What a weekend!! 
For once in a long time, I actually felt like I was able to enjoy a vacation… and it was so awesome! 
Now that blogging is my full-time job, I rarely take time off, but, sometimes, it’s nice to take a break– even though, I still posted photo recaps of my weekend with a total of 25 words! 
Breakfast
Mal, Murphy, and I spent the night at Fanny Farm with Dave and Marie and their puppies. We all slept-in and puttered around the house in our PJs before heading to breakfast at Bagels Plus in Acton. I ordered their grilled veggie sandwich with Swiss cheese on a toasted sunflower seed bagel.
Sunflower bagels rule. I had no idea how delicious they’d be. They’re similar to sesame seed bagels, but I guess I prefer the flavor and chewiness of the sunflower seeds over the sesame seeds.
Mmmmm! I can’t wait to replicate this sandwich at home! 
I also drank some iced coffee with breakfast.
Lunch
I have a crazy, crazy week ahead, so I spent 5 hours catching up/getting ahead on work for the week, so I never really ate a “real” lunch. Basically, I ended up snacking all afternoon long.
I started with a bowl of granola + Puffins and soy milk X 2.
Then munched on a TON of pitted dates.
And some walnuts. (These photos show just some of what I ate!)
I finished off my snack attacked with some pickles.
Dinner
For dinner, Mal and I headed to Milton Marketplace to grab dinner and a few groceries for the week.
On the menu tonight were Make-Your-Own-Salads. So fun!
Check out this salad bar!!! It seriously has everything– marinated tofu, Asian coleslaw, edamame, stuffed grapes leaves, sun-dried tomatoes, chickpea patties, falafel balls, hummus, buffalo chicken tenders, breaded artichoke hearts, every bean salad imaginable, and tons and tons of fresh fruits and veggies. I could have easily made a $20 salad with all of the different options.
The salad bar also had Cinnamon and Sugar Pita Chips, which I grabbed for dessert.
My salad:
My dessert:
Mal and I ate our salads while celebrating Sunday Movie Night. (We watched Duplicity with Julia Roberta and Clive Owen.) The Make-Your-Own-Salads were such a hit, we might add this meal to our weekly tradition.
I also enjoyed a few M&Ms while watching the movie.
I’m making overnight oats then reading in bed.
Hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!
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I’m glad you got some time off! I finally feel relaxed too. . . now back to the grind!
Wow… that salad bar is absolutely amazing!!!!
I’m glad you had a great holiday weekend and I actually liked the picture recaps over the weekend, It was short and sweet. That bagel breakfast sandwich looked pretty darn good and that salad bar. I don’t know if I could contain myself with all the choices.
That salad bar is AMAZING. I have never seen anything like it!
I’ve never seen that movie… but I hope it’s good… also I’m glad you had a vacation, but I’m also glad to see you back blogging.
Yummy…cinnamon and sugar pita chips sound delish.
ahhh bagels!! I worked there for over 4 years through high school and college!!
That looks like an awesome tradition!
Ohh i’ve never seen sunflower seed bagels – I’ll have to keep my eyes peeled for them!! They sound awesome.
I think Fresh City has cinnamon pita chips too…
Ahh cinnamon sugar pita chips sound SO good
WHOA that’s an awesome salad bar!!!! Dang, I can see how you could go a little overboard. I looked at the original Milton Markplace post- that place looks incredible! I could spend all day in there
That bagel sandwich looks delicious! Very fresh. I woke up this morning craving carbs and ended up inhaling a huge chunk of challah bread. Hey, it works!
Soo nice to have today off–glad you enjoyed it and took some time to recharge! =)
I love Sunday night traditions! Today realllly feels like a Sunday to me. I’m glad its only a 4day week!
I MUST try that bagel someday. I’m a sunflower seed fanatic. I’ve been munching on seeds after dinner all week long and I polished off a jar of sunflower seed butter in record time. I <3 sunflower seeds!!
Yay for a great weekend and some MUCH deserved time off!! U are my blogger inspiration and I know how hard it can be to disconnect; but I’m so glad u did
now back in action!!!
You definitely deserve some time off- especially on weekends when not many people are reading blogs anyway! See you tomorrow!
