I Have Nothing To Report. WAIT . Bacon

I have nothing of note to report. I 've been a slack food photographer despite my wealth of free time lately. I am making an effort though .

To make up for it there was ...

Bacon.

Thick sliced CANADIAN bacon . Not this stuff parading about resembling the offspring of sliced ham and peameal .



There were potatoes


Washed sliced and layered in a dish with loads of butter ,onions, mrs dash and garlic.

Baked forever and a day . Mmm.



There were battered mushrooms and zuchinni.

Soo good , even if they are nothing like the bar food variety .




Of course there was also Lily.





While at the cottage Lily found that the best spot for stick eating ever is underneath the deck . She's too funny :)

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Week of Veggies

This week in vegetables.

Stuffer mushrooms sliced into veggie messes.

Corn on the cob . :(


For some reason I found that taking pictures of mushrooms was very enjoyable. So many angles and perspectives of these fun guys.

Greens !!!

Broccoli crowns specifically. Of course, chucked into another easy yet delicious veggie mess.

My lovely bamboo cutting board .

Veggies messes pre, mushrooms and broccoli .
Basically , carrots, onion, garlic, celery and zuchinni.

Easy wraps made the minute I get home from class.
PC's Organic Spring Mix , PC's Maple Smoked Turkey Breast, Hellmann's Half the Fat Mayo and sliced mozzerella.

A cute Lily on the way back from the vet. She's a little " special " here ;)

And no those aren't her ribs! those are wrinkles!!

Random pictures out the car window on the drive back from the vet.

It was beautiful.

Sometimes pictures say so much more than paragraphs upon paragraphs.

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-A

Bamboo and Larabar Review

Aww. Lily in the morning.

I am not a morning person. Even a little bit , but this makes me want to get out of bed .

She is just so mellow,cuddly and cute in the morning.

What I do not love is her appreciation for tennis balls. She looooves them. She has a million other toys but is content destroying a tennis ball bit by bit. She usually kills it in a day and when she doesn't kill it she spends her time pushing it under couches and crevices and then crying for us to get it back out. Hate tennis balls.

What I did not hate , was this Larabar.

Shocking , I know . Considering I hated the other three Larabars I tried I really didn't have high hopes for this one.

I googled reviews before unwrapping and Tina's review convinced me.

It really does taste like a macaroon!

Other things I do not hate , include these awesome Bamboo Cutting Boards I was gifted with from CSN stores to review.

I used to think that my knifes sucked but after using these boards, I realized it was the plastic ( or whatever material it was made of , not wood of any kind and defintely not bamboo) that was making chopping and cutting difficult.

These made prepping spinach , amongst many other things since I recieved them , a breeze.

And the best part, well maybe second best part, EASY to clean . They do not stain or absorb very much . Warm water, a bit of soap and you're done.

Thanks CSNstores.

Suspense Filled Cookies and Vegan Yumminess

Hey :)

My lunch was sooo good today. Or brunch considering it served the purpose of both breakfast and lunch.

Oh so fresh sliced italian bread. So fresh it was warm when we bought it , at the ungodly hour of 9;30 am , with mozzerella cheese , baby spinach and a bit of fat free cream cheeese.

My apologies for the sunshine-y-ness while taking this photo. This was without flash.

Yummy it was.

Vegan it was not.

This yummy and long favorite , guacamole of Mama's girl , Jordan is vegan though !

I was going to request a recipe but then I read the caption which basiclly stated that you throw various amounts of the following until it tastes right . In the mix :

-avocado

-onions

-tomatoes

-lemon juice

-cilantro

-and of course Nature's Seasoning

Mama had other words to share about the pictured Kashi crackers but they are not conducive to working up an appetite :P

That new Bob's Muesli , I got the other day ? Well I figured I better give it a whirl and because I'm all about taking risks , I used the recipe on the back of the package for cookies.

I'll make you wait til tomorrow to see the finished product. Not because I like being annoying but because I am too lazy to upload the rest of the photos and or fearful of prying the container of cookies away from bf's claws.

-A

Potato Pancakes and Moon Boots

The bf purchased what I have now dubbed as camo moon boots and I had to do a size comparison . Come on ! those things are huge.

I purchased less large things but still exciting. Oatmeal toppers. A bowl of mush just doesn't cut it for me so I need some crunch on top.

Today's oats, unadultered for those who have asked me if I even cook them , since I don't like creamy or liquid-y oats at all.

Cooked !

