Last day of 2009

Updating in mostly real time today, since I'm lazy and groggy. Boys had me up annoyingly early after I stayed up far too late. The result: a bleary & cranky mama. Hope I can manage to stay awake for our big spectacular New Year's Eve plans tonight! Um, ok, well, I'm making a fancy dinner for us after the boys are asleep and we're going to curl up and watch movies with an assortment of semi-restricted snacks. And maybe a glass of bubbly. And will hopefully be awake - HA! Or wake up just in time for - the countdown. I know we'll be awake in the first few minutes of 2010 since our neighbours tend to shoot off fireworks.

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Breakfast, 7:30
2 pc spelt toast with goat cheese
Instant plain oatmeal
Fresh blueberries
Lg coffee with soy milk

Lunch, 11:30
-Spelt pumpkin almond muffins with a few currants
-Amy's Organic minestrone soup

Made with pumpkin puree and almond butter - tasty, but not as moist as I wanted, will have to add applesauce next time!

Snack, 12:30
2-3 more muffins

Snack, 2:30
1 more muffin
2 peanut butter M&M cookies (Oh the horror!!)
-chocolate hazelnut tea with soy milk
-chunk of goat's cheddar cheese

So tempting, so delicious!

Snack, 4pm
-coffee with almond milk
-2 pc sugar & gluten free almond biscotti

Would have tasted soooooo good made with sugar, but they were really yummy dunked in coffee!

Almond Biscotti
1/4 cup sliced almonds
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt
2 TBSP unsweetened cocoa
1 cup spelt flour
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract
enough almond milk to mix together

Mix well and form into a flattened log. Bake at 300 for 30-40 minutes (firm to touch), remove and let cool slightly. Cut into strips and put back on pan. Bake 10 minutes, flip and bake 10 more minutes (firm to touch. Enjoy!

Supper, 5:30
-Pan fried scallops in lemon butter with brown rice pasta and broccoli

Movie snacks, 8:30-10:30
-Approx 4oz white wine
-Fresh strawberries, blueberries, grapes
-Baked brie with red pepper jelly
-Lactose free havarti & gouda
-Table water crackers, mini melba toasts, tortilla crackers
-Almonds & hazelnuts


Oh, and my weekly weigh in from Wednesday was 160 lbs, unclothed, morning.