Dempster's Giveaway!

I must admit that I was disappointed that the Biggest Loser was on from 9-11pm last night as it made for a late bedtime. My hubby suggested I go to bed at 10:30, but I informed him that the last ½ hour was the best part of the show!! :) At least it was a good one….Go Tara!!!

Needless to say, getting up this morning was a struggle! I made a nice, quick “back to basics” bowl of oats!

-1 cup water
-1/2 cup Old Wessex 5 Grain cereal
-blueberries
-cinnamon
-splash of cinnamon bun coffee creamer
-Sahale Snack mix-walnut (the end of the bag)
This was delicious. I’m sure the fact that it tasted like dessert helped matters! :)

March seems to be the month for contests on Krista’s Kravings!!! Dempsters was kind enough to send me some coupons for a giveaway! Two lucky Canadians will have the chance to win 2 coupons to try Dempsters new pro cardio line of bread and fresh squares for FREE!!!!
Here’s what you have to do to enter…

1) Check out Dempsters website and let me know in the comments below which product you most want to try.
2) Please link back to this post on your blog and let me know that you did in your comment.

That’s all!! Please make sure to let me know in the comment that you are Canadian as the coupons are good in Canada only!!! The contest will be open until Friday at midnight EST. I will use a random number generator to pick the winning numbers and announce the names in my post on Saturday! Happy bread browsing!!!

My daily dose of Parnoosh dates...

I had a few errands to run over my lunch hour so no sweat fest for me today. I think my legs will be happy to have had the break. They’ve been achy this week for some reason! I ate some pineapple before I left;

One of the stores I stopped at was the one called Fresh Market that I’m always raving about. They don’t have a website or I’d link to it. Anyways, they had loads of bananas reduced to clear today so I went a bit wild. Actually, I would’ve gone all out wild if I could’ve fit more into my basket!!
They had bundles of 5-7 naners for $0.79 and I ended up with $4.74 worth. That’s 33 bananas for $.014/ea folks! SCORE! I’ll keep some out for baking and the rest will be peeled, broken into chunks and popped into the freezer for later use. Ahhhh…cheap food makes me happy! :)

I had enough time to go home and whiz up a green monster for my lunch. I made sure to put extra stuff in it to help tide me over longer than a regular one would.
This beauty has kale, spinach, 4 big strawberries, mango, ½ cup silken tofu, 1 tbsp flax seed and water in it. Oh, yeah…that’s what I’m talking about! And it kept me full much longer than I anticipated!

Just before leaving work I ate the last piece of Sweet Potato Oatmeal Bread to tide me over until I got dinner on the table;
I got to come straight home after picking the kids up from the sitter’s. Amen! I had pulled out a smallish pork tenderloin this morning so I made a “kitchen sink” chili with it. Here’s what went into the pot;

-pork tenderloin (obv)

-carrots

-celery

-onion
-green pepper

-chicken stock

-19oz can diced tomatoes with garlic

-can white kidney beans

-cumin, coriander, turmeric, cinnamon, salt, pepper

-garlic & ginger

I didn't really measure anything, it just all got tossed into the pot! First I browned the meat, then I took it out of the pot and cooked the veggies for about 10 mins...until soft. After that the meat and the rest of the items went in the pot. After it started boiling, I turned it to low and let it simmer for about 20 minutes. I served mine with a dollop of plain yogurt on top.
Yes, I mix everything up after I take the picture! This chili was great! Both the kids really enjoyed it, too. I put some aside for lunch tomorrow and I think my hubby will be pleased to have this for his dinner at work tomorrow.

While the chili was doing it's thing on the stove, DD and I got busy making Erica's pineapple cupcakes. There's no photos yet as they are still naked! Once they cool completely, I'll be topping them with the rainbow chip icing that DD picked out. I did let the kids each have one for their sweet end and they both loved them! The bake sale is tomorrow so I will take some picture's of all the goodies to post!

Well, it's that time where homework needs to be done and lunches made! Not sure what else is on the agenda for the night. I don't think there's much on TV tonight so I may get tuck in with my book. Catch you all tomorrow!!

Bye for now!