Good morning everyone!!! How’s Tuesday treating you? Don’t forget to check out my giveaway for some amazing Wholesome Foods Bakery bars!!!
My little sister is driving up to Colorado right now with her boyfriend and I am SO EXCITED! We’re all going to have so much fun, and I’m excited that I get to show them around where we live! It’s going to be a blast 🙂 Plus, I get to have my first “Spring Break” since college! Woot woot for that 🙂
Dinner last night was a little haphazard since I wasn’t sure what I wanted to make. I decided on an easy lasagna option using cheese ravioli instead of the traditional noodles and cheese. I made 2 since Nate’s eating meat and I’m not (til Easter that is!). I had some sauce with shredded chicken in it that I used for his, and for mine I blanched some frozen veggies (cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, sugarsnap peas), and used spinach in both. I also made them in bread pans for smaller portions!
For mine I started with a small layer of jarred tomato basil sauce to keep the noodles from sticking. Layer frozen ravioli, blanched veggies, spinach, sprinkling of mozzarella, and sauce. Repeat, then top with mozzarella and grated parmesan. Cover with foil and bake at 400 for 20 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for 5-10 more minutes until the cheese on top is melty and bubbly and browned. Let it sit for 10 minutes, then cut/serve/enjoy! I piled mine in a bowl – I had big dreams of it being a perfect fit and then ended up having to squish it all on top to fit. Oops! Still delicious though!
Last night we did everything we said we were going to stop doing and sat in front of the TV to watch Dreamgirls instead of cleaning and doing something productive. It was really nice to sit back and just relax though! Plus, we’re probably going to be super active when Salah and Chad get here, so it’s good we’re all rested now…right? Right!
I woke up a little later than planned this morning, so I ended up doing a good core yoga workout with lots of planks and chaturangas. I’ve always done a modified version of chaturanga on my knees, and this morning I decided to do it on my toes, the way you’re supposed to. Guess what? I COULD DO IT!!! I couldn’t believe it! I was so excited because that alone is a huge increase in my strength 🙂 Breakfast this morning was the classic breakfast cookie:
But what’s that on top, you ask? COCONUT BUTTER a la HEAB!
oh.my.gosh. Can someone please tell me how I’ve made it this far without trying coconut butter? This was SO good! And I realized later that I forgot the Truvia in the cookie for some sweetness, but I didn’t even notice since coconut has a sweet flavor. Guess I won’t need to add artificial sweetener to these anymore! I also sipped on some iced coffee:
And do a preliminary flip-through of my newest Bon Appetit:
Food porn at it’s finest!
[As a side note, I am now going to move my HPJ Page to my About Me since it’s over…but there’ll be a full recap on there later!]
So I think tonight we might be hitting up Via Toscana’s happy hour again since I didn’t really get any food for Salah and Chad yet. I just wasn’t sure what they both like, so I didn’t want to take a chance until they were actually here. Plus, you just can’t beat a perfectly portioned meal for $5! I’m so excited for a week of skiing and playing in the beautiful Colorado weather 🙂
Do you have brothers/sisters? Do y’all have a good relationship? If not (to either one of those questions) what’s your favorite thing to do with your best friend? Salah and I definitely have the same sense of humor, which can get out of control sometimes…I’m not sure if Chad really knows what he’s getting himself into 🙂 There will likely be a lot of laughing about things that don’t make sense to anyone but us…but that’s all part of the fun!
I have a half brother who is 8 years younger and we have never lived together so we’re not really close, but maybe in the future 🙂
A Fitnessista breakfast cookie with HEAB coconut butter? WoW!!!
The ravioli lasagna looks good. 🙂
Unfortunately my brother and I aren’t very close. I love him dearly but there’s 6 years between us (he’s older) and I think we just never got to the point of being close.
My best friend is my husband for sure. We love to just hang out anywhere and be goofy together. We also share a similar sense of humor which gets us strange looks sometimes. lol
Have a great time with your sister!
Congrats on your yoga victory, Heather! That is awesome 🙂
I am totally craving raviolis now and just decided that I will be having them for dinner. 😉
I have many siblings! Two little brothers, and two older sisters. Only one of them is from the same marriage as me, so the rest are half-siblings, but we all count each other as brothers and sisters! Siblings are the best!
Yay for family fun! As you’ve probably guessed from my recent posts, my sister and I are crazy close 🙂
Of course, we hated each other growing up…I’m glad we grew out of that!!
