“Greek Week” because half of the eats in this post are Greek yogurt and the other half are dinners infused with Greek flavors. It was a repetitious, but quite tasty, week.
No weekend post because I did all of my birthday excitement a week ahead of schedule. Adam had a giant, two-day test this week so we’ve been keeping things low-key. Unfortunately, I’ve also been feeling a bit under the weather. I actually stayed home from work on Monday with a migraine.
This week I kept my meals a bit smaller and planned in more snacks. This schedule worked well for me and is one I will probably continue next week too. The random snacks mostly came from my UrthBox {UB}, another new thing that I’m a fan of.
Minus many, many unpictured troughs of coffee or popcorn, here are most of my bites for the past week…
breakfasts/lunches
Coffee and cherries.
Coffee, Strawberry/Blueberry/Banana SMOOCH {UB}, and a Don’t Go Nuts Gorilla Power Bar.
The bar was insane, it tasted like freaking coffee cake!
Chobani 4% plain with maple syrup and chopped red plum and dapple plucot.
I tried the yogurt because it was a limited edition but I think I’m definitely a 0 – 2% girl; fuller fat dairy always tastes a little sour to me.
Fairway soursop yogurt with blueberries and roasted coconut and a Jax soursop coconut water.
Another new item, Chobani Banana Maple with Steel Cut Oats plus blueberries.
Not a fan. I was expecting everything to be blended into a homogenous product but this was (strangely thin) yogurt with random clumps of soggy oats.
At least pink grapefruit – with more plum and plucot – is always delicious.
On the only non-yogurt day, I made myself a “taco salad” from the cafeteria. Romaine with black olives, red peppers, cheddar and pepperjack cheese cubes, avocado, and tons of salsa.
Yeah, no. The avocado was frozen (why on earth would you ever freeze avocado??!) and what I assumed to be salsa was actually roasted red pepper. Yuck city.
snacks
Chameleon Cold Brew is (briefly) back in our life! We carted a bottle home from Whole Foods in Philadelphia.
Served iced with chocolate and skim milk.
CCB is my favorite cold brew ever. <– I looked up the website to link toin this post and saw that they now make mocha and vanilla varieties and I’m basically dying
Thai coconut curry popcorn {UB}.
Crème Brulee hard candies from Chinatown.
So good. They have a roasty, coffee-like flavor that is wonderful.
TJ’s turkey jerky with Mary’s Gone Crackers Everything Pretzels.
Those pretzels are downright addictive, perfectly salty with great crunch.
dinners
Easy, vegan pasta bowls.
Whole-wheat rotini with broccoli, roasted zucchini, and tons of marinara sauce.
Greek nachos! I baked pita chips topped with three-cheese blend, crumbled fat-free feta, tomato, red, onion, and chickpeas that I tossed with lemon juice, evoo, and oregano.
This meal was easy but super fun.
And we took the leftovers on a picnic to Corona Park the next day.
We tossed together the leftover red onion, tomato, chickpeas, and cheese with TJ’s Greek dressing, capers, cucumber, and spinach to make a tasty Greek salad.
Everything was yummy and we had a wonderful time on our picnic, but we did totally end up going to Panera for food later that evening!
Spicy shrimp pasta bowls.
This recipe was one of my favorites growing up, but I don’t think mine tasted as good as my mom’s does.
***Whoops! If anyone decides to try this recipe – I meant to write 4 SERVINGS not cups of pasta.
You just toss everything together in a baking dish, cook, and serve on top of noodles with a little parmesan. I also tossed a bunch of chopped spinach in with our bowls.
Adam loved it, thanks, Mom!
When was the last time you went on a picnic?
