Happy Wednesday! I hope you guys enjoyed the long weekend and are back into the swing of things. I spent the weekend in Ocean City, Maryland with four best friends for a girl’s weekend before Brit drove to Texas since she’ll be starting Teach For America this summer. I’ve only known her for a little over a year, but after living together for the past year and sharing so much of life together, I feel like I’ve known her for 10 years. It’s bittersweet, but this is such an exciting next season for her! There were lots of tears, but also lots of laughs, so all in all a great weekend. I hope you guys had a fun weekend too!
Before we bop into WIAW, I wanted to tell you guys about a new Nutshell thing Cody and I are starting at the end of the month and are so excited about! We are going to be launching monthly online classes where we’ll talk about a wide range of topics such as recovering from hypothermic amenorrhea, finding a healthy relationship with exercise, nutritional stress + cortisol, an intuitive eating series and so much more. Our brains are exploding with ideas! Our hope is to reach a broader audience and provide something that’s more financially feasible too. I would love to hear some feedback in the comments section about what you guys think – after all, this is about YOU.
Now, onto some eats!
This week marks week one of my second to last semester of nursing school, thank GOD. I’m so ready to be practicing, yet I know I have lots to learn and many areas to grow in before that. Clinical starts this week and then classes begin on Monday since we skipped this week due to Memorial Day. I’ll be in clinical about 30ish hours a week, splitting my time between the same site I was at last semester and a new primary care site where my hours will be 9-5 instead of 11-11 which is way more normal. I hope to become the queen of packed lunches and time management so be ready for lots of lunch boxes.
Yesterday was spent running around getting life ready after a zillion weekends away and the semester beginning today with clinical orientation. Breakfast before a Nutshell client was this sweet + savory combo I can’t get enough of. Avocado toast with a fried egg + banana and PB toast. Plus lots of coffeeeeeee.
After I went to the gym to do the stair master + a quick strength circuit and then I ran by Whole Foods for groceries and then came back to my apartment for a green smoothie. This was the usual – 1 cup almond milk, 1/2 scoop Coconut Almond Vega, 1 cup frozen mango and frozen spinach plus ice. Then I showered and made a quick lunch.
Hummus Ezekiel toast with a spinach salad (drizzled with olive oil) and baby carrots, a sliced apple, and the last of a banana chocolate chip cookie.
Afternoon snacks in between clients and emails included a KIND bar and a banana + PB with a coffee — I needed it after feeling a little worn out from the weekend.
Dinner was quick and easy since I needed to use up veggies that were on their last leg after being away for the weekend. Kale + mushrooms sautéed up with a TJs chicken sausage along with green beans and baked white sweet potato discs. If you haven’t had white sweet potatoes you must, they are so creamy!!
And then a dug into this fresh pint I picked up at the grocery because it was on sale and this is hands down the BEST ice cream – I can’t even get over the creamy richness of this stuff. And that fudge swirl. I can’t.
Have the best day ever!
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You had me at chocolate hazelnut! Love that breakfast idea- great way to hit bith the sweet and savory cravings!
I love your new nutshell idea! I have a suggestion that I’ll be emailing you 🙂
White sweet potatoes are the best! I converted my entire family to loving them too. And that’s my favorite flavor of KIND bars. Glad you had a great weekend with friends 🙂
I am in LOVE with TJ’s chicken sausage! I just tried coconut milk ice cream for the first time and I’m now obsessed. Yay for your new Nutshell advancements!
Your breakfast is everything I could ask for- so delicious! Also, I’ll have to take your word for it on that ice cream and try out a pint. I’ve been looking for new flavors to try. I’ve exhausted everything at Ben & Jerry’s, hehe.
love that chicken sausage from tj’s! and afternoon coffees are my favorite thing when it’s a bit of a long day. looking forward to seeing what you have planned with Nutshell!
HI! I just found your blog and wanted to say how much I enjoy the what I eat Wednesdays! Please keep them up 🙂 I am a nurse as well and you inspire me to go back to school to continue my education. I just completed my health coach certification and am thinking of continuing on..you amaze me with what you have accomplished. Thanks for the inspiration 🙂
I think the monthly online classes would be amazing! That’s totally something I would be interested in. I NEED to try that ice cream too, it looks soooo good. 🙂 Love the weekly eats posts, it shows that a RD eats WELL!
Japanese white sweet potatoes are my JAM. I go to WF and pick out the best ones every week and nom them all down! I haven’t even eaten an orange fleshed one in so long.
Love these posts and love the Nutshell idea! I think that those are topics people can definitely relate to. Thanks for sharing your eats this week! I’ve been having a second cup of coffee kind of week for a while now #RDexam Will have to add that ice cream to my study routine!
Oh my gosh, can you come be my personal chef ;)??? Your meals seriously always look so yummy! I especially love all the healthy fats. You’ve really inspired me to try to up my game and incorporate more healthy fats into my diet. Luna and Larry’s coconut milk ice cream is so good! My other fave brand of coconut milk ice cream is Nada Moo. Their mint chocolate chip flavor is ON POINT!