This past weekend, I finally got to some of the paint and home building supply stores to get some paint samples and tester tiles for the bathroom.
After two years of living here, we decided to finally do some renovations on the condo. Mainly because there are a few things that need to be changed out. But before we can do anything we have to plan it all out and ask permission from the strata board. So, don't expect a lot of demolition pictures on here any time soon.
As I was looking at paint chips in the morning light, I had
Nature's path puffed kamut cereal mixed with Envirokidz puffed cereal blend of corn, millet, and kamut. Milk of choice was
unsweetened almond breeze almond milk and
candy cane green tea on the side. It was the last of one of my children's cereal and I liked it alot, but I have a feeling its discontinued since I couldn't find the cereal on there website anymore.
After breakfast, I had some daily chores to do and didn't even break for a mid morning snack! Needless to say I was hungry by lunch time and had a two plate combo of food! hehe I am trying to eat up these LARGE 12" pitas I bought awhile ago, so I had half of one spread with homemade red pepper hummus and some grated swiss cheese and toasted the whole thing. I also had some leftover homemade vegetable barley soup that I had on the side with good ol' ice water.
The second half of lunch was sliced strawberries and bananas with some graham crackers and peanut butter. Tasty!!
Did some more purging of clutter in the kitchen and it looks like I will have a whole kitchen set to sell on craigslist! Its amazing how much stuff one can collect and not really need. I was thinking instead of selling it, I might see if I can give it to a family in need. I also have a huge bag full of clothes to give away as well. By the end of this 'clutter cleanse', I might need a truck to haul it all away! ha!
Anyway, found out as I was making dinner that Dave was going to be going to his
ride for cancer meeting, so he would be late. So I stopped that dinner in favor of leftover chili and cornbread. But since I was waiting for him to arrive back, I had my after dinner snack before dinner!
I just made a simple salad with more hummus and dried pita chips on top.
After that, I had some more strawberries with half a
kashi trail mix bar.
Dave FINALLY came home at almost 9pm and I was starving!
Homemade black bean veggie chili to the rescue (with cheese on top)! Oh and the cornbread is a family favorite that I got from
here. I can't believe how long I have been making this recipe, but its SO GOOD! I would gladly buy Jiffy's brand corn muffin mix, but they have LARD in it, so that is not going to happen here!
This recipe might be even better than Jiffy's brand anyway, and certainly healthier for you!
We also had some blueberry cake for dessert that I made from
this recipe. I changed it a bit by taking out the seasonings, and adding lemon flavoring and salt instead. Also doubled the amount of blueberries because I love lots of fruit in this kind of cake. Also used almond milk instead of soy milk as that is the only unsweetened 'milk' I have in the house.
It turned out pretty good, but next time, I will just lemon juice/zest instead of lemon flavoring as it has a bit of an aftertaste. Otherwise, very tasty. Thanks Happy herbivore!
So, that was yesterday's feast, and so far all I have managed to do is do a blog post and have a cup of tea. lol Time to start the day! Have a good Wednesday everyone!
rry about feeling bad and made myself a salad with balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Its topped with the last of the red pepper hummus (must make more of that soon!) and sourdough rye wasa crackers. I think all the garlic from the hummus helped me feel a bit better. :)
Dave was late for dinner again and didn't let me know until I was about to eat the coffee table, so I just grabbed a cracker and swiss cheese to snack on while he was on his way home. Decided to splurge and have a little glass of red wine.
omachs and could barely eat half of these treats. So in the freezer for another day!
