¡Hola, hombres!
(I realize that most of you are mujeres, but I’m feeling a little alliterative so you’ll have to bear with me.)
Let us weigh in on Wednesday, which was a little wacky. Mostly because my mañana commenced con my crazy, crass pilates instructor. After yesterday’s class, I think I have to change her nickname to crazy, crass, perverted pilates instructor.
¿Por qué? She decided to have us use mini-medicine balls in our routine. Nada perverted about that, but I’m pretty sure she only did this so she could make balls jokes for the entire hour of class. And that she did. You would think an hour of balls jokes would stop being funny ten minutes in. But this was not so. Either I have the maturity level of a pre-pubescent chico, or balls jokes are exponentially more entertaining when told in a thick Russian accent. I suspect it’s a combination of both.
Post-pilates, I pondered life breakfast possibilities con chocolate cappuccino café negro and an orange.
This pensive pre-breakfast awakened an awesomely alliterative answer.
Allow me to present…
P.B. Pudding Pumpkin Oats
1/2 cup oats cooked in 1 cup water. 1/2 cup pumpkin stirred in at the end. Topped with 1/2 cup vanilla pudding and a PB spoon.
Peanuty, pumpkiny, puddin’ perfection.
Please produce promptly.
Ok, I’ll stop with the alliterative annoyance (after that) because I’m having trouble enunciating my enthusiasm over this breakfast without a simple “THIS. WAS. SOOOOOOOOOO. GOOD!”
When things got messy, all of the flavors and textures melded. And I’m pretty sure I oohed-and-aaaahed from start to finish.
Oh, and it was ridiculously filling.
So filling, in fact, that between the breakfast and lunch horas, no snacks were had. This is a rare occurrence en mi vida.
Eventually hunger reared its ugly always-welcome head, and I threw together an amazing almuerzo.
Los innards:
On a whole wheat wrap: Greek olive hummus, jarlsberg slices, honey turkey slices and marinated kalamata olives
Onto el griddle for a hot minuto.
Y voila!
I got my fruits and veggies in with a salsa bell and an army of apricots.
Cena may look familiar.
After spoiling my unstoppable appetite with a double dinner on martes, el estómago was not about to settle for a single cena last night. So I gave it an encore.
Except this time, I opted to make la ensalada my Asian component. (Apparently I think that my dinner’s have to be half-Asian. Perhaps paying homage to my ethnic makeup?)
Ensalada Asiática
In the mix: baby spinach, steamed carrots, asparagus, cucumbers, celery, marinated shrooms, red bell pepper, grilled onion and a clementine.
And this beautiful Caucasian face was responsible for taking this ensalada to ridiculously delicious Asian heights.
Looove this dressing. And Sir Newman, of course.
Cebolla y clementine center.
Con the clementine peel. Not for decorative purposes. Simply because I got the peel off in one piece, and I was proud.
Grilled onions + clementines + amazing Asian dressing = boca–gasm.
Onto cena segunda: Savory Double Cheesy Oats
1/2 cup oats cooked in 1 cup water for 2 minutes. Dos Laughing Cow wedges added and microwaved for 1 more minute. Topped with the great urine funkifier.
The key to ridiculously creamy, cheesy oats is the two Laughing Cow wedges. One will give you the flavor, but dos gets you the texture. (Which, if you need further convincing, is on par with cheesy risotto…)
My popcorn-tooth returned after Tuesday night’s hiatus. Phew.
But I managed to take care of newfound puddin’-tooth, too.
Happy almost weekend, mis foodies! La hermana is coming home tonight, so I won’t be back ‘til lunes. You know, brownie duty calls…
Amor,
Sarah
THE FOODIE DIARIES 
The oats look almost too good to eat (almost :))
Hahahah love your name for asparagus! Those pudding oats do look amazing…some of the best oats I’ve ever seen!
gorgeous pix! pudding in breakfast sounds right up my alley.
want want want those pudding oats!!
Oh, shoot… I want those pudding oats and the cheesy oats. And your pilates teacher.
I love fruit in salads, and SO impressed with your peeling skills!
