The Labor-Less Weekend
This weekend has been exactly what I hoped. Lazy. Relaxing. Unproductive.
I normally can’t stand to sit still. I need to be constantly doing something. So it was nice to just sit back and relax with friends.
A few nights of going out, house parties, you know, the usual.
I’ve been eating ugly but delicious meals, like this:
I was in the mood for a Mexican Mess but didn’t have all the standard ingredients, so I whipped this up instead. It’s not even really a recipe, but in case you’re curious, it was:
- 1/2 zucchini
- 1/2 yellow squash
- 1/2 cup salsa (I used a really spicy kind)
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 1/2 onion
- spices to taste (chili powder, crushed red pepper, garlic and salt)
I just sautΓ©ed it all in some olive oil until the veggies were nice and soft. I love dishes like this because you can basically substitute anything you want and it’ll still come out delicious.
I’ve also been eating almond butter like it’s my job.
(If a job like that exists, please consider this my application.) Thanks to the almond butter + sweet potato combo that I can’t stop eating, I’ve gone through so much almond butter, that this jar was just asking to be made into a smoothie bowl. Who was I to deny the almond butter?
This was your standard: almond milk + banana + stevia + xanthan gum + ice combination, poured into a little almond butter jar for maximum deliciousness.
Other random weekend highlight: trading in my semi-broken Droid for an iphone
After the amazing transition from PC to Mac, I was really excited to finally switch to an iphone. I’m kind of obsessed. I think my favorite part is Instagram. (I know, I know, of all the awesome features, am I really saying this is my favorite part?) Let me have my fun, alright?
Random picture I took while we were driving downtown:
Cool, right? Maybe I’ll do a whole What I Ate Wednesday– Instagram Edition.
And now, I’m off to go enjoy the last bit of the weekend!
I love ugly meals! So glad you have enjoyed your weekend π
Unfortunately we have done nothing because of rain from Tropical Storm Lee…..so it is kind of boring here at the moment!
I love that picture; it looks kind of sepia-tinted and vintage, gorgeous!
And if that job is going, I’ll get my CV in too, although I don’t mind going for the coconut butter-eating post… π
The best bit of my weekend was drinking huge volumes of Pimm’s in a lovely sunny garden with one of my best friends on Friday night… perfect!
Isn’t the iPhone fab! I love mine! i hope you enjoyed the rest of your long weekend. π
Ooooh, that Mexican Mess-esque dish looks delicious! I love Mexican food! π
ugly meals are the BEST!! those always taste the best!!!! and LOVE my shakes in PB containers- makes em extra delish!
I love ugly smush meals like that! And almond butter. On most anything. Is that instagram thing an app? I’ve had my iphone for forever and know nothing about it, haha. I am NOT technologically inclined.
Yessss!!! Go download the instagram app right now!!! It’s free and it’s SO much fun (assuming you’re at least a little bit of a nerd like me, haha)
Have no shame in the ugly meals. I made ugly veggie mix dinners all the time. π I stillll have a sweet potato waiting for me to eat and have a feeling I’ll love the almond butter combo too much!
I am loving your ugly meal, because I know how tasty it is π Anything with salsa steals my heart, so I would totes enjoy what you made! π
I am loving your ugly meal, because I know how tasty it is π Anything with salsa steals my heart, so I would totes enjoy what you made!
I bet your loving having an iPhone, I don’t think I could survive without mine! I just had my first sweet potato with almond butter last night and it was lush!
Isn’t it such an amazing combo?? I need to get more almonds to make some more almond butter since I’ve been eating that combo non-stop!