Which also meant a fabulous weekend of foods fresh from EdoFoods Spring menu. Starting with our Saturday round up of goodies, including a spiced Carrot Muffin...
Which I remember it being delicious, but don't remember too much else since I think I scarfed it down in 3 bitesJ Hahahahahahahaha....
Lunch brought us this BEAUTIFUL salad packed with sweet sugar snap peas, radishes and peppers in a strawberry coconut dressing...
...and on the side, a spring mix of fresh asparagus, diced tomatoes and peppers in a balsamic dressing.
Much like its name, this tasted soooooooooooo fresh! I didn't even recognize the raw asparagus, since I'm not sure I've ever eaten them uncooked, but they were so snappy & crunchy that I'll definitely be adding them raw to my salads all spring-long.
And, of course, everyone's favorite course is the 'dessert' course for late afternoon, and these Dark Beet muffins made EVERYONE super happyJ Mini chocolate muffins studded with mini caco chips made the whole afternoon that much sweeterJ
And Sunday brought us a new round of treats, starting with HUGE oat crisp cookies...
I love love love oatmeal cookies, so any excuse to have them as part of a healthy diet is A-OK with me. These (like all of Edofoods) were made with clean, healthy ingredients so you got to indulge in every bite of crisp goodness without an ounce of guilty. Yee-ha!
Lunch included some sunshine...along with these chickpeas, cabbage, carrot, lettuce wraps in a gluten-free rice wrap smothered in spicy & sweet hummus sauce...swooooooonnn....
And on the side, ain't she a beaut?? Quinoa salad filled with little jewels of diced peppers, cilanto & tomatoes. JUST SO GOOD!
And, um, remember that thing I said about 'late afternoon snack?' Well, this one had to get bumped up to 'lunch dessert', when some of us just COULD NOT WAIT to crack into these mini jars...
...of blueberry CHEESECAKE!!!! Minus the cheese! EdoFood's specialty treats maker, Jen, is just BEYOND amazing to be able to turn all of these vegan ingredients into a 'you'd never know the difference' cheesecake treat. Bliss, I tell ya!
Thank you again, Ricky & Jen, for all of your beautiful food mastery and for nourishing all of us, body and SOULLLJ Just the cherry (or blueberry) on top of a beautiful weekendJ
And the rest of the weekend, we kept to our "Bikini Series" plan with Almond/flax pancakes on Saturday morning...(Scott was NOT a fan of the Perfect Fit pancake I had made for him one time, but was a much bigger fan of this energy/protein pancake swap)
And dinners of bean salad & avocado on Saturday...
...and another round of chili lime tacos on Sunday...
We DID, however, have our weekend splurges of doughnuts for breakfast on Sunday morning (Katie's latest request, replacing her request for Sunday morning pancakes, which were apparently her 'winter thing'J) and a burger from Issac Newton's on Friday night...
...chased with a mini Salted Caramel Blizzard from Dairy Queen, which OMG...don't even get me started. This latest baby Loooooooooveessssssss chocolate and that little number made us both VERYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY happy.
But I'm soooooooooooo happy to go through a weekend WITHOUT feeling like I need a full-blown Monday "restart," since we kept our balances & splurges in check....which is always QUITE a challenge, I will admit.
But we're already back at it for Week 2 of the Bikini Series. And I say "already back at it" since I already ate the breakfastJ And sneak peek: it was another winner.
Alright...better get up and get this day officially startedJ Have a good Monday, everyone.
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