In the bowl:

Bobs oats

organic natural pb

1/4 cup of the blue menu granola.

Delicious.

Other yumminess was also had. It started with this potato.

Doesn't he look exciting??

He doesn't look too much better here either.


But he's starting to look pretty good to me here.

And even better here.

Potato Pancakes

To make 6 medium sized pancakes

1 very large potato, peeled

3 tbsp flour

1 egg

sprinkle of garlic powder

minced onion if you want ( i did not )

salt and pepper

olive oil or oil product you like , a drizzle to coat the pan

Shred the potato on the largest size on your box grater. Then take a tea towel that you don't care about. Actually I would be considered if you care deeply about any of your tea towels, but anyways, put all the grated potato in the center of the towel and fold corners in . Squeeze the water out. Throw tea towel out unless you have a use for a tea towel , with a large pink ish colored circle on it now.

Put potato in bowl , crack egg, add spices and flour. Combine.

In a hot pan , drop by spoonful and flatten with a spatula. Cook 6-8 minutes a side and place on paper towels to drain .

To store , place between paper towels in a ziplock bag and warm up in toaster oven :)

ENJOY!

-A

Phoning It In

Wow , it feels like I haven't blogged in forever. I am insanely busy with boring school stuff so I'm phoning this one in .

I got a sample sized box , which I found super cute, in my mail box today. Its one of the new cereals by Kashi .
I am a big fan of Kashi's Go Lean Crunch so I was excited!



I incorporated a couple of tablespoons into my breakfast lunch , bowl of oatmeal.



In the bowl :

The usual oats
Kashi's Honey Almond Flax cereal
tbsp of organic pb

So good. The cereal is really crunchy but granoly. :)

I ate this sometime last week but I could do with a bowl of PC Organic White Cheddar Mac and Cheese. Yum. No milk in mine either. I hate soupy mac and cheese.



That's all I've got . Back to the books for me.

-A

Best I Ever Had

This week is going by pretty fast for me. Although during the day when I'm trying to get stuff done , I feel like the minutes are hours.

My lecture ended early today so I got home early enough for breakfast.

I took these two ,

And turned it into this :

In the bowl :

Bob's Oats of course

Tbsp of Organic Peanut Butter

1/2 of a crumbled Peanut Crunch Clif Bar ( i had the other half with my coffee mid-lecture)

splash of water

Coupled with a glorious mug of green tea.

Ok so it's not so much glorious as it is a tea bag with some hot water. But it's warm!

I finally tried this bar on the weekend. I have to say it is my favorite bar EVER!!!!

Unfortunately it is 4 dollars a bar!! I said to bf when I bought it , watch this will be my fav because it's 4 dollars and look what happens. He really liked it too .

So banana-y and loads of whole nuts. So fresh and yummy. It really tasted like something a family member or bakery made.

LOVED IT!

I might even say it was the best I ever had. Also I might even say that I'd like to look at mr Drake all day long

BUt keeping on topic , I'd buy it again but not for a daily bar because of the price.

Bf's birthday is on Friday. Big 2-8 ! He's not thrilled about it but I doubt I would be either. Birthday plans ( as per the birthday boy's request) are dinner with his parents tomorrow , a day off for him on Friday and hightailing it to the cottage Friday afternoon after my class.

What's your most memorable birthday celebration ?

Best gift ever ?


-A

Flowers and Staying Power

Hola,

Yesterday I went and wrote my exam. I think I over studied but you can never be sure.
I went grocery shopping and congratulated myself for the tonne of studying with this.

I have no idea what kind of flower it is. But it's pretty which is the most important thing. Then I lugged everything home and devoured this english muffin w/ pc celeb .Love english muffins.

This morning I intended to make a usual big weekend breakfast with bacon and eggs and such but bf had to go to work for a bit .

I wanted something with staying power that wouldn't make me snack-y all day. So of course it was oatmeal .

Organic peanut butter ( sooo thick ) , Bob's Organic Oats ( the usual ), some water and a splash of International Delight's Vanilla Creamer.


THe fun stuff! The toppings. Half of a crumbled Kashi Dark Chocolate Coconut Bar ( omg so good) and a tsp of the PB.

All together .

1/3 cups oats

1/2 kashi dark chocolate coconut bar

1 tsp organic pb

1 tbsp vanilla creamer

Since I knocked the grocery shopping off yesterday I really don't have much to do this weekend.

What are your plans for the weekend?

What's your favorite food with staying power?