Can you believe it’s already Monday?
I’m so tired I almost can’t stand it. Why? Because I woke up at 2:30am.
Apparently I fell asleep with my phone in my room. My sheets were still in the dryer, so I crashed on the couch… and when my mom called I didn’t hear the phone. This worried her and when I hadn’t gotten back to her by 2am she decided to drive 30 minutes to make sure I was ok pay me a visit. No joke.
Here’s the Top 5 from the weekend:
1. Zucchini Bread Oats
I stayed at my mom’s one night and made these again after a brief hiatus. She hadn’t had them and was skeptical… turns out she loved Zucchini Bread Oats!
2. Sticky Toffee Pudding
I went to a dinner party at my friends Katherine and Giles’ house. Joined by Heather and her husband Kirk, we had a fantastic vegan fest. My contribution was this Vegan Sticky Toffee Pudding.
Recipe to come soon… I need to take some better pics. 🙂
3. Foodie Penpal
The revel isn’t until the end of the month… but my foodie penpal package arrived! The box she shipped it in got me excited.
4. PB&J Yogurt
This was is my new love. How can you go wrong with anything PB&J-esque? In my yogurt was:
- 1 C Greek yogurt
- 1 T peanut flour
- 5-6 drops vanilla Stevia
- 1/2 C strawberries
5. Softball Sunday
It was another softball Sunday! We won one game and lost one. No split this week though. 🙂
One of my teammates rides a unicycle. I love this time of year.
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I thought my knee was cured this weekend when I ran a mile pain-free. Then I tried for 1.5 the next day and was back in pain… *sigh*
It’s more P90X for me.
Workout Recap (4/2 – 4/8):
- Monday – This Pinned workout, P90X Chest/Back, Ab Ripper X
- Tuesday – This Pinned workout, P90X Yoga
- Wednesday – P90X Shoulders/Arms, Ab Ripper X, 100 push-ups
- Thursday – This Pinned workout, P90X Kenpo, 100 push-ups
- Friday – P90X Legs/Back, 100 push-ups
- Saturday – This Pinned workout, 4 mile walk, 1 mile run, Ab Ripper X
- Sunday – 1.5 mile run, 2 softball games
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I’m looking forward to a low-key week. Knock on wood.
Has your mom ever driven to your house to check on you?
What was the best part about your weekend?
whoa! that is an awesome box!
everything sounded awesome until you wrote about the pain after your run…that stinks girl! I hope you get to get out soon….
xoxo from Trinidad
Thanks, Corey… I probably should have waited to test it like the Dr. said… oops.
Haha my mom would totally do the same thing!
Hahah that bit about your mom made me laugh! My mom has a tendency to get frantic if we don’t answer our calls…over-reacting, much! All your eats look delicious, am especially loving the sound of sticky tofee pudding! Have a great week 🙂
Glad I’m not the only one! It’s embarrassing, but sweet. 🙂
Ha, my dad and I were just talking about the “mom” tendency to worry like that! About a week ago when I was out of town with my hubby’s family, I left my phone in the car while we were out walking a golf course and since my mom couldn’t get ahold of me she actually called BOTH sets of his grandparents (we had mentioned maybe going to see them) and had my brother who lives near me go drive to our house to see if we made it home!
I shouldn’t laugh too much, though, because I worry just as much about my hubby when I can’t get ahold of him!!
LOL! That is too funny. We are lucky to be so loved. 🙂
That is sweet of your mom to check on you! Precious.
I have yet to try your zucchini bread oats but they still sound just as delicious. I have been eating greek yogurt for breakfasts all of last week, this weekend, and from the looks of it this morning.. this week too. I have recently fallen in love with 2% Fage. I don’t have PB flour- but I do have almond meal so my bowl is AB&J yogurt 🙂
Almond meal is such a good idea… I’m going to do that next!
Have you tried Atlanta Farm Fresh? That my fav Greek.
Haha aww mums can be too funny at times! Bless her driving all the way over though! 🙂 That sticky toffee pudding looks absolutely delish! Such a comforting dessert! Perfection with lots of homemade custard! Yumm! Sorry to hear about your knee pain love! I hope it fixes itself soon!
Thank you! I have never actually had custard… but it sounds like something I’d love.
hahaha…soul sisters – i do that all the time! falling asleep on the couch that is. i’ll wake up in the middle of the night to discover the lights on…candles burning…itunes still playing. it’s so disconcerting! although i am pretty sure mama e would not rush over for me like that 🙂
gah monday, let’s do this.
Guuuurllll… you are going to catch your house on fire!
I’m sure yo’ mamma would hunt you down. 🙂
Oh my goodness – I can’t believe she drove over. Sweet mom, she wanted to be sure you were safe!
I think the best part of the weekend was getting to do our first all-grain homebrew in the gorgeous sunshine outdoors & getting accepted as a FitFluential Ambassador. 🙂
I know… but she woke up half the building using the callbox to get it! Everyone hates me. LOL!
Cheers for #FitFluential brews!!!
That unicycle is pretty neat! I’m pretty sure I’d fall and go splat within 2 seconds of getting on one.
Ditto – I wasn’t going near that thing!
