Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 08:46 AM
I didn’t realize until I sat down to blog that my entire Saturday is focused on food! There’s nothing wrong with that– I’m just pointing it out! 
Of course, my morning started with a wonderful bowl of oats.
In the mix:
- 1/2 cup dry oats
- 1/3 cup canned squash
- 5 Medjool dates, chopped
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed meal
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 scoops of Barney Butter
Oats + iced coffee…
The next food-related activity on my Saturday agenda is a blogger/media event! How cool is that? Starbucks is hosting a tasting to try their new Tea Lattes. It looks like Starbucks is finally tapping into social media to market their products!
After the tasting event, Mal and I are meeting our friends, Jon and Rose, for brunch/lunch. I’m not sure where we are going to eat yet, but I hope our friends pick a yummy place! I’m in the mood to try a new restaurant!
The rest of my Saturday is filled with errands, including a trip to the grocery store to buy ingredients for our Super Bowl Party. (Either Mal and I or our neighbors, Josh and Danielle, are hosting.) I have no idea what I want to make for the party, but I have really fun football-themed dishes to serve it in!
Enjoy your Saturday, guys! I’m off to do food things! 
Posted by: Tina
Posted in: Uncategorized
Tags: Medjool dates, oats, squash
Monday, January 26, 2009 at 06:51 AM
Check out the wealth of nourishment in squash!
I never realized that squash was such a super star! I also didn’t realize that squash is a relative of both the melon and the cucumber. What a happy little family!
This morning’s breakfast was a lovely bowl of squash oats, made with TJ’s canned squash.
In the mix:
- 1/2 cup dry oats
- 1/3 cup canned squash
- 2 chopped Medjool dates
- 1/2 cup oat milk
- 2 scoops of Barney Butter
If you’re interested in learning more about oat milk, which is also a nutritional super star, please see my post from October about it.
Happy Monday, bloggies! Where the heck did the weekend go!?!
Question of the Day
What is your favorite benefit of exercise?
Posted by: Tina
Posted in: Uncategorized
Tags: dates, oat milk, squash
Saturday, November 29, 2008 at 09:51 PM
Dinner tonight is easily a new favorite of mine! It was totally my type of meal! Love that! 
Dinner was a bed of Boston lettuce topped with oven-roasted veggies, marinated in a mixture of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic, rosemary, sea salt, and ground pepper. The veggies turned out so delicious!
How To:
For the veggie marinade (serves 1), I combined:
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 tsp rosemary
- 1 clove of garlic (minced)
- Pinch of salt and pepper
After creating the marinade, I sliced a small zucchini, yellow squash, and carrot length-wise, and then placed them on a greased baking sheet. Next, I brushed the top side of the veggie pieces with the marinade, and cooked on 375*F for about 20-25 minutes. Once the veggie were roasted to perfection, I chopped them into smaller pieces before adding them to the prepared bed of lettuce.
On the side, I had a toasted finger roll with melted Dubliner cheese.
Dubliner cheese is one of my absolute favorite cheeses ever! And (lucky me) it was on sale this week at the grocery store! 
Dubliner is a sweet mature cheese (aged over twelve months)… It has a robust tangy flavour; it pairs well with apples and grapes, or a well-balanced red wine. It combines the sharpness of mature cheddar, the nuttiness of Swiss, and piquant bite of Parmesan.
An excellent meal!
Holiday Cookies
I thought it might be too early to bake holiday cookies– mostly because it’s not even December yet, but Mal was really excited about the idea (and I just love cookies!), so we allowed ourselves some early holiday cheer.
I would have preferred to make Christmas cookies from scratch, but Mal really had his heart set on the Pillsbury Refrigerated Sugar Cookie Dough. He loves the stuff! He had to twist my arm, but eventually, I agreed!
We had so much fun making the cookies! We listened to John Denver & The Muppets Christmas music, sipped on eggnog, and took turns using the cookie cutters and decorating the cookies with sprinkles.
They’re not the prettiest holiday cookies, but we had a blast making them… and, of course, eating them!
This particular snowman cookie cracked us up! His poor little face got squished! We also had a cyclops snowman!
I’m so happy that the holidays are here! I love, love, love this time of year! I also love holiday cookies! I’ve eaten 3 already!
Good night, guys!
Posted by: Tina
Posted in: Uncategorized
Tags: carrots, cookies, squash, zucchini
The next food-related activity on my Saturday agenda is a blogger/media event! How cool is that? Starbucks is hosting a tasting to try their new Tea Lattes. It looks like Starbucks is finally tapping into social media to market their products! 
