Cookies and beans

Boy was it chilly out this morning – so I was glad today was an indoor workout day. After my workout I made a green smoothie for myself, scrambled eggs & toast for Amy, and toast & fruit for Christy.

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Amy wasn’t well today so stayed home from school. I did a bit of tidying, got Christy off to school, had a shower and sat and relaxed for a bit.

Part two of breakfast was some cruskits with spreadable cheese.

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Then on with the house cleaning. After doing downstairs I stopped for a cup of tea and handful of tiny teddies!!!

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I then cleaned upstairs. Lunch today with stirfried veggies and tofu with red quinoa. I’m not sure if I ate too much or it just didn’t agree with me today but I felt so sick afterwards (and I didn’t eat the whole bowl). It was very strange.

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A few hours later I was feeling better and enjoyed a small orange choc bar with yet another tea.

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Once I was feeling better I made some more oatmeal cookies and got started on tonights dinner – Black Bean Burgers. Both were made in Mum’s food processor – so much easier than the Vita Mix. I did have a blender but gave it away a few months ago as I NEVER used it!!!! Now I need to buy one – oops – but I least I can buy a better model :-).

Mum & Dad got home from a 3 week trip today and bought us these goodies.

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I especially look forward to trying the tea.

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Afternoon tea with a bowl of leek and potato soup.

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And one of the cookies – which was just as delicious as I remembered. You’d never know these have chick peas in them :-).

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Tonights dinner was black bean burgers – which unfortunately got left in the oven too long and therefore were a bit dry, mashed potatoes and corn.

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The burgers were tasty though so I will definitely try them again.

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After dinner we of course had to sample some of the goodies Mum bought back from us. I had two of each. So yummy!

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Visiting with friends

Does it count if I thought about going on a walk this morning? I really did have good intentions but the thought of going out in the cold was enough to put me in my dressing gown and slippers. But surprisingly it wasn’t that cold when I let the dogs out !!! Oh, well, I’ve got a cup of tea now….and a muffin…

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I played on the computer until it was time for breakfast. Today I opted for cheese on toast – one slice had tomato and one slice had pineapple. It was a bit overcooked but still enjoyable.

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After showering and getting ready I played on the DSLR – taking photos of the dogs running around outside. We’re going to our best friends for lunch so I got to get dressed up and put on some make-up.

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I made Kevin and I a green smoothie to have in the car (our friends live an hour away) and packed some water for the trip home.

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Leanne and I….not a great photo since we were squinting into the sun.

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oh, and do you like the colour of my new shoes?

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We had a lovely visit and plenty of yummy food. For nibblies….plus I had another spring roll.

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Lunch was a vegetable lasange (made with mountain bread so it was very healthy and yummy too). I also had some salad and a small piece of herb bread.

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Dessert was a warm chocolate pudding with cream. Ah, perfect for the chilly weather we had today.

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Finally we had some cookies with tea. I had two.

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After a delightful afternoon we headed home just after 5pm, arriving home an hour later to two very excited pups. They aren’t used to to being on their own all day (as usually they would go to my Mum’s next door – but they are away at the moment).

Dinner was a very easy one of leek & potato soup and a slice of bread.

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Since it had been a light dinner I had another muffin with a cup of tea.

 

Sweet Saturday

So glad I’m almost 100% again – just have a runny nose and a bit of a cough. Got up just before 7am and headed to the gym for a cardio workout. Did 20mins on the elliptical and 10min on the bike. Came home and had some cruskits with spreadable cheese.

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A few hours later I made some breakfast. Today we (well Kevin and I) had scrambled eggs, baked beans and mushrooms.

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We had been going to go on an adventure walk today but the girls were bickering so we decided not to bother. Instead we had a day at home – and I pretty much finished off plans for our trip.

The others had a jaffle for lunch but I opted for a salad with falafel and hummus.

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I definitely had a case of the muchies with afternoon/evening :-(.

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Dinner was Sweet Bean Burritos. Yum!

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More snacking…

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and at least two or three of these…

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Blissful Friday

Suffered a disturbed sleep after waking up at 1.3am so woke up feeling rather groggy at 6.30am. Not enough time to do the red carpet ready workout I had planned but still time to do one of the SAS-E workouts that take around 20mins. When I was finished the girls decided they were ready for breakfast so I had my green smoothie with them.

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Then it was time to shower, referee the girls arguements, and get ready to head out the door. Since breakfast had been so early and I wouldn’t be home until after 12pm I packed a snack to have later.

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We arrived at school just after the bell had gone. I helped with reading for half an hour then had my wrap (mountain bread with hummus, cheese, cucumber and spouts) in the car on the way to the beauticians, where I had a very relaxing manicure and pedicure. Bliss!!

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Then on the way home I ate the tropical muffin. Which, of course, meant I wasn’t hungry for lunch right away. When I did eventually get around to lunch I whipped up some stir fried veggies with tofu and pineapple, served on some brown rice. Boy was this good. And totally appropriate for this chilly day.

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This must have been spot on because I didn’t even think about eating again until 4.30pm (lunch had been around 1.30pm). It still amazes me that after all these years I am finally learning it’s possible to go hours without food!! I still wasn’t real hungry but knew I’d need something before dinner so I had a bowl of soup.

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Dinner was a veggie snitzel with homemade “fries” and veg. I ate it all but was rather full at the end. Think it will be end of my days eats.

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