Good morning! I hope everyones day is off to a great start. Spring is in the air!

This morning I had overnight oatmeal- I put 1/2 oats and 1/2 almond milk in a bowl and left it overnight in the refrigerator. In the morning I had oatmeal to go! You can heat it up or leave it cold, I choose the latter. Its a nice way to have oatmeal in warmer weather.

I topped my oats with fresh strawberries and banana, a few crushed pecans and a drizzle of agave nectar.

I also had white tea.

I’m going shopping with my mom today to get Sienna some new clothes- she grows so fast! We basically have to buy her a new wardrobe every 3 months! Lucky Girl.

Hopefully I’ll also get some baking in today… I’m thinking muffins??

Lunch was a little bit weird today- we had no food! I ended up making ED&BV’s tamari chickpeas since I did have all the ingredients for it. I had no idea what I was going to have with it- the only fresh produce we had was some baby carrots and I didn’t really feel like having them so I went into the freezer. We had some frozen sweet potatoes and that called out to me! I steamed them up and mixed it with the chickpeas! It was good! I added a smidgen of soy sauce as well.

I also had an apple w/ peanut butter.

For a mid afternoon snack I had some hot chocolate made with almond milk, light coconut milk, agave and coco powder.

We went grocery shopping as soon as Darren got home. This is what we came back with (we still need to get some more produce) and sorry for messy display- I was in a hurry.

I was so hungry by the time we got home (around 7) and I almost just had cereal for dinner. Then I remembered Kath’s lunch so I made a quick pasta salad. I used Rye spiral pasta, a sauteed zucchini, some black olives, the rest of my chickpeas and topped it with…. tzatziki! I love tzatziki and Darren got some for his pita’s- I caved and used it as my dressing…. it was SO good. Thanks Mr. Cow =)

I had fresh strawberries (!!!) and 1/2 a banana for dessert.

So I made some steel cut oats this morning and when I took it of the burner I accidentally turned it to “max” instead of off. Well I left the oats to sit of a minute while I answered the phone and a few minutes later the smoke alarm went off! It scared the living day lights of out me! Not to mention Sienna was having a nap and I was worried it would wake her up (isn’t that what alarms are suppose to do?). Luckily she didn’t… what an ordeal!

On to breakfast- I started with a cup of green tea (I have had 2 this morning) some greens+ mixed with water. Isn’t it a neat picture? You can see the steam!

And of course I had steel cut oats made with unsweetened almond milk which I topped with 1/2 a banana (I ate the other half as is), walnuts, flax, and some cashew butter.

And a picture of miss Sienna

Today is grocery day so we have basically have no fresh produce- my meals might not be too exciting! But I do plan on posting our grocery shop! See you for lunch!

So I told you I loved ED&BV- I can’t get enough of it! For lunch I had left over Smokey Split Pea Soup (I made this a couple days ago- I left out the smoked tofu though) w/ some home made corn bread (I got the recipe from The Happy Herbivore). I also had 1/2 a red pepper on the side.

Here is the soup in the process of making it. Isn’t it pretty?

My mom came over today and we went for a walk around the neighborhood. When we got home I was hot and hungry so I had a So Delicious ice cream bar.

Shortly after I had a pear (no pic!) and a cashew butter and pomegranate jelly sandwich. I was hungry! =)

Friday’s I only see Darren in the morning- after work he works at a restaurant as a server. This makes Friday’s really loooong for me! Today I was lucky- my sister came by and entertained Sienna while I cooked dinner. I made Bean & Corn Tortilla Lasagna w/ Avocado (again from you know where….).

Fresh out of the oven.

I paired my meal w/ a spinach salad. I topped in w/ walnuts and homemade cumin-cinnamon dressing (ED&BV….).

Goodnight!

So yet again I am apologizing for the lack of posting. Sienna has been working me hard these past few days. She is on the move! Not quite crawling but with the rolling and creeping she can defiantly move! Needless to say- I have to constantly be watching her! Any time I have a free moment I generally have 10 million things to do (like take a shower!) so blogging gets pushed aside. I’m going to work on keeping it up!

Thanks to everyone who gave me ideas/tips on how to cut my grocery budget. I find just bringing a calculator and adding as you put things in the cart really helps! Unfortunately it means trying less fun products and getting more “staples” to cook and bake with so I actually have to make things to eat! I actually like this- its nice to have things like homemade soup and cookies on hand.

On to breakfast- this morning I tried something out. I had a fruit and nut plate to start my day (since fruit should really either be eaten alone or with nuts). I had one banana, one apple (small), 1/3 cup raw walnuts and after I took the picture I added some cinnamon! It was so good! The fruit were perfect and went so well with the nuts- the cinnamon really enhanced the flavors. I will defiantly be doing this more often.

I also had a bowl of oatmeal made with almond milk about an hour or so after my fruit plate.

Have a great morning!