Kids These Days

Happy almost Friday!!! I Cant wait for the weekend. Nothing to exciting has happened to me the past couple of days so I will just try and do a quick not to boring recap of Wednesday and today. I feel like I should start off with this sweet pick of my little Puffin (yes, like the cereal)...
Wednesday after my jar oats and some unknown/forgotten morning snack I sat down for an everything salad...

• napa cabbage
  
• romaine
• spinach
  
• boiled broccoli
• carrots
  
• fresh garden tomatoes
• tuna
• coconut curried chickpeas
• balsamic vinegar straight up

I love these kinda salads where you just use all the leftovers.

Later I made dark chocolate banana soft serve and strawberry soft serve for me....
and the little one...
I used UVAM to blend mine and a few spoonfuls of yogurt to blend hers. She was in soft serve heaven...
Watch it there girl your about to have a little slippage out the sides of that dress. God, I swear, kids these days!!!

For dinner we made BBQ kebab's and I had salad just as an excuse to have hummus.....
I didn't eat all the meat but returned for more veggie skewers. I added fresh peach to some of the skewers and man grilled peaches are my new fav!!!

Later I had this....
I went to the gym this morning for my 5am class and regretted every minute. We had a "sub" teacher because the normal one is outta town and man does she suck!! I think she was just winging the shit. Anyway, I went and got some blood drawn and then came home to this...
Oh Mr. Coco, you have been missed in more ways than one!!!

Snack wasn't very interesting but lunch was :)! My blogger BFF came to my house for the first time with hummus in hand and I supplied the rest....
My plate...
To much to explain.

We hung for a while and then had a photo op with little one in charge. Who needs eyes anyway???...
Heather, you have greatly influenced my child. She now has tattoos, pink hair and judging from the earlier pic thinks shes on spring break at mardi gras...
(just for clarification the only thing she picked up from HEABS is the pink hair)

CONFESSION OF THE DAY: I absolutely cannot stand my childhood friends boyfriend!! He is such a loser and is milking her for everything she has!!! Nough said...

Zoo, Birthday, And Gluttony

A little weekend recap. Friday, was tons of fun. Kim and I took the kiddos to the zoo early morning in hopes of beating the heat. I think their favorite part was the reptile house...
We walked pretty much the whole zoo, the reptile house twice and then we sat down for lunch. I packed lots of fruit...
A peanut butter sandwich for the little one and a turkey, hummus, tomato, spinach and bell pepper one for me...
Group shot...
That was the highlight of my Friday besides finding out that I am severely claustrophobic by sliding down a 50 ft., 115 degree, twisty, dark, enclosed plastic kids slide.

I had a blast Kim, cant wait to get the kids together again!!

Saturday was one of my nieces sweet 16. Before leaving I did some "raw fusion". I made a raw pasta with zucchini and a raw pasta sauce using this recipe and on the side I had a large salad topped with gobs and gobs of hummus. It was almost to pretty to eat, but not quite...
One more for good measure..
Oh yeah, and I de-rawed it by adding some turkey from my stuffed peppers :).

The birthday girl...

While at the party I had the huggest plate of fruit ever!!! After leaving the little one off with her granny for the night the man and I headed off for some dinner and a movie (Hangover). We went to a local restaurant called Septembers (only because we had a gift card that needed to be used). They brought us bread....
I think I had just one piece. I also had a glass of Riesling...
The man ordered some spinach and artichoke dip (*enter expletives*)....
Of course I freakin ate some.

For my meal I took the menus spinach salad, deconstructed it, took bits and pieces from other menu salads and made a new menu item :)....
The man ordered the most manly caloric thing on the menu...

1/2 rack ribs, huge jass loaded baked potato, and cheese with a little mac.
I then proceeded to ruin my some what balanced meal with this evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, evil, did I say EVIL? concoction...
Yes, that's the devils soup consisting of birthday cake ice cream, cookie dough and chocolate chips. Its so evil that it leaves you wanting to puke and then go back for more!!! I. Ate. The. Whole. Thing. and I am not proud. The responsible and balanced thing to do would have been to go home and make some yummy banana soft serve with raw chocolate sauce.

I will now leave you ashamed by my gluttony. Hope your weekend was more balanced than mine :).

CONFESSION OF THE DAY: I have horrible eaters guilt. The fact that I ate this ice cream when for one, I was already about to bust, two, I am allergic to dairy and three, I could have gone home and made an equally good, way more healthy treat will haunt me the rest of the week. Maybe even longer.

