Wednesday, March 28, 2012

WIAW: New Meals

Happy Wednesday!  This morning I am beat - I ran 9 miles Tuesday night with my run club and then woke up this morning and did another 4 miles.  Another fake double and my legs are in need of some rest.

This week for What I Ate Wednesday, I thought I would try to switch it up because I eat the same foods almost every day.  I really did try to "Go Green" and I tried to use some new recipes!


So instead of showing you my usual daily meals with my boring oatmeal and coffee for breakfast, I thought I would show some of my new favorite meals from the past few days!


In order that they appear -

Sunday's Dinner - Crock Pot Chicken Chili with toasted Italian bread and butter.  This recipe was so easy and made a ton of leftovers.  It is packed with protein and really fills you up.  I ate leftovers on Tuesday for lunch and it kept me full until my run at 5:30pm.

Monday's Lunch - Egg White and Avocado Salad with lettuce, peppers, tomato, carrots and little dressing on the side. I made a few changes with this and took the yolk of the eggs and mixed it with mayo and then used lettuce instead of a wrap.  This was a great little lunch to go along with my usual cheddar goldfish and animal crackers.

Tuesday's Post Run Dinner - Small Shells with Pesto. I was not very hungry last night after my run which happens every once in a while.  I had made the pesto a while back and stored it in the fridge and I just happened to have some leftover shells so I heated them up together.  This was delicious and just reaffirms how much I love Pesto!


Thanks to Peas and Crayons for hosting WIAW!

11 comments:

Emily said...

Your lunch salad looks awesome! I will have to try it :)

I did WIAW too! Check it out on my blog at Hungry Delights
xo Emilie

Life After Swimming said...

I found you on WIAW...that pasta looked awesome :). I find that I am often not hungry after long runs or hard workouts, either...until a few hours later when my stomach is STARVING!

Rena said...

I love pesto! That pasta looks awesome. Is it hard to make pesto?

Abbie Anderson said...

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Lisa's Yarns said...

Yum! Those meals all look delicious! Thanks for sharing the recipe links. I have been looking for some new things to make!

Badgergirl said...

The pesto and shells look really tasty! May have to try that sometime.

Jamie said...

Everything looks great! I may have to make the pesto for our new recipe this week :)

jillconyers said...

I can see why those meals are your favorites. Yum!

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Molly said...

I don't know why I never think to put chicken in chili! What a great idea : )

~*katy beth*~ said...

oooo that pesto and shells looks delicious! i was just thinking about pasta for dinner, maybe ill change it up:)

RunToTheFinish said...

yum!! and great job on the runs!