Last week was filled with lemon chia cake so it felt good to get back to more of a normal day of eating.
By the way thank you for all your feedback about the cake.
Laura made the cake into muffins using brown rice flour in the place of the millet and said the results were incredible! Lindsay said she used spelt flour in place of the millet flour for the 2 minute lemon chia cake and it worked beautifully. Lastly, Karina made the 2 minute sweet potato cake using pumpkin in place of the sweet potato and a combination of peanut + whole wheat flours in place of the coconut/millet flours — she also called her results incredible!
If I missed anyone let me know so I can share your results =)
Back on track and on to What I Ate Wednesday…
Bounce over to Jen’s blog to learn more about her WIAW party 
Breakfast started with 2 cups of coffee and so I was rather pleased after reading the latest on the benefits of drinking coffee.
If you haven’t heard, studies show that coffee drinkers have a reduced risk for getting type 2 diabetes. According to this article, people who drink 4 + cups of coffee daily have a 50% lower risk of the disease. It goes on to say that for each cup of coffee beyond 4 cups brings another decrease in risk of almost 7%.
While I would love to drink 4 cups of caffeinated coffee a day I’m not sure that my body would be okay with that… let’s just say I get the shakes when I’m on caffeine overload. I wonder if the benefits extend to decaf coffee? I usually drink a mix of half decaf/half regular coffee in the morning.
Back to breakfast… I ate half of a baked acorn squash…
…topped with peanut flour + cinnamon + maple syrup.
Snack
Greek yogurt + coconut flour + almonds.
Lunch
Salad with baked cauliflower + shredded carrots + hummus + cranberry dressing.
Other snacks not pictured = almonds, granola bar
Dinner
Tacos with grilled Portobello mushrooms + peppers + avocado + homemade pico-de-gallo.
And this cabbage salad with brown rice + corn + homemade pico-de-gallo + cilantro dressing.
The cabbage salad was put together rather quickly using the ingredients set out for the tacos. It wasn’t a planned part of the dinner but I was really happy with how it turned out — definitely will make it again!
♥ Lisa
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Love a pro coffee study too and can’t stand the coffee haters (we know it’s acidic but it’s soooo good). Cabbage, I have to do more I use for tacos but also saw an Ina recipe I want to try. Hmn.
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i love cabbage salad! i mix mine with lime juice, salt and pepper. so simple and so delicious! definitely going to need to start adding cilantro now!
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Some lime juice would have been perfect!!
I am so pleased to hear about the benefits of coffee… I drink it every.single.morning and even if it was bad for me, I probably would still enjoy it! But yay, it’s not
Great looking eats too, I should try and have squash for breakfast for, I always think of it as a dinner item
Tessa @ Amazing Asset recently posted..WIAW- Enough With The Hesitations Edition
I haven’t been drinking coffee lately because I want to start sleeping better… but those studies are making me reconsider!
Your portabello tacos look awesome!
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I’m w/ you on that… I don’t drink caffeinated coffee in the afternoon/evening or else I can’t fall asleep.
Just a morning thing!!
Never think of having squash for breakfast…that said roasted squash (butternut is my favourite) is simple irresistable! It usually doens’t last too long once taken from the oven!
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Greek yogurt, coconut flour, and almonds sound like such a great combo. I love how coconut flour changes the consistency of yogurt so much! And yay for squash for breakfast! I love me some kabocha in the am
Have a great Wednesday!!
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I have tacos on my meal planner this week and I just might have to use mushrooms! Love mushrooms!
I would not have thought of squash for breakfast, but that sounds great actually. Loving both salads. I need to get to the grocery store so badly.
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I literally work up this morning thinking “Man, I kind of want some vegetables for breakfast… but is that weird? Maybe I should just eat yogurt.” Now I’m looking at your breakfast and I’m totally jealous! haha
Also, I’m going to go get myself some more coffee… now that I know it’s so good for me
hehe
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Another fabulous day of eats!
