Flatiron Flavor

A travel day for work!

If you haven’t noticed, I travel a lit for work. I travel locally and I travel across the state to small, medium, and large towns. This job has allowed me to explore the beautiful state of Colorado and has taught me of the very diverse terrain the state has to offer.

Today was a later start than normal so I was able to make a quick breakfast at home.

Chobani Greek yogurt (plain) with granola and honey. Coffee was picked up from Vic’s. Love the compostable cup!

Finally, my lunch that was eaten on site in a conference room that I’m working in. Couscous with cucumber, tomato, red pepper, red onion, feta, fresh lemon juice, olive oil, and salt/pepper. Fruit for snacks.

Have a great day, wherever you are!

Stress monkey!

Does stress make you want to eat or does it make you not hungry at all? Stress makes me want to eat around the clock! Usually taking a walk or taking a minute to reorganize helps, but not recently! Here is my lunch… And my second lunch. I need to find other quick stress relievers for the office.

The tuna salad was made of: 1 can tuna, 1 stalk of celery, a small hunk of onion, 1 T light mayo, and a handful of pomegranate craisins. The craisins idea was stolen from Whole Foods. So good! Had the tuna with blue corn chips. The salad was after, which was good bc I needed some veggies! I ate most of it minus the falafel.

Happy Friday!!

S-N-O-W = 8 pts

Ok, so not the prettiest food. This is basmati rice with a modified dal. Friday, I went out for a salad and bought a side of dal as my “soup”. It was just OK but I thought it would be better mixed with a few more things. We woke up to snow today and we took a short walk to the store to buy a few things to eat. In the grocery bag was: frozen spinach, plain Chobani Greek yogurt, grapefruits, bananas, crackers, 1 small can of pineapple, kale, and celery. I added 1 cup of the frozen spinach to about 10 oz of dal. This was poured over basmati rice and topped with a healthy tablespoon of Greek yogurt for some tang.

The rest of the day was spent watching the Ravens beat the KC Chiefs, shoveling the driveway, making gingersnap cookies, eating leftover soup X 2, and playing Scrabble!

We didn’t keep score and we let a few words go by that probably shouldn’t have, but that’s ok. I think I had about 5 meals today and I’m super stuffed. Pretty much we ate lots of vegetables, beans, and legumes. Hopefully tomorrow’s food will be a bit more interesting.

Food Scrabble

My latest obsession has been Words with Friends on my iPad. I actually sat on my bed for 2 hours playing multiple games while watching Harry Potter. It was some of the best spent hours ever. After helping a friend move (and a side trip to Celestial Seasonings!!!) I was wiped out so I felt as if I had earned some down time.

Lunch today was similar to a Scrabble game. Take what you have, some good and some bad, and make a meal out of it. My thoughts drifted from quiche to corn casserole to just staring into the freezer clueless. My eye caught a bag of mixed veggies and thought, wow the only thing that is good for is fried rice. Ding ding ding! That’s what I decided on.

Assemble your ingredients.

Sautee up the onion in some canola oil.

Crack 2 eggs into the pan and scramble away.

Add cooked rice and defrosted mixed veggies to the pan.

Toss in some soy sauce, black pepper, and crushed red pepper flakes for some heat. Then eat!!!

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups white rice
• 3 cups water
• 1/3 red onion
• 1 t canola oil
• 1.5 cups frozen mixed vegetables
• 2 eggs
• soy sauce, black pepper and red pepper flakes to taste

Directions:

1. Cook rice for about 20 minutes until nice and fluffy.

2. Chop onion and sautee over medium heat in canola oil.

3. Crack 2 eggs on the side of the pan and scramble in the pan.

4. Add defrosted mixed vegetables.

5. When the rice is done cooking, add to the pan and season to taste.

6. Mix it all up and eat!