Taking it Easy Friday ...

Sorry for the lack of photos today - just wanted to do a quick and easy post and take a bit of a break from the computer tonight ... so here goes:

Breakfast:
- Oats with pumpkin butter put in the pot while cooking. Topped with chia seeds, almond butter, and 2 walnuts.

Lunch:
- Tiny piece of store bought lasagna that someone brought to work to share
- 1 babybel cheese
- 1 pear

Snack:
- Glo-bar

After work:
- 2 Guinness - it's Friday :-)

Dinner:
- 1 mojito
- 1 mini BBQ chicken pizza with a side of spinach/ strawberry salad and a poppy seed dressing on the side

I am going to take it easy tonight because tomorrow I will be getting up early for a hair appointment, and then going to get ready for Halloween!!

I am VERY jealous of my little sister right now, as she is at the AKON concert at this very moment. Not fair sister-face.

I can pretend:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vf-RL7SPiA

Vegetarian Meal #3 of 10

Good evening! I hope you all had a wonderful Friday! I am so happy it is a long weekend. It is Thanksgiving weekend in Canada, so you know what that means - GOBBLE GOBBLE.

I had my pics taken of lunch and then I decided to go out for lunch with my co-workers and didn't have my camera. So sorry no pics of lunch/ snacks. This is what I had this afternoon:

• 3 small pieces of bread (from Eastside Mario's homeloaf - baguette)
• About 1 cup of pasta with grilled chicken and a vegetable cream sauce
• 1 icy square chocolate
• 1 mini coffee crisp (Halloween candy that is floating around the school)

This evening I had a pint glass of Guinness Beer :-)

Dinner was recipe #3 in my 10 veggie recipe challenge. I have 21 days to go and 7 more recipes to make.

Todays dinner was a completely random, last minute decision. I had something else planned, and realized I was short ingredients, so I made ...

Vegetarian Mexican Risotto

This is how you make it ...

• Mix 1 pack of taco seasoning into 3 1/2 cups water and set aside (yes it is veggie friendly)
  

• Melt 1 T of butter

• Add 1 chopped onion, 2 cloves garlic, 1 chopped orange bell pepper
  

• Sauté 3 minutes
• Dump in 1 1/4 cup Arborio rice and stir until coated

• Add about 1 1/2 cups canned black beans and 1/2 cup of the "taco water"

• Stir until absorbed
• Continue adding the "taco water" 1/2 cup at a time until it is all absorbed and rice is creamy (stir constantly)

This is my portion - topped with Mango Peach Salsa



I must say, this was pretty darn good for coming up with it on the fly!
It was easy, healthy, delicious, and the hubby liked it too!

After dinner I bought some stuff for breakfast tomorrow - we are having brunch guests!
Now I am cleaning the house, and then heading to bed - I am cool like that on Friday nights - Jealous?