Food & Workout Diary {Wednesday}

6:00 a.m. 40 minute weight lifting session at the gym

8:00 a.m. Breakfast – Steel cut oats + Mixed Berry and Beet Smoothie

I didn’t follow the smoothie recipe to the ‘T,’ but it was still very good. I forget how earthy beets taste, but the sweetness of the fruit helps.

I made steel cut oat in the crockpot, which was SUPER easy. I literally combined 1 part steel cut oats with 4 parts liquids.

1 cup steel cut oats

1/2 cup half and half

1/2 cup milk

3 cups water

I turned my crockpot on high, and after 2 hours, they were ready. The first time I did make them early in the morning because someone thought it was acceptable to get up at 4:30 a.m. But usually I make a large batch ahead of time and reheat them at breakfast time.

11:00 a.m. Snack – English muffin with avocado and nutritional yeast

I’ve been having this snack a lot lately. It is delicious!

12:30 p.m. Lunch – Six Ingredient Sausage Potato Pie

I made this last night for dinner and reheated it for lunch today. Definitely a recipe I would make again. Craig loved it as well, which is always a win in my book!

I ended up not eating the carrots or the hummus. The hummus had gone bad (Boo! I hate wasting food.), and the carrots needed to be soaked in water because they were not crunchy. Instead I had some whole grain crackers with Laughing Cow Cheese and half of an orange.

3:00 p.m. Snack – Peanut butter trail mix

This is kind of a weird snack with the peanut butter mixed into my homemade trail mix (Cheerios, raisins, dried cranberries, and walnuts), but I actually have this snack frequently.