Holy Wind Batman!!

The wind kept me up all night last night :( I was so tired and went to bed early, but the wind was so strong it woke me up a million times. I finally got up around 8:30 and made some pumpkin spice coffee and waited for Adam to get up. I had a Pepperidge Farm Fruit and Grain bagel with Friendship Whipped Cottage cheese on it. I also ate a half of a banana while it was toasting (no pic). Around 10:30 I decided on going to the gym and did about 2 miles on about a 12% incline while reading the new People Magazine. I also did some weights for my arms and back while there. I came home and got ready to go to the new Outlets that opened near our house. Before we left I had a handful of peanuts since I have been starving for some reason (I'm thinking hormone related!!) Once we got close though the traffic started to back up. Adam thought maybe the traffic lights were out but I knew its because of the outlets and I was right!!! IT WAS CRAZY!!! We sat in traffic for 10 minutes and drove right by and went to Walmart instead. I was disappointed but oh well, we definitely spent less money at Walmart than we would have at the outlets ;)

We stopped at A&P for Adam to pick up some fried chicken that he wanted for lunch and came home. He got some tasty but evil fries too so of course I ate one too many of those along with a big bowl of Oikos vanilla Greek yogurt with the end of my can of pumpkin, tons of frozen berries, and honey nut cheerios. YUM YUM!

We pretty much sat around all day and I made some Vcon's Snobby Joe's to have for dinner on Tuesday night, since we are taking the parents out to dinner tomorrow night for a football fundraiser for my brother's high school.

Dinner was my leftover pizza from a few nights ago and the rest of my salad from Friday, with some ff ranch dressing. This dinner was great and hit the spot! Of course dessert was a Super Charge Me Cookie with a glass of 8th Continent Vanilla Light Soy milk. We are now watching Bridezillas and I'm looking up some ideas for some more turkey day projects for my kiddies to do!

I hope everyone had a great weekend! See everyone tomorrow night :-D

I Love Delicious Orchards!

Hi Everyone

After the gym I went home to the parents, ate way too much chex mix and was off to the library to get some books for the kids at school. I came home after finishing my laundry and showered, ate my leftover sub from last night with a few evil doritos that Adam bought and some of a pickle. (I ate some doritos before I took the picture) oh and I was too lazy to put in on a plate since it would just be another thing to wash!! So I just ate it in the container I had put it in last night ;)Adam and I then were off to Delicious Orchards in Colts Neck. This place is Amazing!!! http://www.deliciousorchardsnj.com/scripts/openExtra.asp?extra=16

I finally found some pumpkin butter without HFCS! It is fruitened with juice instead :-D woohooo. I also got a Jersey white sweet potato, Adam picked up some peppers for his chili he plans on making on Monday and some Apple Cider donuts for our ride to the Pocono Outlets tomorrow :) I tried the pumpkin butter right away when we got home and its AWESOME!! I had about 2 tablespoons.

I then set off to make my own apple butter with this recipe:

Makes 2 cups
ACTIVE TIME: 10 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 2 1/2 hours
EASE OF PREPARATION: Easy
8 medium McIntosh apples (2 3/4 pounds), peeled, cored and quartered2 cups unsweetened apple juice
1. Preheat oven to 450°F. Arrange apples in a large roasting pan. Pour apple juice over the apples. Bake until tender and lightly browned, about 30 minutes. Using a fork or potato masher, thoroughly mash the apples in the roasting pan. 2. Reduce oven temperature to 350°. Bake the apple puree, stirring occasionally, until very thick and deeply browned, 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours. Scrape into a bowl and let cool.
NUTRITION INFORMATION: Per tablespoon: 27 calories; 0 g fat (0 g sat, 0 g mono); 0 mg cholesterol; 7 g carbohydrate; 0 g protein; 1 g fiber; 0 mg sodium.1/2 Carbohydrate Serving

Its in the oven right now so we will see how it comes out ;)

Dinner was an Oikos Vanilla Greek Yogurt with some pureed pumpkin, berries, and about 1/2 cup of honey nut cheerios. MMM This really hit the spot! I got all my "school" work done so I won't have to worry about rushing home tomorrow after our fun outting tomorrow. I think I may have a drink tonight, I feel very anxious for somer reason and think either a Blue Moon or a glass of wine might do the trick.. hehe I hope everyone has a wonderful night!