Oats on a Sunday morning?!  Who knows the last time I’ve had that luxury!  Without the part-time gig at church, I don’t have to leave nearly as early which means… no more Sunday morning breakfast on the run. 

An oat-lover with extra time on her hands means one delish bowl to get the day started.

A classic base made with 1/2 c. of oats + half nan + almond milk and topped with raspberries + peanut butter + homemade granola and raisins + cinnamon stirred in.

The raspberries were being a bit wallflowerish today, not feeling much like socializing.

Too bad for them, they all met in my tummy.  And too good for me.

Lunch was a big ol’ birthday celebration!  It was a joint birthday party for two friends (who happen to be married to each other!) at Casey’s.  I am impressed by their menu – it’s changed since the ick food it used to be.

I ordered the Korean beef stir fry and it was pretty good, just a wee bit on the salty side.  I ate all the stir fried parts and pretty much all the rice.  I might as well just say I ate almost the entire thing.  I work up a good appetite on Sundays!  Could also have been from all the children I was running after in the classrooms…

It was a baking frenzy this afternoon!  Frenzy might be a stretch – frenzy would be baking non-stop for a whole day in preparation for a giant community bake sale or school fundraiser.  So with that said, I take that back.  It was a baking blitz.

Okay, that just sounds stupid.  But I’m going with it.

I did monthly baking duties for Ottawa Innercity Ministries which involved a muffin mix (oh the guilt).  Next up was this sweeeet – yet sugarless – recipe for banana-nut cookies.  The only change I made to the recipe was adding lots of cinnamon and about 1/4 c. extra oats because three mashed bananas ended up being much more than the 1 and a half cups.  To keep it from being too wet, the extra oats were a must.

My helper did the mashing.  He’s meant for smashing eggs for egg salad, but works part-time as a nan masher.

The finished product!

Supper was pretty rocking for a salad.  I’m a big time salad hater, even though I eat them fairly regularly.  This one was good, though.

Mixed greens + red onion + tom + cucumber + tuna + yesterday’s dressing.

And a side of bland corn on the cob.  It had a bath in margarine and salt after the photo op.

Dessert was some fruit + melon.  I’ve decided to rename the “cookies” to “spongies”.  No one in their right mind would call the texture of these cookie-like, so I’m going with banana-nut spongies.

Plus, spongies sounds cute.

Off to get ready for the week ahead… prepping lunch stuff and organizing clothes.  …ew.

Hope your weekend felt long and was an all around good one.

Adi

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