Party Preppin’
Hiiiiiii 😀 How’s your Saturday been? Thank you so much for your ideas on how to fix up the master bedroom. I’m excited to start getting things together, now that we’re settled and all of stuff is unpacked.
I got home from an awesome day of work and dove right into food prep for tomorrow.
Some numbers for the day:
Approximate amount of guests: 40
Melons chopped:
[But it was a nice, big one… TWSS]
Mangoes cut: 12 (1 case)
Red onions: 2
Yellow onions: 2
Tomatoes: 12
Servings of beans cooking away to garlicky glory: 44
Tres leches cakes ready to be frosted: 2
Amount of get-ready things to do: 5. Make the sangria (tonight), swiffer, vacuum, frost cakes, make guacamole and salsa (tomorrow).
The Pilot has been working hard to get the Easter Egg powder room painted and put together. He picked out a horrible brown color for it and I’ve been making fun of him for the past day + for turning the Easter Egg into a band-aid room and today, after he finished and got all of the decor in there… it actually looks good. I wave the white flag 😉 I’ll post a pic tomorrow.
Some eats:
A super filling bowl of oats!
-1/3 C GF oats
-organic blueberries
-Sun Warrior
-cacao powder
-Stevia
-a crumbled Udi’s gluten-free chocolate chip cookie
I think the cookie is what made it so filling 😉
Eggs and toast with salsa and nutritional yeast
This combo will never get old, ever.
My mother-in-law is here and staying at our casa, so we’re about to go out to dinner 🙂 We have a little adventure planned for the morning, too.
Enjoy your night! <3
xoxo
Gina
Today’s tip: No time to work out in the morning? Take 5 minutes before you start your day to bust out some easy at-home moves: lunges, push-ups, burpees and a plank are always a nice choice 😉 Every little bit really does add up!
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wow rockstar cooking machine you are! what’s your tres leches recipe btw? i love that stuff!
it’s alton brown’s 😀
Enjoy with your MIL!
You are prepping for guests, we are prepping for Irene. Same amount of work….. you’ll have more fun.
Just wanted to say.. thoughts are with you and any other commenters that are affected. My city was trashed by natural disaster (earthquakes, Christchurch, NZ) twice in the last year and I have been getting this awful feeling whenever I read about this big storm heading across the East Coast of America.
Thank you! Fortunately, Irene passed by my town with little impact, but I was prepared for the worst. Looks like VT was hit the most, and the media had already written off the storm once it passed NYC…
I have a friend in Christchurch, and I feel for you guys with the devastating earthquakes back to back.
That’s a lot of fresh produce and beans! Sounds like my kind of party. 🙂 Have fun!
i love the today’s tip…llittle bits DO add up. I always say, 10 mins here, 5 there, 15 there, taking the stairs, simple stuff…it all adds up.
And arent you awesome making sangria for everyone even tho you won’t be partaking.
You look so at-home and peaceful prepping the food even tho I know it’s hella lotta work and you probably dont want to be on your feet after a long day at work.
Have fun w/ the party!!
Good luck finishing your party prep!! Can’t wait to see the finished bathroom pics 🙂 you let the Pilot pick the color?? haha. If I let the Hubs do that it would be a recipe for disaster!
Do you make an exception to your ‘no cows dairy’ for your tres leches cakes? Or do you make a goatsmilk version?
I prob won’t have any (or will just have a bite to know how how it tastes) but will munch fruit and goats milk ice cream instead
Sounds like a fine compromise to me 😀
I didn’t even know goats milk ice cream existed! so interesting. I would love to try it. is it kind of tangy?
a little but not too bad! it’s pretty amazing
Enjoy your evening and your house warming party tomorrow!
Eggs with toast, salsa and nooch sounds SO good right now.
You’re a party planning powerhouse. 😀
Sounds like you’ve been working HARD!! I wanna come to the party!! LOL!
Wow, quite the party you are prepping, sounds like it’ll be so much fun!
I’ll have to tell my cheese loving friend about nutritional yeast and salsa over eggs, I’m sure she would love something that tastes cheesy and is great for her!
Off topic.. I’ve been reading your blog for a while, first time commenting! I was wondering if you’ve dealt with clients who don’t like a lot of healthy food. My food choices are limited. I want to like a lot of healthy food, and wish I could eat like you, but if I force myself to eat things I don’t like, it doesn’t end well. Any advice? Maybe a future post? Or I’ll find something new I like, and get sick of it since I eat it often, my biggest problem! Have fun at the house warming! 🙂
that’s a great idea for reader’s request. i’ll post it this week 🙂
you are super woman! pregnant super woman! I’m sure you will have an amazing time tomorrow <3
aww thanks girl!
Can you post your recipe for tres leeches cake?
Pretty please! 🙂
alton brown’s – it’s the best
your house is coming together to beautifully! it’ll be nice to have everyone over to check it out and get more belly rubs! lol
I can’t wait til my sister has a belly, she’s only like 1 month pregnant, so excited to be an aunty!
Way to kick your prep lists butt lady! I love your long melon.
Theres something about cooking for a lot of people that makes me excited. I love it….as long as I have plenty of time to prep.
Wowww I’m amazed at how clean and organized your fridge looks!! 0_0 haha. And your prepping seems quite delicious. Have a relaxed and blessed Sunday!
Random question… Do you have hispanic heritage? I notice you use espanol words a bit and was just wondering! I speak Spanish, but my heritage is as lily white british as it comes, so my family look at me weird when I throw a bit of Spanglish into the convo!
yes, my family is mexican/italian- we speak spanish at home.
uh, sounds to be quite a party tmrw. Hope you guys have fun and I would love to join for your homemade sangria 😉
Haha I love how you identify all of the paint colors with random items– too cute 🙂
Tres leches cake is one of my favorites. Could you post the recipe that you use?
i use alton brown’s- it’s the best 🙂
What a busy day of prepping! It must be nice to have all that done a day ahead of time so that you can enjoy yourself more today. Have fun!
yep- i try to have everything done before so i can just have fun at the party 🙂
Seems like the pregnancy hasn’t slowed you down at all yet! Props.
One day I’ll have a kitchen again…..I have a closet (albiet small) and live in Manhattan….baby steps!
Have a fun party!
but, you live in manhattan 🙂
which means? I should go out all the time?
not necessarily- just being there is exciting 🙂
I wanna see the band-aid! haha you’re funny…I honestly can’t wait for your posts each day 🙂
Looks like you’ve pulled it together. Hope y’all have a great get together. Your house looks lovely.
wish you could be here for it!!
TWSS… lmao
Wow, that party sounds intense!! I just hosted a housewarming for ten people and I was going crazy. I can’t imagine doing it for 40. Can’t wait to hear a recap of it!!
everytime we paint my husband tried to pick out a beige color and it turns out to be some horrible combo of yellow + mustard. I make fun of him every time 😉
Good luck with the party!
is that a giant jar of PB? I am lusting after it……
it’s almond butter- and that giant jar was $6 at costco. amazing
nice! is it raw?
no, roasted
Have a lovely party today! <3