Laid Back Sunday

The weather was perfect again today for a nice, relaxing day spent mostly outside. I started it all off with a bowl of Zucchini Bread oats;

• 1 cup water
• 1/3 cup PC 5 Grain cereal
• cinnamon, nutmeg
• raisins
• 1/2 cup grated zucchini
• cinnamon honey
• walnuts

I had a wee bit of zucchini leftover from the muffins and figured this would be the perfect way to use it up. This meal was stellar! :D

We spent some QT with the baby horses out at the farm seeing as the day was so nice. Lacey was the first to come running!

She’s totally giving the camera the stink eye here! She also got some love and attention from my hubby;

Spent some time checking out Turbo’s tail which she has had a major interest in since day one!

She is such a little love bug! And here’s one of Daisy kicking it in the clover;

Such a diva!

We got home at 2pm and I grabbed a quick lunch so as not to ruin my dinner. A blueberry Chobani (which was da bomb) and a sunrise apple.

The apple was only so-so. The flavour was good, but it was a soft apple and I prefer my apple to be crisp and crunchy. A little later on I ate two Cracker Jack flavoured rice cakes;

These used to be a pantry staple, but I got out of buying them for some reason. They caught my eye while doing groceries yesterday so I grabbed a pack. I forgot how good they were!

I spent a good chunk of the afternoon out on the deck with my book. I also made a big pot of marinara sauce. Takes a bit of time to get in the pot, but it’s 100% worth the effort. Here’s my Homemade Marinara Sauce recipe for you all to try out.

• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 2 onions, diced
• 3-4 cloves of garlic finely chopped
• 3lbs Roma tomatoes, roughly chopped
• tsp each salt and pepper
• tbsp each dried basil and oregano
• a 6oz can of tomato paste

1. Heat olive oil in a large pot
2. add onions and cook about 5 minutes
3. stir in chopped garlic
4. add tomatoes and stir well
5. next goes all the spices and the full can of tomato paste
6. let simmer on the stove top for at least 3 hrs, stirring occasionally. It will thicken considerably.
7. allow to cool before dividing into whatever portion sizes you like

I made up 3 large containers for the freezer. I will use this as is over noodles, rice or any cooked grain, as pizza sauce, mixed with ground meat, combined with a few cups of stock for a chunky tomato soup. It’s very versatile. Let me know if you give it a try!

I used some to make a flatout pizza for my dinner. I guess I put a good 3 heaping tbsp on then added broccoli, mushrooms, black olives and feta cheese;

There’s also some parm cheese sprinkled on there. Mega good! Then I ate a zucchini nut muffin;

After dinner we went to my parents place for a visit. I had a nice mug of tea and 2 of these most awesome chocolate chip cookies;

Currently, I’m working my way through a ginger gold apple dipped in PB2. Sorry, no pic! I’m gonna go see if there’s anything good on the tube. So glad tomorrow’s a day off work! YAY!

Bye for now!!