I don’t know about you – but there is just something so wonderful about starting your work week off with a healthy breakfast! 
The way I chose to start things off?
1 serving of frozen pineapple, 1 serving frozen strawberries, 8oz of water, and a Chocolate Amazing Grass packet!
Might not be as pretty as a GREEN smoothie – but I assure you – it was delicious (and nutritious AND low in calories!)
While I did actually go grocery shopping two weeks in a row (woohoo, go me!) – I’ve been working on cleaning out our freezer, so I opted for a Trader Joe’s Reduced Guilt Roasted Vegetable Cous Cous frozen meal for lunch.
Trader Joe’s FAIL! 
This was a very gag-y dish. 
Yuck, yuck, yuck. Usually I have no problem with frozen veggies/meals – but this one was terrible. I picked around what I could, but I would NEVER buy this again! 
No sweat though, I had these sweet little treats to tide me over! 
I really wish cherry tomatoes were in season all year. They are one of my all time favorite BITE SIZE snacks that are portable AND good for you!
More mid-day snackage (yeah, I used that word) due to me not really eating all of my lunch…
Snyder Pumpernickel & Onion Pretzel Sticks & Puffed Pita (can’t remember the brand, I’ll share with you tomorrow!)! 
Just before leaving work – an apple with some Naturally More!
My evening involved – a walk to the grocery store, chowing down on some of these so that I wasn’t starving during P90X…
…whipping together some of these…
…and 2 hours of trashy television! While I heart Roberto, I’m officially Team Chris. I LOVE HIM!
Question for you – I’ve been responding to your comments within the comments section (as opposed to via e-mail). The plug-in I have is SUPPOSED to be sending you emails telling you another comment has been made. Have you guys been getting e-mails?
I really don’t want people thinking I’m not responding! 
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first off: those stuffed Cubanelles look A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. I prefer to see some meat in them thought
secondly: I almost bought that exact TJ’s boxed meal last Friday. I’m glad I didn’t! Thanks for the honest report on it.
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allijag Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Seriously – I had high hopes and it was NASTY NASTY NASTY!
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By Alicia at Poise in Parma on 07.27.10 4:40 pm | Permalink
I don’t think I’ve gotten an email response to comments, though I’ve seen that you’ve responded on the blog. I’ve been having the same problem with blog too, grrr…
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allijag Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
I just tried downloaded another plug-in – did you get an email this time?
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By sweetersalt on 07.27.10 4:42 pm | Permalink
I didn’t think the day would come that TJs would have a bad product. Thanks for the warning…and for getting me addicted to those pumpernickel pretzels.
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By Mama Pea on 07.27.10 5:26 pm | Permalink
I didn’t get an email when I referred to you throwing Mario in the pool.
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By Meri on 07.27.10 5:27 pm | Permalink
Something about Amazing Grass is a total gag-fest for me… blech! I would like the rest of your smoothie though
I can never bring myself to buy frozen dinner because I am so afraid of not liking them!
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By Errign on 07.27.10 5:42 pm | Permalink
ooooh I love that breakfast smoothie!!!!
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By Lisa (bakebikeblog) on 07.27.10 6:15 pm | Permalink
Now *I* have a question – could you maybe, pretty please, explain to me sometime how you got that plugin? I’m blog challenged
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By emily on 07.27.10 9:53 pm | Permalink
I’ve gotten emails from you before when you’ve responded to some of my comments, so it works for me!
And I could not agree with you more on that TJ’s dinner…it was nasty when I tried it too!
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By Heather on 07.28.10 2:07 am | Permalink
Sorry the TJ frozen meal didn’t turn out – I always keep Hormel chili in my desk drawer as a back up if something doesn’t work out – of course, splashed with Tabasco!
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By Biz on 07.28.10 8:39 am | Permalink
Roberto is certainly a cutie and a romantic, but I’m Team Chris all the way! I really hope the trashy mags are wrong and she didn’t leave single. Can’t wait for Monday!
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By Bite Buff on 07.28.10 9:10 am | Permalink
If you’ve responded to me, no email. Awww boo
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By Andrea (Off Her Cork) on 07.28.10 9:51 am | Permalink
I tried the Trader Joe’s couscous as well and was unimpressed. It’s a trade off I guess. I knew I could make it myself, but the convenience of it was nice. Actually, I dont think I’ve ever had much success with Trader Joe’s microwavable meals.
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By Alex @ IEatAsphalt on 07.28.10 11:30 am | Permalink
Such a bummer about a TJ’s fail! I’ve experienced a TJ’s fail with one of their frozen chinese chicken meals. The chicken was OFF. Something was not right about it.
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By Jenna on 07.28.10 1:49 pm | Permalink
TJ’s frozen dins are such a gamble. Yours looked promising! Your smoothie looked so refreshing.
Oh, one thing I was going to say — the RSS feed for your site doesn’t really exist, so Google makes its own based on when you update. I read all blogs through a reader since I’m occasionally at work and… yeah, best to read it through a reader. Should be a pretty easy fix, you might want to look into it?
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By Nellie on 07.28.10 2:52 pm | Permalink
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