5 layer morning.

After lunch yesterday, my sister and I went for a leisurely shopping trip to Whole Foods. 

As per usual I ended up bringing home way too much stuff.


For breakfast this morning I layered together several of the items I picked up at WF's.

5 layer breakfast bowl.

 First, I lined a bowl with seasoned rice.

Then a generous layer of vegan espresso black bean chili. I need to pause a moment on this chili. It was sublime. I had a hard time believing it was vegan. It was dark and rich and while you couldn't quite taste the coffee - it did add a depth of flavor that was very impressive.

On a breakfast note - although the taste of the coffee was very subtle - the aroma of coffee was pronounced - making it perfect breakfast food IMO.

Then a layer of guacamole, a layer of salsa, a dollop of Tofutti sour cream and a sprinkle of scallions (I didn't count the scallions as a layer since they are a garnish).

Heaven in a bowl.

And I had a mug of strong tea and an apple.

I do love the Honeycrisp apples.

Oh, and I did pick up my liquid version of crack:

This is not my favorite brand of tea but it does run a close second. It does brew a lovely, super strong mug of tea.

And one of the interesting things I picked up at the store which I will have to figure out a use for:

I love finding locally made products.


Happy Tuesday everyone!

Liquid lunch

I was out doing errands when I passed by here -

and realized a liquid lunch sounded like the perfect thing.

I got an original size berry upBEET with an added immunity boost.

A serving of veggies and 2 of servings of fruit in one cup!

I really liked the flavor of this smoothie. It was barely sweet at all with a nice tang - Perfection!

My DVD movie night was rescheduled for tonight so I stopped at my local market and picked up some things to bring tonight.

Movie munchies:

Guacamole, veggie chips and sorbet.

I couldn't pass up getting the sorbet - I was facinated with the ingredients:

I will let you know if it tastes as good as it sounds.

And I did treat myself to this for a snack:

This is my favorite yogurt brand. But, unfortunately, they are expensive so I usually only pick one up as a special treat.

It is almost time to head out - I hope everyone is having a fun Friday!!

Breakfast parfait

On my last trip to Target I picked up a very cute parfait glass.

So this morning I pulled out some leftover rice I had in the fridge and put it in a pot with some salsa and heated it on low.

The rice was the first layer of the parfait then a spoonful of black beans.

I mashed 1/2 an avocado with a spoonful of greek yogurt.

I have a bunch of cherry tomatoes to go through so I pan roasted some in a pan with olive oil.

The last of the beef went into a hot pan.

I topped the beef with cilantro and green onion.

And a big mug of coffee.

As far as savory breakfasts go this one was a winner.

And I really like the parfait glass because it is a great portion size. 

I am on a mission to find some Zout which is supposed to work wonders on stains.