Spaghetti Squash Mexicana with Tropical Avocado Salsa Fresca

WOW!  Dinner was soooo good!  I made Veganomicon’s Spaghetti Squash Mexicana with Tropical Avocado Salsa.  It was perfect, and the flavors were great.  In it was spaghetti squash, corn, black beans, onions, jalapenos, vegetable oil, chili powder, cinnamon, and some other spices.  The salsa topping was served chilled (mango, tomatoes, avocado). I’m going to have to eat this for the next few days though so it doesn’t go to waste I don’t really mind though because I loved it soo much.  I made the mango version salsa.  Yumm!  I am going to need a snack though later because even though this was very high in volume (a definite plus in my book), it was only about 300 calories for the whole bowl I ate!!!  It was extremely satisfying.  I cannot say enough about this book.  So happy I bought it!  At the gym at 4 I did 40 minutes ET and 10 treadmill both moderate and a little intense on the treadmill running.  I did some stretching afterwards, pushups, and sit ups.  Yay for me!  Unfortunately, my e-mail started acting goofy, and 

 

 

vegetable fajita

I slept in until 10 again!!  I stayed up until 1 watching the food network although I was tired, but I had to see who won the cookie showdown! dork.  9 hours of sleep… felt great!  I had another 2.5 cups (3.3 servings) of Kashi H2H for breakfast with cup of soymilk.  Then I went to class and had lunch after at 1.  I got a salad of spinach, chickpeas, tomatoes, cucumbers, a little olive oil, and vinegar.  I also got a vegetable fajita minus the sour cream and cheese that had black beans, roasted red peppers, onions, and green bell pepper on it.  I didn’t see them put any oil or anything on it, so that was nice.  It was served on a white tortilla that was probably 12 inches.  I peeled off a lot around the edges because it was way too big, and there wasn’t much “stuffing” in it anyways.  I cut it down to probably an 8 inch?  It was good.  I am getting bad at remembering to take pictures.  So, here is a picture of it almost gone!  :-O   

 

Dinner and a snack.

I got a salad from one of the dining options at my school to take home with me.  They have good options for the salads here.  I created my own with spring mix, about 1/4 cup each black beans, chickpeas, and corn, red bell pepper slices, sliced, banana peppers, tomato wedges, onions, and cucumbers.  I shook it up with about a Tbsp of olive oil and another of vinegar.  It was pretty good!  A lot of the goodies are on the bottom so it’s bad for the pic but good for me because I love saving the best stuff for last! Yumm 

I also brought with me a container that I got yesterday at school of carrots, celery, roasted red pepper hummus, lettuce, and pita.  I ate most of the carrots and celery, half of the hummus, and threw away the pita triangles because they are white probably with HFCS.  I like to stick with whole wheat!  

and I had a Kashi TLC trail mix bar 

About two hours later I had a slice of Brownberry Whole Grain Classics 100% Whole wheat Double fiber bread to get in some more calories and CHO for the day even though I was not quite hungry yet.   Here it is with a few bites taken out of it.  Almost forgot a photo! Phew!

 So for today’s totals:  

1,762 kcal

67 g fat

265 g CHO

51 g fiber

54 g protein

-601 exercise

1,161 kcal NET 

A little low, but I feel good and satisfied.  Off to relax and watch the rest of the Penguins hockey game then a movie with the boyfriend!!