Hopping Down The Bunny Trail...

So yesterday I tried to go a little low carb until Easter dinner at my mom and dads at 4 because I planned on having a few treats. For a morning snack I made some of my Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Balls and some Strawberry Agar Icecream....They were flirting and well...you know the story...Here are our finished eggs...
The little one modeling an egg and her new rock star scarf...
Me before heading off to fill my belly...When I got there I helped my mom finish preparing the food which included

• Pineapple glazed pork tenderloin (turned out awesome)
• Double pineapple sauce for the pork
• Mixed steamed veggies (red potatoes, brussel sprouts, baby carrots, garlic)
• Asparagus
• Mashed sweet potatoes
• Blondies (thanks VeggieGirl) Chocolate chip, walnut
• Chocolate pudding pie
• German chocolate pie
• Fresh fruit

Here's some of the goods...blondies..I did good at dinner. This was my plate. I went back for a few more veggies and a few small pieces of the blondie.I was extremely full so we headed outside to play with the little one. My man and I also went for a walk to get my food down. When we got back my mom had set out the pies. It was not pretty after that!!! I ate way to much! Why cant I just be satisfied with a piece? Its so frustrating! Then we played my favorite game.

This morning I got up and headed to much needed gym session. I am so happy I upped my squat weight!! Must have been all that pie I ate yesterday. I was actually still full from yesterday so I decided to take it pretty low carb today. Breakfast was a flatout wrap with chicken sausage, mustard and spinach and a 1/2 cup cottage cheese with salt and pepper.
Not much new in food department and it will probably be Easter leftovers for tonight. I did however manage to preform some surgery today on the little one.
I know its kinda blurry but if you look closely you can see a large splinter on the middle toe. I sedated her with TONS of Easter candy and was able to pull that bad boy out...
My poor baby!!!

Hope everyone had a great Easter and didn't eat as much as I did!!!

CONFESSION OF THE DAY: I always beat myself up after I over indulge. Anyone else?

2 Monkeys & 3 Recipes All In One

So I am going to do a quick Saturday and Sunday food and fun recap. This was my Saturday lunch. 2 whole wheat pitas filled with extra lean ground beef, mixed greens, mixed peppers and my fav BBQ sauce. The bowl contained some cottage, Trader Joes pumpkin butter and peanut butter.
After lunch we headed out for a fun filled day at Monkey Joes.
Can you tell shes a little timid? We went home and relaxed and I made me some "ice cream".
I think it was mostly frozen strawberries almond milk and cottage cheese. For dinner I made a scrumptious salad. There are so many possibilities with salad I don't think I could ever get tired of it!!
After dinner we decided to take a family trip to Maggie Moos for ice cream. I was so full and told myself I wasn't going to have any because I have cut out dairy but when we got there I saw a huge sign that read "New Lactose Free, Low Fat Ice Cream, ". I couldn't resist :).
I ordered a kids cup and chose cookie dough for the mix in. I couldn't eat the whole cup but I ate about a 3/4. Here's all of them.
My man always gets the cookies and cream shake no matter where we go. The little one got cotton candy with gummy bears and marshmallows. I looked up the nutrition for mine and it contained about 90 cals and 15 carbs for 1/2 cup serving, not including the cookie dough. Not to shabby.

Sunday was a lazy day. At some point I got the baking bug and decided to make these banana doughnuts I have seen floating around the blogsphere. I altered it a little by using 3 bananas, coconut oil, and only 2/3 cup sugar. I also squirted in a little honey and some powdered stevia.
The little one added sprinkles to hers.

They turned out pretty good. My parents arrived just as I was pulling them out of the oven so they were able to each have one and they loved them. Mom asked for the recipe.

Shortly after baking it was time to make dinner. I was sad that it was so cold here because I was really cravin something off the grill. Instead I decided to make some Turkey Tenderloin Nuggets.
The pic doesn't do them justice but I promise they will not disappoint. Here's the recipe:

Turkey Tenderloin Nuggets

• 2 whole wheat pita breads
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh sage
• 1 clove garlic, split
• 2 tsp. olive oil (i use Pam spray)

First, toast pita in oven or toaster until dry and crispy. Process pitas into coarse crumbs in food processor. Stir in salt and fresh sage. Place crumbs on a plate.

Next, dry tenderloin with a paper towel and rub all over with split garlic. Cut the meat into 1 1/2
chunks and add oil. Toss to coat.