Let me just say how glad I am you started blogging again! Your eats look SO FREAKING AMAZING. Seriously. Those oats? To die for!
urine funkifier.. haha!! so true.
The grilled onion in the middle of your salads just looks so classy. I’ll have to try my hand at creating something so pretty!
GIRL thats the best brand of popcorn EVA!!
my fav!
goodness those oats are maja food porn!
Can I just say that I absolutely agree that grilled onions are THE BOMB. I add them to EVERYTHING. Unfortunately, every time I cut them, my eyes water and I feel silly, standing in my apartment kitchen looking like I’m crying. So worth it, though. So. Worth. It.
I love clementines in an Asian salad. Perfect flavor pairing.
And your oats look even better today than yesterday. Didn’t think it was possible!
I’m craving apricots now!! And I need to to try asparagus in my cheesy oats! Looks great!! 🙂
HOLY awesomeness!! those pudding oats, I justdont have words to describe, I just drooled a little bit though
the grilled onion on the salad is the most fabulous idea everr you are a foodie genious. It is so colorful and healthy and yummm
oh and jollytime healthy pop? love itttttt
pudding in oats?! why in the world have i never seen this before? delicious 🙂
yes almost the weekend!!
wish you were my high school English teacher. Then I may have ENJOYED learning about literary techniques.
baby boo you be bangin! hows that for alliteration?!
Your photography is beautiful, stunning pictures.
love that puddin, puddin’!
you get an A+ for plating if i was a judge for your iron chef 🙂
balls jokes are always funny 🙂 What a BEAUTIFUL dinner salad! I love pretty food- especially when its healthy and filling! Hope you have a good weekend too
girl the food. delish.
esp the Peanuty, pumpkiny, puddin’ perfection.
that pudding OMG i wish i could devour that right now..yum!
xoxox
wow this post made me reeeally hungry! 😉
i love the salad with the cheese oats yummy.
gosh my first try at pilates was also my last. the amount of stomach muscle strength one needs is really intense. gotta keep training beofre i dare go back
I am one of the biggest fans of alliteration EVAH, so naturally I loved this post.
And call me a perv too then, because I think 60 minutes of balls jokes might be the only way I could make it through an AM pilates class before breakfast!
lol– the fact that your pilates instructor makes balls jokes is slightly awesome. It would definitely make me want to go to class 🙂
Mmmm…those pudding oats look amazing!!!
have i mentioned im glad youre back!? your food combos are always a delight 🙂
– Beth @ http://www.DiningAndDishing.com
Gotta say, you make some fierce looking salads! Mmmmm!!!
PB Pudding Pumpkin oats…that, my friend, IS one heck of a DPAAB. Heck yeah.
im so glad your back posting!
i love reading your blog and always find your food options unique yet tasty and your writing approach funny and personable without being too much.
and oh, those oats look GOOD! nom nom nom
your posts always make me smile! those oats look so delicousss.
xoxo
shelley
http://findinghappinessandhealth.wordpress.com
i thought the olives on top of the turkey were chocolate chips and i thought to myself: this is wrong.
I always want hummus after reading your blog. Go figure. 😉
Looks like a very tasty day indeed!
And PS, thanks for your sweet comment on my blog. 🙂
why have i never thought of pudding on oats? genius idea.
Oh my….that pudding-pumkiny-oatmeal shot…..its killinnnnnn me 😀
I hope you’re having a fab time with the hermana menor! Hopefully you treat her to some asian infused enseladas or a delish, Mediterranean style quesadilla! The GRILLED onions always look soooooo good.
And the balls jokes never get old if told by the right person….and a pilates teach with a russian accent would def suffice! HAHA
Love you! XOXO
Well the pb pudding pumpkin oats were absolutely amazing looking but then I was completely surprised by the simplicity of the salsa and bell pepper. I have already added it to this week’s menu – spectacular!!
a) SOOOOOO HAPPY YOU’RE BACK. I HAVE MISSED YOU SOOOO MUCH.
b) CAN’T WAIT TO GET BACK TO NYC SOMETIME SOON AND EAT A LOT.
c) XOXOXOXO FOREVER
I don’t think I’ve ever wanted pudding so much in my life.