Lazy Food Saturdays

Today is what I call Lazy Food Saturdays..Usually on Saturdays I fix breakfast for my daughter and husband (which lately, has been cream of wheat), then lunch we kind of just fix whatever we want and then I fix dinner…well today I fixed breakfast as usual. I kind of plan my meals and last night I checked out my pantry and saw that the mango was the next fruit to go…it was fully ripened, soft and smelled absolutely wonderful..I could tell it would be so sweet and juicy so I was thinking of a way I could use it. I already knew the two addicts wanted cream of wheat so I figured I would have it too so I needed a fruit topping..well I had seen a recipe for mango and blueberries coated in pina colada mix but unfortunately the one my husband loves has milk in it so I couldn’t use that so I was thinking ok coconut…don’t feel like opening a can of it just to use a little….shredded coconut sounds yummy but not enough..coconut lime..then yes Mango, blueberries and Bananas (for color!) with Vanilla Lime and Brown Sugar “Dressing” Topped with Shredded Coconut and Chopped Brazilian Nuts (since they’re similar to macadamias with texture)….Oh it worked out really well! The Tangy Lime with the slight hint of vanilla worked well with the sweet fruit and the nuts and coconut are always a favorite and a plus! Then of course my two little addicts had cream of wheat and Amerie had a side of my tropical fruit blend and some yogurt



…As for Lunch and dinner…they were both lazy fix meals…



Lunch was slightly easy..I had made Amerie some of my bean salad yesterday for her lunch as well, but, again, we ended up not using it and going out so that became her lunch today with leftover chicken and broccoli that her daddy ate up! I on the other hand had ¼ left of my avocado and was craving BBQ so I made a BBQ Tofu and Avocado wrap with tomatoes, baby greens salt and pepper. It was yummilicious! I pressed, drained, freezed, thawed, crumbled and stir fried my tofu like last time which gave it a pleasantly meaty texture with the BBQ sauce…my favorite is Sweet Baby Rays’s..Oh so good! It was perfect..but I have to be honest I was so hungry and caught up talking to my husband about the house that I didn’t really get to enjoy my meal and taste the flavors..but I know it was good though! And on the side some Veggie Crisps which are baked spinach, carrot and potato sticks with ketchup on top because they taste like crunchy fries!! They’re good!

So Saturdays are usually our chill as a family day where we kind of just..well…chill Tim plays video games, I read or do my list and Amerie just plays…unless of course we make plans then we’ll go out..but there are times as well where we decide to just do something or go out out of pure boredom or impulse..well today was one of those days. We decided to go check out the pricing on things we would need for a house!! Well when we got back I really didn’t feel like cooking. I’ve been so tired lately but my husband wanted chicken and Garlic Ginger Broccoli and I was like..Amerie is not gonna eat that again!!!! So I decided I would fix them simple Pork and Beans with Nathan’s Hotdogs sliced up and a drizzle of syrup…(GROSS… I Know!!!) and I had a



veggie platter with hummus since I was still kind of full from my Cherry Lara Bar that I had for snack…Oh do I love energy bars…the cherry one though, was pretty tart and tangy, but I love the mixture of fruit and nuts..but I have to say my fave is the Chocolate one, of course!!! Well they’re meal ended up a mess..the pork and beans for some reason were mushy and not whole beans..they were still good but maybe Amerie got a hold of the can or I over stirred them or something, but my husband decided he was just gonna eat the dogs. Of course the perfectionist I am I got sad and disappointed that I messed his simple meal up....but Amerie ate the beans and dogs..she loved them actually! I had to give her something healthy though so I gave her a side of veggie mix too!! But thankfully I made up for the mess by fixing them both a hot, chocolate chip cookie for dessert that they both instantly devoured!!!

That just proves that for a person like me who has to have things planned and prepared..impulse does not work and just screws up everything! I didn’t have dinner planned and I didn’t have time…I convinced my husband to down grade his pallet for my lack of desire to cook out of pure exhaustion and it created a bigger mess…not only a very moody me, but a pan of pig slop, and an unhappy and hungry husband…but of course, pulling out the sweets made up for it… thank goodness…hey but at least Amerie was happy the whole time!!! That’s all that counts!!!