Sunday fun day!

Good Morning!

After my morning workout yesterday, we headed out to a gluten-free festival!  I was so excited to check out the goodies there & my family wanted to join me.  Funny thing, I told them we we’re going to a food fest, so they were all excited (thinking there may be candy there).  Shhh.   I did not telling them it was a gluten-free food fest!  I figured that they’d find out soon enough & was certain they’d find a lot of goodies they would like.  Well, we didn’t make it there!  There were a couple of different routes we tried to take because so many roads were closed because of the storms & then we had enough & decided not to go :(.  I was a little bummed, but it was silly to keep driving around, so we just called it quites!  Guess there’s always next year!

I did however, pick a winner for the Hemp giveaway…

And, the winner for the Hemp giveaway is:

• 48 Jeffrey Lammers Tweet about the Giveaway

  
  

I’ve got your info., so I”ll send it on the good people at Manitoba Harvest!  Way to go Jeffrey, you did it again!!!! :).

Today is Meatless Monday, so let me get back to that…

Kale slaw with Kale tahini pesto

I can’t take credit for the pesto, as I pinned it from Versatile Vegan.  It was so great over the kale slaw that I get from CostCo.  I’m sure it would be good with pasta or a potato or maybe even quinoa as well.  I also think that I’d add a little cayenne next time to give it a little more zing.  But, it’s quite good as it is.  It’s very “green/earthy” tasting, so beware!  It may be a lot for some.

I made these chocolate chip oat flour cookies.  They are good & there are only 2 left!  NO Sugar added my friends!  This is a winner.  They do have a hint of sweetness because of the Pure Liquid™ Vanilla Alcohol Free Stevia™.

.  (I’ll be posting more about that soon!!!).

Chocolate Chip Oat Flour Cookies

Ingredients

• 2¼ cups of all oat flour (I made my own from oats)
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ cup of coconut oil
• 1 tsp salt
• 6 droppers of Pure Liquid™ Vanilla Alcohol Free Stevia™
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup of  chocolate chips

Preheat oven 350.

Mix all ingerdients together in mixer.  When everything is incorporated, add chips.

Drop by rounded tablespoon onto cookie sheet & bake for about 13 minutes on 350.

ENJOY!

Tomorrow, I’ve got a great giveaway coming your way!

Off to do a quick tabata bootcamp video before I head out for an early meeting this morning.

What are you most looking forward to when this weather finally turns to spring?????

Esprit De She

I found out that I am now an Esprit De She ambassador!!!!!!!  Woo hoo!  Very exciting!  As an ambassador, I am going to run the event in Chicago on July 18.  Check it out here!  It sounds like a lot of fun & a great women’s race.  I’m all about the women’s events.  There’s something about the commraderie between women during a race & it’s so wonderful.  I hope you’ll consider joining me!!!!!!  Why not?

I also got my bright pink envelope from Ellie & had to immediately put on my new gear!

Now, nobody was home to help me take my photos, so please don’t look at the way my body is configured, just take a look at the adorable & comfy clothes!

The capri’s are PERFECT!  They’re not too low, nor too high.  They really feel perfect on my waist!  The top is a bit “sexy” for me.  I don’t usually wear anything low cut to show my clevage, but love the back of this top.  I know that running outside when/if the weather ever gets nice will be so great in this top.

You should hop over to Ellie and check out all the neat workout gear there.  If you click on the image on the right side of the page, you’ll get 20% off.

If you order, let me know what you chose.  I’m curious what everyone else likes.  The fabrics are really soft & they was easily.

I’m off for a nice run on my treadmill  (& a little tabata bootcamp) watching Prison Break.  I’m on season 3.  I just love it & know it’s going to end soon b/c I’ll be outside listening to my audiobooks.

Are you working out today?

I keep teasing you about more giveaways, but trust me, I’m getting them ready to post soon!

Thursday

I’m having issues with my phone syncing & it’s time to upgrade.  I just haven’t gotten around to doing it yet.

