Salads, My Garden & Pie

Is everybody ready to celebrate a few holiday?s??? I?m off work tomorrow for Canada Day and plan on spending it out at the park where the city puts on a HUGE party. Rides, games, music, contests and fireworks once dark it?s what I?m looking at. And being as Sunday is July 4, I think I?ll celebrate then, too! :)

Yesterday evening the sun was shining like nobody?s business, but it was chilly. Brrr! I curled up on the couch under a blanket and just felt so peaceful. I didn?t even touch the computer, or my cell, nada. I just went old school and watched some Food Network, Losing It with Jillian and America?s Got talent. So now I have yet again 2 days to talk about! HA!

I had some yummy oats fro breakfast. That?s always a good stat, right?
-1 cup water
-1/3 cup Quaker Oats
-cinnamon
-Boathouse vanilla chai
-walnut & pecan pieces
I enjoyed the Boathouse chai MUCH better when mixed in with the oats. Like I mentioned, straight up is too sweet, even for me! I think I?m gonna try it in some coffee next.

Before heading over to the gym I ate a piece of my banana snack bread:
I took a nice walk on the treadmill to get the blood pumping. I needed to get warm! :)

Time: 45 minutes
Avg Hr: 159
Max Hr: 174
Calories Torched: 431
Distance: 3.2 miles

Lunch was a big green salad with romaine, peas and cucumbers. I topped it off with some Renee?s roasted red pepper dressing:
Looks kind of like Christmas, but tasted ALL summer! Here?s a shot of the dressing:
I?ve been a little obsessed with Renee?s lately. Such a wonderful product!

Later in the afternoon I inhaled a pint of raspberries and chomped on some almonds:
I changed as soon as I got home from work and went down to my garden to take some photos and cut off a head of Boston lettuce. Here?s how things are looking right now!
Dinner was another huge salad, streamed broccoli, a chili lime turkey sausage and one random hotdog:
There was a time were I adored hotdogs on the BBQ. Sadly, I now find them unbearably salty. Boo!!! For dessert I had a slice of apple pie from pit stop #1 with vanilla ice cream. Now that I?ve tried everything I bought from there I?ll put up a review! And something else I will be reviewing is the butterscotch sauce that I drizzled on top of said pie!
SO GOOD!!

The kids finished up school yesterday and what a treat it was to have no lunches to make or backpacks to prepare! I slept in a few minutes longer than usual, fussed over my appearance a wee bit more then settled down to EAT!
Here we have a bowl of Dorset cereal, sliced strawberries and USAB. I don?t know which blend this one is because I chucked the box, but it has humongous brazil nuts and whole hazelnuts in it! Awesome!

I enjoyed another favourite (to me) bar before the gym today?chocolate peppermint stick!
Sadly, it?s another case of ?my last one?. No worries; another month and I?ll be able to restock while in Michigan! :)

I walked again today. I?ve been sticking to 4mph with a 7.5% incline.

Time: 45 minutes
Avg Hr: 157
Max Hr: 172
Calories Torched: 446
Distance: 3.2 miles

Lunch was salad again?.surprise! Today?s version was Boston lettuce, carrots, cucumber, tofu, blue cheese crumbles and Renee?s Japanese Ginger dressing:
I just really can?t get enough of salads these days! My afternoon snack was a cut up orange and sliced strawberries.
Great combo!

Even though it was sunny again today, it was still cool. It?s been feeling more like late September this week! I had pulled chicken breasts out for dinner and decided to cook it on the stove top rather than BBQ it. I cut the breasts in half then sautéed them until pretty much cooked through. Next up was a topping of salsa and grated marble cheese. I let it all cook together for about 10 mins. I also made some brown rice and steamed broccoli;
I only ended up eating one piece of chicken. I wanted room for dessert which was the very same as last night! YUM! There?s not much on the docket for tonight. I do know that I will be watching SYTYCD in a bit! For all my Canadian readers out there, what are your plans for Canada Day tomorrow??

Bye for now!!