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When Life Hands You Lemons

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It’s been a packed (but great) day and I have to leave the house in exactly 15minutes to pick up the husband from a hospital shift so I’ll make this speedy.

Our last night of family time was a lot of fun.  We watched “Zombieland” which was actually pretty fantastic.  I did some pretty serious damage on these chips and salsa (2-2.5servings) before I told the husband to take them away from me.

Then I switched to a much more munchable baby carrots.

For breakfast the boys hit up McDonalds, I want to call their food greasy but it’s hard to judge when you ask for a diet coke before 10am.

I was starving so I made up 2packets of oats.

Mmmn!

We streeeeeeetched out our goodbyes but finally got on the road around 11, our trip was an easy 4hours.  When it was my turn to drive I ate a medium french fry from Wendys.

Really quick – the point of the vegan challenge is sooo not to eat french fries but my only options were fast food that I could eat while driving and I was starving.

I can’t even tell you how proud I am of the dinner I pulled together with our empty fridge.

It was so healthy and tasty, rocked my socks!

Quick quick – while the husband cooked some balsmatti rice I marinated 1/2 a package of chopped tempeh in apple cider vinegar and tamari.  Then I sautéed an onion on the stove, and added in a can of collard greens.  Finally I poured the tempeh and marinade into the skillet, added a pinch of cornstarch and cooked.  The bowls were rice, greens, tempeh, + your choice of seasonings.  I did a big dollop of chilli garlic paste.

Perfection!

I had to drop off the husband at his shift and then I did some restocking at the grocery store.  On my drive home I grabbed a  Simply Lemonade.

For $1.50 I was pretty darn impressed with this.

And it was the perfect match with the baking I did when I got home!

Lemon Poppyseed Cookies from Eat Drink and Be Vegan.

I had two and was, as usual, blown away by the awesomeness of the recipes in that book.  Sweet and tangy and yummy.

Now I’ve got to split, I hope y’all had a great weekend!!!

Deers Eat Oats, and Does Eat Oats, But Little Lambs Eat Ivy

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The boys stayed up past 4am last night playing video games and for some reason I thought it’d be a great idea to sit up with them.  Nooooooooooo.

Somehow I managed to drag myself out of bed for breakfast around 10.  I packed a packed of Apple and Cinnamon quick oats from home.

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this (Adam got the packet in a med school care package).  I wouldn’t go with added sugars and finer cut oats on a daily basis, but as a convenience item it was pretty tasty.

I also had a tropical fruit cup I found at the store last night.

There wasn’t a lot of fresh fruit available, we went at closing time, but the nutritional stats on this were pretty good.

Lunch was another marriage of home food and in-law food.  The banana and almond butter packet from home,

on a hamburger bun.

Yums.  I think this is a snack I will be repeating at home!

It’s nap time around the house now, but this afternoon we are going bowling!  I had hoped to get in a run while we were here but my left leg hurts so bad I can barely walk, what the hell is the deal?!?  Post-bowling we are going out to dinner, and I think the family consensus is Mexican, so we’ll have to see how many vegan choices I have.  See you in a while, crocodiles!

How do you make your oatmeal?  Microwave, stove top, quick oats, packets, overnight???  I do Old Fashioned Oats, but in the microwave or soaked overnight.

Tuesday Morning Live

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This weekend Adam finished off our jar of sun butter and I had to save it from the trash. 

You know what I had in mind for the remains –

Oats in a Jar!

Kath has talked about how OIAJ makes her think of JT’s “It’s my d*** in a box.”  But on the SNL front I think OIAJ fit better with another song.  I feel like they seem to give every blogger THIS reaction.  So of course I had to try them.

I cooked 1/3 cup oats with 1/3 cup water and a medium banana.  Then I topped my bowl jar off with a little bit of Crofter’s Superfruit Spread and Pb.

It was good, but not as **amazing** as some blogs have led me to believe.  To be fair, most bloggers save a serving or so of nut butter in the jar and I was using one Adam had scraped clean.  Plus I’m not in the best mood because I woke up still feeling sick and I’m a little annoyed.  I’d give the concept a solid A- though!

