Hummus Success!

Unlike the baking failure I had earlier today, I did have success with making homemade hummus from this recipe.

I also made hummus a couple of weekends ago and devoured it in about two days. I don’t know if I will buy hummus at the store again. It’s just so easy to make at home!

I put some of it on an open faced veggie sandwich with spinach, cucumber slices, and some Frank’s Red Hot and sea salt on top and had this for lunch, along with a sliced honeycrisp apple and some almond butter.

This morning, I had some of this new coffee creamer from Coffee Mate. It’s called Natural Bliss and I tried the Sweet Cream flavor. The others I could have chosen from were Caramel and Vanilla. I tend to like the plain flavors more in my coffee.

Here are the Nutrition Facts:

The ingredients are better than a lot of creamers.

It’s not something I will buy that often, but it’s a nice treat to have once in a while.

I usually buy half and half for my coffee and that is all I need to make my cup creamy and tasty.

The first half of my Sunday was very productive. I did laundry, cleaned the glass on my car window (it had been driving me nuts), did dishes, took out the summer shoes in my closet for winter storage and managed to find five pairs of shoes to get rid of, and then I put away laundry and made the bed with fresh sheets. I was exhausted by lunch time and then relaxed off and on the rest of the afternoon. I got through another magazine as my pile really needs to decrease soon.

And tonight, I am just looking forward to the Amazing Race! Truthfully, I am always a bit bored in the beginning stages of the season and like it more when weak teams are eliminated. I also tend to be more interested if they are in countries I am looking forward to traveling to one day.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend, what’s left of it!

M.I.A.

Hi everyone! Sorry I have been M.I.A. the last couple of days. I haven’t been home lately.

On Thursday night, Craig and I had Subway for dinner and then parted ways. Craig went over to his sister’s house (that was just signed for on Thursday) and started to install an alarm system for her.

I went to the mall to get free underwear from Victoria’s Secret, use a Kohl’s coupon for more underwear, and then to the grocery store. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the new Pick N’ Save (grocery store) near us was finally open! I love exploring new stores and I hated our old Pick N’ Save’s layout, so having a brand new one is so exciting to me. We finally have a salad bar, sushi, a bigger bakery, etc. I just picked up a few free items, fresh produce, and browsed the perimeter. I’ll explore the store more when we need to stock up.

My Friday wasn’t too exciting–I was just happy the work week was over. I tried a new product for breakfast. With my hot coffee, I had a greenberry flavored Shakeology.

I mixed it with some skim milk. The taste reminded me of Amazing Grass.

This is my usual spot I eat breakfast in–our spare bedroom. I watch the morning news and see what the weather will be like for the day. Don’t mind the weird Macy’s bag in the background. That’s just the bag our cat Tanzi likes to lay in.

I am not sure I got too full from the shake, but I could have just had one of those days where I wanted to eat everything in sight.

I got a hot coffee and Cranberry Almond scone at work to celebrate the last day of one of my big programs that has been going on for the last month and a half! Hooray!

I snacked on some pita chips and Mediterranean Olive hummus close to lunch. I expected this hummus to have Kalmata olives because of the Mediterranean mention in the name, but it had black and green olives. Still was tasty to this olive lover though!

During my breaks at work, I read A Year of Sundays, which I am loving so far! Thanks for giving it to me to read Karis! It’s a true story about a 50-something year old married couple who move to Europe for a year. The woman in the couple is blind, so it’s kind of cool to hear how the man describes places they go to and how he helps her experience places like Musee d’Orsay in Paris. Reading this is making me want to travel to Europe again!

And last night, we went to Craig’s sister’s house so he could keep working on the alarm system and I could help her unload her car.

This morning was officially moving day.

This is Craig’s parents’ house.

I knew I would need something to fill me up, so I started my day with Mango Chobani yogurt with granola and Chocolate Godiva Coffee that I was able to sample through the Foodbuzz Tastemaker program.

Craig’s sister (also named Lisa) has been living at her parents’ house. She is almost 28 and this is the first time she has lived on her own! I am glad she was able to buy a house.

Isn’t her kitchen adorable? The lady who owned the house previously just had it put in in February!

I’ll admit–I am jealous of this kitchen because she has an island, a dishwasher, a few new appliances, and beautiful cabinets that I like the style of.

She also has a lot of storage for a house that was built in 1950.

You wouldn’t think one person would have a lot to move, but Lisa did. We lifted boxes for about two hours straight this morning, then had to unload it all for another two hours once we got there.

We are exhausted. I was able to sleep for about an hour when we got back and now Craig is hopefully napping away because the kitties are finally quiet and not bugging us for food.

Tonight will definitely just be low key. I will relax with a beer later and eat a big salad for dinner. After having pizza and junk food for lunch, I need some veggies.

Tomorrow, we will celebrate our 2nd wedding anniversary (it’s on Monday) by going out to lunch. Yay!

So happy

I leapt out of bed this morning (after hitting the snooze button a couple of times) and was so happy to start my day. Note: I haven’t felt like this in ages. The vacation in two days is giving me an extra reason to be joyous! I love to travel and especially to someplace warm with my husband in the middle of this icky Midwestern winter. I don’t know why, but I kept singing “on the good ship, lollipop” to my husband and cats this morning. Yes, I am weird and admit it. I don’t talk about my weirdness on my blog much, but my husband and I can be quite quirky together and that’s what makes life fun. Anyway…must have had a dream about the good ship lollipop or something.

Breakfast this morning was the absolute last of Jessica’s gluten free granola in my favorite flavor. I saved the best for last and had the Vanilla Maple. I’ll have to make my own granola and look for Jessica’s at Whole Foods.

Snack at work was a candy cane hot chocolate and the rest of the Newman’s Own cheddar soy crisps.

Lunch today was the pizza we had for dinner last night, a pink lady apple and two pitas with greek olive Sabra hummus. The hummus definitely was the key to filling me up at lunch.

After work, I changed and went straight to the gym. I did kind of what I did last night–biked for 18 minutes, walked/ran on the treadmill for 10, rowed for 5 minutes and lifted weights.

Dinner was a Boca Bruschetta burger on an Arnold’s Thin & a cup of skim milk.

Plus this larabar. I plan on bringing a bunch of these on our trip, so I wanted to make sure I liked this flavor.

Dessert was Newman’s Own Organics Super Dark chocolate with Reese’s pb chips.

I also had an airborne because I feel like I am getting sick and that cannot happen right now.

My food has been kind of random lately and it’s because we have been cleaning out our cabinets, fridge and freezer before this trip. For some reason, I just feel better doing that before a big trip and then we can start fresh with a big trip to the grocery store when we return.

I am off tomorrow so I can get a mini mani/pedi in the morning, head to the mall for a bit, pack for the trip, do laundry and clean up the house. Then it’s off to Florida bright and early on Friday morning!