Hey guys! Just got home from work! I got there this morning and we caught up with a meeting and then hit the road for a meeting at EarthFare. We may be doing some nutrition seminars soon!
After the meeting we figured we’d just eat lunch there with the tempting salad bar in view and the clock chiming 12:30
I had my usual giant bowl of salad!! The bottom was all mixed greens and raw veggies and the top included a stuffed grape leaf, kale salad, sun-dried tomatoes, butternut squash salad, garbanzos, blue cheese, 4 olives, 2 pasta salads, mushroom + walnut salad and watermelon + pineapple.
I was just barely full upon finishing this!! My stomach is seriously a 10 gallon holding bin today.
We wanted a little something sweet after lunch so we each got a little bag of ginger snaps. Matt asked me the other day why Mary hadn’t been on KERF yet – here she is!!
Dietitians can’t go to a grocery store without buying 2 tubs of nut butter and organic red wine 
I worked all afternoon on a few meal plans for clients!! Figuring out caloric needs, grams and percentages of CHO, PRO and FAT, food group exchanges, and food ideas based on likes/dislikes. I only finished 1.5 and it was exhausting!! Would have been much easier if I could just write a healthy meal plan from my own instincts and balances. But then again, I’m sure I’d have gaps, so it’s a great guideline.
I came home ravenous!! I’ve been trying to eat up some of the bars in our house and had packed one, but when I’m hungry I want more voluminous foods – fruit, cereal, milk.
I had blueberries, banana, cereal, and delicious milk. It’s been a while since we’ve had regular organic cow’s milk (due to cost, not principles) and boy is it good!
Still hungry….seconds….
We’re making dinner right now because we have an INTERVIEW for our future bakery at 6PM! Our bean salad will be all ready to eat after it’s over.
Golden Ticket For Auction
Here’s the link to the Summit Ticket on eBay! It’s up to $70 with 8 bids.
2009 Healthy Living Summit Ticket.
2.5 days to go!
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See y’all again soon!
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I’m glad to see you have “hungry days” too! I don’t get them very often (usually around my period) but I was like that yesterday… kept on eating and eating… and was full/sick until about 2 when I made myself eat lunch.
I wish I had an Earth Fare by me – your salads evoke such feelings of jealousy
I’ve been having more and more ‘hungry’ days lately! — is there something in the water?!
Delish looking salad…when i’m super hungry, cereal and fruit normally does the trick for me, too!
Have a great evening
that is the BEST peanut butter I have ever had!! I will admit, I prefer my peanut butter sweetened, so getting the fresh ground honey roasted peanuts is DEE-LISH!
that wine is pretty darn good, too. ESPECIALLY for organic (which = no headache) and under $9.
A successful afternoon!!
Salad looks fantastic, I want chickpeas now! Any comments on canned chickpeas vs cooked from scratch? Is there a better nutritive value, or should I just get out the can opener? Hummus, yum!!
Good luck on the interview! I know you two will do great!
Good luck with the interview!
Your salad looks fantastic!
I always feel like my stomach is a never-ending pit!
I love your outfit in the picture with Mary. Very cute! Good luck with your interview…owning your own bakery would be so great!
I can’t resist Earthfare! Does yours have free samples at every turn like mine? I picked up some of that same nut butter today. It was a really good deal to buy it from them! Just $5 a lb as opposed to $11.69 for a lb of the natural almond butter by Maranatha.
Ugh, I remember when I did my meal plans for clients last semester and my teacher always said “Stacey, this is how YOU eat! Not everyone is as healthy!” (She said it in a nice way of course) but I would have to sit and redo them and it would take me all day to figure out what goes with what…I’m feelin your pain sista!
Glad you had a good day at work!
Awesome salad!
Your job sounds so neat! I love hearing about it!
Good luck with the interview for the bakery!
I definitely have those days when nothing seems to fill me up! Looks like an awesome salad though. All that variety is so fun!!!
WOW, so exciting about the bakery interview. Good luck!!!
thanks again for yesterday!! did you go on chia hunt at earth fare?? just to see?
i always get my rotten nanners among other produce at HT too, today’s find was a big ol’ 77c spaghetti squash! sometimes if there aren’t any out and you ask the produce ppl if they have any, they’ll look at the banana’s grab a bunch, and mark them down for you anway!
That salad looked awesome!! I wish we had a place like that here…but unfortunately in the town I live in, salad is an afterthought….and salad bars rarely include more than soggy lettuce and a few veggies.
I also really love your skirt. I’ve been looking for one almost exactly like that for months!! Pleeeease tell me where you got it
You best keep all us C’ville-ian’s up to date on the Great Harvest plans!! Good luck with the meeting!
I have those days, too. Glad to hear I’m not alone…
Good luck with the interview. I love chick peas on my salad. I thought I was the only one who sometimes just can’t seem to reach that full feeling in my stomach! Glad to know there are others out there!
Best of luck with the interview!
That salad looks fantastic! Huge salads with a variety of toppings are one of my favorite meals. Good luck with the interview!
Always jealous of the Earth Fare salad bars when I see them! Hopefully Whole Foods will be open soon – still 20 minutes away but worth the trip!
I see you have “Our Daily Red”wine
I would bet that your hunger may be a result of all of your crazy hard work lately! You’re internship sounds like its going wonderfully and I am sure they are so happy to have you there. You are going to make such an awesome RD Kath! Good luck with everything and keep listening to your hunger and nourish yourself with some well-deserved goodness!
Dang that salad looks incredible. I wish we had an EarthFare around here!! Good luck with your interview!
that salad looks amazing. do you have to pay per pound for salads at EarthFare like Whole Foods does?
I was a bottomless pit yesterday, hope it doesn’t carry over into today. I was hungry WHILE I was eating yesterday. Ugh! I blame womanly hormones.
Jenn
I have been wanting to buy some chia seeds but they are so gosh darn expensive. I wish there was a website to buy them in bulk or something!
Oh dude, i have hungry days allll the time haha my life is one big meal. Good luck on the interview!!!
WOW! What a salad!
I haven’t seen an Earthfare in a while!
looks like a good day of work.
good luck with the interview – I hope it went well!
Shannon (The Daily Balance),
I swear it’s the phases of the moon like in the olden days
Melody ,
Nutrients-wise, they are likely the same, but made from scratch beans taste soooo much better.
faith ,
I didn’t have time to look too hard at EF, but I will when I’m out. Thank you again!
Jen ,
It’s Ann Taylor like 3 years ago.
Thanks Lauren!
Ashley @ On The Rocks,
yes, and it can get expensive. I skip the watery veggies like cuc or more than 2 pieces of fruit.
MarathonVal ,
Your wish may be granted soon!
K
I want to eat that salad off the screen. It looks absolutely amazing.
Your eats look just delicious today! Nice pics! Your job sounds so fun and interesting too – thanks for blogging about it and good luck with the interview!!
Is that Optimum Slim cereal Kath? Love that one!
I am not affiliated with them, but the website vitacost.com has good prices on chia seeds. Personally I like them mixed with yogurt – it makes it extra thick and delicious!
Hellooooo