A Perfect Morning

A perfect morning for me has a lot to do with smells.

The smell of coffee brewing. The smell of bacon frying. The smell of freshly squeezed orange juice, just waiting to be drunk.

A perfect morning must fall on the weekend, when one can sip the fresh brewed coffee and fresh squeezed orange juice slowly, savouring each mouthful.

A perfect morning is cuddling on the couch with the one you love, enjoying a perfect homemade breakfast.

This was a perfect morning.

Bacon and Gruyere Baked Eggs

- Fry 6 slices of thick cut bacon
- Wrap the bacon around the inside of 2 oven proof dishes
- Sprinkle diced onion, red pepper, pepper, and salt in the bottom of the dish
- Crack 2 eggs in each dish
- Top with Gruyere cheese
- Bake 20 minutes at 400F

Serve with a couple slices of bacon, fresh orange juice, and coffee.







I took the day off from blogging yesterday, but I have a recap for you ...

Saturday morning I was up at 7:00. I grabbed a glo-bar and a coffee and stumbled out into the cold. I picked up my friend, and headed to work where 4 of us ladies were going to embark on The BIG Cook. We had picked up $1400 worth of groceries the day before, and were in for an adventure. 128 meals to be made. 32 each.

We chopped, minced, diced, and laughed. We stirred, measured, and spilled. In the end ... we were exhausted.







Six hours and 128 meals later, all bagged and ready to be frozen, we didn't want to look at food again for a while. All the meals smelled SO good as we were putting them into the bags. I cannot wait to try each and every one. I have 32 in total, 16 different recipes (2 of each).





Each bag has SO much food in it that it will last my hubby and I for 3 meals! The terriyaki chicken bag, for example, has about 6 or 7 chicken breasts in it! At $350 for 32 meals, we are paying just under $11/ meal.

I got home around 2:30 and still had only eaten a glo-bar all day! I was haaaangry! I had a bowl of Annie's Mac and Cheese:



Of course last night I had to try one of the dishes we had spent the day making. We opted for the Mexican Casserole:



I topped my serving with some hot sauce and sour cream. It was excellent.



I cannot wait to enjoy the leftovers.

What would your perfect morning be like?

Just Another Saturday

Yep ... it is late post today ... we were out doing very important things. You know, like playing a Napoleon Dynamite board game, and other such ridiculousness.

You would be jealous of some of the drawings.


(A dolphin/ horse)


(A fox/ monkey). Monkey? Really? Our friend Jeff is a great drawer.

Jealous? I can see if my friends will offer drawing lessons, if you are interested.

Last night I wanted a Green Monster, but had no bananas so I made a blueberry smoothie. My smoothie contained a cup of almond breeze, about 2/3 cup frozen blueberries, and a Mott's fruit cup (berry applesauce):



I enjoyed my smoothie while watching "The Proposal" with hubby. It was cute :-)



Breakfast was some lovely whole wheat pancakes with real maple syrup to dip:



And some java of course:



After a painful morning of avoiding writing my thesis, I had some Annie's Organic mac and cheese for lunch:



Later on in the afternoon I had a Christmasy Lara Bar:



Nom. Nom. Nom.

Before dinner I went for an amazing 90 minute massage. It was the BEST massage I have ever had! I was in heaven. I have had a rough couple months, and this was just what I needed. I am going back for another on Thursday!!

We enjoyed dinner out with friends this evening at a place called Viet Thai. I had the tofu, veggie sizzling hot plate, 1 fresh role, and rice on the side. I used some of hubby's green curry sauce on my rice.





After dinner we went to a friends house and played silly games all evening. I consumed 8 potato chips, 1 ounce of nasty fruit liqueur, and 1 beer throughout the course of the evening.

And now I will sleep.

How was your Saturday? What did you do? Any big plans for Sunday?

Good evening bloggy faces. Can you believe it is already November! Where has the year gone!? I have really found that as I get older, the time seems to fly by faster and faster. It seems like we just had Christmas, and now I am already looking forward to another Christmas season - but I am not complaining - I LOVE Christmas!!

I was in the mall this past weekend looking for Halloween stuff, when I noticed that the shelves were bare of Halloween products and were starting to fill up with Christmas chocolates, gifts, and wrap. I must admit - it made me giddy! I cannot wait to start Christmas shopping, and baking, and decorating!! Ooooooh, there is nothing better in my opinion! When do you start getting in the Christmas spirit? For me, it is right after Halloween!

This morning for breakfast I had mocha, banana oats:



- 1/4 cup chocolate milk, 1/4 cup coffee, 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1 pureed banana
- coconut and Chia seeds sprinkled on top



Lunch was leftover mac and cheese from supper last night:



And an apple:

This evening for dinner I had a Banquet for my professional confederation and union. I did not feel like it was appropriate for me to take a photo of my dinner in front of all my superintendents, etc. - you understand :-)

This is what I ate:

• 2 slices roast beef
• 1/2 cup mashed potato
• 1/4 of a bun with margarine
• 1/4 cup garden salad with Italian dressing
• 3 T pasta salad
• 1/2 a small cabbage roll
• 1 glass red wine
• 1 mini brownie

The hubby has been busy working in our basement lately - painting baseboards, and putting them on, putting together our built-in computer desk, installing the suspended ceiling etc.. I look forward to the day (in the VERY near future) when I can have my hubby back! (And to when I can show you all the before and after pics!!!!)

Fortunately he just asked if I wanted to watch a show with him :-) We love catching up on our PVR'd shows! Which shows do you PVR? or TIVO? Or Tape?