This morning for breakfast was cereal.
Kashi cinnamon harvest, skim milk, and strawberries to be exact!
My mom and I had lunch at Chick-fil-a. This is my favorite fast food place. Because one, they are SUPER nice all the time. Two, the squirrel hearts chicken nuggets. Three, its the best place to get something healthy!
I had a chargrilled chicken sandwich and a side salad with their reduced fat berry balsamic. So good and filling!
I also had a dunkin donuts hazelnut iced coffee with skim milk.
My homemade iced coffee is a MILLION times better! It was still good and I'm still feeling a buzz!
Speaking of iced coffee...
Jill asked me for the iced coffee recipe I use. I actually had to play around with it to get it to my liking. Taste and calorie wise.
Start with:
12 ounces of water
1/2 cup of coffee grounds (I use decaf hazelnut or french vanilla. I love flavored iced coffees but hate the nasty syrups Starbucks uses!)
You make that in your coffee pot just like you normally would!
Then I pour the pot into a pitcher and add 3 tablespoons of agave nectar (optional). I do it while it's still hot so it melts. If you add it while it's cold it won't mix into the coffee. Same with sugar if you prefer sugar...
And let it cool in the fridge. Don't add ice! It will make it watery!
When it's cool I add a little bit of ice and a splash of skim milk.
Then add your coffee!
Remember this is the way I like my coffee. It may not be the way you like yours. I definitely like mine more on the stronger side!
I also got some cute pics of the squirrel today. She was in rare form today!
When your kiddo is bored just give her a fork, a jar of peanut butter, and let 4 dogs loose!
Didn't y'all know I'm going for mama of the year ;)
Another question: Y'all come up with some good ones!
Q: When you say you eat 1 cup of oats.. do you mean one full cup of dry oatmeal before it goes in the pot? Just wondering because I eat 1/2cup and it makes lots!
A: I always do 1 cup of dry. Normally it's for the squirrel and I. No matter if she's already eaten or not she always wants some of my oatmeal. She probably eats ehhh about a 1/4 cup of it. So I usually end up eating 3/4 cup of oatmeal and half my toppings. Sometimes I don't even eat it all. I just scrape off my toppings and leave some oatmeal. I've learned to make more for me and less for her at every meal. She always wants whatever I have. If it were just me I'd probably do 1/2 cup-3/4 cup.
QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS!
Do you make something better than a restaurant does? Can you tell I'm proud of my iced coffee ;)
31 comments:
Aaaah more Chick-fil-A! I'm surrounded! So yummy.
Maybe I'll cook up some ice coffee this summer when I can drink it. I like hazelnut too. Your ice coffees looks great!
I always refer to weight before cooking. Right now I'm at about 1/3 cup of oatmeal.
so who won, squirrel or the dogs? so cute btw.
I make a turkey and brown rice stuffed pepper that will stop a man in his tracks... mmmmm.... I need to make them STAT!
I love the PB on a fork with the dogs chasing her! I am not that great of a cook, but my egg white veggie omelets are to die for. I'd much rather mine than a greasy, oily omelet from a restaurant.
love the iced coffee recipe! definately going to try it!
Love the squirrel and the dogs (by the way, your dogs are gorgeous). We have a black lab and a golden retriever and our 6 mo. old is SO into them already. I just think having your kids grow up around pets is wonderful.
Unfortunately I don't drink coffee, but I am really intrigued by this whole iced coffee thing going on....
You and I are both running for mother of the year:)
Loved that quick iced coffee recipe-good idea with the agave!
Brilliant idea with the PB! Have you ever done a post with all the dogs? The blue eyes on the dalmatian are killing me!
Back home they have a Cafe Rio restaurant that makes a pulled pork salad Tex-Mex style. Mine is better.
I've been officially demoted and I'm running with the Muddy Mothers of Chaos.
My fiance makes the BEST guacamole. I swear it's way better than restaurant quality. He uses such a simple recipe too!
Those pictures are priceless! How wonderful that you have each day of her life documented here!
