A food lover's blog focusing on achieving healthy balance with fitness.
Some healthy. Some not so much.
Fresh orange in my smoothie? Don’t mind if I do.
Coconut syrup arrives at Starbucks. Love.
Aussieland treats.
My wallet doesn’t love these Coconut Mochas, but my tummy does.
Twisted Sifters. Must test all cupcakes the island has to offer!
Fried Chicken. The dinner of Mother’s Day champions. And lazy girls.
Someone get me a salad.
Evil things…
Good things…
Now if only the good things would do away with the evil things so they would quit calling me.
The PNE was not all fun and games…there was some serious carnival food to be partaken in!
When our tummies started to grumble (how could they not…the whole exhibition smells fan-freaking-tastic! well, outside the barns!) we headed for the food alley. Basically two almost park-long rows of food stands…there really is a taste of everything!!
We found the heart attack booth:
Yes. If you haven’t heard…some genius has invented Deep Fried Butter now. Um, ew. At almost $6 I couldn’t bring myself to order it just to settle my curiosity.
We did however track down the Deep Fried Oreos. Conveniently served in a set of four, we couldn’t turn them down! (Available from the Funnel Cake people if you are ever looking for them…also up for grabs were Deep Fried Jelly Beans! Apparently you can batter up anything!)
None of us were sure what to make of this over-the-top sounding treat…but holy moly sister!! Were we ever pleasantly surprised.
Think warm donut stuffed with warm almost gooey Oreo. *swoon* The cookie was softened to the point of seeming almost home baked and the icing became more of a oozy glaze in the middle. It wasn’t tooooo terribly sweet and being able to share was just perfect. We all gave it a thumbs up!
A little later we decided to find lunch. The choices were actually totally overwhelming. We all wandered around a little lost, changed our minds a couple of times, then ended up at the Ukrainian booth.
To me, carnival food really should involve a hot dog but the perogies were calling to me…so I got the best of both worlds…perogies with a grilled sausage.
I skipped most of that sauerkraut and didn’t touch the bread…but the sausage and perogies totally hit the spot. Thankfully I wasn’t partaking in any rides though because that meal sat like a pretty heavy rock in my belly for a while.
Wisely, I did wash it down with water.
Later after Tarilyn arrived Cat and I were feeling the mid-afternoon lull. While on our way back to find the coffee cart we decided to stop for something a little more refreshing.
Not really shakes…more like watered down smoothies…but the Caribbean Colada did a pretty good job of helping to perk me up and rehydrate me a bit. Can’t really go tooooo wrong with coconut and banana.
After Breanne and Chris finished torturing themselves on a few more rides and we all finished perusing the sand castles and caught a few minutes of the afternoon parade we decided it was time to load up on the road snacks and head home.
Honestly, the most famous thing about the PNE is the MINI DONUTS!
How do they keep up? Fried right before your eyes all day long!
Cinnamon-sugar of course. There are a few different donuts stands around the park, but apparently these are the famous ones. Bite sized little pieces of heaven. Nom.
And lordy lordy, as if our sugar buzz wasn’t complete there was cotton candy to eat and play with in the car on the way home. The gigglefest that ensued was a perfect tell-tale that we may have overdone the sweets…..wait, what? No way!!!
Don’t worry. Cat and I spent our evening eating healthy lettuce and carrots sticks. If by that you know I mean cheese and cookies.
What? It’s a mini vacation dammit. 
Sorry gang. The amount of stuff I have to do is definitely getting to me. I don’t feel stressed or anything but I have a lot going on and it’s wiping me out. My balance is definitely weighted heavily on the wrong side right now…lack of exercise and a love affair with a lot of junk food seems to be the norm.
I am working on it. I swear.
Friday night (Saturday morning) I went to visit Lynn, Tasha, and Holly at Relay for Life. Brought coffees, walked about an hour’s worth of laps, and thanked my girlies for taking part in such a great event. Their team raised over $5000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. Wooo!
Of course that meant I didn’t get home until 2am…whooops. And had to get up at 8:30 to set up and run my yard sale. Thankfully I didn’t have any crazies lurking around while I set up this time.
I drank coffee and ate a Vega Vibrancy Bar while I worked.
Lesley showed up around noon to surprise me with a Starbucks treat…and bought some loot from me…including that bell collection for her Mom!
I sold a fair amount of stuff then packed up a bit early because the weather went South.
I’m pretty sure I laid on the couch for a bit and polished off a box of Mike & Ikes. Sugar cravings have been out of this world lately…there’s been a few undocumented Mike & Ikes adventures.
However, I did drag my tired behind into the kitchen for a smoothie because I had grand plans to hit the gym.
Unfortunately it did not boost my energy the way I thought it would. I ended up just having a long, hot shower and chilling out with some True Blood on VOD.
Eventually I got hungry enough to decide on some take-out. Trying to keep it somewhat healthy I opted to try out the new Wok Box that opened near by recently…
Based on a few Twitter recommendations I chose the Singapore Cashew with chicken on rice…
Aside from being slightly pricey I really liked it! Yummy flavour. Could be a tad spicier (which is weird coming from me, I’m a wuss) and next time I would ask for no peppers and get extra broccoli. Definitely better than my first Wok Box experience a while back.
After dinner I totally feel asleep on the couch. I guess the 6 hours sleep and long morning caught up with me. When I woke up I dove into the Cheetos bag.
I know, I know. They shouldn’t even be in the house…but they are, and I love them. xoxoxox. But I think they are killing me slowly. Dammit. Love hurts.
I don’t even have a post for Sunday…started with Oats in a Jar…involved a hazelnut misto…ended with roasted asparagus and a batch of Club Soda Cupcakes. More True Blood and Cheetos complete the package.
Sleep is the goal for tonight. Gotta start shifting that weight back to the healthy side of balance!
