Cross Border Groceries

I spent a good hour out on my front porch leafing through a magazine last night. Oh, how long I have waited for that?! It was fabulous! Good thing I took advantage of the glorious weather because the rain is back again today. Here’s my eats!

-1 cup water
-1/3 cup oat bran
-banana
-raisins
-cinnamon
-cinnamon honey
This was simple yet really good! I love the way the honey gets all liquidy and coats the whole bowl with flavour! I filled my travel mug with a flavour of TAZO tea that I've never had before....Lotus! This was courtesy of Mara and I loved it.

I spent the morning elbow deep in keypunching so it went by pretty quick. I made myself a latte from the office machine to go along with my dates. I was feeling the need for something warm and cozy!
I got some more magazine time in on the bike again today. I also did 3 set of 10 (girly) push ups as per the BBBC. I still have to get at today’s leg lifts but I figure they’ll be perfect for commercial breaks during the Biggest Loser later on! Here’s my stats!

Time: 50 minutes
Avg Hr: 125
Max Hr: 137
Calories Burned: 286

For lunch I warmed up a serving of vegan chili which I then topped with plain NF yogurt.
Man, oh man I love this stuff! I followed this up with a 1/2 a piece of sweet potato bread....
Before I left I broke into my fruit salad. This had strawberries, grapes and an orange. This is a combination that I’m partial to!
I didn't end up eating all of it, though!! I've got the rest saved for tomorrow. I'm sure there will be something else added to it by then! :)

A lady I work with has a good friend that is in the process of moving from Michigan to Ontario. Over the weekend his pantry got cleaned out and was very thoughtfully given to me! Hell, yeah!!! There was SO much....

Assorted boxes of pasta, 3 boxes of popcorn, granola bars, spices galore and a special delivery of Panera's Asiago cheese bread.
Muffin mix, 4 boxes of couscous, 3 boxes of Shake and Bake, Hamburger Helper x 2, Chicken helper, taco filling, pilaf, beans x 2, refried beans....
Oats, A1 marinade, jams, extracts, seasoning mix packets, salad dressing, tuna, evaporated milk, TJ's Cuban simmer sauce, yeast, muffin liners...
How freakin lucky am I??? Thanks, Mr. C!!! This is especially great because some of the items are not available in Canada and others are such that I wouldn't normally buy. Any suggestions on how to use this wonderful sounding stuff? I've never heard of it before!
Of course I put some of the goods to use at dinner tonight! I had pulled out a pork tenderloin for dinner so I cut it into "chops"and used a packet of Shake and Bake on it.
I also heated up a can of Bush's beans....the bacon maple ones.
With that I made roasted potatoes and sweet potatoes and sauteed kale.
DD got it right when she looked at my plate and exclaimed how colourful it looked! This was one spectacular meal! I bet its been a good 10 years since I've had shake n bake and almost as long since I've had beans, too! For a sweet end I split this marvelous wonder with DD...
Another treat from Mara! It was quite like a Turtle only bigger! Oh, I've been spoiled this week!!
Before you shut down for the night, might I suggest that you cruise on over to visit Gina??? She's got a great vegan recipe book give away going on over there!!

Bye for now!!