And We're Off!

This morning I was up and ready to go, I made my oats (the usual) but couldn't finish them! Me not finish food?!?!? I've been congested and feeling icky, so eating was tough this morning. I brought my mug of coffee with me on my walk to work. It was so warm out!!! I brought the kiddies out for 45 minutes and it was amazing.... TOTALLY MADE MY DAY! I walked home on lunch to get the car since I thought I'd be going to Joe's last bowling match, that didn't happen though! When I got back the woman I work with told me I was going to have to stay until 4 :( I was not a happy camper! Lunch was eaten during nap time, even though I wasn't very hungry.. I had a Yoplait Apple Turnover, pineapples, and 2 handfuls of goldfish.. MMM I got home around 4ish and when Adam got home we decided to run out to Walmart and pick up labels and ink for printing out our address labels for the Save the Dates :-D

When we got back I had my leftover from last night, the other half of my veggie delight sub (subway) some pita chips and roasted red pepper hummus. I also had a yummy pickle, and had a bite of Adam's chicken wings..Mr. Popcorn was trying to eat all of Adam's wings!!!! I then got started on making Adam blueberry bread for his breakfast. I of course tasted the batter, I didn't make it from scratch it was a Betty Crocker one. I made it healthier without letting him know about it by using eggbeaters and applesauce ;) Gotta keep the soon to be hubby alive and kicking :-) I did some stuff for work (tracing hearts, printing out lists.. ) and ate some lime jello with cool whip.. so good.. I also might have had a choc peanut butter cookie from last week! I'm off to relax and watch Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother.. Hope you have a great night! I'm hoping for a snow day tomorrow.. even though it won't happen!!

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!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Hi Everyone! I hope your all having a great Halloween :-D

I slept horrible last night so getting up was very easy.. I had my normal bowl of Kashi Go Lean Crunch, Wegman's Oats and Honey with Strawberries, cinnamon, banana and skim milk. I also brought my travel mug of coffee with ff half and half and splenda with me on my chilly walk. It was another "party" day at school, lots and lots of EVIL treats!

I walked home really quick on my break and walked back to eat my lunch before my break was over. I had another huge apple with whipped cottage cheese, I also had about a cup of honey nut cheerios for some fun. My boss baked yummy cupcakes for the kids and I heard they were awesome I had had one big bite and all the frosting :) mmm so good. I walked home after work and got ready for the gym. I did about 2 miles on the treadmill and some weights and came home to get ready to go out with Adam.

We had out "date" night with Subway and watching a Halloween costume contest in Manasquan. We stumbled upon it one year and have been going ever since just because its so cute :)

Dinner was a Diet Coke and a Veggie Delight on Honey Oat bread. I ate about half of it, there were so many veggies on it!! Adam got foot long of one with meat (of course) and I had a couple of bites, it had pepperoni on it though and it gave me some heartburn! UGH that's what I get for being a piggy!! :-p I took the picture after I had eaten most of what I was eating tonight.

I'm now baking some http://www.hungry-girl.com/chew/chewdetails.php?isid=978 its the hungry girl fudge. I have had a can of pumpkin in my cabinet for a long time now and thought this was a perfect way to use some of it up! :-D I had tons of the batter since all that is in it is brownie mix and pumpkin, I left out the peanut butter.

Have a great night! See you tomorrow.