How are you doing today? Now that the week is playing out and moving right along towards the weekend, we can all let out a sigh of relief that some R & R time is right around the corner! I’m going to be teaching a yoga class Saturday morning and am beyond excited! As I had mentioned I was going to be doing, I took a yoga class at the studio today that I am going to be teaching at it and I love the vibe, the energy, the practice space. It was wonderful!
Then I took Skylar to the Mommy & Me Pottery Painting activity we had planned. It was too cute watching her paint. Like a bad Mommy, I forgot my camera but I will post pictures of her plates after they are fired. They were pretty much a smeary hodge-podge of paint; the paint-your-pottery equivalent of scribbles, but to me, it’s Picasso. She also kept asking for Blue. I am a pink girl but she was loving blue.
I’m glad to hear yesterday’s Raw Vegan Chocolate Coconut Snowballs were a hit! Yeah, num-num in my tum-tum! Shout out to my lovely friends, Lil Veggie Patch and Raw Juice Girl who both made these. I hope you enjoyed your balls as much as I do, girls. TWSS
And of course the Raw Vegan Sugar Snap Pea Salad with Raw Vegan Creamy Tahini Dressing Recipe
And your reports on whether you deem yourself to be creative and telling me about your creative outlets with everything from knitting to jewelry making was really fun to read about, too!
For today’s greenery, I made another salad and flooded it with the Creamy Vegan Tahini Dressing. Romaine, Carrots, Cukes, Red Peppers, Tomatoes, Sugar Snap Peas, and the Tahini Dressing. Then I added some spicy sesame-coated almond bits on top.
It’s my Tahini-ized Version of a Cesar Salad
Who needs anchovies and Cesar dressing or croutons and gluten when you’ve got Raw Vegan Creamy Tahini & Sesame-Coated Almonds? Not I.
For Dessert, here’s a recent Raw Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls episode. For full recipe info, click right on over to here! 5 minutes til heaven in your mouth if you get started now, just sayin’.
Cashews & Oats
Add the Liquids (Maple and/or Agave or both, Vanilla Extract)
Add the Chocolate Chips
Blend for a Second
Make your balls
After refrigeration they looked like this
And as I got closer to inhaling a ball it looked like this…
And unstuck balls look like this (TWSS)
Couple Shopping Finds Now..
For all you MAC users, I recently picked up the Magic Mouse. It’s only been out about 2 weeks and I have to say, I love it. It took a day or so to get used to, but now I am in mousey heaven.
Lightweight, responds with a light finger touch, wireless and rather than clicking the Back Button on your browser to back out of webpages, you can finger swipe across the top of the mouse and back out of webpages that way. Great little gadget if you’re a MAC user.
In light of the fact that I’m going to be teaching some yoga classes, I wanted to spruce up my workout duds a bit. I found a Lululemon Sports Bra on sale, in pink, in my size. Score! That baby had my name written all over it!
And with my purchase I got a re-usable Lulu bag. They must’ve known I had just been talking about all the green lifestyle choices I make. It’s nifty to be thrifty. Sorry, that just popped into my head and I had to write it.
Yoga Today is Hanumanasana (Full Splits or Monkey Pose)
And after all that shopping, I just had to pop a few 3-Ingredient 5-Minute Dark Chocolate Fudge Balls, too. Yum.
Tip of the Day: My EcoStore USA Give Away!!!!!
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Second Tip of the Day: My Yoga Mat is the Manduka Black Mat Pro, all the way. People have asked me what I use, and in my opinion, that’s the best. It will last you a decade whereas other mats will shred and erode and wear down but not the Black Manduka. It’s a quality investment in your practice that will pay off.
What’s your favorite brand of workout apparel? Are you brand loyal or do you bounce around? Do you shop based on price, function, cuteness factor, or what? Gimme the dish! I am Nike brand loyal to my running shoes. For my yoga clothes, I love Be Present, Prana, Lulu, and there are some tiny niche lines that sometimes have cute pieces, but that’s very hit and miss. And regional, at best, distribution on some of those. For Sports Bras, that is extremely hard and hit or miss for me. Target ones are too flimsy, some of the high-tech ones are too restrictive, so I am always on the hunt. What kind of workout apparel do you buy? Or do you just sport a hanes tshirt and call that your “technical fabric”? Does it matter even? What do you think?
Stay Tuned For A Great Use for Apples…
What a lovely weekend and the foods look so tasty! x x
Such cute mommy/daughter photos!
That recipe looks FANTASTIC
Aww, fun meet up!!
