A Yummy Post

Hi everybody!! I’m starting this post out with some promised food porn in the form of Beadie’s brownies that I made last night! If you’ll recall, my camera ate most of the ones I took yesterday!
Oh, yeah! See how fudgy these babies are?

I accomplished 2 things with my breakfast today that I’ve been meaning to do – using my immersion blender and tofu. The results were spectacular, if I do say so myself!

Cream of Wheat with Tofu

-1/2 cup unsweetened almond breeze
-1/4 cup water
-1/4 cup soft tofu
-cinnamon
-3 Tbsp cream of wheat
-1 Tbsp raisins
-1 Tbsp SF maple syrup

*Combine first 4 ingredients in a small pot and blend until nice and frothy
*bring to a boil and add 3 Tbsp of cream of wheat, whisking until smooth and creamy
*cook for about 3 mins
*at the end stir in maple syrup and raisins

I loved everything about this bowl. It was super creamy and thick and I was good and full by the end of it! The tofu didn’t change the taste any, but added a silkiness to the cream of wheat that I really enjoyed! I’ll be trying this method out with my oats, too!

When breakfast was done, I parked my rear in front of the computer to get some blog reading done. While at this I sipped on a hazelnut chocolate tea that DS was super sweet enough to make and bring to me in bed! That kid can be so sweet! :) Next came vacuuming. Fun times, I know, but with 3 cats it has got to be done! Next on the list was kitchen clean up. Then I sat down with a coffee and 3 medjool dates and watched some Food TV.
By noon I decided I’d better hit the shower because I had some errands to run before DD got home at 1pm. I scored some REAL blood oranges at one of the stores I had to go to.
I’m pretty sure the colour of the peel says it all! I was just starting to get hungry at 1pm….go breakfast!! I wasn’t really sure what I wanted so I decided to make a plate full of bright hues a la Sharon @ Snippets & Bites. She always has the most amazing display of vibrant food on her site!
Here we have some tri coloured bell peppers, Sabra jalapeno hummus, a flatout wrap which is filled with a ¼ cup of egg beaters, more hummus and a Laughing Cow cheese wedge, and a blood orange to seal the deal! This lunch did a great job of filling me up and I thoroughly enjoyed the blood orange!

Look here at who all decided to be sleeping buddies!
Normally, these 2 are fighting constantly so I had to get photo proof that they actually do get along! :)

Here’s another contest alert!! Leah over at Simply Fabulous Now is hosting a **Trek bar** give away! Too cool! Check it out!

DS had hockey practice at 3pm so I let DD have a friend over for the afternoon. They had a good time and kept themselves busy playing board games. I knew I was making a pot of chili for dinner so I got to work on a batch of biscuits to go with it. I got the recipe out of this book (it's where my breakfast recipe came from, too!)….
These were really easy to do. The ingredients included 1.5 cups all purpose flour, 1/4 cup oats, 2 Tbsp WW flour, 1/4 cup butter, 4 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 cup soft tofu, 2/3 cup milk (I used unsweetened almond breeze). Here they are straight out of the oven;
While the biscuits were baking, I snacked on this juicy red pear...
Like I said before, dinner tonight was a big ole pot of chili. I combined extra lean ground beef, onion, peppers, carrots,celery, black beans, kidney beans, can of diced tomato, can tomato sauce, 1 Tbsp of each dried oregano, basil, chili powder, cumin, coriander, 1 tsp salt & pepper. Here's all the veg that went in...
The picture is missing the 28oz can of diced tomatoes. Bubbling on the stove top...
All together now! :)
Dessert was one brownie, then I got the heck out of the kitchen! It's 6pm where I am and the sun is just starting to set! It was nice not to have to use my flash for my dinner pic's! It was cold out today, but that sun makes a world of difference!
Please check back in tomorrow because I have my own GREAT give away announcement….a Krista’s Kraving’s first…and it’s gonna be a good one full of treats! I hope everybody had a marvelous Saturday! I'm going to shut the computer down and go enjoy the rest of the daylight. There may be a movie or 2 in my very near future, as well! I'll "see" you all tomorrow for a very fun filled post! Ohhh....I'm SO excited!! :)

Bye for now!!