Weekend Odds & Ends

Well, unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the FEAST we had for dinner last night!  My sister-in-law made vegetarian enchiladas & chicken mole.  Plus we had taco dip, chips, rice, fruit...PLUSSSS two cakes, ice cream...and a partridge in a pear tree!  It was a LOT of food for 11 people, but it was all sooooooooo good!!!!!  I ate WAY too much!!!  Back to yogurt & strawberries and salad today;) hahahahahhahahaha....

But I do have some odds & ends to show you from the weekend.  For lunch on Saturday, I made a variation of this recipe I found in "Health" magazine.  I had a leftover can of lite coconut milk in the fridge, so I added that to some strawberries, a frozen banana and a little almond milk to smoooooth it all out since it was SUPER frozen from the fruit.  Isn't it oh-so-pretty and spring-y????????

This was sooooooo delicious!  I don't think I could REALLY add coconut milk to ALL of my smoothies, unfortunately, as it is fairly caloric....but as a treat (and a way to clean up my fridge!), it was loverly!

For Sunday morning breakfast this week, I used up more of the buttermilk in the fridge and made these Oats & Buttermilk Snack Cakes.  I figured it might be one of our LAST 'hot out of the oven' breakfasts for awhile once the summer weather kicks in;)

I made a glaze for the top out of powdered sugar and maple syrup extract.  These were so warm & yummy, with the little crunch from the steel cut oats.  (side note: I bought a half a cup of oats from the bulk bin at "Whole Foods"....21 CENTS!  Sweet, right??  It was JUST what I needed:)

And to fill my "I haven't talked about Trader Joe's in about 3 days" quota:  For lunch yesterday, I tried out some of this:

It was very good, but VERY Lime-y!  But it did have a nice mellow taste from the avocados and chickpeas.  Me likes!

Well, it is most DEFINITLY a salad day after all those fabulous Mexican eats last night!  I am ready for that!  However-ps...still ACHIN from the yoga!  My shoulders and upper arms feel like steel....again, not too shabby, but certainly not pain free! ;) hahahahhahahahaha...I guess this is where that "no pain, no gain" mantra should come in, right??  Have a good day!