Holy CHEESE in that BAGEL! Holy SALAD! Ohhhhh, gosh. Your eats are amazing. I’m hungry now
I’m glad you had a good break – from work and from blogging! I hope it was very relaxing for you.
Wei-Wei
That is the biggest salad bar I have ever seen! My salad would be HUGE!
That veggie bagel looks AWESOME!! And so does that salad bar, wow! I <3 salad bars.
Jenn
Wow, I am loving your breakfast bagel!!
That is one awesome looking salad bar! I would go there every day!
OMG holy salad bar! I love the bagel sandwich too, can’t beat your great eats this weekend. Good for you in taking a break too, it is a holiday and all
That salad bar is no joke! Sorta what I imagine heaven to look like… lol
sounds like a fun day!
That salad bar looks like my heaven! And I def want a sunflower seed bagel now
That salad bar is intense!! How could you make a decision?!?
WOW – LOVE LOVE LOVE that salad bar!!!! It rocks!!!!
My weekend was just as relaxing. I didn’t pick up the computer until 5 o’clock Sunday night, which for me is unheard of. It is definitely nice to just enjoy life!
Your fantastic looking bagel sando reminds me of this fabulous bagel sandwich that I used to get a Finagle at Bagel when I worked at the Harvard University Box Office. I went to BU but hopped the red line to work at Harvard and it was a great way to get off my own campus and take in another. I don’t remember the details of my ever-so-amazing bagel (it’s 9 years and a lot of beers later)…but damn was it good.
I love your random snacks! Lol…and I’m all about the pickle love. I always seem to forget to buy them at the store, but truly, nothing makes you feel more refreshed than a crisp, crunchy pickle!
you deserve time off! your pictures from the Maine trip were amazing~
That looks like such an insanely delicious day to me! I wish we had a place like that make-your-own-salad place in my city in Australia… instead, I’ll just have to triple the amount of sugar and cinnamon in my oatmeal and pretend it’s a bowl of pita chips!
I need more pickles in my life. I always forget about how tasty they are!
Wow. That’s like, the holy grail of salad bars. After such a busy weekend, I think I might need a day-late Sunday night movie myself!
That bagel looks like it has SUCH good chew!!! Yum!
Sounds like you had an awesome weekend (and your pictures are proof!)! Glad you got to relax!
WOWZERS! That salad bar looks AMAZING!! Sounds like a fun new tradition. And i loved all your pics from this weekend. You guys had a fun relaxing time!
The breakfast sandwich looks delicious!! Gotta try! Have a great evening:)
I would love that salad bar. I have such a hard time limiting myself at salad bars with so many options.
Wow! That is my salad bar heaven right there!
HOLY COW…that salad bar looks heavenly!! I could easily make a $20 salad anytime I’m faced with one like that…I love my salads chock full ‘o goodies!
That bagel looked awesome too…never tried a sunflower bagel!
That is a very impressive salad bar! I wish I had one of those near me. I really enjoyed your photo recap of your weekend trip btw!
Your salad looks amazing. And you got to watch Clive Owen. That is a quality night right there.
That’s probably one of the best looking bagels I have ever seen! (I’m a bagel fiend. I could likely live off a bagels and that is it haha)
What a great looking salad bar! I am a fan too because you can choose anything you want!
That’s great you had a nice weekend!
Wow your weekend looked like it was fun with a bunch of good eats! That bagel looks really good and the salad bar looks amazing! I’ve never seen one so huge before! It must’ve been expensive though, but hey, sometimes it’s worth it
I want to move into that salad bar, permanently. Now if they only had peanut MnMs and Clive on the line too! Have a great night, Tina!!!
So happy for you that you had a nice break. Breaks are essential for our happiness
What a salad bar!!
what an amazing salad bar – when i went to wesleyan (back in 98) they boasted that we had the longest salad bar in new england – obviously that is no longer true!
Oh my gosh, THAT SALAD BAR!! Wowzers, I would have to have some serious self control to not eat my own weight there
Good on you for having a proper break – I think you deserved it!
Omg that salad bar is epic! All that choice, I wouldn’t know where to start! Your salad looks really good though.
I’m glad you enjoyed your break. The 2 posts with pics only in were great. You showed what you were doing whithout having to go into a full blown post.
Hope you are refreshed after your weekend away.
All of that food looks SO good. I’m jealous of that salad bar!!
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