Daily food – Page 13 – Life is a Journey

Out and about

Posted on May 8, 2010October 10, 2026 by Libby Withnall

I was woken up early this morning by Bailey being sick. Eventually at 5.30am I gave up on going back to sleep and got out of bed. Of course with him not feeling well a walk was out of the question. This plan to walk every day is NOT working out very well. Started the day with a cup of tea and chocolate muffin.

After dropping Amy at AG I headed off into town for some shopping. Before heading home at 11.30am I got an iced chocolate from Gloria Jeans as I was rather hungry (not suprising when I didn’t have a proper breakfast).

I also picked up this parcel which I was very excited to recieve. So fun to have leftovers in….

I even used it for afternoon tea as well…

While Christy was having her singing lesson Amy and I went to a coffee shop. I had a tea and a mouthful of Amy’s lemon tart – but it was too sweet for me.

Dinner was an easy one tonight – potato gnocchi with cheese sauce.

Home made dressing delight

Posted on May 8, 2010October 10, 2026 by Libby Withnall

Had a lovely morning walk with the dogs followed by the upper body part of my workout. Then came a green smoothie – using freshly ground flaxseeds cortesy of my new grinder.

After dropping the girls at school I had a cup of tea and a slice of grainy bread with hummus.

Spent the morning doing random jobs around the house. Lunch was a salad with egg…and homemade dressing. I finally got around to making a honey mustard dressing with equal parts (1 tbsp) dijon mustard, honey, olive oil and lemon juice from Kath Eats Real Food.I fully expected not to like it – after all I do like a creamy dressing – but this was REALLY good.

Afternoon tea – a cup of tea and a chocolate muffin (homemade this morning and on the healthy side).

This afternoons snack was pita bread with cheese, hummus, carrot and sprouts. Yum!!

Served with tea, of course.

Tonights dinner was a lentil bake. I’ve made it before and I love it. But unfortunately I’m the only one who does…

You can find the recipe at Attic 24. If you like lentils you’ll love it. I even forgot the peanuts and it still tasted great. Real comfort food.

And lastly…

Crazy Tuesday

Posted on May 4, 2010October 10, 2026 by Libby Withnall

Ooops, I stayed up too late last night reading and while I woke up at 5am, I went back to sleep and didn’t wake again until nearly 7am!!! Too late for the walk I had planned, esp. when I had to be out the door at 8.15am. After getting ready I sat to eat breakfast with the girls. I couldn’t decide what I wanted to made a bowl of muselli. But I wasn’t really in the mood and only ate a few spoonfulls.

When I got back from uniform shop just after 9am I made a green smoothie. Yummy as always.

After watching some of the launch of I want my bikini body, I headed out to get the groceries. I made a short grocery haul video if you want to see what I got.

It was then time for some lunch – which was pita bread with hummus, a lentil patty and some sprouts. Yummy and so full of goodness.

I packed a banana (and sandwiches for the girls) to take in the car to eat on the way to this afternoons appointment.

Then because it was a crazy afternoon I bought a choc bar which I had on the way home.

Back home eventually I made myself a cup of tea which I had with some healthy handfuls. Feeling a bit stressed with the way the afternoon had turned out. Of course then I didn’t get hungry until 7pm and since it was just Christy and me for dinner I made some cheese on toast.

Probably not one of my best food days – but not too bad considering how crazy it ended up.

Monday-itis

Posted on May 3, 2010October 10, 2026 by Libby Withnall

I had a great start to the morning. I’ve been really enjoying my early morning walks with the dogs and my heal spurs have been behaving so I’m going to try walking every day and see how things go. In order to still fit my Red Carpet Ready workouts in I’m going to split them up – doing upper body one day and lower body the next. Today was lower body. This will give me more cardio while not missing out on the strength training. Felt great when I was finished. Of course, that meant it was green smoothie time. Sorry Bailey – no leftovers for you today.

Didn’t really like finding my kitchen like this….but at least it was all clean…

Both the girls weren’t feeling the best this morning so I ended up driving them to school. When I got back I had a couple of cruskits with spreadable cheese and a cup of tea, then got on with cleaning the house.

With cooler night forecast later in the week I decided it would be a good day to put the loungeroom into Winter mode and drag out the gas heater.

I was feeling a bit flat today and continually couldn’t decide what I wanted to eat. Unfortunately I spotted the box of chocolate dipped tiny teddies. It started with a handful for morning tea….

we won’t talk about how many more handfuls were consumed throughout the day.

Couldn’t decide what I really wanted to for lunch so just made a salad – todays featured some leftover marinated tofu, pinenuts and squirt of mayonnaise.