You know the drill. It’s What I Are Wednesday time, where I share an entire day’s worth of eats with pretty much anyone who cares to know it. If you’re down with creeping on other people’s food (you totally are; it’s ok to admit it), you have come to the right place, my friends. When you’re done here, head over to Peas and Crayons to see a boatload of other people’s eats. Mad love to Jenn for hosting this weekly shindig and promulgating our stalker ways. Before we get to the meat of today’s post…ha, ha, I said meat. Get it, meat coming from a vegetarian…look, they can’t all be winners. Maybe I should start over, or maybe I’m too lazy, so you’re going to have to look past my bad jokes, and I do mean jokes, in the plural sense of the word, because there’s plenty more where that came from.
Before we get to my eats, I’ve got some housekeeping items I want to go over first, and we might as well list them out, bullet point style because bullet points are where it’s at. Don’t knock ’em until you tried ’em. Alright fine, knock ’em all you want, but you don’t know what you’re missing. Bullet points set my heart a flutter. Look at that, I can be romantic. Who knew?
- I’ve got a new Clean Eats Fast Feets facebook page. I may have mentioned it the other day and ever so nicely asked you to like it. Well, I still really want that to happen, so would you just do it already. C’mon don’t make me beg because then it’s going to get awkward, and we’ll never be able to look at each other the same way again. Kind of like when I caught my two cats banging. That was weird and incestuous, even though they’re not related. I digress. Just hurry up and like my facebook page already….pretty please.
- I found this advertisement in a magazine the other day (so it’s totally legit), and it might be my favorite marketing campaign ever. Seriously, whoever thought this up is brilliant. Did I mention I have the sense of humor of a ten-year old boy? By the way, I just lost whatever romantic points I had earned.
- My girl Allie loves bananas almost as much as me (for real; go look at her WIAW), but I think I’ve taken it to a whole ‘nother level. Sadly this was shot in my kitchen, so the general public missed out. Next time for sure, although I might wash my hair and put on a little makeup first.
Alright, wildly inappropriate items over and only mildly inappropriate items to come. Sorry, I can’t help myself; it’s a sickness and of course my non-medical degree supports my belief.
Let’s get to the food.
I’m going to share with you my Sunday eats for no other reason than I took pictures of pretty much everything which made its way into my mouth and ultimately my belly. Have I told you my stomach is named Poncho? Yep, he’s Poncho the Paunch. I think he’s cute, in a I don’t have to be in a bathing suit for months kind of way.
I had some oranges lying around the house or neatly organized in my fridge…details, details, and they were starting to get a bit soft (always a bad sign, and I’m not just talking about fruit). They were malleable enough I didn’t actually want to peel and eat them, but not soft enough they needed to go.
So I decided to drink them, and I’m glad I did. They were a lot of work, but worth every single sip. I almost paired them with some champagne, but I decided to full on taste the fresh oranges instead. Plus I had a lot of shit to do on Sunday, and champagne might have hampered that. Or impaired my judgment; I heard alcohol can do that. I wouldn’t actually know first hand though (snort). Let me rephrase that. I wouldn’t actually know anymore. Ah, much better.
Instead, I made some banana walnut muffins. I used honey in lieu of sugar, and you could definitely tell. Don’t get me wrong; they were edible, but I won’t be making them the same way again. Sometimes sugar is your friend. Not this time though because I deliberately neglected him, kicked him out in the cold, and now I’ve got negative romance points.
After breakfast I did some cleaning around the house, stacked some wood and then hit up The Bin, my grocery store. By the time I got back home, I was ravenous so I snacked on some pita chips and hummus while I waiting for my grilled cheese to brown because I was looking for fast and easy. What can I say? Fast and easy is my modus operandi for pretty much everything.
The bread for my sandwich was Tuscan Herb from the Breadsmith, of course, and it’s one of my favorites. It’s packed with fresh herbs, so it’s ridiculously fragrant and makes a phenomenal grilled cheese, which is a pretty solid recommendation because I know my way around a grilled cheese.
A few hours later, I made dinner: veggie tacos because my Hubby has been asking for these for weeks now. Naturally, he threw some ground beef in his, but for me, I mashed and heated up some pinto beans, sautéed onions and peppers and added tomatoes, lettuce and of course, cheddar cheese. It wouldn’t be me if I skipped the cheese, although Poncho might be smaller.
By the way, those are parsley leaves in the picture above, but I thought they could pass for cilantro, which would had been great with these tacos had I actually had some on hand. Alas I did not, and I pulled the parsley right after the photo shoot. I’m shady like that, but I always fess up.
There you have it; a solid day’s worth of food. I hope you enjoyed it. Be warned I share more food shenanigans just like this and sometimes even better on my facebook page. If you liked it, you would know, so just do it. You won’t regret it. Alright maybe you would, but how would you know unless you tried.
What’s your favorite bread for grilled cheese? Tell me about a day of your eats. I want to know because I’m a food creeper.
Jessie says
Major props for you on juicing all those oranges. I don’t have the time (okay I lie.. i dont have a job)… patience to do such a thing.
….. i liked your fb pageeee playa!
Meghan says
I heart you!!
I’m not gonna lie. It was bit of work and definitely messy, but 100% worth it.
