Thank you for being patient with me as I sporadically post when I have an available moment. Life is crazier than usual for me right now, so the moment I have available are few and far between. And the moments where I can switch focus to actually write is even fewer and farther between.
My WIAW covers about 85% of what I actually ate, but I’ll make it up to you with two completely unnecessary photos of oatmeal oat bran.
Breakfast -
Oat bran, egg whites, sliced banana, almond butter, apple butter, coffee with soy creamer
Eaten with my dainty little wooden mixing spoon.
Melty deliciousness
My oat bran was more lumpy than cream, but I’ll take it either way.
Lunch was the tastiest sandwich I have eaten in a long time.
Between two pieces of toasted Ezekiel bread, I put tofu marinated in Brad’s special mustard sauce overnight and baked, then TJ’s edamame hummus, avocado, and mizuna.
Mizuna is a lot like arugula, but slightly less peppery. I <3 mizuna. After trying it out for the past two weeks thanks to my CSA, it is now my favorite lettuce.
I also had an apple, but when I tried to take a photo of it, someone walked into my office at work. How embarrassing.
Look what my best friend Candace sent me! They arrived right after lunch. Aren’t they gorgeous? She sent them to say thanks for helping throw her 30th birthday party last Saturday. How incredibly sweet!
Okay, so maybe I didn’t eat these, but they’re too beautiful not to include in WIAW. They’re so fragrant and eye-popping. I’ve received compliments on them from everyone who has walked by my office.
Totally made my day!
After work I had a rice cake with this really delicious artichoke spread on one half and spicy lentil dip on the other half, plus a dried fig.
Dinner was a Middle Eastern feast. Brad had a craving for kabobs so we headed over to Kabob Grill on East Blvd after picking up our CSA goodies. I was having a hard time deciding between tabouleh, baba ganoush, and falafel, so I decided to get the vegetarian platter and stuff myself silly with Middle Eastern food.
Oh em gee.
If there was ever an appropriate time to use the phrase that people love to hate, it is now.
So incredibly good. I even had enough to make a solid lunch the next day. I made a big salad out of all of this with more mizuna and sliced tomatoes. Of course, my favorite was the stuffed grape leaves (top left corner), which was eaten immediately. It didn’t stand a chance.
1) that sandwich looks delicious
2) i’m obsessed with middle eastern food – hummus, baba ganoush, pita, tabouleh (which is actually super simple to make at home), and anything with chick peas!
3) no idea why i just wrote my comment in lower case letters
That middle eastern entree looks AMAZING! Baba ganoush sounds awesome right about now!
I hope everything is okay and that your hectic week slows down a little soon!
Oh and I hope this doesn’t seem picky but I was just looking at your blog title and got a little confused if I was reading an entry from September, its listed as 9/5/2011. This is a mistake I would totally make that I’d want someone to point out to me so I thought I’d do that for you!
Thanks so much!
Oh my god that dinner looks incredible!!!
First of all, I love TJ’s edamamme hummus! I put it on everything – it’s so good! And I agree – that dinner looks amazing. I’m a huge fan of Middle Eastern food. My boyfriend, sadly, is not but I have lots of friends that love it so I still get my fill!
Love mediterranean food. Although I have a horrible time spelling it.
Ha! There are at least 10 words I have trouble spelling on a regular basis, one of which is “embarrassing.” Thank goodness for spell check.
Oh WOW that sandwich sure does looks amazing! You said there’s tofu AND avocado in it? I’m sold. So fixing that this weekend! I wish I can say I like middle eastern food, but I honestly don’t think I ate enough to say I know specifically what is it! LOL. I love Indian food tho, does that count?! (Can you tell I failed geography in school? LOL)
We need to go to the Kabob Grill together sometime! I know you’ve mentioned it before, but let’s definitely make that happen sometime soon!
Middle eastern food is one of my favorites, the hummus, pita, tabouli, falafels…yum. So. Good.
Your pictures are amazing. I love middle eastern food. I went to the best place one time in London. I wish I could remember the name because it was sooo good.
That middle eastern food looks amazing.
Do you cook the egg white in your oat bran?
I do! It makes it really fluffy, but otherwise you can’t tell it’s there.
Yummy meals, girl! I am going to have to try your sweet husband’s mustard sauce soon- it seems like a perfect compliment to so many dishes!
Mmmm – I love middle eastern food! A good friend of ours is Lebanese and it’s so lovely when she invites us for dinner with her parents and family. Even if it’s not a special occasion, it always seems so celebratory – a table full of wonderful food, comraderie, a home full of people (they have a very large family, lol). I’ll always love middle eastern food and associate it with such joyous and warm feelings.