Inauguration Day Eats!

I haven't been so proud to be an American in a really long time. I don't want to get into politics on here (especially considering that I'm not of voting age), but I know that today is the start of a lot of positive change! It felt really surreal to watch the inauguration on TV. I mean, I've been hearing about it for weeks, but now it's actually happened right in my neighborhood district! I have been on the mall, to the White House, the capital, everywhere on TV today. A historic president was sworn in, in the city I'm so familiar with. Amazing. Obama's speech was really moving, yes? And I was very happy to see Yo Yo Ma. He's my future husband too. I think I've lost count of how many I have.

Anyhow, breakfast was a slice of yesterday's banana bread, which is good cold also. Also an apple, yogurt and pumpkin choco chip oats! I put a handful of chips in before I poured my oatmeal in so every so often I got a big spoon of chocolate.

I made my lunch after Obama's speech. I really wanted something patriotic but I didn't have any red, white or blue food :[ So I settled for a hummus and pesto "pizza", since I really like that combo. I spread a couple tbs of each on a sandwich thin and topped it with black olives and spinach.

I had it with a Trek Mix bar, carrots (I would've had an apple but we only had green ones) and a Nature's Promise yogurt. I actually changed my mind and had strawberry, because it's red!

I had to eat dinner on the way to therapy, from my cello lesson. I was kind of just throwing stuff together in the skillet and I created chickpea, spinach, and feta couscous! My food has had a Meditterenean swing to it today. Anyhow, I combined these ingredients in the skillet with 1 tbs of EVOO:

1. 3 tbs-ish cous cous
2. 1/2 c chickpeas
3. 1/2 plum tomato, chopped
4. 3 black olives
5. 1 1/2 c spinach

I cooked them until the spinach was wilted and the tomato was soft-ish. Then I then I stirred in 1/4 cup feta and let it melt. I enjoyed this with some PB puffins!
For my night time snack, I tried to make Amazing Basic Pudding from CCV. It didn't work. I brought the agar, milk, and salt to a boil, then turned it down and let it simmer. I ended up letting it simmer for about 10 minutes because those pesky agar flakes wouldn't dissolve! I gave up and poured it into a tupperware container, then stuck it in the fridge for an hour or so. When I looked at it again, it was the consistancy of tofu, or maybe jello? Is it supposed to look like this and this stage? I put it in a bowl with a couple tbs of soymilk, 2/3 c pumpkin, brown sugar and spices. I didn't want to get out my blender so I just used an electric mixer to mix everything together.
It tastes great, don't get me wrong. But it's chunky, and there's no way I can convince myself that I'm eating pudding! Is the problem just that I didn't use a blender? Help me!

Back to school tomorrow. Boooo. I only have one exam, Spanish, so I get to come in two hours later than usual. Hope you all had wonderful Tuesdays!