October 1-7:
-Pineapple, and a huge bag of frozen is the best! I eat this by itself (thawed a bit but not completely), and also put it in smoothies.
-Smoothies made with birthday cake protein powder, various types of frozen fruit, and almond milk (optional add ins: ground flax seed, chia seeds, peanut butter, spinach, avocado).
-Habanero BBQ flavored almonds - I love almonds in general, but this flavor has been my recent favorite. My husband loves them too so we had to start buying his and hers containers!
-Peanut butter, which is good on nearly everything (this is my most consistent craving, but I will only note it once to avoid redundancy).
October 8-14:
-Clif Bars, which I love but am too cheap to buy (I picked some up from the Panther Run post-race celebration).
-Spaghetti squash, after we bought many on sale for $1 each (they were huge ones too!) - if you're not shopping Aldi's produce sales then you really must start! In the photo below it's topped with garlic salt, basil, and nutritional yeast.
October 15-21:
-Baked sweet potatoes with pumpkin pie spice smushed in. I'm a huge fan of baked sweet potatoes, and I typically add cinnamon to them, but just discovered this combination. Go try it!
-Pumpkin smoothies, which were another use for my pumpkin pie spice. I blend almond milk, chopped frozen banana chunks, vanilla or chai protein power, pumpkin puree, and pumpkin pie spice.
-Oatmeal, because I love a good warm bowl in cooler weather! I do several add-in combinations; pictured is cinnamon, raisins, and ground flax seed. I also like walnuts, apples, blueberries, chia seeds, and of course peanut butter.
-This indulgent cookie sandwich, because I don't want junk very often, but when I do it's of the high-quality bakery variety (no Little Debbie's here!). I am not one of those people who can eat a bowl of ice cream every night, and most of the time I crave healthy food, but once in awhile I have something of this nature. When I eat something like this in isolation I don't notice it too much, but if I string together multiple crappy food choices (such as on a holiday), I start feeling lethargic in my training and daily life.
-Roasted butternut squash with garlic salt. I was in my 30s when I first had butternut squash, and it's a tragedy I missed out on it for all those years! This was another $1 a piece for huge squash Aldi produce sale (seriously, shop at Aldi or price match their ad if your grocery store does price matching!).
Keep posting more food blogs! I love these. I get such good ideas from what you eat. AND I have an Aldi on my street corner and have not shopped there yet! I will be going now! Lol!!!
ReplyDeleteHalley, Aldi has the $1 squash sale again this week! You can get butternut, acorn, and/or spaghetti squash. They all keep for a couple of months so I stocked up. I'm going to try to make this a monthly cravings blog, but I've already forgotten food photos this week...it's been a busy one!
DeleteWe did the $1 Aldi squash too! Soooo good! That cookie looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteAldi has the $1 squash again this week! I bought so much that Jon asked if I was sure were we going to be able to eat it all, hah. The cookie was from a gas station outside of Joplin, but they stock them from a bakery (I'm just not sure where the bakery is). I have to go to Joplin for work occasionally and I do not look forward to it, so if I don't have an important run the next day I get one of these to make the trip more palatable.
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