New Year!!!!

   Breakfast

It was nice to be able to sleep in this morning. With an 18 month old sleeping in takes a whole new meaning!  I had an egg with diced tomato on a whole wheat toast with a slice of tomato on the side. A small scoop of hummus and a cup of hot Earl Grey tea.  Delish!

 Lunch

LOVE leftovers!!  No defrosting, no prepping and very little clean up! Yay! I had leftover turkey meatloaf, balsamic roasted tofu and some diced up tomatoes.  A small oh so juicy Clementine for dessert!  I made a cup of Pellegrino with cranberry juice to go with lunch.

As Shrek plays in the background its time for mommy to catch up on her reading. Off I go to read for the next few hours with a hot cup of Earl Grey tea.  

 New Year’s Resolutions

I have never been a big new year’s resolution type of person.   A resolution to me come after a realization that can come at any time of the year.  But that being said, why not!? What’s the harm?

For this year:

·         Eat 95% local and organic. – Our current goal was to be 70% organic. We do most of our shopping at Whole Foods and stock up on all the staples.   But we found ourselves going to the grocery stores that are within a 10 minute walk, makes it convenient to go there to pick up anything we run out of. And you know what happens when you go to the grocery store for just one thing…….!

·         Organize!  - I started this year with the pantry but we still have a way to go in the pantry and in all the other parts of the house.  I have to start getting all our paperwork together and creating some cute ideas I have seen on other blogs. My craft area needs major organizing since I don’t have a designated space.

·         Increase Family  and friend time – I want to not lose focus of what is most important to me.  My family. 

·         Quality of Personal time  - Find activities/events that make the most out of “without baby” time.

Tofu Time!

Lunch time came around much too quickly for this household. We ate breakfast and headed out, we officially become mall walkers!!! yay!  It was as though we owned the mall!! Along with the other walkers of course! For the first time EVER we had the whole kids playground to ourselves!! She could actually move around for a change! We stopped for a music notebook at Music & Arts were I saw the exact same piano for $1400.00 WOW, I got a great deal!!!

We were ready for lunch after putting the baby down for her morning nap.  I had never prepared tofu before. It was super super easy and it takes so good.

I cut the tofu block into 8 slices and placed them inside a few napkins with the cutting board and two gallons of water to take the extra water out.

                               I stacked them and cut them down into little 1 inch cubes.

They went into the hot pan that was sprinkled with olive oil. I waited 5-8 minutes until the bottom side was nice and brown. I then turned them over.

              Sprinkled some salt and pepper. And waited for the other side to brown nicely.

Ta-da!!!! So easy to make and it was great with the salad.

What's for lunch?

Tomorrow's lunch is ready! It was one of those evenings that we ran around shopping after going out for dinner. I was in no mood to cook anything for tomorrow. But I forced myself off the computer and into the kitchen.  For lunch I will be having Tilapia seasoned with a little pepper on a bed of collard greens.

I sauteed garlic, added the greens and waited for the wilting to begin. Delish! Simple but good.

For snacks I am taking a cheese stick and some of these buddies. Yummy!

Yummy Goodness!

Breakfast
This is so quick and easy that I am finding myself making it almost everyother day.

Spinach with onions go into the pan with egg.

In an effort to use something other than bread, meet my new friends.

Ta-da! Oh yeah, some cheese made its way in there! Gooey goodness

Lunch

Again the wraps made their way into lunch. Chicken with salad lettuce with a few black beans sprinkled in. That the only thing with being a small family and really the only one to eat some of these things I buy. I find myself making alot of repeats throughout the week in an effort to not let things go to waste.

And lunch was ready for work.

The weather is really changing. I cannot wait to eat oatmeal. I LOVE oatmeal. I love all the stuff you can put inside of it. Crunchy nuts, almond butter, honey, yyyyyuuuuuummmmmm. I think next week we will start. I am also debating on whether I should be making this oatmeal at work. I find myself taking the egg with me and eating it on my drive it. Impossible to do with oatmeal, so perhaps I should just have it at work. Besides I am the only one on my floor for at least an hour and half. What's the harm. We will see.