Good evening (in my creepiest Dracula voice)
Welcome to my blog (creepy voice still)
I hope you will enjoy it….*cue Halloween music*
Mervin’s back baby!
I have been trying to get him to eat a healthier diet but all he does is chain smoke and eat bugs all day!
I had a tiring 12 hour baking day. I am sore all over!
Around 6pm, I realized I hadn’t had 1 veggie all day. Ok, I had 2 slices of tomato with my lunch, but that doesn’t really count. I was also starving so I made a huge green monster filled with about 3 cups of steamed spinach. It was amazing and a quick way to up my veggie count!
I also had some frozen veggies with dinner. These were absolutely horrible tasting though! I typically don’t like frozen veggies. I find they always taste mushy. However, it probably doesn’t help that I steam them. Next time I might try roasting them in the oven to crisp them up.
Quinoa was the star of the show again. I love Quinoa because, unlike brown rice, it cooks up in just 10 minutes. Awesome for starving bakers.
I mixed it with some organic pasta sauce, black pepper, and seasonings. It was simple and delicious! I went back for seconds.
I only had about half the veggies though. Just mush I tell you! I wrapped up the rest because I am going to try and roast them tomorrow. I hate throwing food out so I always find a way to use it up (as long as it is fresh of course).
Meet the other love of my life:
Here in Canada we have a little (ok big!) brand called President’s Choice. I’m not sure if you have it in the US or not? I love PC. They make some delicious and healthy products. This one is Sun-dried Tomato and Herb no-salt added seasoning. It adds so much flavour and no sodium. I sprinkle it onto anything I can get my hands on- soups, sauces, stir-frys, veggies, wraps, potatoes, ect. It’s the Little Black Dress of seasonings!
Dessert was a Pumpkin Chia Spelt Scuffin. Obsessed isn’t even the word here.
Sometimes, I just say ‘scuffin’ out loud because I love the way it sounds. I try to use it in as many sentences as I can when speaking with ‘normal’ people. It makes me giggle.
SCUFFIN!!!!!!!!!!
Whew. That feels good. Say it with me! Scuffin! Scuffin!
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1) Exercise update: What is going on with me and exercise lately? Did we break up?? Find out tomorrow!
2) Don’t forget you only have 1 day left to enter in the Garmin Forerunner Charity raffle!! It is for a great cause and I don’t think many people entered so your chances are looking GOOD. Probably the best chance you will ever have at winning a GARMIN! lol.
3) The Chocolate + Coffee Lovers packs are no longer sold out. I added a few more! Thank you for all your orders today!
4) Coming up on OSG- I will be giving you a video tour of our haunted house. I’m so excited for this video. It is going to be so much fun.
5) OSGMOM is currently visiting L.A. and is posting a frenzy of Operation Beautiful notes. If you live in the LA area keep an eye out. Hopefully a celeb will spot one!
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It’s time for some me time. Off for an Epsom bath and my marathon book! Yessssssssssss.
I don’t think we have that brand of spices here in Pa, but it sure sounds good!
We don’t have PC, I’ve seen it all over when I’ve visited the boy! I need to start learning some of the good Canadian brands if I am going to be living there!
xo
K
Maybe i missed it-what marathon book are you reading?
I think it is called Personal Marathons…im drawing a blank at the moment
I am sure you covered this somewhere, but why do you steam your spinach for your GM? Are you worried about e-coli?
Cooking the greens makes some nutrients, like calcium, more bioavailable (easily absorbed) I also take my green monster with a vitamin C to help with absorption too.
That looks great! I like making couscous the exact same way. The simplest recipes are often the most tasty!
YUM, that quinoa looks so good! What a great idea to mix it with some tomato sauce.
I copy and pasted that scuffin recipe and will be making it SOON! SCUFFINNNN!
looking forward to your exercise post! running and i have definitely broken up… for now. i worked up to running 15 miles a week, and then left for italy and have run exactly once in the last month. i walk every where, do some yoga occasionally, and it’s feeling good. do you go through exercise phases?
Does the steam spinach taste the same in the GM as the raw stuff does? I haven’t tried the steamed stuff yet, but I am worried about calcium absorption, so I would like to – as long as you can’t taste it in the GM!!
I don’t notice a difference in my GM, although you need a ton of ice!
I have never put ice in my GM (just fresh spinach, almond breeze, banana, and whichever seeds I have around) … I have to try adding ice!
I love PC products too! Fun fact of the night, a friend of mine told me she’s seen them in Chicago, how random is that?!
I only like starchy veggies frozen- like peas and corn. Weird, huh?
I def need to try quinoa like that! No Presidents Choice in Florida…
Couscous is even quicker–if you’re ever in a reaaal rush! I’ve actually never cooked my own quinoa–terrrible!
ohhhh good idea…havent had that in ages
I just had quinoa for dinner. It is so yummy!
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Quinoa is the bomb! I used to cook it in coconut milk and eat it with one of the vegan ‘chicken’ patties with mixed veggies… so yummy! Sometimes I’d get crazy and sprinkle shredded coconut on it, too. Felt like I was on a tropical island!
I love your “creepy” voice at the beginning of your post! Totally made me smile as a very LONG and not so great day………thank you. =)
Love love love the idea of a ‘scuffin’. Sometimes it is too hard to decide between a scone and a muffin :).
I’ve never had quinoa before. Looks good though. I need to add it to my ‘want to try’ list.
I totally share your love for the word SCUFFIN!!! I’m so glad you make it up! Hehehe ;)
hehe I didnt make it up…I first saw the word on http://sugarbomber.com/city/san-francisco/scuffin/
That sun-dried tomato seasoning sounds so good! I’ve never seen that brand in the US (well, at least not in Miami).
I love spicing up frozen veggies. Roasting them is such a good idea!! And that quinoa looks so good! That seasoning sounds so good, I’m going to have to look and see if Mrs. Dash makes anything similar.
So glad that you added more bars! I just purchased a Coffee Lovers Variety pack and am so excited for it to arrive. I have only tried your original flavor which was in my swag bag at the HLS. Yey! Happy to support such a wonderful blogger :)