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Easiest 20 minute dinner {Daily Eats}

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Happy weekend! This shorter week has been amazing as I get adjusted to a new semester and back into the swing of studying. The summer was heavy on the clinical side, so while I was reading to educate myself, I didn’t really have exams the study for…so let’s just say getting use to exams and intense studying has been awakening. But it’s good because come December 7th I am DONE.

Lots of fuel was eaten to get me through hours of studying! | The Real Life RD

Today, instead of WIAW we are doing What I Ate Friday…because Friday is more fun anyways. This particular day I was at the pediatric clinic from 9-5, so the day started with a 7am coffee wake up call. Automated coffee makers FTW. After a quiet time, shower, and packing a lunch, I took this PBB&J on whole wheat to go and was out the door by 8am.

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After seeing patients all morning I was starvinnggggg by the time I got to lunch…would I have done a lot of things for a mid morning snack? YES.
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Lunch was leftover falafel from a dinner party a couple weeks ago I found in my freezer that I threw together with spinach, pepper, cucumber, tomato, feta, green olives and olive oil. Plus pretzels and an apple. Satisfaction factor was beyond high with this lunch. So I ate it all week too.
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I finished up around 4:30 and snacked on carrots + a cinnamon raisin oatmeal cup on the train home. Then I laced up my shoes and went for a 6 mile tempo run (Nick and I are running the Brooklyn R&R marathon with friends in October.)
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Side note: I adore this necklace I got from FashionABLE (totally not an affiliate link) because I wear a lot of gold and this is different and a little funkier than my basic gold jewelry. Plus they are a company I’ve supported for years because their mission is incredible — a woman made this necklace for me and that allowed her to escape oppression and instead feel empowered by meaningful employment making jewelry. How cool and awesome!
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And afterward I slammed this green smoothie // 1/2 scoop Vega One chocolate, frozen spinach, 1 cup almond milk, a banana and then snacked on a few pretzels once Nick got to my apartment after work while we made dinner.
On the menu: salmon cakes (sounds gross, tastes awesome) with kale salad (aka kale with honey dijon dressing) roasted green beans (tossed with coconut oil + garlic salt) and roasted white sweet potatoes with butttahh. We both went back for more potatoes…because carbs. If you want a quick dinner…this takes like 20 minutes minus the time to cook the potatoes. And you guys, canned salmon is the most convenient thing ever!

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Before I headed to bed I felt a little “empty” …probably from the evening run so I had a bowl of puffed wheat with slivered almonds and almond milk and a lot of spoonfuls of my favorite coconut milk ice cream. Can we take a second to talk about this ice cream? AMAZING x 373662.
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It’s like cookies and cream but with chocolate chip cookies instead of Oreos. And coconut cream is the richest and creamiest thing ever. To do list: stock up on this.

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Anndddd that’s a wrap! Nick and I are headed upstate to the Adirondacks for my friend Meg’s wedding to Beattie. She’s the sweetest soul ever and I would not have survived nursing school without her….because she kept my life from becoming shambles. So excited for them!
Have the best weekend! Eat something awesome. And laugh with your mouth full mmk?

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  3. Have you done a R&R marathon before? I’ve thought about doing one here in Colorado.

    And salmon cakes sound good; I’ve never made them, but I do like getting canned salmon when we can’t get fresh salmon in Colorado. 🙂

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  4. I love quick dinners like that! I feel like my meals are just some form of protein, a starch (brown rice, potato, sweet potato, etc) and then TONS of vegetables that I cook up in like 20-30 minutes…it’s the best!! Also, that coconut milk ice cream looks amazing. Gotta try it!

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