Hello hello!
Hope you had a lovely Saturday. I really shouldn’t complain, but why does tomorrow have to be Sunday already? I see a cram sesh in my future =[
I woke up a little later than I had planned – 8:30am on the nose – but I suppose that’s not too terrible for a Saturday morning. Breakfast was a bowl of cold cereal + an English muffin with raspberry jam for some pre-spinning fuel.
I was surprised when a different spin instructor walked into the studio today, but a great surprise it was. She taught the most challenging and FUN spin class this morning…plus the music was actually good [my style] for once! My roomie and I left with numb legs =]
After an hour at the gym, I did my weekly grocery shopping at TJ’s [I saved my trip for today since I am not of fan of running errands in the rain]. I was excited to see organic strawberries on the cheap – yay for the beginning of berry season!
I munched on a plate of raw veggies, a couple Wasa crackers and homemade hummus, showered and then headed to school. Again, I can’t complain since I had a mid-week “weekend”….but a 2-hour O.Chem lecture does not make Hillary a happy student. Baking to the rescue!
When I got home I threw together one of Tina’s speedy recipes: Peanut Buttery Bars. Side Note: I love that this girl whips up baked goods in the middle of the week. She is the queen of quick & healthy treats! You can literally count the minutes on your fingers that these take to make – so simple.
With only five ingredients, a 6-year-old could make these. In fact, they look like they were made by a first grader.
P.Nut Buttah Bars
1 1/2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup agave nectar
1 egg
chocolate chips [optional, but recommended!]
Combine all ingredients until smooth. Spread batter into a prepared pan and bake at 350* for ~15 minutes. In my case, I used a muffin pan with my favorite papers. I think this jeopardized their presentation, but I still got 12 chewy, nutty, chocolaty treats.
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There wasn’t anything special about my dinner tonight, but it hit the spot: vegetarian comfort food.
Baked Beans + Tofu Dogs
Broccolini sautéed in Olive Oil & Garlic
Alrighty, I must close my laptop and open my book now. I hope ya’ll enjoy some time with family and friends tomorrow. Wish I could say the same. Instead, I’ll be relieving my stress with the box of Spring See’s chocolates someone sent me in the mail – thanks G.ma & G.pa!
Until we meet again,
Hillary
mmmm those peanut butter not so much bars look yum!!
i must agree – baking is better than studying haha but good luck with it and happy easter!
i agree that shopping in the rain is annoying.
xoxo
shelley
http://findinghappinessandhealth.wordpress.com
and I can’t help but notice that your photos are floating and shadowed…will we see more of this with the new blog theme?
I’m surprised you’re just now noticing. I’ve been using Windows Live Writer for a few weeks now. Yes, I still plan to use the program with the new changes : )
I love making smaller-sized portions in muffin cups – cute!
Katherine
mmmmmm delish looking eats girl! baking OWNS studying!
that is an awesome recipe! I’m bookmarking it right now :) woooooot!