Last week’s WIAW was such a popular post that I decided to link up again with Jenn and give another peek into my business travels eating lifestyle. While both a perk and a downside, when I travel I can only eat out. At first this is super exciting - you try tons of new restaurants and new local products - but sometimes you just want simple, easy, homecooked meals. Regardless, I sampled a bunch of new products this week - some hits and some misses!

On a totally random note - we found a place in San Francisco! I had been a bit terrified and intimidated by the Bay Area housing search leading up to last week, but we found an awesome place and sealed the deal on Sunday. I have to say that I’m super surprised that we landed something so fast and a place that we’re really excited about!

BREAKFAST

I picked up a green juice from Method Juice and sipped it as I drove to work. I drank about half, and am saving the rest for tomorrow! Once at work, I whipped up some oatmeal with almond milk, blueberries, and peanut butter in the microwave. Super simple, and coincidentally used a bunch of the items from the Essential Desk Pantry highlighted in yesterday’s post! Pro tip - nuke the blueberries for 30 seconds with the oatmeal. They become these deliciously tangy, sweet, and hot little bubbles of flavor!

COFFEE

I consider this it’s own meal since caffeinating is such a critical part of my day. Hah! Picked up some drip coffee on my way to the client site (“black, like my soul” I order. So witty over here at DCC). This coffee shop, Boots, serves really great vegan fare and treats. I think it also operates as a bar at night as well.

LUNCH

My lunch was mostly sourced from a ton of different local companies. Today I had a “beans and greens” soup from Main Market Co-Op (one of the Whole Foods-esque grocery stores I frequent up here in Spokane). Killer ingredient breakdown on this soup, no? And on the side - this is where it gets fun - some black pepper Mary’s Gone Crackers plus some Vegan Chao cheese from the Field Roast company, kale chips from Pacific Northwest Snack Company, and “Eastern European” sauerkraut from OlyKraut. This sauerkraut had cabbage, carrots, and some apples in it (supposedly - I couldn’t taste the apples). I think I like their original flavor better.

The soup? A+, can’t wait to recreate it here on the blog for you. Mary’s Gone Crackers? Also an A+ - love this brand. The vegan cheese satisfied my hankering for cheese/crackers, but it is by no means a sharp cheddar. And the kale chips were awesome! They tasted cheesy, even though they were totally dairy-free. The sauerkraut was actually not as tangy and sour as I like my ‘kraut, but I love getting in my probiotics. Overall, a very delicious lunch and a nice way to break up the day.

SNACK TIME

I picked up beverages for my team from the local Starbucks. Usually I go with the unsweetened iced green tea, but today I decided to throw it back to my childhood and get a half black tea/half passion iced team. I used to go to Starbucks all the time in middle school with my grungy friends and get a passion iced tea lemonade and one of those marshmallow bars! Such a nostalgic flavor to me.

DINNER

After a sweaty spin sesh at The Union (AWESOME class today) I sat down at Chipotle in all of my sweaty and nasty glory. That’s the thing about traveling for work. You suddenly have no shame wearing workout clothes and your fancy work ballet flats and being in public because you live in a hotel and you will never run into anyone you know. I had a salad with chicken, fajita veggies, corn, salsas, and guac.

DESSERT & WINE

I picked up some wine from the hotel bar before heading up to my room, and I love that they put plastic wrap over the glass so I don’t spill on myself in the elevator. I also had some unpictured chocolate for dessert! I purchase this chocolate in 40-calorie pre-packaged servings so I don’t scarf down a whole bar.

And that was my day! Back to work (and The Voice), friends! I have a breakfast date tomorrow with a colleague and I’ve got my eye on one of those acai parfaits again. Why do I always go to bed thinking about breakfast?!

Hi, friends! Happy Wednesday! Wanted to give you a peek into my daily eats as of yesterday and linking up with the rest of the WIAW-ers.. I am up in Spokane this week, so all of my meals were eaten out and I do get the luxury of having lots of options up here! Last time I did a WIAW I was working from home and my meals looked entirely different. Unfortunately you’ll notice that every meal I had was in front of my laptop. I’m going to try and work on that tomorrow.

Kicked off the day with an acai parfait (my new favorite breakfast) from Method Juice company. I asked them to blend additional fresh spinach into the acai puree for a vegetable boost (hence its unappealing greenish color). This one was topped with banana, hemp granola, and peanut butter. It felt like so. much. breakfast and I was stuffed until like 1:30pm. I’m already excited to get another one of these this week! I also made a beeline to Wake Up Call for some absolutely necessary coffee. I was up late working the night before and their drip coffee gave me a great buzz.

Around 1:30 I came up for air after developing powerpoint slide after powerpoint slide. We now are not allowed to eat in the conference rooms of the client site, so I awkwardly sit with the employees in the lunch room with my laptop out. Lunch was awesome! I’ve been all about having little bits of this and that for lunch. Here is about 1/3 of a filet of blackened salmon on top of some romaine, with some locally made “Spicy Pacific Northwest Hummus” (pretty much just normal hummus blended with something spicy) and Mary’s Gone Crackers. Great gluten free find, as recommended by one of my favorite blog readers! I also enjoyed some super crunchy and tangy sauerkraut (gotta get in those probiotics), and more caffeine in tea form.

I thought this picture looked funny of my serious hydration situation. Some might think I’m collecting recycling.

After a sweaty session on the treadmill, I walked myself to Mizuna, one of my FAVORITE restaurants in Spokane. It was actually started by a fellow food blogger - you can find her at Feasting at Home. They serve fantastic vegetarian and non-vegetarian fare. I opted for the Tofu and Shiitake Mushrooms Lettuce Wraps, which come with a lemongrass-ginger sauce. These usually come with field roast instead of tofu, but turns out field roast is not g-free, which is why I swapped! And I got broccoli rabe on the side, which was sauteed in something awesome that I couldn’t quite identify. I gobbled everything up and worked at the same time.

Ended the night with some unpictured mint dark chocolate and chamomile tea. Plus a long chat with my boyfriend followed by the voice. And because we’re in full disclosure mode, I ended up snacking on a protein bar after tossing and turning for about an hour and a half in my bed - my stomach was making all sorts of crazy noises and my heart was racing. As much as I hate eating at night, it helped quell everything that was going on and I snoozed shortly thereafter.

So that was my eating on Tuesday! I may repeat this exact same meal plan today (when you are reading this post). I’m a creature of habit!