What’s cookin’?
2 hour kitchen blitz:
Greek-style quinoa salad (lentils instead of chickpeas)
(the same I made for the last baby meal)
and my favorite chocolate chip cookies, which ended up looking like pancakes. Still taste good, though 😉 I’ve had a few kitchen fails lately, including the brownies … I guess it’s bound to happen the more I cook.
I love making meals for friends who just had babies. We’ll have the same thing for dinner and the food is ready and waiting for the Pilot when he gets home from work. I saved him some cookie dough for a pizookie when he gets home, too.
A little lunch:
and finally tried my first of the Uber Larabars!
The verdict:
Not too sweet, pleasantly salty and a crunchy texture. As much as I like the original Larabars, I have to be in the mood for a mushy bar. These will be amazing when I want a little crunch- would be excellent on top of yogurt or oats. The nutritional stats are similar to the originals, but the Ubers have a bit more sugar since many have added brown rice syrup and honey.
I’ve spent some time today day working on new stuff for the month of June –I know we’re still in May but there’s a lot to look forward to!- and am starting to put together the Summer Shape Up. I’m off to test out the first workout and then home to get my stuff ready for work tomorrow. Wednesday is a “wind down to the weekend” time for many people, but for me, Wednesday = Monday. It’s nice to have a relaxing Monday and Tuesday with my favorite girl, though 🙂
Hope you have a great night and I’ll see ya in the morning with a giveaway!
xoxo
Gina
This is totally random but: did anyone else used to play Oregon Trail when they were younger? The Pilot and I were talking about it last night. Fond memories of computer class, haha. I would always go at a “strenuous pace,” ford the river even if it was too deep, and not stop to rest when Jonathan Taylor Thomas had dysentery. Obviously, I didn’t take it too seriously.
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Mumm, dinner looks amazing!
Ah, summer shape up. So ready for it! Any idea of the starting date?
yep! june 11 🙂
Haha yes! Oregon trail was awesome! Totally reminds me of my childhood!
That dinner looks so good!
it looks like you made all sorts of yummy eats today!! those stuffed chicken breasts look delicious. i really like the new uber larabars too… i might have to say that i like them better than the originals. i think the crunch is what i love so much. oh, and i LOVED the oregon trail when i was younger! so fun! i was never good at though… ha!
Haha. I just Google’d JTT a few nights ago (while watching Home Improvement reruns) to see what my former boyfriend was up to these days. He apparently went to college and now wants to be a director. Yawn.
whomp whomp
does he look the same?!
I used to love playing Oregon Trail!! Remember how you got to name everyone who went with you on the wagon? And how by the end, everyone would start dying from random diseases? Btw, that quinoa salad looks delicious!
hahah definitely loved oregon trail! and i’ve been reading forever and always see you talk about them but i need to ask… what exactly is a pizookie?!
you bake a cookie in a pizza pan, don’t cook it all the way (so it’s still gooey) and top with ice cream and cho chips 🙂
I’ve been meaning to ask this same question – basically heaven from the oven?!
Can also do it in the microwave in about 2 minutes.. hehe. Not that I’d ever..
Looks so good! Hey, just wondering…are the cookies gluten-free?
i made them gf by using brown rice flour
Ooh, I was going to leave a comment and ask about the Summer Shape Up and find out when it’ll start! 🙂 What kind of equipment will be needed for the workouts?
i’m going to make it very minimal equipment! june 11
Haha – YES to Oregon Trail! Too funny!
I think the Uber bars are 100x better than the traditional Larabar and also WAY better than KIND bars. 🙂 You look gorgeous!
i totally agree! aww thank you, lovely <3
xoxo
Oregon Trail? Oh heck yes, I used to love that game as a kid! Funny thing is I actually live in Oregon now 🙂
Those meals look yummy!
I totally played the Oregon trail in elementary school and would get in trouble for setting the pace at strenuous and not stopping when my people got sick. I went to a small Catholic school and strenuous pace was considered a no-no!
haha, oregon trail is one of my favorites! 🙂
Kitchen blitz indeed! It all looks incredible, as do you, friend!
I never heard of Oregan trial? Did I live under a rock?
First of all: looking forward to the Summer Shapeup!,
Next, for all of you fellow Oregon Trail lovers: there is an app!! I was so excited to find it and now my kiddos love to play it too! 😉
downloading now haha
that is the best. news. ever. such a classic.
Um, I ALWAYS played Oregon Trail growing up…I loved the hunting part. Also, Where In The World Is Carmen San Diego was popular too…ahh, to be young again!
i loved that game, too!
YES! I loved Oregon Trail. And JTT, for that matter. 😉
LOL! I loved the Oregon Trail and computer class for that reason! I haven’t thought about JTT in forever!
Meal looks delish! I loved Oregon Trail…I played it on our blocky Apple computers with the green screens (no color) and I always died of scurvy! Get some vitamin C in ya folks! Haha 🙂
I use to love playing Oregon Trail in computer class in 6th grade. I just found it on I tunes going to relive my glory days!
that makes me so excited
I work part-time so Wednesday is also my Monday. Looking forward to your summer shape-up. I did the Schweaty May Workout today while my sun was watching a cartoon.
LOL! Oregon Trail was probably my favorite part about being in 4th grade. 🙂
I remember always naming one of the characters after whoever happened to be my current crush. Then I would work like hell to save him when he developed cholera or was bitten by a snake. So silly 🙂
hahah that’s like what i would do, too!
