Well my friends, I think my taste buds are officially making a comeback! Slowly but surely, some of my favorites are tasting good to me again. Don’t ask me to eat broccoli or a spoonful of peanut butter quite yet, but we’re making progress folks. 
Below are my eats from yesterday (Tuesday) that actually look fairly normal despite the lack of veggies and the smaller “meals”. I’ve noticed that not only do I need to eat more often to keep my morning sickness away, but I also get full pretty easily. Hence the small “meals”…
meal #1
Meal #1 aka breakfast was half bran flakes and half Grape Nuts sprinkled with chia seed and topped with sliced strawberries all covered in milk. This has pretty much been my “go-to” breakfast the last couple weeks – easy to prepare, healthy, and delicious.
meal #2
I had a slice of wheat toast topped with a thin smear of peanut butter (gasp!) and strawberry preserves. I wanted to try a little peanut butter for the extra protein and fats, and I did pretty good with it since I disguised it with strawberry preserves.
[Ugh, terrible photo! Just lazy – no other excuses!]
meal #3
Roasted sweet potatoes with a chickpea burger all dipped in ketchup. This has been a favorite of mine recently (hence the recycled photo).
meal #4
I realized I needed some more protein, so a couple hours later I grabbed a Simply Bar from the box that they generously sent me to try out! I wasn’t sure how I would like the Cocoa Raspberry considering I’ve never been much of a fan of the fruit + chocolate thing. This flavor wasn’t my favorite but I still enjoyed it! I am loving The Simply Bar as a whole so far though. A few of their flavors I’ve fallen in love with, and I fully support what their company is all about.
drink break
Of course I wouldn’t call this a “meal”, but I had to include it! I had to go run a few errands for the birthday boy (my hubby’s birthday is on Friday), so I stopped and treated myself to a Starbucks Decaf Iced Americano with skim milk and one pump of pumpkin spice. It hit the spot!
meal #5
I bought a new-to-me brand of almond butter, Kettle Brand, I found while at the grocery store picking up a few other things. It was fairly inexpensive, and for whatever reason almond butter sounded good to me. I had a couple scoops when I got home and loved it!
meal #6
Apparently my pumpkin spiced drink from Starbucks sparked a pumpkin desire in me for the rest of the night… I did breakfast for dinner and made it simple with waffles, but not just any waffles – pumpkin waffles of course! I topped mine with some almond butter and a drizzle of maple syrup. It tasted great, but my tummy wasn’t so happy afterward. Who knows why. It has a mind of its own these days.
meal #7
This next “meal” also revolved around pumpkin. Are you surprised? I know I needed something protein filled but was feeling something “carb-y”, so I went with STUFT Mama’s Protein Packed Pumpkin Muffin topped with some more almond butter. (I’m tellin’ ya, this stuff is good!) I only got about 1/3 way through it before calling it quits though. It tasted good, but I got full super easily and was ready to be done.
Soon after that, I hit the hay! I’m happy I’ve been able to incorporate more foods into my diet the last few days. Slowly but surely my taste buds are making a comeback!
Questions:
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What is your favorite drink to get at Starbucks?
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Ever tried The Simply Bar products?
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Have you gotten into a pumpkin kick yet?
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Yay for liking food again! I bought the Kettle Brand of almond butter a few weeks ago and I was NOT a fan. Maybe those pregnancy hormones are making you think it’s good when it’s not.
Whaaaaat?! Why didn’t you like it?
Haven’t gotten into that pumpkin mode yet, but I’ll be excited to start having more pumpkin again!
I like the Kettle brand almond butter too! That was the first kind I ever got way back in the day! lol.. I have been loving me some pumpkin lately too. I’m so glad that you are able to eat more foods!! Isn’t the Simply Bar so incredibly good?? I love the chocolate pb! I am going through withdrawals without any bars in the house!
My neighbourhood bulk health food store carries THE best almond butter. And it’s totally inexpensive. Picking up pumpkin for the first time this season today!! There are SOOO many recipes that I want to try! Still trying to find a favourite Starbucks drink, but a decaf soy pumpking spiced latte is sounding pretty fabulous right about now!
Glad your stomach is feeling better! And the little prune (prune-sized this week right??) is going to thank you for the healthy choices for sure!
Im so glad your taste buds are returning already! Yay! I love the simply bar. I bought a box a couple weeks ago at a gluten free expo which had a variety of flavors and I love them. They are actually a staple in my purse now so when I get low blood sugar a can grab a couple bites of this bar, life saver!! I love the chocolate peanut butter kind. And I must say you have a nice variety of food for having morning sickness, despite lack of veggies but that will come back
Thanks! Yes, my diet is slowly but surely having more variety to it!
I love all the pumpkin in here! Those waffles look amazing and I’m going to look up stuft mamas muffin now! Pumpkin coffee has a been a staple for me this week! Glad to hear you’re starting to feel a bit better!
Yes I am ready for pumpkin stuff! wOOt Favorite Starbucks drink is nonfat venti latte with two raw sugars. Have not tried simply bar products but I will look for them on my grocery shelf. Have a great day.
That cereal combo sounds delicious! I love fresh strawberries on my cereal!
Aaaand now I want waffles for dinner tonight.
Or for lunch
DO IT!
