Getting Stuff Done

Thanks to everyone for the well wishes for DD. She is feeling better today although it got quite rough last night. Her temp was up to 103* (39.4F) for most of the day and I’m not gonna lie…I was starting to freak out a bit! The medication she has to take has been upsetting her tummy, but she’s been able to keep it down today which is a plus. Right now it’s mainly her throat and the bad cough that are bothering her most.

I got my breakfast together before taking DS to school;

• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup Quaker oats
• cinnamon
• raisins
• pumpkin butter
• crunchy PB

I was stuffed after this!

Once back home I got some laundry going. Seeing as I’ll be home until Monday I figure it’s a good time to get caught up on all things involving the house. I’m hoping that the powers that be at work allow my supervisor to bring me a work laptop so I can get some stuff done from home. I also did some blog reading with some joe; And I made a Vegan Banana Nut Carob Bread;

Want the recipe? Here ya go!

• 2 cups WW flour
• 1.5 cups quick cooking oats
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tbsp ground flax seed
• 6 tbsp water
• 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/2 cup agave
• 1 cup “milk” (I used USVAB)
• 2 cups mashed banana (I used 5 small naners)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup each carob chips, chopped hazelnuts, chopped walnuts (or whatever combo you like)

1. Heat oven to 400*
2. Combine flax seed and water, set aside
3. Combine first 6 ingredients in one bowl
4. In another bowl combine mashed bananas with other wet ingredients
5. Stir flax mixture in
6. Add wet to dry and stir until just it comes together
7. Blend nuts and carob in
8. Pour into a 9 x 13 greased baking dish
9. Bake for 45 minutes

While the goods were in the oven I got to work prepping the last 2 butternut squash from my garden. One went into a Ziploc for use later this week; And the other got tossed with 1 tbsp olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder, cumin, cinnamon and some lime juice and had it’s turn in the oven once the bread came out.

I served the fries with chipotle mustard.

After lunch I did some Christmas shopping online. I found a few items that haven’t been stocked in the stores I’ve checked so that was awesome. Then I made a big tea and settled in with the new Clean Eating magazine.

I love this mag. I put it on my Christmas list so I hope my hubby gets me the subscription! :D

Dinner tonight was Rachael Ray’s Taco Stoup. I got a little sneaky and added a 1/2 cup of quinoa in the pot!

This was a GREAT “stoup”! It was a big hit with everyone. The boys had some tortilla chips with theirs. DS insisted I take a picture of his, so here you go;

Well, I;m outta here for tonight. Before I go I wanted to let everyone know that CCK has one helluva a great giveaway going on at her blog! If you’re feeling a little (coco)nutty, click right here!

Bye for now!!