Allie says
Okay, I have a backlog of your posts to read and catch up on (what was with work requiring me to work rather than kill time blogging earlier this week??), but I had to read and comment on this one first. Because bananas. And inappropriate jokes. I think I’m in love with your unwashed hair. And grilled cheese. But I already knew about my love for grilled cheese. I’ve made that sub-all-honey mistake before. Too much honey. Unless you’re Winnie the Pooh. Can I giggle about phallic objects AND reference a childhood icon all in the same comment? I think I just did.
Meghan says
You absolutely can giggle about childhood icons and phallic references. Hello? What was Alice In Wonderland and Scooby Doo. It’s no wonder we aren’t more warped.
Rocky Steel says
Holy Toledo! It looks like a badger attacked those oranges!
By the way, you would make an excellent pirate. 🙂
Keep up the great posts.
Meghan says
I think I just choked on my water. You crack me up, and it was only my cold bare hands that attacked those oranges. They’re a weapon, I tell ya.
Sonja @ The {Happy} Travel Bug says
That grilled cheese looks delish! So I get the idea that you want me to “like” your Facebook page. I’ll like yours if you like mine. 🙂 Mine is The Happy Travel Bug
Meghan says
Shoot was it obvious? And here I was trying to be subtle. Oops.
Brittany says
You have me jonesin for some pita chips right meeooww. I think your meat of the post pun was perfect. Better than one I tried a while ago..I said “here’s the brussels sprout of the post..” SO lame. I hope no one payed attention to that. Damn vegetarians.
Meghan says
Silly Veg-Heads. What are they thinking?!
Eating 4 Balance says
Too bad those muffins didn’t turn out. They look tasty at least. I don’t think I’ve ever successfully baked a healthy bread with honey. I’ve made unhealthy bread with honey that turned out great, but when trying to cut down on sugar, honey just seems to have a way of disappearing in reference to taste buds. I think you have the right idea about adding some sugar or another sweetener back in.
I <3 Banana pictures 🙂 Oh, and I liked your Facebook page 🙂
Meghan says
You’re the best. Thanks Madison.
You nailed it exactly, the muffins lost all flavor. It’s like the honey sucked it right out. Bad, honey bad.
kirsten@FarmFreshFeasts says
Come over, I’ll make honey muffins for you.
That just sounds wrong. But honey and muffins are good in my house. If I haven’t posted a honey muffin recipe it’s completed somewhere. I think it has oranges in it.
Your grilled cheese bread is really really really tasty looking to me. I have been using the Kroger store brand (Private Selection? It’s PS something) ‘wide pan’ bread in whatever non-sugar-free flavors that are marked down, and it’s good, but that stuff looks even better.
Meghan says
Wrong or not, I’m on my way.
I’ll bring you a loaf of the Tuscan Herb bread because I don’t think anybody can come close to the Breadsmiths loaves.
Brittany @ Delights and Delectables says
I’m so behind on posts… SO… your tacos are making me crave mexican. AND I have done the same thing with baking with honey. I just stick to sugar…
Meghan says
Yep I’m not skilled in the ways of honey, although maybe I’ll try again but mix it up a little. These were my first tacos in quite sometime and they were great.
Jean (Bentodays) says
What a lovely variety of food you’ve got there!
Meghan says
Why thanks you very much. I appreciate you stopping by.
luv what you do says
That ad is too funny! I am still laughing out loud : ) I don’t even know the last time I ate grilled cheese but I love that big buttery texas toast. I am still living off of Veggie burgers for lunch and Chia seed bowls for breakfast. It’s a pretty boring week by me but I am feeling full so that makes me happy!
Meghan says
I couldn’t believe that ad when I saw it either.
Ya gotta do what makes you happy.
Melissa says
That ad cracked me up! And the grilled cheese looked amazing. Everything at the Breadsmith is great 🙂
Meghan says
I know, I love the Breadsmith. They are the bomb.
Heather @ Kiss My Broccoli says
Omg, so you totally got me with that pecker pic (bahaha!) but I SERIOUSLY lost my shit when I saw you and that banana! Get it girl! Own it! Oh hell, I think I just peed myself! 😉
That grilled cheese is flippin’ pornirific…why have I not made a grilled cheese in like forever?! Mmm, I’m thinking gouda on some cinnamon raisin bread…crisp and toasted to perfection…ooey and gooey…oh wow, I think my “Pancho” is getting turned on…wait, that sounded a lot weirder than I intended! Oh god, this is why I shouldn’t read blogs at almost midnight! Lol
PS/confession: I’ve used sliced/chopped/diced (whatever the heck you wanna call it) spinach instead of herbs in a pinch…and I did NOT come clean about it. Shhh, our little seeeeeeecret, mmkay? 😉
Meghan says
You should check out the rest of that advertising campaign because the pecker picture was mild. I’ll just say there’s one with a beaver.
I think the no banana eating in public rule is ridiculous, and I’m making it my personal mission to stomp that belief out. You with me? Allie at Forgotten Beast is. C’mon we’ll have a banana eating club, and it’ll be nasty delicious fun.
The spinach as herbs idea is genius and no one would be the wiser. Your secret is safe with me.
Heather @ Kiss My Broccoli says
Omg, a beaver?! Haha! I’ve gotta see this!!
Heather @ Kiss My Broccoli says
A polished knob?!! Bahahaha! Omg, I’m DYING!!
Meghan says
Told you. Best ad campaign ever.