Meals Galore!

Thanks for all the well wishes and good luck. I did get the job and it's so nice to keep my afternoons busy! It's a part-time job being an office manager at a real estate company. The agents are so friendly and welcoming, I can see us becoming and acting like a family already. That's the most important thing to me because it makes work more bearable, don't ya think?

Where do you work?

But at the same time, I know I can't stay here for long. It would be ideal if I was a married woman, on my husband's insurance, and looking to supplement our income. But the reality is I'm a single lady needing to pay my bills with the need for health insurance and a retirement plan. So I'm still hunting for a full-time position that will utilized my degrees.

Since it's been so long, I have some meals I had stored in my camera in no real order so if it's repetitive....sorry!

Here's a delicious breakfast from Rachel Ray's magazine (when am I finally going to meet her!?)

Oats soaked overnight in coconut milk with dried cherries, walnuts, and honey. In the morning, I added fresh berries and more honey. Fab-o!
Meal: Flax bread spread with baba ghanoush, basil, and flaxseed tempeh served with baked zucchini squash and spinach with more baba on the side for dippage.
Meal: Roasted sweet potatoes, egglplant, and cubed tofu with cayenne pepper, sea salt, ground black pepper, and olive oil.
Meal: Brown rice tortilla spread with avocado slices, cooked lentils, goat cheese, and basil topped it off after it baked in the oven for awhile until crispy.
Another good breakfast: Oats, coconut milk, shredded coconut, 1/2 a sliced banana, 2 chopped fresh apricots, chocolate chips, honey, and fat free cascade fresh yogurt stirred in at the end.
This one I'm most proud of! As most of you know, I've been battling an eating disorder for several years. I cannot remember the last time I've eaten pasta (it's been several years for sure). Pasta was a big FEAR food on my no-no list. So for some reason I decided to conquer this one! I made myself a big bowl of pasta that I tossed with some steamed kale and homemade sun-dried tomato pesto I picked up from the farmer's market. Topped it with a little extra shredded cheddar cheese and I ate the whole thing!! I was so happy with myself and resisted the urge to jump on a treadmill to burn it off...

And finally....another version of the 1st meal I showed you. Flax bread spread with baba ghanoush, tuna, spinach and served with roasted eggplant with more baba on the side.

With that re-cap, I'm getting all sorts of hungry and I have to eat something before heading to work. Gotta work hard for the money!! Have a fabulous Thursday! I can't wait for the weekend...big plans to share with you laters.