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    Home » Recipes » WIAW

    What I Ate Wednesday (7/8/15)

    Published: Jul 8, 2015 · Modified: Jul 7, 2015 by Lauren · This post may contain affiliate links · 10 Comments

    Breakfast

    I'm still on a mission to lower my sugar/sweetener intake (which is tough for me since I have a huge sweet tooth!), but recipes like these pumpkin bars have really helped!

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    Made with pumpkin, coconut flour, eggs, and just a touch of molasses, these are legitimately healthy enough to eat in the morning. I topped them with a stevia-sweetened coconut butter 'frosting', which really made them irresistible.

    Snack

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    I've been drinking this smoothie just about every day, as it not only energizes me, but because it's packed full of cilantro, it also aids with heavy metal removal. I also add in some apple, lemon juice, and cucumber to give it a bit of body and sweetness.

    Lunch

    Despite how busy we've been with new baby Sam, I've been pretty good about making salads each day...

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    This one was made with dark greens, green leaf lettuce, grated carrot, red cabbage, cucumbers, chopped chicken breast, raw pumpkin seeds, and chopped dried apricots. I topped it all with a homemade lime vinaigrette.

    I've been gravitating more towards dried fruits like apricots and prunes, since they both have significantly less sugar than raisins and dates.

    Snack

    I tried my hand at making a carob 'chocolate' bar this day...

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    I like carob right now because it combines well with stevia, whereas cocoa and stevia is not my favorite taste.

    I mixed in some raw pecan butter, which gave this a nice natural sweetness as well! Very yum!

    Dinner

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    Dinner was a big plate of various vegetables, including my favorite roasted cauliflower recipe, roasted green beans, and sautéed swiss chard. I completed the plate with a big spoonful of quinoa.

    Dessert

    Holy cow, let me tell you about our dessert...

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    Low in sugar and so easy to make, this fudgy, oven-baked, single-serve brownie was the highlight of the day, as you can tell by the fact that I forgot to take a picture until I was almost done with it! I will definitely be making this often! 🙂

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    1. Mike@TheIronYou

      July 10, 2015 at 4:24 am

      I love your roasted cauliflower recipe. It's one of my faves!

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    2. Celeste

      July 09, 2015 at 2:44 pm

      Those pumpkin bars look awesome and I have all those things on hand! Recipe pretty please?

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    3. Tammy

      July 08, 2015 at 7:47 am

      Those pumpkin bars look so good!!

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      • Lauren

        July 08, 2015 at 8:52 am

        Thanks Tammy! 🙂

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    4. nina

      July 08, 2015 at 6:02 am

      I swear, your posts about what you've eaten are inspiring me to eat better! Dealing with a newborn and 20 month old have put my good eating habits on the back burner. I made a HUGE batch of lactation cookies where I replaced ALL the sugar with ripe bananas and froze them..I pull one out every morning for breakfast since its easy and highly energizing (much needed after those sleepless nights!!! LOL). Smoothies are my other go to...but those salads and dinners of yours look SO YUMMY!!! Maybe one day in the near future I'll be able to try them 😉 haha

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      • Lauren

        July 08, 2015 at 8:51 am

        Haha, thanks so much Nina! Your cookies sound yummy, if I tolerated bananas better, I'd probably make something similar. 🙂 Hope all is well with you and your family!

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        • nina

          July 08, 2015 at 11:26 am

          Thank you! 🙂 same to you!! 🙂

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    5. donna

      July 08, 2015 at 5:31 am

      No recipes!!?? 🙂 especially for those pumpkin bars??? All sound delish. Glad to hear all is,well with everyone. Thx for yummies

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      • Lauren

        July 08, 2015 at 8:50 am

        Thanks Donna! 🙂

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        • kinsey

          July 08, 2015 at 12:06 pm

          I agree with Donna! WHERE ARE THOSE 2 DESSERT/BREAKFAST RECIPES??? I will be waiting for that pumpkin and brownie hopefully this week 🙂

          Reply

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