I am dying to have just one dog...I can't believe how many you have. They're beautiful!
Ou, cute cute cute pictures :) I love action shots!
I must say, I make a killer guacamole.... the best I've ever tasted (next to my husbands... that's where I got the recipe from!)
That is so awesome for your Mom to take Squirrel so you and the hubby can spend quality time together. Parents are soooo awesome like that. I love it when my in-laws come into town to spend time with the kiddies....one big happy family!
That iced coffee sounds yummy!
I'll have to try the iced coffee! Spring and a hot cup of starbucks don't really go together.
When I lived on campus my freshman year, I practically lived at Chick Fil A. It was the only place that had decent (healthy) options!
The squirrel's glasses are adorable :)
Oh the squirrel is SO CUTE! I love those glassess...I remember having those same ones as a kid! :) Your iced coffee sounds delish...defintely going to try it now that summer is almost here! Yay!!
hahah you ARE the mother of the year girlfrand!!!
love it!
LOVE CHICKFILA!! ahh!
Glad you got lots of great feedback on Savannah! Ya'll will have a blasty. I like strong iced coffee too :) Deliciousness. ADORABLE pictures of your squirrel. Hmmm I think I make better healthy attempts at dishes than most restaurants do
The squirrel is so cute!!!
M always has to eat my oatmeal too. So I have started just making her her own portion when I have mine as well. Saves me from leaving breakfast hungry! What is it with these girls and how much they can eat? LOL
Also, I think your trip just the two of you is a fabulous idea. Sounds perfect :)
- Tina (Faith Fitness Fun)
I don't eat fast food very often at all, but when I do it's usually CFA! It is my favorite too!! I agree - their staff is so nice and I just love Truett Cathy and the fact he believes CFA should't be open on Sundays (though that's always when I'm craving a chik-fil-a biscuit, figures! haha!).
Glad yall are all so excited about Savannah!! It's such a unique and charming city!! :)
hahah the pb +dogs idea is brilliant, i'm totally going to use that on my cousins/babysitting charges!! aw squirrel, such a cutie. so glad your mom will watch her so you two can have a getaway!
HAHAH omg Squirrel is TOO cute with her glasses.
I think I make some delicious tacos if I Do say so myself.
i'm drooling at your cereal right now for some reason, haha. i'm glad you get to have a romantic getaway and get to eat at some great restaurants. hope you have tons of fun!
oh and hellooooo chickfila is the best fast food EVER!!!
I adore chick fil a. I didn't know their side salad comes with sunflower seeds!
Stephen and I make pollo al chipotle better and healthier than our local mexican restaurant! We're very proud!
That chick fil a side salad looks so good...wish there was one in my area! I can't wait to hear what you plan for your trip to Savannah!
I make some FABULOUS guacamole. We had some bad stuff for the cost of $7 last week - mine is WAY better.
1 avocado smashed, 1/2 small container fat free Greek yogurt, kosher salt, juice from 1/2 lime, 1 chopped small tomato, 1/4 onion chopped, and a good handful of fresh chopped cilantro. Delicious. Good for you and cost less than $7 too.
The red glasses are so cute, as are the dogs chasing the Squirrel with the PB. Priceless.
I think I make Thai food better than a lot of restaurants - not all. After spending a long time there, we learned a lot about the food, proper ingredients and how to use them. Feels strange to toot my own horn!
I've never been to Chick-fil-a.
I love that iced coffee recipe!
I love what you did to the squirrel. I actually wish I would have thought of it bc my son would love it. Well, that, and I want to be mom of the year too. It's great that you'll be able to get away for a romantic weekend with hubby. It is so important to get that. I love Chic-Fil-A too. Hope it's not too long before hubby comes home.
Thanks for stopping by my blog! My husband is in the Air Force, I do have family in the Marines though, and Army too! Mine is in Qatar right now, it's a short deployment, but he will leave again next spring for a 7 month one.
By the way now I want some Chick-fil-a! It's my favorite, and we don't have it here where I am in Ohio, guess I'll have to wait till I go back to Louisiana :)
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