Good morning!
I was up at the crack of dawn today cleaning the house! I forgot to mention, but we are having family visit starting Saturday morning until Wednesday! My sisters, nephews, brother and sig. others will be coming over to our place Saturday for a big party!! I can’t wait. Then Kristi and my 2 nephews will be staying with us until Wednesday. Can’t wait!
I also haven’t decided what we are making for dinner yet (or apps, sides, or dessert!), but that is on the list today. Any ideas??
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Last night, I had some water in my fancy Twenty Valley wine glass that I got as a gift for participating in the 10k run.
Dinner was on a whim as usual. I threw some ingredients together to create a sauce for my leftover quinoa and it turned out spectacular!!
Ingredients:
- 2 cups cooked quinoa
- 1/2 avocado, chopped
- 1/2-3/4 cup canned diced tomatoes, no salt added (PC brand)
- 2 heaping T hummus
- Pinch fine grain sea salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
Mixed it all together, threw it in the microwave for 2 mins, and I had a fabulous dish! :) It was a very savoury taste and the hummus made it very creamy and decadent tasting.
I had it with a high protein/high fibre pita (10 grams each per pita!).
I LOVED this dinner. Naturally I dipped the pita wedges into the quinoa dish. Mmmmm.
Eric picked up my Uline.ca order on his way home from work last night. I was literally waiting by the door when he got home. I was SO excited to finally get my HOT SEALER!
Ta-da:
My friends, meet my very first hot sealer. Wait til you see what I do with it.
But first, meet my new eco-friendly boxes on the right. Old box on the left. New box on the right. Much smaller packaging, but it fits 2 bar orders in that tiny little box!
See?
I love my little Starfrit kitchen scale. It was a cheapie (only $30 I think?) but it works great.
Are you excited?
Sketchie is. He’s clearly overwhelmed. I love when he curls up his paws like that. We’ve been giving him a LOT of treats lately and I noticed he is packing on a few pounds. lol. He’s perfect just the way he is though. ;)
Do your animals fluctuate in weight? I find Sketchie does quite a bit!
Can you believe this sealer??
Look how professional that seal looks! And I still have all 10 fingers left too. :)
The bar is also in new (smaller) packaging. Woot woot! I am quite happy with how it looks.
Now for all of you who are planning on ordering the Glo Bars– here is a word of advice. The seal this machine creates is industrial strength. I couldn’t pry that end open if my life depended on it. However, the opposite end will tear fairly easily so I suggest opening from that end. ;) Just a tip..
Hopefully I will have professionally made packaging in the next few months, but for now this is a nice alternative! I am also going to be printing the new nutrition labels into the backs of the bars too.
Speaking of which, I added the nutrition information for my Heaven and Harmony Glo Bars. Check it out! I’m still obsessed with the Heaven bar. Eric and I already polished off the batch from the other day! Must. Make. More.
I’m off for a run (hope the rain holds off) and then time to work + clean.
See you later for the WINNER of the US Glo Bar Giveaway! You have til noon EST to enter!
Happy Friday!
Hey Angela – want to come and clean my apartment?? :)
One of my fave lunches is to get a brown rice/quinoa mix (Seeds of Change have a good one that has garlic in it) and drop a dollop of either plain, garlic, or roasted pepper hummus, or baba ghanoush in the middle and stir it in while it’s hot. Your dish looks really yummy!
looks great ange! im crossing my fingers ….
i love your dish with the pita, but i just didn’t like quinoa when i tried it – i think because i ate too much at once and it just made me feel icky.
:(
-muffy
Angela, your meals always look absolutely delicious! Thanks for giving us the recipes too (although I have yet to actually try to make one!). Great job with the hot sealer, that’s pretty nifty.
Also, I really love your cat! So soft and what gorgeous fur!
Looks like your life just got a little easier. :) Cool new tool.
My dog has her winter weight and her summer weight. Just usually about a pound or two difference.
Sketchie is adorable!
My male tom cat’s weight changes heaps. In winter he gets quite tubby from sitting on his bean bag and his fur gets fuller so he looks quite round. While in summer he gets quite lean as he loses his winter coat and spends more time in the garden (in summer cats often eat small lizards and this can contribute to weight lose as well.)
Sketchie is such as cutie – no matter how much he weighs though.