Can’t wait for the summer shape up! Sounds like you have a lot on your plate for next month. What exactly is a pizookie? I’ve heard of it a couple times from other blogs, but realized I have NO clue what it is hah
it’s a cookie that is cooked in a pizza pan, not cooked all the way (so it’s still gooey on the inside) topped with ice cream and chocolate chips 🙂
Holy moly!!!!! I need this in my life ASAP! I’m also definitely planning on making those stuffed chicken breasts next week, they look great!
It’s funny you said you made food for someone who just had a baby, you’re already paying it forward. And 2 hrs is a long time in the kitchen for anyone but for you who just had a baby, it may as well have been 2 days, right! 🙂
Can’t wait for the Summer Shape Up! It marks 3 or 4 years of following your blog!
amazing! 🙂
I love hearing people talk about the Oregon Trail game!! I’m in Oregon so for some reason when I was growing up playing it, I thought it was only here! Haha!! Now I feel so cool when people mention it 😉
I can’t wait to try the uber lara bars!! I don’t remember seeing them when I was in new seasons the ther day…
I loved the Oregon Trail! It was the best part of computer class!
Those Uber Lara Bars… I don’t know. I’ll reserve judgement till they show up in the Liberty Market (cool organic store that gets imports.. I know I should buy local, but sometimes….you gotta be American for an hour or so). I’m thinking, what’s it stuck together with? Maybe honey? sugar? Gakky agave?
honey and brown rice syrup. no agave (thank goodness)
if you can’t find them, i’ll send you some!
You look really pretty in that first picture! Just thought you would like to hear that 🙂
your lunch looks awesome, what is in it?
it’s the kale salad from tj’s
kale, almonds, cranberries, tomatoes, onions and lemon vinaigrette
I loved Oregon trail and the app may be half the reason I got an iPhone (the other half was hipstamatic)
wow, I had completely forgotten about the Oregon Trails but definitely spent hours playing that!
I never really comment although I have the site for a few years now.
I just had to though to let you know you can still play Oregon Trail via here:
http://www.oregontrail.com/hmh/site/oregontrail/home/face_book;jsessionid=9EDFC1BB3C0CB2AA43899C5192517E57.ProdNode1
It’s amazing.
thank you for saying hi!
i’m off to play haha 🙂
Haha! I have a T-shirt that says “You have died of Dysentary!”
reason 14,265 why you are awesome
Oh Oregon Trail. It was the only computer game on my elementary school computers (it was a pretty small school) and it was a BIG deal when the teachers would let us play. Kids even used to stay after school to play!
I LOVED Oregon Trail!! I usually comprised the wagon team of my siblings (2 brothers, 2 sisters) and then tacked on JTT and Devon Sawa. I don’t think I ever made it through a game without at least 2 people dying of dysentery. There was one time I made it all the way to Oregon without anyone dying, and then RIGHT before we got to the end of the trail, I got bit by a snake and died — game over. I was so pissed. Haha! Now I really want to play again… Thanks a lot, Gina! 😉
I loved Oregon Trail! I wish I could find it to play again. Facebook has one, but it’s just not the same. Like, at all. Not even the same game. Just a similar premise and title. Not cool. 🙁
I had some kitchen fails last week too, burned the chicken, over cooked the cookies, and ended up with dry brownies! But this week looks much better!! 🙂
PLEASE tell me you’ve seen this! The trailer for the faux “Oregon trail: The Movie.” I die!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHps2SecuDk
that was ridiculously awesome
I totally use to play that game in like the 3rd grade! We’d always fight over the computers that had that game on in in like “Free Time” or whatever it was called. We also use to play this Veggie/Fruit game where you had to get 5-10 servings or something haha! It was super cute.
I’m super excited for the summer shape up! I’ve only recently found your blog and I have to say I’m a bit obsessed with the content lol!
ohhh i don’t think we had that veggie/fruit game!
thank you, tia! love having you here 🙂
“and not stop to rest when Jonathan Taylor Thomas had dysentery” lmao! I’m pretty sure he was in my wagon train too.
Last night on Gulianna & Bill, they opened their resteraunt. Bill wanted a signature dessert. One of his ideas was a deep dish chocolate chip cookie with icecream. I immediately thought of you and the pizookie!!
JTT- he was basically the wallpaper for my room back in the day!
pizookie!! another reason why giuliana and bill should be bffs with us. obviously.
jtt fans unite 🙂
My husband I and have done the same thing–spent way too much time one night talking about Oregon Trail, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego and Nikelodeon’s Guts and Legends of the Hidden Temple. We then took it a step further by youtubing old episodes of all those tv shows, minus Oregon Trail, of course.
Time well spent, obviously!
definitely. we loved legends of the hidden temple (blue barracudas ftw! haha)
Oregon trail and math munchers were my fav games. I got JTT autograph when he came to our mall, I was so in love lol. I got the banana über bar and found it to be too sweet for my liking.
i looooooved number munchers!
that’s why i didn’t try the banana one first. bananas by themselves are very sweet + honey + brown rice syrup.. whew!
I used to love playing Oregon Trail as well!
Okay so I just laughed out loud at work when you mentioned JTT! You just got awesome points! 🙂 And yes, I played Oregon Trail, but my attention span back then was much like it is now and I never had the patience for it. I’m pretty sure all my people died…just like my Tamagotchi Pets and my Sims people…
JTT was my wallpaper from 2nd grade til 5th 😉
haha and my tamagotchi pets always died too! i overfed them
that looks like an awesome meal!!!! and i loved oregon trail! so fun!