but never ended up drinking it…
For lunch I headed down to the French Market, which is near my school. It’s this really cool place that’s set up like an out-door market, except it’s indoor. There are places to buy fresh fruit and veggies, and then several specific vendors, from healthy juices and crepes to kosher food to Asian. I decided to try out Karen’s Raw, which I’ve seen all over Chicago. All of their food is soy-free and the woman working there showed me everything that was gluten free. She was so helpful! I chose the Sprouted Living Salad.
At first when I opened it up I was disappointed because it was basically a TON of spinach and a few veggie toppings, but once I added the dressing and the onion crisps topping, it was SOOO GOOD. Like really good. Unfortunately, tons of raw veggies don’t do wonders for my digestive system… Oops. So good though.
After lunch I headed back to school for my second (and last) class, and then hopped on a bus to get home. Luckily I got right onto an express bus so it took less time! Haha so like 40 minutes instead of 60. By the time I got home my stomach felt kind of off, so I just wanted something bland. I made a quesadilla with cheese and black beans, served with a little more salsa.
A bit later I had some vanilla protein ice cream with “chocolate sauce” made from protein powder and cocoa, with some dried fruit and corn flakes cereal for toppings. Delicious! I also had a some almond butter as well, so good.
Well, there you have it! My Tuesday eats! Nothing too thrilling this week!
Have you ever eaten at a raw restaurant or specifically raw food?
Ever stolen someone’s car keys?
Raw veggies only upset my stomach if I’m going for a run within the following 6 hours. The salad sounds worth it though!
I’ve accidentally had my boyfriends keys in my car! He had left them in there and I left his house completely forgetting to bring them into him. He called me the next day and couldn’t find them anywhere! I thought he Just wasn’t looking very well and turns out they were in my center console…whoops!
lol good thing you figured it out!
I LOVE that kombucha flavor!!! But then again, I love most of them. I just wish they were cheaper, haha
haha I seriously wish they were cheaper!
I make chocolate sauce the exact same way! So fabulous for fruit dipping!!
I’ve only stolen keys on purpose trying to keep someone from drinking and driving after a party. However, I have locked more than my fair share of keys in cars over the years (I think I actually did it three times to my roomie second year. But we’re mutually to blame — she was from a small town where you could leave your keys in the car and your doors unlocked and not have it matter. I’m from a bigger city and compulsively lock everything all the time. Bad combo!!)
Oh no! I miss my car from high school, it had a key pad so you never had to worry about locking your keys in the car!
I LOVE the french market and love Raw! I have trouble digesting their stuff too but it’s so tasty!
Lol I know, I want to go back but I know it’ll be rough again… Haha will probably go back anyway
LOVE the egg + sweet potato. I included something similar in my WIAW post today. Delicious!
Definitely a great combo!
Haha so funny – I’m eating a sweet potato, eggs, and greens right now! Guess we were on similar brain waves today. 😉
That market sounds amazing – we have one like it in my city too! Ours doesn’t have a raw food vendor but that’s ok with me because I can’t eat at those kind of places anyways. Raw always means lots of nuts! 😛 But I make my own raw chocolate chip cookies sometimes!
Very similar brain waves!!
I’ve been wanting to try Karen’s Raw for ages already!! I have a gift certificate to Karen’s on Green but have also been failing at making the time to visit it 🙁
You should definitely try it! Both are great!
I have actually! Last year I drove one day when my colleagues and I went out for lunch. That afternoon I got all the way home (about 30 minutes away) and realized someone’s car keys had fallen out of her purse! It was a mad scramble to get ahold of her, buther husband actually ended picking her up. Whoops.
lol at least you tried!
I love that particular Kind bar, it’s one of my favorites and the first one I ever tried… yum 🙂 The egg and sweet potato is a winning combination for sure, plus the nutrients from each work so well together and are quite good for ya
It’s one of my favorites too! I bought a big box of them when they were on sale at Whole Foods!
Mmmm, I haven’t had a quesadilla in forever. I used to eat them non. stop. back in the day. Also, is your blog getting a new look!? Looks great so far!
Lol I’m switching over to self-hosted and having some issues!
Loving the eats! Glad you are settling in.
French Market looks fabulous. I just looked it up after you mentioned it above.
That breakfast is my kinda meal….looks delicious.
You should check it out if you’re ever in the area, it’s fun to just walk around!
I still dream about the time I went to One Lucky Duck in NYC, I love raw food! I had basically what you had for breakfast for my dinner last night, yummers!
That’s what I love – it works for all meals!
I make a raw kale salad that I LOVE!
oh my word! that synergy flavor is my new favorite!!
Haha it’s pretty good! I like all the fruity ones
I seriously NEED to make your protein ice cream!!!!
IT’s so easy! I got the recipe from Heather Eats Almond Butter!