Road Trip

We’re on our way to Austin! I’m blogging from the road. It was a last minute decision to go but we decided we should take advantage of the three day weekend. We got off to a slow start. And I didn’t want to leave Bailey… See the picture below for where she is staying this weekend.

We bought her 1 on 1 play packages with the staff twice a day while we are gone. They also have what they call the Bone Booth where we can all and talk to Bailey! We have never boarded her before.

After dropping Bailey off we stopped for some Starbucks on the road. I ordered oatmeal with nuts and brown sugar and a caramel light frappucino.

See you in Austin!

Almond Joy

You might have guessed by now that I love the flavor of Almond Joy.  Chocolate, almonds and coconut – 3 of my favorite foods.  So when I was browsing Chocolate Covered Katie’s blog earlier today and stumbled across this recipe for Almond Joy oatmeal, I decided I had to try it for dessert tonight!

In my bowl:

• 1/3 cup oats
• 2 tbsp lite coconut milk
• 1/2 tbsp chocolate chips
• 1/2 tbsp coconut
• 4 almonds, chopped up
• water

I tossed it in the microwave for 1 minute.  I tried to make my recipe a little “lighter” than the original.  It ended up not tasting as rich as I expected it to, but it hit the spot.

Oatmeal Baggies

I used to eat cereal before going to work, and I was always starving by 10:00 AM.  So I started to pack oatmeal, which I can heat up at work – this way I eat closer to 8:00 AM, and the oatmeal (usually) holds me over until a reasonable lunch time.  I started with just plain oatmeal, but have become more adventurous.  One of my favorite oatmeal recipes is from Hungry Girl – Fancy-Schmancy Oatmeal.  It mixes pumpkin, maple syrup and cinnamon.

I make all my baggies on Sundays, so I can grab and go during the week.

Only 4 baggies this week – I have a breakfast at work Thursday.  I also made up some baggies of another Hungry Girl recipe- pb & j cocoa-nana snack mix.

The recipe called for freeze-dried strawberries, but unable to find those, I substituted with dried apples.  A 3/4 cup serving has about 110 calories – this makes a great snack for the office.  My only complaint is that the dried fruit always makes the cereal kind of soggy in the baggies.  But it still tastes good and satisfies my sweet tooth!