I’ve spent most of my morning working out issues with my application (still!) and I’m heading to campus for classes this afternoon.  Hopefully I’ll be feeling better as my OIAJ work their magic 🙂

Have you jumped on the OIAJ bandwagon yet? 

Chocolate Oats

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Ever since my lackluster bowl a week or so ago I’ve been dreaming of this breakfast –

Chocolate Overnight Oats!  Last night I combined 1/3 cup Skim Plus Chocolate Milk with 1/3 cup oats.  This morning I added in 1/3 cup plain fat free yogurt and 1/3 cup blueberries.  Finally, I added a tablespoon each toasted walnuts and cinnamon chips.

Too awesome!  This bowl made me happy x 10.

We almost never buy chocolate milk but Skim Plus tastes amazing and is a pretty healthy treat.

Today is going to be more busy than awesome.  I’ve got foot surgery follow-up at 10:10 and since it’s near school I’m going to eat lunch on campus.  Then I have class from 2 – 6:30 (there’s a two hour break in there but I packed work) before I come home and go to the gym.

P.S. Don’t forget to enter my Cedar’s giveaway.

More Nachos?

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My burnt nachos were fabulous, but I just couldn’t get the idea of gooey cheese out of my head….So I made a second (smaller!) plate; hello tummy-ache!  I regret nothing!* (*said with a French accent)

I did NOT however, make nachos for breakfast 🙂  Ever since my fabulous overnight nog oats last month I’ve been dreaming about new overnight bowls.  I finally decided that chocolate milk would be the way to go.

Sadly, I bought this for nutritional stats and the flavor was lacking. 

(sorry about the janky images, I’m not happy about using the husband’s laptop for blogging)  I’ll trade a few more calories for more chocolate flavor next time.  Maybe soy milk?  Breakfast was still ok though –

1/3 cup each Almond Breeze and oats were put in the fridge last night and this morning 1/3 cup each plain nonfat yogurt and blueberries were added.

The plan for today includes housework, schoolwork, and some tv watching.  I want to make a real dinner tonight (you know, like a wife) so I’m moving the gym trip to earlier this afternoon.  Happy Hump Day!

What is your favorite kind of flavored “milk?”  I’m a skim-cow’s kind of girl, but nothing can beat Silk Soy Nog.

Nog Makes It Nicer

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It’s Thursday, the week before Christmas break is almost complete!  I have a pt appointment this morning, which is why I’m actually awake for a change.  I don’t have much time though so breakfast was started last night – overnight oats.

  • 1/3 cup oatmeal and
  • 1/3 cup Silk soy nog were stirred together last night and put in a fridge
  • approx. 1/3 cup low fat plain yogurt and
  • dash nutmeg were stirred in this morning and
  • holiday sprinkles!

‘Twas festive and yummy.

I’ve got to scadaddle, have a great morning!

How do you make overnight oats?  Any fabulous mix in ideas?

Stuff

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Good Stuff

  • I woke up at 10 this morning and did some nice whole-body stretching
  • Then I finally finished unpacking, my house feels fresh again!
  • I think I did ok on my quiz and my test was handed back with a 94%

Work Stuff

  • I decided to add *flossing at least once a day* to my goals list, dental hygiene is very important to overall health and mine has been slacking
  • This weekend I need to read and take notes on chapters 7, 8, and 9

Food Stuff

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1/2 cup oatmeal topped with a splash of skim milk , 1t Crofter’s Superfruit Asia Spread, and a 1/4 cup of dried Goji berries.

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I haven’t had oatmeal in forever, and I really prefer it cooked with a banana, but it was a nice throwback.  The berries gave it a nice chew and I’m kind of in love with Crofter’s on anything.

1, 2, 3

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Good morning!  I need to start by going back to last night.  My husband love me very much, and is ok with the fact that he is my 3rd love.  So he delivered the first two to me last night.

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Devoured.  Also last night, I assembled these ingredients.

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Nonfat plain Fage, 1/4C oatmeal, 1T ground flax, a few unsweetened dried blueberries, and a sliced plum equaled this bowl of muesli this morning.

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The flavors were good but it was very thick, I don’t think I can do both flax and oats.

As soon as this post is up and I am dressed I am heading out to do some studying, see ya later!

What do you love?