Last, roll each piece of turkey in pita crumbs and place on prepared baking sheet. Bake for 15 to 20 min.

So easy!!! I usually make a Cranberry Yogurt Dipping Sauce but since I am avoiding dairy I didn't. Its really simple to make though. Just process 1 cup fat free Greek yogurt with 1/2 cup dried sweetened cranberries. The whole meal is kinda reminiscent of thanksgiving with the turkey and sage combo and the cranberry sauce. I love it!!

This morning I hit the gym early with a good full body work out. Breakfast was my usual but I had a fantabulous snack.

Monkey Shake

• 1 frozen banana
• 1 cup unsweetened chocolate almond milk
• 1 tbsp peanut butter
  
• 1 1/2 tbsp choc. rice protein powder (and protein powder will do)
• 3 ice cubes
• 5 drops dark chocolate stevia
  

All this yumminess for 315 cals and 26 grams of protein. :) :)

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Thanks for all the comments on the last post!

CONFESSION OF THE DAY: If I have caffeine, i.e. coffee or caffeinated tea, it makes me have an anxiety attack. I know it sounds weird but I completely quit caffeine when I found out I was pregnant in 04'. When the little one was around 1 I began having anxiety attacks and I had never had them before. I eventually found a link between my attacks and caffeine. Ever since I cut it back out I have been anxiety free!!!! :)

My Cat Has A Sex Addiction........

I ate this Thursday night. It was egg whites whipped with dark chocolate cocoa powder and dark chocolate stevia. Then cooked like an omelet and stuffed with a peanut butter cottage cheese mixture and topped with more of the mixture and whipped cream. It felt so naughty! I know you love the Shrek plate.

Well yesterday was supposed to be my first day back into the gym but I just wasn't feeling it when my alarm went off in the morning. I sleep a while longer and then after breakfast I hit up some Exercise TV. It felt good to get a little sweat on my brow. Then I headed off to clean my moms house. I don't really have time to cook up anything that great there while cleaning but I did manage to throw together a fab salad. I like to call it the everything salad. It had left over steamed veggies (cauliflower, carrots, and brussel sprouts), chickpeas, canned salmon, tomato, and cucumber, sered on a bed of romaine.....
and topped with a mixture of these two awesome dressings which I highly recommend. I also threw in a 1/4 cup cup of this pink salmon. I wondered why this giant can was so cheap at the store (like 2.50) then while sitting and eating my salad and reading the can I realized it still contained the bones and skin. Ugh..but its says its all edible and good for you. Idk??? The the bones are kinda hard and look a little dangerous. I got home a little late and was really hungry and scrambled to make dinner. I had seen baked onion rings on Sarahs blog and was really craving them! I attempted to make them but after dipping about five in the crumb mixture I couldnt get it stick to the onion anymore. It was so frusturating! So at just cooked those six and threw some kale in the oven with them for kale chips. I also cooked up my first time ever vegan burger. It was pretty good but judging my this morning I dont think my tummy likes the soy. (look at my chipped up thumb nail in the background)...
The man went out with his friends for the night so the little one and I had our own fun. This is where we slept until he got home and woke us up and moved us into the bed.
I was glad because I couldn't really sleep good there anyway. Not because it was uncomfortable but because of my two spaz cats. The first one is obviously closely related to Wilt Chamberlain and he likes it best when his partner is asleep (sick kitty). He started attacking me at about 1:00 in the morning. It wasn't pretty. Then soon after the kitten decided it would be fun to walk on top of the tent (do they not have brains?) and two of the four chairs came tumbling down on top of us. You can actually see Sunshine up there on the chair scoping it out.

This morning I actually got up and hit the gym for a full body workout. It was great to be back in but I didn't want to push myself to hard. When I got back I made an ice cream concoction. (didn't really taste like ice cream but still good). I didn't measure I just threw stuff in the blender. I think it was frozen bananas and strawberries, cottage cheese, and vanilla almond milk. The toppings are obvious. No big plans for the weekend except maybe joining the YMCA.

I will leave with this pic of my 3 year old who thinks she is a rock star. I did not direct her to do this, she just really thinks she is Hannah Montana.

CONFESSION OF THE DAY: I know its lame and kinda immature but I struggle with not getting mad when my husband stays out late with friends. I will go out till all hours with mine and expect him to be fine with it but if he does it I really struggle. I am not sure what it is?