Today I ate.... Oh, and dinner with John Sexton

Today I ate.... (so far):
An apple!
Ito En's unsweetened lemongrass green tea (never tried this flavor before, it was ok- http://www.itoen.com/)
[SIDE NOTE: I am obsessed with Ito En's mate, which is like a gourd tea- oh, and it is zero calories. Sweet.]

Photo courtesy of itoen.com

Rice, chicken with chickpeas, and cauliflower!
Coffee with skim milk
Raw nuts with raisins
Licorice tea

John Sexton, President of NYU (photo courtesy of  nyulocal.com)

I think it is bad I am already planning my dinner, but then again I change my mind like twenty times a day! I am actually having a special group dinner tonight with John Sexton, who is the president of NYU- he has a reputation for giving hugs and buying up prime Manhattan real estate for 'educational' purposes. I report back what healthy choices are available at NYU's Torch Club (aka 'fancy' on campus restaurant for Alumni) and what  the (in)famous J-Sex (his nick name) has to say...

Dinnertime at the Union Square Greenmarket!

I am about to eat dinner now and love the Union Square Greenmarket! I am not sure what I am going to get yet, but I wanted to share some pics of what I have gotten in the past- everything is delicious and farm fresh. Where I am from in Connecticut is very farm-y, so it is nice to still be able to buy my food from people who grow their wares themselves! I really love Body and Soul (http://supervegan.com/r.php?id=129), which only uses all-natural ingredients and most of their stuff is vegan. Did I mention it was delicious?

Baker's Bounty spinach focaccia = heavenly!

Body and Soul's black bean empanada

I also really want to buy ingredients to make Pooja's Autumn Veggie Chili now that it is officially harvest time!

Photo of Autumn Veggie Chili courtesy of PoojasWay.com

What did Sarah eat today?

This morning, I did an hour on the elliptical and cooled down with a short run on the treadmill. After, I did a few ab exercises like reverse sit ups, and stretched a tad before running around for my crazy day!

In between running around, I ate:
- 10 grain cereal with banana (heated in microwave with water and tasted like pie)

- Massama curry with shrimp (went to a local asia spot with a few friends for lunch)
- All-natural, homemade gelato (not the best choice for a mid-day snack, but I went with my italian class and it was fun to eat and was at least all-natural)
- Whole grain sprouted bread with pure organic peanut butter and organic blackberry jam (sugar-free, all natural; I usually buy Ezekial brand brand, as recommended by Pooja; this is such an easy, healthy classic -> I love PB&J)
- Pooja's snack bowl minus the fruit plus flax seeds (check out my new pic!; also this is a little info for the recipe: http://poojasway.com/article-tips/october-4th-2011-poojas-3-day-reset-chocolate/)

I also have been eating the snack bowl at least once a day because after doing my chocolate reset, I was hooked. I actually think that I am going to start eating mostly (all is unrealistic) 70% or higher dark chocolate/ chocolate foods for deserts. The reason that I love the snack bowl is because it is crunchy and filling and tastes like food, not chemicals. When I started choosing more whole foods, the other more processed items starting to taste less good (and for lack of a better word 'chemically'). I also bought more chcolate bars today and the brand, Endangered Species, gives back to charity- yayyyyyy!

Endangered Species brand chocolate gives 10% of profits to charity and these choices are over 70% cacao! Healthy!

I even bought my favorite tea today -> Egyptian Licorice from Yogi Tea!

Stay tuned for my reviews of the different chocolates that I bought! Have a fab weekend and I will share about the play I am seeing tomorrow :)

Look what I had for breakfast!

Pooja's Snackbowl, also made for my roommates (even though this is really like a dessert)

To do your own 3-day chocolate reset, go to: http://poojasway.com/article-tips/october-4th-2011-poojas-3-day-reset-chocolate/

Also, as an update, I need to go to the store to buy chocolate and tea because I didn't do it yesterday -> mur. Happy November!

Reset to remedy my scary Halloween-chocolate-consumption

Ok. I admit it. I went a little nuts this weekend with Halloween sweets. I won't be eating so carelessly for a long time, but I am planning on doing a water reset shortly and repeating the chocolate reset with dark chocolates recommended by Pooja- stay tuned!

Day 3 of my 3-Day Chocolate Reset!

So I bought a big thing of 100% cacao baking chocolate (which has to be a lie) instead of regular dark chocolate because I am ridiculous and the cheese man (who cut down my chocolate chunk to be smaller) and sample lady (who pointed us into several chocolate-y directions in-store) confused me when I went to Whole Foods. 

 100% cacao 

Anyways, Day 3 was CHOCOLATE! At first I tried grating the chocolate and then I decided to break it into smaller pieces and melt it. I had to add honey because it was too rich (and obviously not sweet) and I dipped dried figs into the melted chocolate (via my microwave). As I didn't eat that much of the chocolate because it was so much, I know I am going to have the chocolate for a while... 

I also decided to make tea (which I usually drink daily), but I was out of a bud that bloomed and I wanted to share the pick because it was so pretty! I am also going to be starting a H20 reset tomorrow- wish me luck!

Day 2 of my 3-Day Chocolate Reset!

Hot chocolate! Does that say enough? I made some for my friends Phil and Sophie using soy milk instead of almond milk. They told me that they actually really liked it- even better than anything from a mix and it tasted like something mom would make. So maybe I am being like a mom by providing my friends will all natural chocolate, but I think that must be a good thing :) 

Sophie posed with her head in the hot chocolate mug

Sophie is the perfect model to show off this hot chocolate, which is a super fun alternative to traditional chocolate desserts.

Oh yeah, this is what I made (but my version is less pretty than Pooja's):

Get the recipe for her MMMM-azing hot chocolate as part of my 3-Day chocolate reset at http://poojasway.com/article-tips/october-4th-2011-poojas-3-day-reset-chocolate/.