Hi 🙂 I just wanted to say thank you for the support you gave on my blog and thanks for posting! Now I can read up on yours. It looks fabulous and I love finding new blog friends.
I have one brother and one sister. I am much closer to my sister since my bro lives across the country basically, but we do still get along. I love just laughing about random jokes with them!
I have a brother who is 3 years younger than me and we are really close. He is AWESOME!
This is a very sad question for me. I am the oldest of four children, two brothers and one sister. One of my brothers died in a car accident about 5.5 years ago. We did not get along as kids and now I am left to wonder what our relationship would be like now.
I have a decent relationship with my other brother and my sister is twelve years younger than me so I hope that we can one day have a “friend” type of relationship.
My sisters and I didn’t always have the best relationship but it has grown to be a great one over the years. It is nice to know that they are always around when I need them.
Oh I forgot to answer your Q about sis…
My sis is 6 yrs younger and now that she is getting older we are getting along better. I moved out when she was in middle school to go to college.. then grad school then I got married and she was in college applying for dental school.. and the past two years she has been studying like a mad woman… but I think once things get easier on her school wise then we will be close.. I just don’t think she has time right now.. lol let me clarify.. she doesn’t have time to visit or hang out..
Last year we started getting Bon Apetite out of the blue.. I called up to see if it was mistake and found out that my mother in law got us a year’s worth of subscription to Bon Apetite and Gourmet… but I guess she forgot to tell us… 🙂
I had read your About me page before and knew you are in CO.. but I re-read it today and learned a lot more.. CO is our dream place to live… Isn’t Boulder the healthiest City in the US? We are hoping we can make a trip to Aspen for my 30th Birthday but it is still on the board and no plans have been made.
Boulder’s definitely up there on the healthiest cities list…so is Denver! it’s a great place to live…i’ll be honest, i DO miss the south a lot sometimes, but i really enjoy Colorado! let me know if y’all come up to visit! i can show you all around now… 🙂
I can’t get into the breakfast cookie either 🙁
I have one younger brother and we’re pretty close!
Have a great time with you sis 🙂
Bon Apetite! YOM.
Sometimes you need those nights where you chill out =D
I have 2 brothers and 1 sister. I’m really close with all of them but probably closest with my sister especially now that she has a wee one that is only 5 months younger than Lu.
I hope you have a blast with your sister!!!
i just started reading so i don’t know if you mentioned this already but where in colorado do you live? i went to fort lewis college and spent a yeat skiing in steamboat-loved it!
i have a great realtionship with my sis-you will have so much fun 🙂
we live in between Boulder and Denver! LOVE it here…the weather’s amazing and there’s so much to do!
i have not been reading too long so where in colorado are you? I LOVE COLORADO! i went to fort lewis college in durango and spent a year skiing in steamboat spgs…..love it. i have a great relationship with my sis 😉
Check out this lazy lasagna recipe from Eating Well:
https://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/inside_out_lasagna.html
Haven’t tried it yet, but it looks delish.
DELISH ravioli!
I have a younger sister and right now she’s at that stage (still a teen) where she “hates” her family and wants to always spend time with her friends and boyfriend instead (which is pretty typical) but besides that little phase we have a great relationship!
We’re the sushi & shopping sisters, all the way!
congrats on the chaturangas!
I have 5 older brothers and we all get along great! We try to stay pretty close!
I have an older sister, but we don’t get along very well. But I like going out with her from time to time, she knows how to have fun:)
That cheese ravioli looks really yummy!
And now I HAVE to try coconut butter! I am definitely missing out!
I have two younger brothers…I was about to say “little brothers” but they are definitely NOT little anymore! We don’t talk too often because I live in a different city, but when I am back home, we have a great time! They are awesome guys! And so grown up now! 🙂
Enjoy your sister visiting! I’m not that close to my younger brother. It’s sad. We talk once in a while and I know I could go to him if I ever needed to talk. He was pretty mean to me when we were growing up– would always call me fat/ugly and was physically abusive (would throw things at me!) I know he was a kid then but I’m still holding onto that…
You’re lucky you guys are close!
xo
Jocelyn
nice job sister. must feel good to see your hard work pay off. Have an awesome time with your sissy!
Salah – what a cool name. 🙂
I have two brothers. One younger, one older, and we’re best friends. Love them.
Ravioli lasagna is a great idea. You combined the two best pastas!
I don’t know…how did you live this long without coconut butter in your life? 😉
Have fun with your sister!!!
I can’t get into the breakfast cookie, but it does sound good with the coconut butter. I have 2 brothers who are younger, and we are really close!