I love your tacos..what a great idea to add mushrooms. YUM!
I am glad to hear about the benefits of drinking coffee as well..gotta have it! I am on cup #2 as we speak.
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I’m not a huge coffee drinker. Never got into the habit of it because I never liked it too much. I like espresso and will have that from time to time!
Your eats looks great like usual!
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I love the idea of eating a baked squash for breakfast! Not sure why I’ve never tried it…
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Those tacos look fantastic. I have a mushroom loving house so I will have to spring these on them sometime.
I heard about the coffee report, but I wondered how many people would read that and then think it was okay to douse the coffee with creamer, sugar, and other additives and still be ok.
I think 4 cups tends to be A LOT of coffee.
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Those lemon chia muffs were off the chain. I gave one to my mom and she couldn’t eat it fast enough!
Love that you ate squash for breakfast. Our stomachs may have been separated at birth.
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So excited for taco night tonight! I love tacos, taco salad, it’s all delicious!
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Bring on the coffee!!! (I drink two cups when I get to work in the morning) Do you have an orange tree in your yard? OOOH! (or is it one of the indoor types) Either way, makes a lovely backdrop to your photos. Have a great day Lisa!!!!!
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all your food always looks so fresh and delicious!
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Such vibrant colors in your eats, yum! I can’t tolerate coffee well either. If I had 4 cups I would be zinging and running to the bathroom lol Still need to try one of your cakes!
mm i love the tacos. whenever i have guests over, its my favorite thing to make for ppl b/c it can suit any type of eater, even healthy vegan GF people like me! and i eat cabbage for dinner every night! except i cook mine on the stove. oh yea, and raw sauerkraut. i think cabbage is awesome!
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i’d totally eat squash for breakfast, i eat sweet potato all the time. And i’ve been switching to chai tea and decaf coffee. I love the hot cup in my hands. I wish i could drink 4 cups of coffee, but then sleep would not exist, yes? haha.
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Yes, a huge part of why I love coffee is the hot cup in my hands! I would love to switch completely to tea but I love the taste of coffee so much =)
I love Trader Joe’s Cilantro dressing!
That homemade pico looks pretty darn good! I love adding avocado to my tacos.. well and just about everything else!
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oh my gosh that squash breakfast looks DELISH! :]
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The tacos look delicious! I love your idea of using mushrooms instead of meat!
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Lisa: here’s an Ayurvedic perspective on coffee. Dr Douillard is a great DC/Ayurvedic Dr in Boulder, Co.
http://www.lifespa.com/article.aspx?art_id=163
Great article! It’s always good to weigh the positives and the negatives =)
Oh, and the food looks wonderful! I’ll have to try the peanut flour on my squash next time! Thanks for the great ideas. I’m a throw together cook, and it’s amazing how the throw togethers are too similiar day after day. Thank heaven for winter food, and summer food!
I love that you mentioned POSITIVE benefits of caffeine– there is SO much negative info out there about it nowadays that people make me feel nothing but guilt when I tell them that I haven’t booted the heavenly pick-me-up drink from my diet.
When push comes to shove, I don’t think I ever would
I love it too much!
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I too just heard that about coffee, and loved that because I am quite the coffee drinker. I have always heard mixed things about drinking coffee so I love when I hear healthy benefits of my habit!
That squash looked so amazing, I think I will have to give that a try sometime! All of your days dishes looked delicious! That’s what I love about WIAW, gives me so many great ideas for new recipes!
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What a great WIAW
I still really need to try the greek yogurt with coconut flour thing!
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So I finally made your lemon chia cake a few days ago…Yum! And, so easy too
Those mushroom tacos are calling out my name right now! Oh, and I recently read an article about decaf being good for you too due tot he high level of caffeic acid I believe {which is different from caffeine}. I do the same thing as you-half regular/half decaf. I find that when I do pure caffeinated coffee I don’t sleep as well at night.
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So many great eats!
I’ve never had coconut flour before but it sounds great!
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