Just What I Needed

Happy Sunday, everyone. I did a whole lot of nothing today which, as the title of this post indicates, was just what I needed. Looking back, the fam and I had quite a busy week which would explain my lack of motivation today. I can roll with that!

I made something for breakfast today that I’ve been wanting to try for a while but keep forgetting about….polenta.

• 1/2 USVAB/water
• 1/4 cup polenta (corn meal)
• cinnamon
• dried blueberries
• walnut pieces and cinnamon honey

Oh, my…was this ever good! I’ll be using polenta at breakfast time a lot more from now on.

After spending a few hours out at the farm this morning, we came home and got some lunch into us. I had an open can of chickpeas in the fridge which I mixed with some homemade marinara sauce and heated through. I served it up with a slice of toasted multi grain bread;

Then I smeared some cinnamon honey on a piece of banana butternut bread;

Don’t mind that little black dot! It’s a piece of nut…This is one tasty bread. It is very moist and dense and packs a great punch. I’m thinking of turning it into muffins next go around…

DD was invited to go to the movies to see “Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs” this afternoon so after lunch was done I drove her over to her friend’s place. Upon arriving home I made a coffee, plopped myself on the couch and dove into the third book I ordered from Amazon.ca which arrived in the mail on Friday;

WOOT!! Veganomicon!!! What a GREAT cookbook! I’ve tagged many a recipe to try over the next few weeks. If you have this book (and/or ED&BV), let me know in the comment section what your favourite recipes are!

Speaking of ED&BV, I did get off the couch long enough to bake these here cookies;

I was a tad worried at first because the dough was really dry, but they baked up great!

Of course I tried one three and loved how rich they are. I didn’t eat the 3 all at the same time…that would’ve been too much! Definitely a great way to curb a sugar craving!

Dinner tonight was baked salmon and green beans;

I buttered up the beans a bit and they were cooked to perfection, in my opinion. See above for my sweet end. :D

I’ll be going to bed right after the Amazing Race tonight because DS is on the ice at 6am until 7:20 for practice tomorrow. I’ll be meeting my hubby there at 7:15 so he can get to work. Tomorrow is a PD Day for the kids and DS will be at hockey camp at the same rink from 8-4:30, so I still have to figure out what to do for his breakfast. Hmmm….We should all be good and tired this time tomorrow!

Bye for now!!