I spoke too soon.
One day I’ll learn to knock on wood or something.
Last week I said we were getting to some form of normalcy. HA! Till the flaming oven happened… so here we are with a disheveled kitchen, no oven, and some random food. We also have NO groceries since we were supposed to have gone to the farmer’s market Sunday. Fires really are inconvenient…
Our new oven gets delivered Thursday! We’ll see if we can manage normal next week. I’m not holding my breath.
This WIAW we ate… whatever we could.
Read on for my eats, and then check out Jenn’s blog for everyone else’s delicious creations!
Breakfast:
Vegas and I had our usual morning cocktail. I had my morning sludge.
The good news it that the kitchen was pretty much unpacked. We used the waffle iron to make a pretty good breakfast! So good I almost forgot a pic. I used Quest Vanilla Milkshake Protein Powder
Chocolate Protein Waffles
- 1/2 scoop protein powder (14g)
- 1 T cocoa powder
- 1 T coconut flour
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 C milk (I used vanilla soy)
- 3 T egg whites
Mid-Morning Snack:
I went to boxing class at noon and need a quick fix to tide me over. Quest to the rescue. This Sour Cream & Onion flavor
Post-Workout Snack:
After a sweaty workout, all I want is a cold bowl of protein ice cream. This is a mocha… with kale. Just chocolate protein, kale, ice, cinnamon, and left over coffee from the morning. Topped with chocolate syrup and Honey Nut Cheerios.
Dinner:
At this point I needed “real” food. We rode our bikes to the shop to get Vegas’ worked on and then went out to celebrate National Beer Day at The Buffalo Public House. I got a Belching Beaver Double IPA (REALLY good) and she got a Three Philosophers. We also had mussels, sausage flatbread, and cheese bread steak sliders to accompany.
The food was mediocre (don’t order the mussels), but the beers were good. So we had a second round. And split a third.
Vegas had left her bike at the shop for work, so I was walking mine home with her. When she complained about me walking too fast I offered to let her ride my bike and run behind. Totally thought she’d turn me down. She did not.
This was my view home:
Chasing Vegas
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I’m already planning my first adventure with the new oven… it’s going to be a muffin weekend.
What is you favorite no-bake meal?
Would you have taken me up on the bike?
I don’t trust you with a new oven….. LMFAO… Perhaps I should wait a few weeks for you to get acquainted to your new oven before I grace you with my mouth’s presence? 😉
You’re sooooooo funny. You know you want to come when Lucie is here. We can go to the market and grill out!
I friggin’ adore this idea! I do believe she’s coming to my neck of the woods somewhere between the 24th & 26th – butttttt grilling out sounds AMAZING!!! 🙂 Give me the DEETS! — shoot me an email.
When I lived in Perth, I don’t think I ever used my oven. Maybe like once a month, max! And that was usually to bake cookies or something. I was vegetarian so had no meat to cook and it was too hot to want baked foods! Now I use it almost every day 🙂
I still laugh that you were vegetarian. Hell, I laugh that I was!
when I saw the oven pic on the book of the face I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT you had to be kidding.
and yet?
alas
no 🙂
my fave no bake anything is WHOLE FOODS.
Those sliders look epic- Sorry to hear about the mussels…how dare San Diego do that to you!
As for the no bake…oh man, my oven is mia so evrrything is no bake on my end.
Right?! There have been some great mussels too. No worries.
OMG I love that you ran all the way home, chasing Vegas. That is awesome!!
Good movie title, no? LOL!
First a fire, then chocolate kale protein ice cream and then chasing vegas–good luck with your neighbors ;D
OMG. My land goddess (her term, not mine) think s we’re insane. But she loves us (I think)!
I would die if I didn’t have an oven to make my muffins and cook real dinner. Ok I wouldn’t die. There are plenty other things I’d do but I would die if I rode a bike. I can’t ride one to save my life. Biking accident as a kid!
You’d probably be fine… but yeah, not my strongest skill either!
Oh, I survived for 6 months not just without an oven, but without even a microwave – only a fridge and an English windowsill! I feel your pain…
Seriously?! That’s impressive!
Normal? Who needs it 😉 Keeps life interesting right? During the summer we almost never use the oven and just use our grill or toaster oven. It’s amazing what you can cook on a grill. And those waffles look perfectly cooked. I seem to have a problem getting mine “just right.”
Waffles are tricky. Mine are either awesome or a colossal fail. LOL!
Ha loving that post workout snack!
Yup. Doused some fish and french fries quite nicely while the kids watched from outside. It was all Shark Boy wanted to talk about for weeks. Getting the fire extinguisher recharged/reloaded was quite a quest too.
Oy… don’t tell me that. That’s on the list of adventures for next week.
I NEED those chocolate protein waffles! I never have luck with waffles for some reason. They always stick. 🙁 Any advice?
Don’t skimp on the spray! I douse my waffle iron with coconut oil spray.
Oh no! Damn ovens. Favorite no-bake meal? Smoothie for sure
Hi Laura! Cheerios on your ice cream? Good thinking! hehehe! I would die without my microwave to be honest. But I’d also miss roasted veggies without the oven. And my hubby and I are in the market for bikes. Any suggestions?
I’m pretty sure Cheerios should go on anything. 🙂
I wish I was more hlep on the bikes… the one I have is a hand me down that I barely ride. I’d recommend going to your local bike shop and asking their advice/getting fitted. The guys at the one by my house were fabulous!
I’m still ogling that cheese bread and with good reason.
I would have taken the bike too. You already knew that though.
oh wow those beers look good, my mind is clearly not focused on anything important 😀
that is hilarious! sorry but i had to chuckle at the thought of you running after Vegas on that bike. i would have done the same thing, and my husband would have loved to have me stumbling after him.
we’re still packing our house so yeah, not doing much gourmet cooking up in here but i did manage to bake 2 types of vegan brownies, and 1 batch of vegan chia/oatmeal bars. why bake? cuz i’m trying to use up all our nut flours and baking stuff, lol. why vegan? because we ain’t got no eggs! but we got chia seeds so i did what i do and played improv in the kitchen. yes, that’s how i roll. i’m sure you do too by the looks of it cuz your eats look pretty good for someone who don’t have no oven for the lovin!
the last 3 nights i’ve been frying up all the greens in our freezer. i freeze my bags of greens because i hate wasting plants, and love to add them in everything. so it’s been real easy to throw some greens with whatever else we got. lsat night it was walnut ‘taco’ meat with greens and quinoa. and some leftover tuna steak because it was too good to resist.
There is SO much good beer here. Trouble. LOL!
Trying to use up all the foods makes from some fun creations. Vegan baked goods are so tasty!
Aww! I’m sorry you don’t have an oven yet. I’m sure it’ll feel great once you get one again! Great eats:)
Thanks! The new one ROCKS!
I am convinced you will find protein everywhere lol. But those chocolate waffles are definitely looking delicious. And I’m so happy you guys get our new oven… I can’t wait to see a blog post on it.
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Oh, no. Flaming ovens are not good.
Yum I love waffles-and luckily have all those ingredients on hand !
Thanks! Let me know if you try them!
its funny how we don’t realize we need ovens until we are without. THat and microwaves. Thank goodness for protein filled foods like quest. I love those chips.. like a lot.
Not having either on with we first moved in was really tough! You can get by if you have just one or the other (it’s not fun though)… but having neither is no bueno.
haha I totally would’ve taken your bike too! Totally agree with Lindsay about not realizing how much you rely on something until you can’t use it. Hooray for a new oven!