Today’s lunch was filled with fruit.
It began with Publix fresh fruit salad.
The honeydew and cantaloupe (at the bottom of the bowl) were on point. The watermelon? Not so much. Such a shame! It looked like it would be perfectly sweet and juicy, too!
My little fruit fest continued with a smoothie that looked like death.
I love using cocoa powder and chocolate protein powder in my smoothies, but when you combine rich browns with bright green from the fresh spinach leaves, the result is one highly unattractive smoothie.
In my smoothie:
- 1 1/2 frozen bananas
- 1 scoop fitmixer chocolate milkshake protein powder
- 1 spoonful peanut butter
- 1 spoonful dark chocolate cocoa powder
- 1 large handfuls fresh spinach
- Enough almond milk to get everything moving
To round out my meal, I polished off the remaining white fudge covered pretzels I bought (buy one, get one free!) at Publix earlier this week.
It was an all-around sweet lunch!
And now I’m craving something with marinara sauce for dinner. Any suggestions?
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I was craving marinara sauce last night, so I made a really yummy and easy dish! Put 4 (or however many you want) boneless/skinless chicken breasts in a pyrex dish and dump a jar of your favorite marinara sauce and sprinkle some cheese on top- bake it. It is AMAZING!!! I think it might even taste better the next day 🙂
I’ve been loving this marinara squash bake lately. Sounds a little odd, but I really like it!
Take 2-3 yellow squash/zucchini or combo. Slice ¼-1/2 inch thick. Combine with a can of white beans (rinsed and drained) and enough marinara sauce to your liking. Add any dried herbs you’d like. Place in a baking dish (I use an 8×8 pyrex) and top with nutritional yeast (I bet Parmesan or breadcrumbs would work well, too). Bake at 350 for about 25-30 minutes until squash is cooked and the mixture has thickened. Serve with brown rice.
Either way, enjoy a lovely dinner with your favorite people! 🙂
I love this Healthy Eggplant Rollatini recipe! You can use zucchini instead if you are not an eggplant fan.
http://cooking2perfection.blogspot.com/2012/07/healthy-eggplant-rollatini.html
ooh! that sounds great! we have some zucchini on hand, so i could definitely make this work w/ the zucchini! yum!
Did you give this recipe a try?? How’d it turn out?
Eggplant manicotti! riccota/egg mixture wrapped in eggplant, top with marinara and some mozzarella and bake.
I think the best smoothies are the ones that look gross, greens and protein powder are awesome in smoothies!
Whip yourself up some homemade gnocchi or roasted eggplant spaghetti, marinara sauce with toasted breadcrumbs on top!
Omg chocolate covered pretzels are my weakness!
I agree-those spinach/chocolate smoothies look nasty…but they taste great! Hah.
For dinner I’d say spaghetti or ravioli!
Lasagna! 🙂 orrrrrr deep dish pizza!
deep dish pizza! man, i wish i lived in chicago right now…
I have been wanting to try the ‘spaghetti squash’ thing for a while now but I am just not brave enough. It seems like a lot of work and I have heard of a lot of failed attempts. I will try it one day!
And you should never judge a smoothie by its color! 😉
I find that the more unattractive my smoothies are, the better they taste!!
Cauliflower crust pizza is a fun twist on the usual–there are lots of ways to make it if you try google-ing it–and I also have my favorite variation on my blog.
I’d take watermelon any day over honeydew. YUM. Eggplant Parmesan 🙂
I’m making cauliflower pizza bites with pepperoni and chicken. That I’ll be dipping in marinara sauce! They’re delicious. 🙂
I love spaghetti squash with marinara sause and roasted broccoli!
Portabella Pizza’s!! yum!!
I’ve definitely made smoothies that look that scary, but they always end up being the best tasting ones. Go figure!
I have fallen in love with Parmesan Burgers from Courtney’s blog http://www.sweettoothsweetlife.com/2012/04/24/healthy-chicken-parmesan-burgers/ YUMMMM!
Here is a fave we are making this weekend that involves marinara sauce:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/health/nutrition/14recipe.html?_r=1
Poached eggs in ratatouille!
Yes, the smoothies aren’t always pretty, but they are delicious. My daughter isn’t much of a breakfast eater, but I feel it is important for her to start the school day with something in her other than pop tarts. I introduced the mint smoothie that you make to her and she loved it. She has liked every one that I have made so far. I think it will be the only way to get spinach in her. Thank you so much for your fabulous blog!!!
Haha! I hear ya on the combo of spinach and chocolate making for an unattractive smoothie! I took one to work one day, and this guy asked me what was in it. I told him, and he replied, “I won’t telll you what it looks like!”
I’m so making a smoothie tomorrow 🙂
looks like a yummy lunch. ps i miss your evening posts! I like your dinners and get some good ideas from them…
pps… those yogurt/white choc covered pretzels are the jam! and extremely dangerous for me lol!!
Lunch looks yum! I hate it when fruit looks super ripe and beautiful but turns out not tasting like that!
Do you fart?
Im reading this late so I hope you got your marinara! 😉
Its been a sad summer for watermelon in these parts!! 🙁
I like to buy the bags of frozen fresh fruit. Today I had strawberry/banana with some flaxseed, i added in a handful of spinach, and almond milk. Like yours, it looked pretty nasty but was pretty tasty