Let me set the scene of my weekend: cold rainy weather, green chilies just begging to be used, dirty house begin to be cleaned, old country tunes serenading me, and a collection of random "honey-do's" to become "honey-did's." After a successful run to the local farmer's market, two girlfriends met me at my storage unit where 90% of my belongings are safely tucked away until I, finally, get a place of my own. It has been on my mind for weeks that I will soon be needing my winter clothes and had no way to get to them as they were packed in the BACK of the unit. So, we took out some furniture, dug around, and (hopefully) got me what I need. Unfortunately, I do not think my beloved boots got picked out the mess :( bummer. After a successful start to a wide open Saturday, I came home to my eager and welcoming pup to make some random soup using my green chili. I also made these "power cookies" using ripe bananas, applesauce, oats, pecans, chocolate chips, and chia seeds:
They are gluten free (unless oats are considered gluten...), low in sugar as the only sugar is from the organic applesauce, have the protein from peanut butter, and all the goodness that chia seeds bring to the table. If you have some bananas, let the get really ripe and try these out. Very yummy, freeze well, and so easy to grab-and-go for mornings when you are running late. I drive a LOT for work so it's always nice to have something nutritious and low in carbs, calories and fat to snack on.
After a long week with many emotions storming through my system, I am getting to catch up on the many things I have wanted and needed to get done for a while. The next few weeks are pretty packed and end up with a really wonderful change in my life - I will report back on all this in the near future. For now, I am going to continue on with my honey-do list while I still have the desire and have not yet been called by the couch and a movie...
xoxo,
ac.
