blender overload

I've been really working the blender drinks lately. It's just a world of fun with all the different combination of flavours!

Clockwise from right: strawberry, banana and pineapple shake with honey, oats, milk, yogurt and flax seed; strawberry banana shake with oats and flax; pina colada with fresh pineapple (a new household fav!).

Emilie

grey and black

My lovely mother gave me a belated birthday present last week. A fabulous grey top that looked amazing with wide leg black pants, grey shoes and a big belt.

I loved it with silver accessories, including my new bracelet! So pretty.

After a hard workout this morning I enjoyed every bite of this egg, cheese and spinach sandwich. I gulped my strawberry banana smoothie back pretty fast too!

I'm looking forward to the weekend! Any big plans? I'm staying home and getting some much needed work done!

Emilie

smoothie in a bag

Ahhh, the smoothie. My favourite breakfast time treat. It is just that for me... a treat. It's packed full of healthy ingredients, but I always feel a bit naughty drinking one for breakfast.

As you can tell I'm a bit of a smoothie addict. I love making them, but I'm also curious about how restaurants make them so I usually order one to try. I really didn't like the Tim Horton's version as it's pretty much just a sugary slushy with milk. I recently tried the Pita Pit one and loved e it! It's frozen yogurt, 100% juice and a ziplock bag of frozen bananas and strawberries. Which got me thinking...

Smoothies are a bit of a chore to make in the wee hours of the morning when I'm rushing out the door. Tonight I took out a ziplock bag and a tuperware and filled them with frozen strawberries and sliced bananas. I filled my blender with milk, yogurt and cinnamon and put it in the fridge. Tomorrow I just have to combine the two and presto! A much faster version of my breakfast dessert!


What other combos can I make? Banana, peanut butter and cocoa powder? Strawberry, pineapple? What about freezing the yogurt too? Or even then, just making a lot of smoothie and freezing the whole thing in smaller chunks? Humm... that might be a bit much (although I saw a "smoothie" in a bag at the grocery store the other day!).

Emilie

awesome men-in-my-life-made food!

Monday. My crazy day. The day I get up before the whole world and drive two hours to work. I'm always enjoy the relaxing time listening to morning radio and drinking my breakfast-on-the-go smoothie.

My outfit is always a bit on the comfy side too because of the long drive. (My outfit shot is also in a work bathroom mirror, but you get the just of it!).

When I get board of my accessories I just put two of them together!

A most excellent leftovers lunch today. The bf spend all of sunday afternoon making a tasty spaghetti and meat ball dish. It was melt in your mouth heavenly! Even better the day after...


What's with the guys in my life cooking lately? I got to my brother's house after hitting the gym for a cycling class after work and said "weird, it smells like baking bread in here". He replied, "that's because I'm MAKING BREAD!". It was awesome. There really is nothing like fresh bread out of the oven.

Apparently this is the 4th loaf he makes. He's a pro!

Emilie