I’ve never seen your oatmeal recipes before, and I have to go back now and work my way through ’em!! And I must try out the zucchini oatmeal asap!! I bought a zucchini AND more almond extract at the store on Saturday- it must be fate!!
I got my first foodie pen pal box on Friday. It was such a nice treat to come home to! 🙂
Oh- and I eat #4 all the time… YUM.
I’m a firm believer that you can put anything in oatmeal… or Greek yogurt!
I hate it when the sleep doesn’t work out…never makes the next day easy.
Sorry to hear about the continued frustrations with your knee. I finally got back up six miles this weekend, but we’ll see if mine hold up.
Way to go on the 6!!! The weather is perfect for it. Unless you’re in tornado land. That would be less-than-perfect.
How sweet is your mom? Will she adopt me? 🙂
So, so sorry to hear about the knee…
Unicycles are awesome.
Knowing her, she probably would! 🙂
If my mom lived within the same time zone as me, I’m sure she’d do the same! She’s always on my case whenever I don’t answer my phone. I’ve been lusting after the pictures of your sticky toffee pudding so I hope you share the recipe soon!
Also, I’ve noticed you’re now eating dairy. I may have missed it if you explained, but can I ask why? No judgement I promise, i’m just curious/nosy 🙂
Have a great week Laura!
I was going vegan firs the first month as part of a cleanse and the second month as part of a blogger challenge… I re-evaluated at the end and decided that – for me – a limited amount of dairy (and some seafood) is a good thing. I do still strongly believe in a plant-based diet, and the vegan eats (or modifications) on this blog won’t end!
Aw Laura!! That sounds like something my mom would do. Part of why I love her so. I hope you got back to sleep after her visit! Congrats on the softball win!! I’m so bummed for you regarding your knee… that is just terrible! Does your doc have anything to say about it?
I did… an hour later… oy. It’s good to be loved. 🙂
Going back to the Dr. this week. *sigh*
Those are some tempting pictures… I’m excited for that toffee pudding recipe. Hope you can catch up on your sleep today – maybe squeeze in a nap?
I took a 2 hours nap. 🙂
Motherly love is always bittersweet! That toffee pudding looks irresistable.
I hope you got to catch up on your sleep! Your eats look amazing!
Our knees are in the same, crappy mood these days. I ran some intervals on my long walk yesterday and am feelin’ it today. 🙁
Poor you! Hopefully we will both recover soon. We should run a celebration race together! 🙂
Sorry to hear about your knee! That is SO frustrating – I am positive that I have all sorts of stress fractures and tears with every twinge I feel in this pre-marathon week! I’m becoming SUPER paranoid!
Love that your mom did that. That’s real love. =) I can see myself doing that to my mom though – I’m definitely a worrier and I’d totally freak out if I didn’t know where she is!
You’re going to be awesome! I can’t wait for the “report.”
It takes my mom a week to return even one of my phone calls so no she’s never driven anywhere to check on me haha But I honestly think it’s super sweet that your mom did!
The funny thing is that it doesn’t work both ways – my mom disappears for days and then says “oh, I didn’t see I missed any calls.” LOL!
I just don’t even know what to say.
I think I’ll stick with “If my mom were nearby she’d totally do the same thing. And give me sticky toffee pudding. NOW!!!!”
I’ll trade you pudding for banana granola…
I am with you on the monday shock. The weekend was not nearly long enough and today just happened to appear before my unprepared eyes.. Hope the week is awesome!
Haha! If my mom lived closer to me, I think she would do the same thing!!
And peanut butter greek yogurt?! Awesome!
Girl… you just made my day with that PB & J yogurt. Nom. Thank you. Simple but Brilliant.
Awwww… thanks! PB belongs with everything. 🙂
Now THAT is a mom to be proud of!
I’ll be trying this PB&J yogurt first thing in the morning, if I can restrain myself that long. Wow, it sounds good.
Sorry to hear about the knee pain. I certainly hope this gets better very quickly. 🙁
Thanks, Mark!
After all you have been through you deserve a low key weekend for sure my friend – crash on that couch again with that delicious yoghurt (and your phone!) close by 😉
A great post with delish foodie pics!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
LOL! My phone is now attached to my hand. 😉
Oh my! No, my mom never did anything like that (but then it would have been a 4 hour drive and then a flight across an ocean…).
I can’t wait to see what foodie penpals has in store for me this month! 🙂
Ha – you mom would have had to be SUPER worried. 🙂
I’ve been rocking that same pb flour and strawberry thing with whipped cottage cheese.
Aaaand I’ve been planning on making a zucchini bread oatmeal for days because I have these cute little baby zucchini.
It is funny when you see posts pop up and find people are eating/making/craving the same things. Great minds think alike.
I bet that’s awesome with cottage cheese!
Have you tried the oatmeal before? You are going to LOVE it!
I love making PB & J yogurt! PB2 is the best, i’ve been out for a few weeks, so I can’t wait to get my shipment tomorrow!
LOL that your mum came to check on you at 2am 🙂 I hope she felt better afterwards though!! 🙂
Shame about your knee. Hope it’s better soon.