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What I Ate Wednesday #2
Happy WIAW! This week I complied my favorite munchies throughout the week.
Let’s begin shall we?
Breakfast tacos are my all time favorite breakfast food. Scrambled eggs with red pepper, green onion, & serrano peppers (we like things spicy around here). Topped with avocado, fire roasted salsa, & a sprinkle of cheddar cheese. Wrapped up in a whole wheat tortilla.
And some MVPs.
The familiar smoothie.
Per usual, snacks were consumed habitually. They usually involved cheese.
I’m not really a protein bar fan due to the fact the majority are whey flavored candy bars. However, I do like this brand. It only contains 5g of sugar for the whole bar & fills me up when I’m in a pinch. The peanut butter flavor is the best. They’re good on occasion.
Lunches were a blur …except when I made hummus
Roasted carrot & ginger hummus. Delicious smeared on top of crackers, raw veggies, pita chips, bread, & even salads. It’s good on everything really. Get the recipe here
*****HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK*****
I got to use my stand mixer!
I always feel swanky when I use this guy. I wish I used him more often.
I used him to make cake batter with this:
Melted Unsweetened 70% Ghirardelli Cacao.
And frosting like this:
This is THE BEST frosting ever. It’s not in your face sweet like buttercream nor is it thick & crusty. It’s light & fluffy. It’s sticky like marshmallows & shiny like meringue. It’s a 1960′s throw back. I can’t describe the awesomeness that is THIS frosting.
It all came together to make this:
I only got to eat the parts that got cut off during the layering process (which ended up being a perfect portion anyhow). This cake was made for someone’s birthday at my Mom’s office. It was a Devil’s Food Cake on the inside. I like to call it “Ding Dong Cake” because that’s what it tastes like. Don’t know what Ding Dong’s are? How about Ho-Ho’s?
There were plenty of salads including my new obsession that involves poaching eggs & putting them on top of salad greens & whatever other veggies are lurking around in the fridge. Yes, I am aware of my run-on-sentence problem.
Warm egg yolk makes amazing salad dressing.
Avocados made frequent delicious appearances.
Smashed up avocado also makes an amazing salad dressing.
They also make an amazing pasta sauce when whizzed up in a food processor with herbs & garlic.
That’s all I got.
What was your favorite thing you ate this week?
I’ve never seen a yellow kitchen-aid, but I think it might be my most favorite thing ever!! (also roasted carrot hummus?!?!? YUM!)
Believe it or not, I got that kitchen aid mixer on sale! It’s a discontinued color but they still have other yellow ones.
Yay for using your stand mixer! That cake came out pretty incredible, what’s the frosting secret? And I need some avocado now after reading this post!
It’s corn syrup & egg whites. It’s my favorite.
What a cute kitchen aid! Mine is just a plain cream color – so lame. I love breakfast tacos too. I think it must be a Texas thing or something. I’m definitely going to try out that hummus recipe because it looks amazing.
Oh I bet the cream one is pretty. Sometimes I wish my kitchen aid was a plain color so when I have my “dream” kitchen it will go with whatever color palette I chose. Wishful thinking!
And yes! It’s def a Texas thing. My mom doesn’t understand the appeal and she’s from up north.
that frosting looks unreal! the cake looks delish!
Thanks!
What a beautifulllll mixer!! && that cake… <–drooling!
Thank you!