Check out my new toy!
I got an iPod touch finally! I bought one from eBay a few weeks ago but it was a scam. After I put in a dispute to PayPal and got my money back, I was thinking about getting the nano instead. I heard that Verizon was coming out with an iPhone so I thought maybe there was no point in spending the money for the touch. After thinking about it, I decided I like having a simple phone without touch screen so I probably would not want an iPhone anyway! I had a Blackberry for a few weeks and hated it too! I won a new touch on eBay a few days ago and love it!
I spent an hour last night browsing through the applications. So far I downloaded the Price is Right Game (best show ever!), Twitter, Facebook, and iFitness. I haven’t used iFitness yet but you can track your workouts and can choose a body part you would like to target. It then shows you tons of different exercises to do! It will definitely be helpful if I want to use my weights at home or learn some new ab moves. Any other great apps I should know about?
Back to Monday’s eats…
Breakfast was a lovely bowl of banana-cinnamon oats!
My oatmeal likes to explode in the microwave. My coworkers probably hate me.
During lunch, I went to Associated to buy some cookie sheets for my gluten-free goodies. I walked by the salad bar and it looked pretty good and cheap so I went for it!
I added all kinds of toppings:
- Spinach
- Broccoli
- Artichokes
- Kidney/Garbanzo Beans
- Red Peppers
- Tomatoes
- Green Bean Salad
- Strawberries
- Pineapples
- 1 little chunk of crab meat
All of that for $5.50. Not bad. Of course I prefer my Whole Foods salads 100 times more!
After work I went to the gym and took a spin class. It was another substitute but she was really good. I came home with quite the appetite!
While my cookies were baking, I decided to try out my Biggest Loser Steamer that I received a few weeks ago! I bought fresh broccoli for the first time! I’ve been making the frozen kind for years now!
I washed and chopped the broccoli and put them on the bottom layer of the steamer.
I filled the bottom with water until it reached the maximum level. The steamer came with a little booklet that tells you how long to steam every kind of food. I believe the broccoli was around 20 minutes.
The buzzer went off after 20 minutes and…….wah lah!
Freshly steamed broccoli!! Yes, I get pretty excited when things are successful in the kitchen. I am used to taking the easy way out of cooking!
The broccoli came out soft and delicious. I plan to experiment much more with my steamer. It says you can make hard boiled and poached eggs so that is next! I also want to try steaming fish, sweet potatoes, kale, shrimp, everything! Fun!
I added the broccoli to my salad of the week! Once I open up one of those LightLife packages, it is pretty much a given that I will be eating the same meal 3 nights in a row!
I had LightLife “Steak Strips” with salad, hummus, carrots, grilled mushrooms, and wonderful steam broccoli. Yum!
And of course a million cookies for dessert which you probably don’t need to see 2 days in a row!
Tuesday!
I started off the morning with a green monster.
I used a banana, almond milk, milled flax, and Pomegranate Mango Amazing Meal.
Delicious!
I decided to try something new for breakfast at work instead of the usual oats.
I microwaved the egg beaters in the microwave for a minute and a half and melted the Laughing Cow on top.
They came out great! It was a very nice change from oatmeal!
The only problem was that the smoothie and eggs only held me over for about 2 hours. I snacked on some pistachios around 11:00.
I dug into lunch an hour early too. I will probably have to bring 2 of those little eggbeater cups next time.
I had no bread at home for lunch so I made turkey, cheese and ham roll-ups!
I actually only needed 1 roll up to fill me up. I think I stuffed them with extra meat since I was scared they would not fill me up without bread. I saved the rest for today 
I also had tortilla chips and carrots on the side.
I also caved and bought a Synergy!
I’ve been trying to save money and not buy them but I was realllly craving it yesterday. I could not resist when I walked buy the health food store!
I snacked on a gluten-free cookie and some fruit later in the afternoon. Someone got one of those Edible Arrangements and let everyone have some fruit! Those things are the best!
After work I went to Total Body Conditioning class at the gym. It was the regular teacher so it was a great workout.
I went home and made my 3rd repeat salad except I added salsa today to give it some more flavor.
Delicious again! I will change dinner up tonight!!
Dessert was gluten-free cookies and cherries!
I had double that but the cookies were too good to stop and take a picture! They are still soo soft that they melt in your mouth! Enter to win some here!
Also be sure to enter Kelly Turner’s KidGlue Giveaway!
Lunchy time! Have a good day!
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oh that steamer is SO cool!! haha so funny your oatmeal explodes in the microwave! mine does too alot! I had to start putting a paper towel on top because my mom would yell at me
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oatmeal is a beast to nuke, it has happened to me many times! That salad looks great, worth having x3!
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wow those banana cinnamon oats sound SO delicious
what a cool steamer too!
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that steamer looks cool! that'll be awesome if you can really cook eggs in it.
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i get in to a habit with my food and eat the same thing for days…but hey i like it!
you gave me a bunch of healthy food idea reminders in this post!
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what a cool steamer!! i've always used my ghetto metal one..in a pot. haha.
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That steamer is a fun gadget! If it's easy to clean too, double fun! Haha, I hate things that are hard to wash.
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So jealous of your iTouch!! I want an iPhone so badly, but my friend pays like $120 a month or something for hers. Sigh….will have to wait till I marry that hot doctor.
Do your eggs explode in the micro? Whenever I try to do egg whites, they totally explode on me!
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hey just ran into your blog and wanted to say hi!
That steamer looks great! I love kitchen gizmos that can save you any amount of time or hassle!
I've totally had the exploding oatmeal experience before… just about every day actually… how are you supposed to keep that from happening?! (:
Hope to get to know you more!
xo,
Keri
http://hopskipleap.wordpress.com
http://operationbreakingglass.wordpress.com
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Holly: My eggs did not explode yesterday, they just puffed up a lot! I think if I use more they might explode though! I'll will test it out this week!
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I want that steamer! I try using the regular steamer in a pot but I somehow can't do it.
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That steamer looks pretty awesome, I think brocolli comes out better when it's steamed instead of frozen and microwaved so much more fresh and crisp, no?
I wish synergy wasn't so expensive, I've wanted to try it (heard so many good things) but I can't even afford to right now.
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Stop it – Price is Right for the iPhone? I'm downloading it on the husband's stat.
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That steamer looks great! And I HATE microwaving oatmeal, cause a lot of the time it boils over on me.
Those eggbeater containers look great!
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heya,
Ya Know, thanks for the cool article. I’ve always had trouble with getting it to work on my mobile, though thankfully I eventually was able to read it on my iPhone. So thanks for that.
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my spouse and i published basically fairly a identical piece awhile earlier, for that reason i figure fantastic minds assume alike
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