Well unlike yesterday, I can now officially say happy hump day! 
I have a confession for you guys. The UPS man laughed at my husband. I think Mr. UPS thinks Ross is stuck with an online shopaholic woman of a wife. Ironically though, out of all the packages I’ve been getting lately, I’ve only actually ordered one and that one just got through customs today!
One package that came yesterday was from the folks over at Dr. McDougall’s Right Foods, and let me tell ya – this could not have come at a more perfect time! One box included some of their individual containers that you can fill with hot water or normal water and microwave.
Another package was a flat of a variety of their boxed soups.
Instead of doing one mass review, I’ll just be reviewing each individually product as I try them. 
Since I was short on time this morning, I took the opportunity to try Dr. McDougall’s Organic Maple 4 Grain Non-Dairy Hot Cereal.
For a ready made on-the-go breakfast, the ingredients really are what they say – the best ingredients!
The Nutrition Facts aren’t too shabby either. I ate the whole package though, and at 260 calories for the container/ 130 per serving, it’s not a hefty breakfast and can easily be incorporated into a larger breakfast, too.
Pre and post-microwaving.
After letting it sit for five minutes (which is the perfect time for checking your email or applying your mascara and putting some jewelry on), breakfast is served!
Delicious! I’m so excited about these products, because not only are they vegan, but it’s real food that I don’t mind putting into my body on those occasions that I’m looking for something quick to eat. More reviews to come!
Other meals of the day included this vibrant salad for lunch! It had spinach, red bell pepper, cucumber, a chickpea cutlet, and 1/4 avocado.
Once home from work I headed over to the gym for another hour on the stationary bike while doing some reading for my Nutrition class. I love doing this, because I am active (I biked almost 15 miles!) and I am able to get some reading done by removing all other distractions. Plus, since I’m distracting myself by reading, I’m not bored to death on a machine at the gym! Win-win!
After an evening stroll with Ross, I tried to make something new for dinner. I’ve been seeing eggplant bacon (recipe via the link) pop up all over the blogosphere, and I’ve been dying to try it. One problem – I don’t have a dehydrator, and I don’t have a time period where I’m at home long enough to leave my oven on low to dehydrate the bacon! So I tried to bake it up high. I think it would have worked better had I cut the bacon thicker and had an oven that have super hot spots. It was still tasty though! I’m experimenting with another batch now.
We had “mile high” sandwiches for dinner – I could barely get my mouth around it! The sandwich had two toasted slices of Ezekiel 7 Grain Sprouted Bread, homemade hummus, Trader Joe’s Vegetable Bruschetta Spread, romaine, tomato, avocado and eggplant bacon. It was so good, and filling too!
Some random announcements and happenings:
- HAPPY 23rd BIRTHDAY MEGAN!
- Becoming Mrs. Jenn Krenn: Vote for our favorite Bender to win an ultimate wedding! (Where was this when I got married?!)
- Orlando residents and those who will be in town for the Disney Princess Half: there’s a meet up lunch in the works for Saturday, March 6th at noon, and it’s looking like it will be at Pizza Fusion (which is also minutes away from the Orlando Whole Foods!). If you’ll be in town and are interested in meeting up, please shoot me an email at lindsey@soundeats.com!
- Remember my musing on a database for healthy living bloggers? It’s officially in progress! The domain and hosting have been purchased and situated and I’m getting some final details set up and ready to go! I’m hoping to debut within a couple weeks! Get excited.
- Congrats to Ashley who has some awesome job opportunities that have fallen into her lap, including working at lululemon!!! I’m so happy for you, and maybe a little bit jealous of the whole lulu thing.
- Check out my new reviews page where you can find some of my product reviews! (I got some, but there are others that I just couldn’t find! At least I’ll have a place to regularly update from now on!)
totally jealous of those packages! wish i had them send me some to review!!!
I MISS YOU!!!
That cereal looks awesome! It looks like it would be perfect for travelling or perfect when I’m on call at work.
Ah, thanks for the lovely shout out, pretty lady! I truly appreciate it
Dr. McDougall’s is my FAVE! Haha, your story about Ross reminds me of Bobby. He gets home from work before I do so he always picks up my packages and I think the doorman feels sorry for him
Can’t wait to hear more details about this healthy living database! I remember your original post. It’s such a cool concept!
Have a lovely night!
Your “mile high” sandwich looks delicious!
You know, after almost 10 years of being a gym-goer, I can honestly say I’ve only been on the stationary bike 2-3 times. I’ve got it in my mind that it’s not “worth it” because I don’t burn as many calories as when I’m on the elliptical or treadmill. But, I actually don’t even know where I got that idea…I always just assumed it. Even so, I think it would be a nice way to switch up my workout, especially if I can read while biking! And 15 miles is AWESOME…I want to be able to say I did that! =)
I love Doc’s soups! The split pea is a dream – I hope you like it too!
The McDougall products are pretty good. I was kind of surprised at the sodium content in some of the products though. Allow me to give you a couple helpful hints. 1) Make sure you stir ALL THE WAY ON THE BOTTOM. It’s really yucky when you get to the bottom of the cup and have a bunch of grit left. 2) Drink a lot of water. They are kind of high in sodium and have a lot of fiber. 3) They are great to take on trips when you don’t think there will be vegan options. You can get boiling water anywhere. I hope you like them.