Hey ya’ll!

Sorry for the absence!  The first day we work of the month is always insane!  So I have quite a bit to share with you!  First – I’ll start off with food from yesterday – then get to the good part!  Quick recap, here we go:

Berry oatmeal:

I got “snacky” at around and had some dry roasted edamame:

For lunch – a spinach salad, and some pretzels with a french onion laughing cow – I broke into them before the picture!

For another snack – I tried my first Apple Cinnamon Z-bar around 4 – it had a green wrapper – how could I NOT LIKE IT?!   It was quite tasty – reminded me of apple fig newtons!

For dinner, I jumped on the squash bandwagon!  I’ve had a butternut squash laying around for a few weeks, and I’ve been waiting for the perfect recipe.  Here’s what I did:

• Nuked the squash in the microwave for about 4 minutes so it was easy to cut
• Cut it open, and scooped out the guts, then cooked in the oven for about 35 minutes (on 375/400) – I rubbed a little EVOO and S&P on flesh

Here’s what came out:

Then – while that was cooking – I decided to throw together some vegetarian chili!  I never measure a single thing when I make chili – so I’ll just tell you what I put in it!

• 1 can of sweet corn
• 1 can of dark red kidney beans
• 1 can of pinto beans
• 1 can of diced tomatoes with chiles
• 1 can of tomato paste (a small one)
• some chicken broth
• season as you like – I used – a whole lotta chili powder, cayenne powder, garlic powder, onion salt, and paprika

Everyone in the pot:

Final dinner product:

From above:

This was sooooo good!  I ended up adding a little bit of ketchup and hot sauce to the squash that was left after I’d eaten all the chili!  I’m eating the leftovers for lunch today – I’m so excited!

While dinner was delicious, and I was really happy with how it turned out – I was SOOOO “snacky” all night long!

First – I went in for some organic dried pineapple – this was REALLY good.  First time I’d had it, and I will definitely buy it again next time I’m at Whole Foods!

Someone else found it interesting and tasty as well…

Wait!  Snack time is no where near over!

Next – 100 calorie pack of popcorn with spray butter and “Popcorn Ranch Salt” – YUM!

Wait – still not over (I know – ridiculous right?!)

Next – Mitchell’s Ice Cream – they have the BEST frozen yogurt.  I got a single scoop of the Peanut Butter Reese’s Yogurt - SOOOOO GOOD!

Phew that’s it!

This morning, Kristin and I got up early and took a walk outside (with Lando of course) to enjoy one of the last nice mornings of the season.  Breakfast this morning – SUPER LAME!  Low Sugar Maple Syrup Oatmeal – with a few raisins and a sprinkle of granola:

I’m going to participate in Kath’s Thanksgiving Challenge – I’ll post more info on that shortly!