Studiously Snackalicious Sunday

Howdy hey! Today revolved around the letter “S”, with a seriously, studiously, snackalicious theme.

I’ve noticed that on weekends Ross and I tend to snack our way through the days starting with a light breakfast (like a small mug of flax flake cereal with almond milk for me today) and ending with a lighter dinner. Usually the overall net intake for the day ends up being lower, which is totally fine since Sundays are our rest days. Today was no exception! By far the best snack of the day (I suppose you could call it our lunch, since it was rather substantial) was my latest VitaMix creation! I have no idea what to call it, besides a Super Health Nut Chocolate Shake!

For 2 servings:

• 2 cups unsweetened vanilla almond milk (or any other milk substitute)
• 1.5 cups frozen cherries (hello antioxidants!)
• 1 cup frozen mango
• 2 Tablespoons chocolate brown rice protein powder (hello protein!)
• 2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa or cacao powder (hello chocolate goodness!)
• 1/4 raw, unsalted sunflower seeds (hello iron!)
• 4 cups spinach (hello green!)
• ice
• OPTIONAL: raw agave (1 teaspoon – 1/2 Tablespoon per serving)

SO delicious! Ever make a milkshake with chocolate chips blended into it, which gives it a kind of chunky texture? That’s exactly what the sunflower seeds do! It’s like a vegan, health nut version of a double chocolate chip milkshake!

I’m going to try adding sunflower seeds to salads, roasted veggies, smoothies, etc. this week because I’ve been feeling rather fatigued (read: slept about 10 hours last night then took another 2 hour nap later this morning). Sunflower seeds have a decent amount of iron to them, so I’m hoping by trying to incorporate them into my diet more that some of my presumed iron issues may be helped!

Note on sweetness: these shakes are good with a good chocolate flavor on their own, but if you want them a little sweeter like Ross did, add a drizzle of raw agave. Ross re-blended his with some and I have to say that it tasted great and the agave definitely brought out the chocolate flavor even more!

Besides snacking, shakes, and sunflower seeds, there were also shoots! Photo shoots to be exact.

The majority of our day looked like this though:

Full of studying!

All the studying definitely paid off though, because I got a grade I was very proud of on my exam I took tonight (online class)! I loved that three or four questions were relating to vegetarian and vegan issues. Totally rocked those!

Since I was busy reading away and Ross needed to take a break from his work, he ran to Moe’s to pick up dinner. Any Moe’s reps out there? Y’all should seriously hire me and pay me with how much face time I give y’all on Sound Eats. Ask Julie – she went to Moe’s after seeing it here in SE-land!

I got my standard tonight of the Big Moo (aka Joey Junior) sans tortilla. It had rice, black beans, lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, cilantro, cucumbers, black olives and some lime I squeezed on it once I brought it home. (They usually have lime wedges by the beers if you’re in the store). Love it!

This salad-esque meal was the perfect topper to an S-themed day.

Off to get ready for the new week! Make it a good one!