I always do lolosana pose :)
I cannot BELIEVE how perfect those PB cups looks! I totally want to make AB cups now! And mixed the nut butter with nooch? What a great idea!
I typically mind my own business unless someone is jeopardizing the safety of my wee ones or myself.
You thief, you! I make these all the time. Everyone knows to put nooch in peanut butter cups, don't they? I mean, everyone has this basic recipe; how an you call it yours?
WTF?
Now I really think your anon commenter was on glue or something. Averie, those things look AMAZING– *just* like real Reeses cups!
(And, for the record, NOTHING like anything I've ever made)
I wanna try one now!! Only one? Oh who am I kidding. I'll take a whole batch, please ;)
I'm drooling on those PB cups. Gives me the idea to make them with almond butter!
As far as the butting in situation, I think I would butt out. Now, with the mom/child thing, if it looked like abuse, I would probably say something. What, I don't know.
Hey those PB cups look yumbo. You and Voracious Vegan have certainly got me onto Nutritional Yeast…I find it soooo hard to get. I am going to have to order me some. Oh btw, on my blog post, that wasn't me pictured next to the white ferrari. That was my friend Ang. I was much happier with our black 4WD hehe.
Thanks for another truly delicious post and glad you finally got you some girly time. When I finally get over there to meet Kristen, you'll be on the guest list too :)
I'm making these tomorrow. I promise.
I tend to be one of those people who say something. When I don't, I always regret it, but I always try to be overly sweet and nice and tactful about it, or make a joke out of it, naturally.
What a great weekend! Those pb cups look so yummy! i think I'll try them with some almond butter!!
As for butting in, I have learned over the years to stay out of things unless they directly involve me. If someone tells my kids how to behave when I'm out and about I quickly remind the person that my children already have a mother. It works well : ) Of course, my kids are pretty darned good so it's only happened once. I don't think that lady will ever forget me ;o)
hmmmm.. it's a hard one. When it comes to the litter bug I would definitely say something because it's pretty black and white – he's definitely doing the wrong thing (no ifs or butts haha!). But with the Mum, I don't know, I'd be more inclined to think it's none of my business and I doubt me saying anything would make one jot of a difference.
Let us know what you decide to do about the butt head!
i love your posts!! PB cups-that is genious.. and your daughter is so beautiful!!
You girls are sooooo cute! I love that pink jacket you're wearing! And Skylar is too cute in those shades!!!
I'd be weary of saying something to a misbehaving parent, but if I really felt like there was an abusive situation going on, I'd try to get help if I could from another onlooker and maybe we could figure something out together? In L.A., I just assume everyone is always carrying a gun, regardless of what they look like, and in the interest of you know, not getting shot, I try to stay out of other people's business.
That said, if a child is in danger, I think you should do something…
You and skylar are SO gorgeous <3
PB cups were my obsession when i was a kid. I loved them. Can you believe I still have not found nutrional yeast anywhere? ugh.
i hate litering too :( but i am not very good at confrontimng peopl.e
OH am so making PB cups! OMG! Thanks for that!
you look so pretty in that pink sweater! very ruffly! love it!
so glad you had gal time out! and your new yoga gig! PERFECT…you are really getting settled into your new town!
and the butting in topic…I have to literally bite my lip. unless it's something that directly is harmful to myself or kids…I just try and let KARMA deal with them.
I can't say I've never butted in… but even though I get irked…I try and just live and let live.
grrr.
HAHAHA
So glad your Girl's Day went well! What a fun blogger meet-up, especially since Sylar was kept entertained!
I've made my own PB cups before… SO amazing homemade. LOVE 'EM!
Hmm… I think it really depends on the situation with random comments. I think a dirty look would get your point across in the situation you described. Often times, there are discreet ways to make your point (fanning your hand if someone is smoking by you, saying to a friend next to you "Don't you just hate it when people throw their trash on the ground" if you see someone littering, etc.) especially if you don't know the person at all. You don't want to put yourself in a potentionally harmful situation by making a criticizing comment, no matter how well-deserved it may be.
BTW – Love your "Squash Master" title you gave me! You crack me up!
xxoo
Heather
Fun meetup and nice of her to be proactive and engage Skylar!
Those PB cups look amazing. Q- can I make something equivalent with my fave rasted Carob powder?? Help me figure something out!!
Re. Butting in. when I was younger I used to do it (you know to save the world), but having been burned and hurt on many an occasion now I sadly just look the other way. Or I'll really choose my battles. but for the most part I do keep mum.