Saturday, January 16, 2010

Bumming Around

Hello! Has everyone had a good Saturday? Mine has been glorious! I started it by (finally) sleeping in a bit. The tournament last weekend really threw off my sleep schedule through the week and I was certainly feeling the side effects of that by last night. Then I chatted with my Mom for a bit before getting breakfast started. 100_8112

  • 1 cup water
  • 1/3 cup sunrise blend w/ quinoa
  • cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup applesauce
  • raisins
  • almond butter 100_8111

I ate this while doing some blog reading. Very relaxing. Next up was to DS’s hockey game which was here in town. The kids played well and tied 3-3. We play the same team tomorrow, but on their ice.

It was almost 1pm by the time we got home so lunch was the first thing we did. I wanted to use up some odds and ends and came up with a toasted WW English muffin topped with 1/2 an avocado mashed with a LC cheese wedge and mashed sweet potato; 100_8117

I wasn’t sure how this would come together, but it was incredible. I also had 3 Clementine's. At this point I parked my butt on the couch and watched some TV. Then I got to work making a batch of Mama Peas vegan chocolate chip cookies….only I used mint chocolate chips! 100_8120 100_8119

I tried one straight out of the oven and they were oh so good. I snuck another one later once they had a chance to cool completely and they were even better!

I used the pound of bison I bought at Whole Foods a few weeks ago to make burgers for dinner. I simply combined the meat with 1/2 a chopped onion, 1 egg, 1/3 cup of panko bread crumbs, 2 cloves minced garlic and dashes of dried oregano, basil chili powder, salt and pepper. I let them rest for about 10 minutes once they were formed and then set them to cook for 9 minutes on the George foreman. I topped mine with sliced Allegro cheese, Dijonnnaise, hot pepper rings, lettuce and a few hot pepper rings. Steamed green beans finished off the plate! 100_8125

My parents just left a few minutes ago and I’m currently munching on a vegan almond joy bar that’s feeling camera shy. :D I have to get up at 6:30 am tomorrow in order to shower and get ready for our 8am departure time. Ugh….early mornings shouldn’t be allowed on Sunday’s!

Bye for now!!

11 comments:

  1. glad you have a glorious Saturday! MIne was relaxing but not so wonderful as yours! :)

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  2. oh i bummed around all day too...nothing wrong w/ that though!

    and your cookies look awesome! I said i was going to make those yesterday but didn't...i'm afraid i'm going to bake too much and it'll all go to waste!

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  3. oh man i need to try bison! is it like steak?!

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  4. Sounds like a pretty good day overall- love baking. I need to get some in today. Your cookies look great- I love the mint and chocolate chip blend and so does Josh! Try them with a chocolate cookie base and you will not be disappointed! Great lunch blend. Hope the game goes well today

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  5. Glad you got to catch up on your sleep a bit. Busy weekends always catch up to me later in the week...

    The cookies look amazing. I want to reach into my laptop and grab one! :)

    Have fun at the game! :)

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  6. I'm glad you had such a wonderful Saturday, Krista! I finally got the chance to sleep in a little today and I'm feeling very refreshed...just what the doctor ordered! :) Those mint chocolate chip cookies look incredible!

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  7. aww what a nice saturday! glad you got to relax a little! i definitely know what it feels like to feel the wrath of a tournament weekend!

    that sweet potat and cado sammie sounds like heaven!

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  8. those cookies look picture perfect!

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  9. oh those cookies look just delicious! What is sunrise blend? Looks great!

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  10. Those cookies do sound great--mint chocolate chips always take everything up a notch! :-)

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