Grocery Shopping yeah!!

We finally went grocery shopping! Unfortunately it was mostly for Amerie and Tim…but hey at least they have food..now as long as they don’t eat it all within a week!!! When there’s no food they complain but they survive..when there is food, they eat all of it too quickly so within a week they are once again complaining! Crazy kids I have..you would think that I had two teenage boys or something with the way they throw down!

So I woke up early this morning slightly hungry…hanging on by a food thread and decided that I wanted old-fashioned restaurant style oatmeal. As a kid (and teen =-)) I always loved going to a breakfast diner and ordering oatmeal or cereal. Sad, I know, (trust me they all thought I was crazy) considering I could make oatmeal or cereal easily and probably more affordable at home, but I liked the fact that it came ready to be assembled by the hungry, crafty me..I mean what kid doesn’t like to assemble his/hers meal! So I decided I would make my oatmeal that way..I cooked my oats in a little less than recommended water, served it in a bowl with a small dollop of buttery spread and assembled it with three mini-bowls filled with almonds and flax, cinnamon brown sugar and cold soy milk lining the bowl and on the side, some cantaloupe sprinkled with flax and almonds. I had a blast stirring my oatmeal, pouring in some milk, and topping it with my sugar and nuts! I also actually used less milk and sugar then what I would have used if I cooked and prepared it all together. That made preparing it “restaurant style”, so worth it!!!! As for Tim and Amerie, they had their “becoming a Saturday Tradition” bowl of cream of wheat and some fruit! Yum-Yum!!

So I decided after breakfast I would do a quick ab workout; double crunches, side “crunches”, bridges, etc. Well that was a bad idea because for the rest of the day I had the worse stomach cramps and pains! Silly me. But before we left to go shopping we went ahead and had lunch and I got in a request for Garlic-Ginger Broccoli and some spaghetti noodles, so while I prepared and cooked Amerie and Tim’s meal, I decided to have a simple grilled hummus sandwich and some Garlic-Ginger Broccoli topped with cashews, but then I thought about my one apple slice snack from yesterday and decided to add apple slices into my sandwich. Very, very good!
I loved the creamy hummus combined with the juicy crunch of the apple. The combination was just as good as yesterday…mmmmm..mmm

As for our grocery shopping..I was pleased to find that Tim and Amerie finally filled their area in the food pantry, fridge and freezer back up..as for me I was very very disappointed..I usually buy Giant brand Natural Smooth Peanut Butter but decided to go for Smucker’s Natural this time since I had a coupon (Gotta save money!!) and I wanted to see if there was any difference in taste, texture and oil content. But as I went to grab two jars I found that Wal-Mart had ran out!!!! I was sooo upset!!! So tomorrow I’m going to Food Lion to go get my PB….I have to feed my addiction!!! We had so much fun though. We explored the food aisles, finding old favorite and discovering new things to try… a good family trip in all. Afterwards we were starving so we stopped by Chipotle on the way home and had a enjoyable, relaxing and delicious dinner outside in the warm and breezy afternoon weather before we had to go home and unpack.


Chipotle is one of our favorite “fast food” restaurants to go to. The meals are pretty reasonably priced and very filling and satisfying; and they support local family farms buying all natural food and naturally, hormone free, organic meats so even though I’m vegan, I love the fact they support our locals and that my husband and daughter’s meal is actually healthy for them in so many different ways! For more info, definitely check out the site at www.chipotle.com. Anyways. As for my meal: I love to get a Burrito Bol which is a Burrito in a Bol instead of in a tortilla. It’s layered with Cilantro-Lime Rice, Grilled Veggies, black beans, corn or tomato salsa, creamy guacamole and lettuce..the best vegan meal ever!!!!! Seriously! Tim adores the place and Amerie loves eating rice, meat, guacamole and cheese and, most of all, the freshly made warm, salt and lime flavored, Tostitos chips. If you have never been you need to go, because as a Vegan it’s the most satisfying, delectable Mexican meal you could ever dream of!!!

Super full and now, feeling tired and reluctant to go home and unpack..we headed out and finished our day unpacking, slicing and washing meats and other foods that needed to be stored in separate packaging, rearranging and kind of cleaning the fridge, freezer and pantry with Amerie and Kaya running around talking and screaming, keeping themselves entertained while we finished up. Then the Redskin’s (YEAH REDSKIN’S) VS the Jets came on just in time, so we ended the day with a well deserved Ice-Cold Bud Light to relax…..auhhh!