I specifically waited to write my blog post until today because I was planning on trying several new recipes this week and wanted to tell you about them all!
So first thing's first. Monday our meatless meal was Easy Pad Thai. I was pleasantly surprised! I wanted Asian food; something I'd never tried before. I pinned this recipe onto Pinterest bout 7,000 years ago but forgot about it until the other day when I was meal planning and searching for a meatless meal. I have always been a smidge afraid of "pad Thai" but this person promised it wasn't very authentic. This gave me hope! No looking for impossible ingredients only found in a store where they surely don't speak my language! Of course I left out ingredients that didn't suit my tastes. These ingredients are probably what make it Pad Thai. Oh well, I'm excited because it was really good! (Even if it wasn't really Pad Thai...) I stir fried some veggies to go along with my faux pad Thai. The kids loved it. Mom and Dad thought it could maybe use some more sauce. It was a little dry. But oh that flavor was pretty yummy!
The same day I made the pad Thai, I made dessert. "Cake Batter Pudding Cookies". Another pin. This one was just "Meh." I actually deleted the pin because I didn't feel I'd make it again.
Then there was this morning. The whole reason for my delaying my blog post another day....phenomenal breakfast of breakfasts!.....The breakfast of the pumpkin. We've been having some fall like weather. I am excited about this. Therefore pumpkin and spices have invaded my kitchen.
First, I made Baked Pumpkin Spice Doughnuts. Sprinkled with cinnamon sugar straight out of the oven...oh man! Then, I made Pumpkin Pie Smoothies. I think it could have used a little more sugar and spice but the kids loved it as is. Oh man oh man! I had a child wake up with a sick stomach this morning. I felt bad for her because I thought she'd miss out on the yummy pumpkin, fall-y breakfast. While she had no appetite for the doughnuts she guzzled down some smoothie and promptly went back to sleep. An hour later she woke up wanting to eat and put away 2 doughnuts before I called it enough!
The pumpkin recipes are sooo good! I can't wait to buy more nutmeg so I can make another smoothie with the leftover pumpkin.
I had some reservations about the exercise class I had been attending so I'm trying to find a new one to try. In the meantime I figure I'll spend some time on the bike. Yesterday I managed 13.38 miles in one hour. I was kinda proud of myself. I would have done a little strut, but my legs fell off at mile 12....
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