Sassy Mango

My Mom is here for the weekend so this will be a quick photo-heavy, word-light post before we head out to finally find me some living room tables and a much needed new vacuum.

Yesterday...Squirrelly toast with Maple Walnut Butter, sliced nanners, and a sliced fresh BC peach.

Bigass salad for lunch. 

  

Star of the big silver bowl was Pesto Ranch dressing (mixed the leftover fresh pesto with the leftover pasta salad dressing...nom!).

Also fabulous were the leftover Pesto Coated Chicken Tenders and halved cherry tomatoes...

When life gives you cold coffee (and no microwave!) make Iced Coffee!  With light vanilla soy milk.

Cookie craving?  But no cookies?  How about a Choco Mint Clif Bar?

Friday evening snackies while chillin' with the Mama...

Mango salsa came from the same fella I purchased the fun nut butters from.

Spent much of the evening assembling my new TV stand...yay!  Tomorrow my living room may actually look like a living room.  Finally!!  Around 10pm we decided we wanted to stick with our fave mother/daughter visit tradition and order Chinese take-out.  Except that we couldn't find a place that was open past 10pm???  Weird.  So instead Mom made a Wendy's run...

What?  Three chicken fingers is WAY better than the plate full of Chinese deeeeeliciousness I had intended on chowing back. ;)

Nuttin Butter

As mentioned last night, I took a little trip to the farmer's market located just two blocks from my place at Mayfair Mall. 

This week's mission was to find the fellow I saw selling nut butter the last time I wandered through.  Fresh made nut butter?  Yes freaking please!!

I found the lovely man selling his wife's creations at his "Nuttin Butter" booth and was pleasantly surprised to see quite a fun selection!  I asked him what the most popular flavour is and he suggested people have really taken a shine to the Maple Walnut.

Walnuts, salt, real Canadian Maple Syrup.  Um, yum!

I also couldn't pass up something labelled as Pumpkin Pie.  This one doesn't have the sweet edge but that is easily resolved with a swirl of honey.

 

Barney Butter eat your heart out.  :)

After my nutty buddy toast I enjoyed a perfectly ripe Red Haven peach.  First of the season and oh so juicy.

 

Of course there was coffee.

Lunch was going to be a salad but I kept thinking about of all those lovely berries I have...so decided a Triple Berry Smoothie was in order.

In the KA today: ice, 1/2 cup fresh blueberries, 1/4 cup fresh raspberries, 1/4 cup fresh blackberries, 1/2 cup Organic vanilla yogurt, 1/2 packet of Vega Smoothie Infusion for added protein, and a healthy sploosh of light vanilla soy milk to get the whole thing moving.

  

Deeeelish.  But blackberry seeds are tres annoying in a drink. ;)

Before heading off for group training with Tia I cleaned out the crack hummus with a celery stick and some Tostitos.

Tonight's workout was a challenge!!  Tia's neighbours were having a BBQ so rather than workout with an audience she took our little group for a short field trip. She found us a nice cul-de-sac on a hill...perfect for cardio...ahhhhhhhhhh!

Lower body day consisted of lunges, squats, and multiple trips up and down that hill.  I had a good sweat going on that's for sure!  So far my piriformis doesn't hate me any more than usual.

This post is getting crazy long so I think I'll save dinner for tomorrow's post...trust me, it's worth the wait.  Sometimes I even impress myself. ha!

Dessert is more glorious BC fruit...this time cherries.  With a side of Lemon Liberte and a spoon...my evening is complete.

 

Question:  I keep meaning to get back to two shorter posts per day instead of one gargantuan one.  What would you all prefer?