lately i’ve been lucky enough to work from home a couple days a week. i’m not gathering data anymore and i don’t have many classes left (just a few seminars per week), so it doesn’t pay to commute for one and a half hours to sit at my desk in lab, when i could do the same thing from home!
but i just realized that that means i have only been showing you food and meals from the days when i work at home and i’ve gotten pretty lazy about taking photos of what i pack to eat in lab.
so today i’ll go back to the old normal and show you what i ate on a day that i went into lab this week!
breakfast included the usual suspects.
coffee + water.
and chobani yogurt with some love grown foods granola mixed in and vitamins on the side.
a couple hours later i had my morning snack.
apple sauce squeeze pack and a babybel. individual packaged things are perfect for snacking!
i was pretty lazy when it came to lunch to…
a prepackaged trader joe’s indian food meal. i really like the punjab eggplant though! i don’t think i’ve tried one of these indian fare meals that i haven’t liked.
i was snacky like woah after lunch, so i grabbed a bar to eat on my way home.
i completely forgot about this raw revolution bar in my snack drawer.
i still like the spirulina one the best, but this on was pretty good!
i guess it gave me plenty of energy because i came home and worked on my porch garden, took the dogs for a walk, and made a pretty delicious dinner!
for this, i made some orzo pasta for the base (trying to use up pantry items!).
then i just sautéed some green bell peppers, zucchini, mushrooms, asparagus, and cherry tomatoes in a bit of butter and added that on top of the pasta.
and i finally topped it all off with some herbed feta!
clearly this meal won the “best food of the day” award! i didn’t realize how much i relied on packaged meals that day. i guess that’s what happens when we don’t have leftovers and i’m feeling lazy about packing food!
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thanks as always to jenn for hosting this what i ate wednesday link party every week.
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today is another work at home day! i have to bring my jeep in to the dealer though. there was a part recalled that i need to get looked at. bummer.
other than that, my day is wide open for productivity!
i love that. days when i have all kinds of meetings or seminars breaking up my work time always leave me feeling like i had no time to accomplish anything. i do better with long stretches to work on projects.
hope you have a lovely day!
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Ohhhh… that TJ’s Indian thing sounds good. I know what you mean about the pre-packaged stuff. The biggest problem for me is that even when you get the good stuff with “real” ingredients, the sodium is SO high.
Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table recently posted…Blender-Free Blend WIAW
i agree. and i know i just feel better when i make my own food.
thankfully, most of my meals do NOT look like the ones on that day!
sometimes convenience just wins out.
I don’t like relying on prepackaged things often either but at least it was TJs – their stuff is always tasty!
MassachusEATS recently posted…WIAW #14
i don’t usually do the prepackaged thing very much – that day was just one of those days where prepping my own meals fell by the wayside. oh well!
and yeah, i can always count on tj’s!
I love those TJ Indian meals! While the stats aren’t fantastic on them, they are so tasty that I don’t care. Happy Wednesday!
Jessica recently posted…Blend Day Three: Namaste + Goodbye
totally agree my friend. and the stats definitely could be worse! i don’t mind them as a stand alone meal.
Great photos – yummy eats! I’m curious about that Raw bar
Kammie @ Sensual Appeal recently posted…What I Ate Wednesdays #6: Summer is here!
i got a different flavor of the raw revolution bars from my sister and fell in love with them. they sell them at my co-op, so i usually pick up one or two to have on hand for days when i need to just grab and go!
they’re tasty!