my night in an instant

Do you ever have those nights where you can never just sit and relax? Yep, tonight was definitely one of those nights. Not that I'm really complaining... due to an unfortunate circumstance, my Wednesday class was cancelled, which meant I had a surprising free night!

But it wasn't really a free night... I still had a bit left to write for my paper...

And then of course there was dinner... it was a LEG day in the gym and after a short run once I got home, I was hungry!

I tried to make dinner simple for myself since I knew I had my paper to finish. Before my run, I took out frozen (wild) Alaskan Cod fillets (from Trader Joe's) and thawed the package in a bowl of warm water. Then, after my run, I left the fish to dry on a paper towel, and then baked in our toaster oven at 375 F for about 15-20 minutes. What you see on that piece of fish is an almond-meal crust... but it left something to be desired. The veggies on the side is a sweet potato, zucchini, and mushroom bake... leftovers from my Sunday prep night for the week.

After eating, I worked on my paper, sent it off for peer-editing, and then began work on MORE FOOD. 

Early in the week, usually during my normal prep night, I cook chicken breasts for J-Hay's salad lunches. We ran out today, so I needed some meat for the remaining two days. Enter leftover ground turkey. Idea sparked. 

                                           TURKEY MEATBALLS. 

I didn't have my official taste tester to try out my recipe (J-Hay was out with friends at a man's man's meat-fest... aka dinner at Fogo de Chao)... so the posting of the recipe will need to wait until tomorrow after it gets the seal of approval.

While the meatballs were baking, I set to work on chocolate truffles. It was a BIG day at work-- we finally reached a major milestone-- and so I want to bring in celebratory truffles for my project team tomorrow. I don't have any finished products to show you (the chocolate has to chill at least four hours) so I'll be up in the kitchen early to work on these bad boys.

Lastly, I prepped for tomorrow. 

I started with breakfast... nothing like overnight oats! Then, the last item on my to-do list was make lunches... salad with cod for me, salad with turkey meatballs for the man. 

Finally, I can relax a little bit... well just until tomorrow!

Stay hungry, my friends :)