In the meantime, I’m back to my tabata virtual bootcamp workouts, yea!!!!!!  Our internet was down for a couple of days, so I wasn’t able to upload my workouts.  It was a little break, but now I’m back in full swing.  I did a 6 minute & a 30 minute & only had time to run 1 mile on the treadmill.  It was 38 degress yesterday a.m. when I took the boys to school.  IT was April 10- that is all wrong!  This is spring – ha!  We have the rain, just lacking the warm temps!  Ugg, and it’s supposed to snow a little on Friday!  It’s enough!

I got this awesome cozy outfit the other day from Yogi Clothing!

It’s the coziest, softest material ever.  I actually wore it in Springfield after the race & had 3 different people give me compliments.  The most amazing thing is that there were only 3 people walking around Springfield.  Ha- just kidding.  It was really desolate there, but that’s another story.  I love my Yogi clothes.  You need to check out their website for something for you.  Something new & fun & cozy for the spring.  Their stuff is really wonderful & they have all sorts of choices!

I’ve been trying to find a happy medium for the boys with healthy choices around here & we didn’t have any sweets in the house, so I told them I’d make cookies.

I made a variation of these!  PB chia coconut cookies

 

 

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 cup coconut flour
• 1 1/2 tbsp chia seeds
• 1/4 cup butter, room temperature
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup chunky peanut butter
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 C almond milk
• 1/4 C almond meal
• 2 T shredded coconut
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup dark or semisweet chocolate chunks or chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Mix everything in food processor except for chocolate chips. Pour everything into a bowl if you want the chips to stay whole.  Otherwise, add the chocolate chips & mix!

Use a mini scooper of dough onto the cookie sheet. I left them as round globs, but you can flatten if you like. If the dough is crumbly, press it together with your hands. Bake 10-12 minutes.

Enjoy!  They’re really tasty.  Stone likes them.  Truman is not a fan!  I am determined to find something I bake that he will like besides the chickpea cake.

What do you bake that is healthy that your kids eat?  Please share….

FRIDAY & another giveaway!!!

I’ve been loving my tabata bootcamp virtual trainings.  I did miss Wednesday b/c of my crazy day, but I’ve been right on track otherwise.  Yesterday I did a 6 minute (killer) workout, a 30 minute workout & then ran on the treadmill for a fast mile.  I was pumped & wish that I had run more, but Truman decided to join me downstairs & then my run quickly ended!  I’m hoping to get in a long run this weekend.  Maybe it’ll be 35 or 40 degrees & I’ll try to get outside!  I have no idea what the weather is supposed to be, but a girl can hope, right?!

So, I told you that I was going to start posting my giveaways b/c I’ve been getting so many good things for you to review & I’m excited to share with you!

I’m always a little skeptical about protein bars b/c so many are loaded with sugars or other binding ingredients, etc. that aren’t necessarily healthy.  However, the fine folks over at Quest sent me  some to try!

If you remember, I had my first one on Wednesday because I didn’t have time for my regular breakfast.  I grabbed one of these.  It happened coconut cashew.  It was absolutely delicious!  Seriously tasty!

Quest is the protein bar famous for waht it DOES NOT have!

-No sugar alcohols

-No added sugar

-No soy protein

-No glycerine

-No junk ingredients

-gluten free (added bonus)

They are loaded with 20g protein.  Seriously 20g protein is a ton & can really fill you up!

They are 100% Natural ingredients, nothing artificial!

They say that you should put the bar in the microwave for 15 seconds & the Quest bar will taste like afresh baked warm, soft cookie.  I haven’t tried that yet, but bet it would be amazing warmed up atop greek yogurt!

So, here’s your chance for a box of Quest chocolate chip cookie dough bars of your own!!!  Simply enter the Rafflecopter on the side bar for your chance to win!

Don’t forget to enter the rafflecopter for Two Moms in the Raw!  You have 1 more day to enter!

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What are you favorite protein bars?