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Chili Time + WIAW

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Three days ago it was 70 degrees.

 

 

Yesterday morning I braved the airport amidst snow flurries.  Ok, ok, it was more like slightly freezing drizzle.  I hope this doesn’t mean we have a crazy, ice-filled winter!

 

Today I’m lucky because not only is it my favorite What I Ate Wednesday:

 

It’s also Spicie’s Foodie‘s November Your Best Recipe reveal!  Click here to check out my Red Wine Cake Balls and everyone else’s best dish of the month on her blog.

On to the eats!

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Pre-Flight Breakfast:

I love to make muffins, but never am able to eat a dozen alone while they are fresh.  My solution is the freezer.  You can always bet I have 3-4 muffins varieties just 30 seconds away from being breakfast-ready.  Perfect for those of us who aren’t morning people.

 

 

My pre-flight rush breakfast involved these Pumpkin-Zucchini Muffins (low sugar!) and my recently concocted Cinnamon Cacao Nut Butter.

Scarfed down in the car to fuel a morning jaunt through Concourse A. 🙂

 

The beverage portion of my breakfast happened in the airport – my traditional Starbucks coffee treat and some water.  Flying dries me out!

 

 

 

Lunch:

Having landed wayyyy before our meeting was to begin, my boss and I stopped in a Starbucks (this time I had an unpictured Orange Blossom tea) to get some work done… followed by a surprisingly delicious lunch near our destination.

Bocci is a new Italian spot in Clayton, MO (a suburb of St. Louis).  Their northern Italian-style soups hit the spot after walking through some serious cold St. Louis wind!

 

 

I ordered the Aquacotta – a tomato soup with mushrooms, onions, basil… and a poached egg!  Italian egg drop soup?!  I broke the egg and the yolk ran out, adding a wonderful creaminess to the brothy tomato.  With copious amounts of Bocci’s crack foccacia-like bread sticks dipped in olive oil, balsamic, and parm.

Moment of Boss Appreciation: You’ll notice I got a pic.  My boss didn’t even flinch when I whipped out the camera to go paparazzi on my food.  My job satisfaction went through the roof today.

 

 

Dinner:

I made my first chili!  It is a vegan tempeh chili… with 2 “secret” ingredients.  I could have made it hotter, but that’s nothing a little Sriracha didn’t fix!

 

 

Short on time so the recipe will come tomorrow!

 

 

Snacks:

We landed right at dinner time, but I wanted to get a workout in.  I downed a Sweet Tango Apple to tide me over until chili-time.  Sarah introduced me to this variety – if you ever see one grab it immediately!  Of course I had my pretzels on the plane too.

I also had a late-night protein shake for dessert:

 

 

Strawberry-Banana Shake

  • 1 C spinach
  • 1/2 banana
  • 1 Strawberry EAS
  • 1 tsp ground flax
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • Ice

 

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Check out Peas and Crayons to see how everyone else celebrated Hump Day on Jenn’s What I Ate Wednesday.

Did you get any snow?

What is the best thing you’ve eaten post-Turkey Day? (P.S. Quit eating leftovers!  6 day post-meal that meal is growing bacteria!)

 

Comments

    • I just ate the last bit for lunch today and shed a tear over the last bite. I need to make a second round!

  2. The muffin looks and sounds delicious….they are going on my list of recipes to try! Starbucks is my traditional airport treat, too 🙂

    • I was the same way for a long time – then I discovered there are many varieties of chili. You have to try one soon!

  5. I do the same for my muffins as well! But sometimes I forget I have a batch in the freezer and whip up a new one! Oh well, more for me:)
    I’m gonna miss Starbucks’ Gingerbread latte when the season’s over:(

  6. those are some great eats right there! the italian egg drop soup looks amazing, I really would like to give it a try and recreate it. I am not a big fan of store-bought muffins, they are usually too sweet for me but i loooove homemade warm baked goods. glad to have found ur blog!

    • Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting! the soup is on my “recreate” list too. Let me know if you get to it before I do!

  9. Wait. Is this me? Reading your blog?

    YES! I’m back in “settled for the moment” land! [Is it weird that one of the first things I am doing is reading blogs?]

    Anyways, good day to do so because I have so much to say:

    1. Sweetangos? Still the best. I couldn’t find them in NC, and am tragically sad about it and eager to look for them in PA.

    2. Vegan Tempeh Chili? You KNOW that rocks MY world. [Especially now that my dad is so confused about what to cook me and I had to have meat-laced spaghetti sauce for dinner last night. Good thing I’m only an “almost” vegan.]

    3. The first thing my new principal said to me was “I LOVE your blog!” How cool is that?

    4. I’m going to have to eat an egg. That soup reminds me of “Huevos en Purgatorio” a dish you would LOVE if you’ve never had it before…

    Phew! This is what happens when you leave blogland for awhile.

    • Whaaaa?! You’re alive!!!

      1. A gift from God. Have you tired Pinatas though? Also excellent.
      2. Check it out! It was even given a thumbs up by a meat eater. 🙂
      3. you are so famous. I love your blog too!
      4. I have had it! Also worthy of eating an egg for… it’s not meat or dairy!

      xoxo

  16. hehe, I think I COULD Eat a dozen muffins on my own… but I suppose freezing them is probably a better idea 😉 I never think to do that! So I hardly ever make muffins, because of that, haha

  20. I love chilli. That looks pretty delicious and you can’t even tell it doesn’t have meat. In texas we do chili weird and don’t have beans in it. I sort of don’t like it. I guess I’m not a true Texan.

    • Texas is a country unto itself! I have come to realize that you can call basically any think soup a chili (outside of the Lone Star State, of course). 🙂

  22. It’s way too cold here. And it’s gross cold, not cheery Christmas cold, whatever that means. Actually, I think it might just mean that I need a warmer jacket.

  23. Your meals look delicious. I love that your boss didn’t flinch. People are always calling me crazy for taking pictures of my food. The smoothie that you made sounds super good. I’ll have to give it a try.

    • That’s why I love blogger meet ups – a table full of people who make you feel “normal.” 🙂

  29. Wow that soup looks amazing. I have heard lots of people rave over the egg/tomato combo but I haven’t tried it yet.

    Must do that!

    • Welcome! The submission this month were really good – I love that she gets so much global participation.

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