Hi there! Gosh, I slept horrible last night. Needless to say, I didn’t make it to spin. Don’t you just hate when you’re up tossing and turning. I might have to sleep in a bit longer than I had planned tomorrow.
For something a bit different today, I give you my days eats. 
Breakfast
I had the most amazing breakfast. Although I love eggs, I don’t buy them every week. I get a bit burnt out toward the end from using up the whole carton at a time.
I made an omelet with feta cheese topped with avocado. On the side, fresh strawberries and a slice of whole wheat toast.
I heart avocado!
My mom picked up this gadget for me at Williams Sonoma Outlet this weekend. I can’t wait to try it out. Hard boiled eggs are not my specialty.
Snacks
My coworker is such an amazing cook and brought in some homemade mango salsa.
I’m going to be honest with you all and tell you that I snacked on this throughout the day. It was excellent!
Lunch
I had a hodge podge of items at lunch. It included a salad, pineapple Chobani (my fav flavor), and an orange.
It was a good thing I didn’t pack a lot of food since I went a bit crazy on the chips and salsa.
I also munched on some pistachios. It is one of my favorite nuts. Pistachios provide more nuts per serving than any other at a whopping 49! Sweet!
Dinner
I got my dinner idea from a recipe on Healthy Tipping Point. It seemed simple enough to make, (15 minute is part of the title) and I am a sucker for tortellini.
15 Minute Pasta Salad (serves 2)
Ingredients:
- 1 package whole wheat cheese tortellini (I couldn’t find whole wheat so just used regular)
- 3 carrots
- 2 plum tomatoes
- 2 cups raw spinach
- 1 cup balsamic vinegar
Directions:
- Bring pot of water to boil and turn on your George Foreman. Meanwhile, slice two small plum tomatoes and three carrots.
- Place carrots on George Foreman and grill until they brown (about 3 minutes). Set tomatoes aside in a large bowl.
- Open a container of whole wheat cheese tortellini and pour into boiling water. Cooking according to package directions.
- Place a small pot on the stove and pour in 1 cup of balsamic vinegar. Bring to a rolling boil to make balsamic reduction (about 6 minutes or so).
- Put 2 cups of raw spinach at the bottom of a colander.
- Remove carrots from grill and add to bowl with tomatoes.
- Drain pasta over the spinach in the colander, shaking excessively to remove all the extra water.
- Add pasta and spinach to the bowl with the carrots and tomatoes. Mix thoroughly and place on two serving dishes. Pour balsamic reduction over pasta and eat!
This was excellent..and so simple to throw together.
I loved the way the pasta slightly wilted the spinach. Yum!
Such a great day of eats!
Other Swanky Scoop:
-Tomorrow my mom, sister, and I are attending a cooking class on vegetarian cuisine that we bought on Groupon. Yep, groupon has officially taken over my life…and I am completely ok with it. I will be sure to share!
Have you ever been to a cooking class? What is your favorite way to cook eggs?
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Great pics. Love your breakfast, love pistachios and adore tortelini (who doesn’t). Did you find you ate differently because you were taking photos?
I do feel that I make an effort to eat better, but that is pretty close to what I eat.
It can be hard to be judged on what I eat being an RD and all, but I am just being honest.
Those chips were delicious and I should have tried to work on better portion control.
Oh totally can’t wait to hear about the veggie class! And that salsa sounds amazing. I have some strawberries and just told the hubs that I wish I had picked up jalapenos to make a fruit salsa.
I am a scrambled egg girl! I actually wont eat them any other way! Ohhh the fun of being an RD and telling people what you eat. People are always shocked to see its not perfect which is just so odd to me.
Scrambled eggs or as an omelet! But I love to eat poached eggs, just haven’t tried it myself yet. I’ve been to a really informal cooking class before, but I would love to go again. Have fun and can’t wait to read all about it!
Pistachios are my favorite too! I especially love them on salads. Hope you are having a great week!
everything looks so good!!!! can’t wait to hear more about the cooking class.
haha- im on this work trip and my coworkers ( all RD’s) Well none of us – slept well either last night! what a coincidence!
one of my coworkers is obsessed with groupon too! I have yet to see one I definitely want- I would pick a cooking class fo sho though!
Chobani pineapple 2% IS MY FAV TOO!!!!! Can I have your friend’s recipe for the mango salsa? That looks bangin!
The recipe was soo good! She didn’t really measure the ingredients but this is what she put in:
Mango Salsa:
Avocado
Mango
Crushed Garlic
Heirloom Tomato
Lime Juice
Cilantro
Crushed Red Pepper
Jalapeno
I’m a 100% frittata kind of girl… though I prefer the egg white to egg yolk ratio at about 4:1. It’s not about fat or anything, I just don’t really *like* yolk. The smell of it cooking pretty much does me in—but unlike you, I always have eggs on hand, because if I don’t feel like cooking a big production but want a fresh meal, it’ll always be an egg for me!
I need to take some tips from you. You eat delicious food, and not to mention it’s healthy as well. I definitely need to eat like you!
xo
I love that egg timer thing! Tell me how it works – I’ll have to go get one too. And I can’t believe your sister bought a Groupon – I’m gonna have to tease her on that.
She said she didn’t want any part of those.
I actually had to get hers and surprisingly she was ok with going. I think it might be her first and last groupon though.
I’ve made mango-avocado salsa before (have the recipe on my site) and it was seriously my favorite! It was extremely good in ww wraps!!
That pasta dish looks amazing! I’ve has a few salads and yogurt lunches this week….no leftovers to bring because I didn’t cook
The mango salsa also looks delicious…hard not to snack on!
Here is my fool proof method for making eggs!
http://mybizzykitchen.com/2011/02/26/the-perfect-hard-boiled-egg/
My sister and I have taken cooking classes – jealous of your Groupon because the ones we take cost $70 per person, but it is a fun event (and more money if you drink wine!!)
Thanks! This is perfect!
I’ve never taken a cooking class, but I’ve been thinking it would be fun {and get my husband to join me!} I love eggs absolutely any way except for hard boiled. Your avocado pics are making me hungry…had some of that with my lunch today. LOVE avocado too!