I bet you never would have imagined barely being able to choke down peanut butter! It’s so crazy what our bodies do! I’ve actually never tried the Simply Bar but i’m a bar-fanatic so I’ll have to get on that.
Meal #3 looks soooo good to me right now…at 8:30am.
Nope, wouldn’t have ever guessed I’d have that problem! Haha!
My favorite Starbucks drink is of course the pumpin spice latte! I haven’t gotten one yet this season (needs to change!) but I am counting down the minutes. Hopefully this weekend!
I can’t wait to get one when it cools off a little too!
Pumpkin EVERYTHING!
Pumpkin Pancakes, Pumpkin Whole Wheat Bran Muffins, Pumpkin Greek Yogurt w/Cinnamon Roasted Almonds…..I put it on my toast w/cinnamon….it’s good on everything! I really want to make a savory dish with it though.
I love pumpkin everything too!
I haven’t had much pumpkin yet, but I will be having some tonight
I’m still in a zucchini phase as clearly shown in my WIAW 
but I’m ready to trade the zucchs for pumpkin and embrace fall 
I love your food ideas, meal # 7 sounds nice! Have to try that some time. Love, Leanne
Mmm that waffle looks SO good!! I cant resist the pumpkin spice from Starbucks these days!
I love that you included so much pumpkin into yesterday’s eats
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I haven’t started on the pumpkin yet, but when I do, it will be full force
I am happy to hear that you appetite is slowly coming back. I remember when I was pregnant with my daughter, most of my favorite foods seemed gross to me until the start of the 2nd trimester. My husband was worried when I turned down chocolate — but I made up for it later.
If it’s summer, then I am ordering an iced coffee at Starbucsk. If it’s fall/winter, I am sipping a White Chocolate Mocha. Of course, the closest Starbucks is 30 mins away, so I do not get to indulge to often.
I haven’t jumped on board with pumpkin yet… but that’s just cause I’m too lazy to go buy a can hahaha
Yay for being able to eat more!! And I am so jealous of these simply bars, but they use soy protein so I don’t thinky stomach would love it… Lol still tempted to try one.
I haven’t grabbed any pumpkin yet either, but I will soon. Your eats sound SO good–esp b/c it’s full of AB, and not PB. HAHA
I need to make the protein muffins–sounds good!
Haha! Yes, I thought you’d appreciate that!
Yay for food again! In each of my pregnancies, weeks 8-11 were the absolute worst for food and food aversions.
I think I had the worst from Weeks 6-8!
Mmm those sweet potatoes look perfectly roasted
I had an iced americano with 1 pump of pumpkin the other day, too!
that protein muffin looks so good! glad you are getting your appetite back.
I’ve tried a couple of the Simply bars – they’re pretty good! And you definitely can’t argue with the stats – awesome for a bar.
I haven’t picked up any pumpkin yet, but that may happen this weekend.
Agreed – love the stats on them!
Yay for you finally having some appetite!
You know I’m loving all the pumpkin you have going on in here! I’m definitely on the kick, already getting started on my Fall bucket list:)
My favourite drink is just a black Americano, I’m boring.
Yay for your tastebuds coming back! That pumpkin muffin looks epic!!! I know what I’m making a batch of tomorrow!
When you use pumpkin, if you don’t use the whole can, how do you store the rest of it?
I put it in an airtight tupperware and store it in the fridge.
Congrats on getting some of the hunger & tastebuds back! I’m fully on the pumpkin train. Once the temps dipped out of the 80′s here in the Midwest, pumpkin was fair game. I’ve been enjoying a black drip coffee with a shot of pumpkin syrup from SBux, delightful!
That waffle looks so delicious, makes me want to buy a wafflemaker! I haven’t had one in forever. Glad to hear your taste buds are making a come back!
Umm that waffle looks pretty delicious Ashley, I really need myself a waffle maker! No room in my house for it as of now, but in time once I have my own place, that is among the first appliances that will be stocked
Yay for peanut butter coming back (at least a tad), we cannot live without its tasty perfection status!
Oh yes, we use our’s quite regularly! We’re big waffle lovers around here!
I haven’t gotten into the pumpkin trend yet this year. In some ways, I’m sort of in denial that fall is even here (even though it’s been in the 40s in the mornings here this week… ugh!).
Why haven’t I thought of having the pumpkin spice syrup added to my cold coffee drinks. Such a great idea!!
I am definitely on a pumpkin kick. Love the stuff!!
Yum! Everything looks delicious! My favorite drink at Starbucks right now is a PSL, but I usually just like regular ol’ iced coffee!
Ooh! I’m glad to hear that you’re able to enjoy some of your favorite foods! “thin smear of pb…gasp” puahhahah! You had me laughing so hard
. I am very surprised indeed, my fellow nut butter lover 
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I’m totally on a pumpkin kick! And its still 100 degrees outside. Oh wells…just hope I won’t turn orange. Pumpkin and sweet potatoes have made their appearances in every single meal these last five days. And I LOVE TSB also! My fav flavor is the lemon coconut!
i have not yet done the pumpkin thing for fall. i also haven’t been to the grocery store in about a week, so that probably has something to do with it!!
I’m so into pumpkin lately too. Pumpkin waffles sound fantastic!