Catching Up On Eats

If I had to describe how I’ve eaten and/or felt about food for the past month, some words that come to mind include:

• Bottomless pit
• Nom, nom, nom
• Ravenous
• Can’t stop, won’t stop

Ever since I went to Chicago in April, I just cannot stop eating ALL THE FOOD. Maybe that bike tour expanded my stomach? With so much going out to eat and social events lately, it’s just been really hard to “be good.” I am still food prepping and eating healthy during the work day, but my snacking at night and splurging on the weekends has gotten a little out of control lately. I’m trying really hard to reign it back in, but it’s been tough!

That said, the food picture roundup below doesn’t really include all my bottomless pit type noshing. Who would really want to see pictures of random slices of cheese, crackers, chocolate chips, and spoonfuls of peanut butter? Instead, here’s a recap of some of the meals I’ve had over the past couple of months. Enjoy!

Breakfasts and Baked Goods

Blueberry pancakes… perfect for a Sunday morning

Strawberry ones too

Blueberry pumpkin muffin bars, recipe via PaleOMG

Energy balls

 

Lunch and Dinners

Lemon quinoa with chicken and artichokes

Apple and almond quinoa

Bulgur salad with edamame and carrots

Caprese chicken  with garlic spinach

Goat cheese gnocchi

Chicken and black bean casserole, recipe via Six Sisters’ Stuff <—this one has been on repeat in our weekly rotations!

Spaghetti squash and turkey meatballs

Slow cooker chicken, turnip, and squash over barley

Sweet potato, farro, and veggie casserole

Hummus crusted chicken with Brussels Sprouts

Homemade chickpea crust pizza

Snacks

Kiwi berries – so weird!

Homemade pretzels with honey mustard <—thanks, boyfriend!

Restaurants

A little impromptu breakfast date at Cafenation with Miss Ashley

A cup of chili and a salad with shrimp for Papou’s birthday at The Airport Grille

Another chili and salad meal, this time from The Local in Newton

A salad and fish tacos at the Boathouse in Harvard Square

A giant burrito bowl from Chipotle <— this sucker lasted two meals

A little Caprese salad and pizza action at Charcoal Guido’s in Waltham

And to finish, Tim’s birthday dinner of Asian style small plates at The Blue Dragon. Highly recommend for the food, cocktails, service, and vibe! Great night all around.

–Let’s chat–
Do you go through phases where you just can’t stop snacking? How do you overcome it to get back on track? What’s a delicious meal you’ve eaten lately? Any fun recipes to share? Any recipe post requests?

Life Lately {April 2014}

Morning! Time to chat about what’s been going on in my life lately. As you guys know, April was busy busy!

At the beginning of April, I flew out to Minnesota for work. I did several different staff trainings throughout the week, but the highlight of my visit was obviously the day I got to focus on our wellness program.

Other highlights included some pretty good hotel workouts, a delicious margarita, and my first outdoor patio meal of the season.

April weekend highlights include:

My Chicago adventures, which you can read all about here if you missed my recap post.

Tim’s birthday weekend, which included dinner at The Blue Dragon, a two-hour brewing session at Hopsters, and dinner with his family at The Local in Newton.

Greek Easter, and as always, there was lots of food and our annual Easter egg cracking tournament.

Marathon Monday, which was spent with our friends Bret and Ashley in Cleveland Circle.

And finally, Slesh’s bridal shower in Connecticut.

Some other things from my month:

Pretty flowers

Worksite wellness meets office antics

Homemade pretzel night

A fun fitness focus group at Reebok Headquarters with fellow Fitfluential ambassadors

NatureBox snacks to my doorstep. I really enjoyed the three-month subscription that Tim’s sister gave me for Christmas, so I was pumped when POPSUGAR offered to send me another box through my relationship with them. I know there are a lot of subscription boxes out there, but this one is my favorite out of the three different ones I’ve tried so far. If you guys are interested, the POPSUGAR Must Have Snacks by NatureBox will be 50% off for a limited time here. I highly recommend trying it!

That’s it for April! I know we’re well into May already, but here’s what I have going on this month (a couple of which have already happened):

• Blog friends dinner with Steph and Caroline
• Katrina’s shower and bachelorette weekend
• Bottling session at Hopsters for the beer brewed in April
• Maybe finally seeing my friends from home? My childhood friend Matt just proposed to his girlfriend Katie last weekend!
• Work 5k obstacle race
• Mother’s Day
• Slesh’s bachelorette weekend in New York
• Dinner date with my friend Erin
• Two free weekends, woohoo! I’m remaining non-committal for now, but I can’t decide if I want to try to escape to the Cape to kick off summer or stay at home and just relax with no plans. We’ll see!

–Let’s chat–
What are some of your highlights from April? What fun things are you looking forward to in May?

Disclaimer: POPSUGAR and NatureBox provided me with a complimentary POPSUGAR Must Have Snacks by NatureBox box. The opinions I have shared about the box are my own, and POPSUGAR and NatureBox did not tell me what to say or how to say it.