Thursday, November 20, 2008

Chocolate Fix.

I switched it up a little today and had 1 cup Kashi puff cereal and 1/3 cup chocolate granola mixed with Oikos honey flavor and some berries. This was the first time I tried the honey flavor, and it was good. My favorite is still blueberry though.

I had grapes for my afternoon snack.

I went and got a latte for lunch, because I wanted to meet up with my husband for a little bit and my lunch seemed to be lacking in the protein department. The milk in the latte sounded like a nice addition.

I packed a nice salad and a serving of soy crisps for lunch. I added dried cherries and almonds to all the veggies in the salad. I really love the flavor and the texture.


Close up...

Around 3pm I ate my fuji apple.

My husband wanted to go to the gym before going to his MBA class, so around 4pm I took a break and ran 20 minutes on the treadmill.

On the way back to the office I grabbed Pita Pit with Steve, because he needed a grab and go dinner before class. I had the falafel with almost every veggie they offer on a whole wheat pita with honey mustard. We bought a ton of gift certificates during a 1/2 price promotion a radio station here was doing for Pita Pit, so we may need to eat Pita Pit at least once every 2 weeks to use these up.


I got home around 6:30 and decided I had time before my 8pm Pilates class to make Tina's Chocolate Pumpkin Loaf. I made a few minor alterations. I used 1/2 cup brown sugar instead of 3/4, I used 1 1/4 cup of whole wheat pastry flour instead of the flour combo that Tina used, I also only used 1/2 cup of chocolate chips. Also both my cocoa powder and chocolate chips were dark chocolate, so this Loaf was very rich, but so wonderful. My husband couldn't believe I cut back on the chocolate chips. If I bake something when he is home he takes care of adding the chocolate chips or m&m's and basically adds double what is called for! He still loved the bread!



I had a slice when I got home from Pilates, and it was such a great recipe. I really love all of the creative baked goods that Tina comes up with. I was so happy that I had all the ingredients for this loaf and was able to make it last night!


Happy Thursday! Steelers play tonight : ) People at my firm are selling their tickets like crazy because it is going to be freezing and snowy!

11 comments:

LizNoVeggieGirl said...

Hooray!!! You know I love the daily grapes, haha ;-)

Love the loaf!!

Enjoy the game tonight!!

Rose said...

While I was out sick - you started blogging again! What a happy surprise :) I have missed you!

Glad to see your daily eats.

Tina said...

Yummmmm! I'm glad you made the loaf! Looks delish!

Trying To Heal said...

wow, that looks soo good!

dark chocolate=love!

have a great day!

Anonymous said...

That bread was very delicious hunny!!! You are such a good baker. (Even w/o the extra chocolate chips it was very good)

Anonymous said...

Yay!! Thanks for the Pittsburgh reference!! Go Steelers!

Question for you:
Can you find Chobani yogurt anywhere in Pgh?? We have it everywhere in Virginia and my mom is DYING for some, but can't seem to find it.

Aimee said...

Jess - I randomly found some at Penn Mac in the strip! I don't remember if they had every kind, but I bought a few to try. That is the only place I have seen it so far.

Anonymous said...

What fabulously healthy food you eat! Even the chocolate cake is a chocolate and pumpkin cake :o It looks so darkly gorgeous, I should really try that recipe :)

Anonymous said...

that chocolate loaf looks sooo good!

Anonymous said...

mmmmmmmm pita pit! it's been too long since I've had a yummy pita!

the loaf looks so decadent and chocolatey!

HangryPants said...

I love how you got all the veggies on your pita. I always do that, too. Tina's cake/loaf looks wonderful!