Just a bit different

Yesterday afternoon, after my weekend of fun, I decided it was necessary to do some serious cooking.   I surveyed the recipe pages of a few blogs & came up with a plan.
First -
Sweet Potato Meatloaf.
I love that its a different twist on meatloaf. I'm on a big sweet potato kick and make a LOT of meatloaf.

joys of cooking for 1 - 1 now, 5 for later

 delic.  (I put a lil bbq sauce on the side too)

Next up! Granola. 

last week's granola was so fabulous, I need to start making it more often. 

1 cup rolled oats

1 Tbsp chia seeds

1/4 cup sliced almonds

1 Tbsp sunflower seeds

3 Tbsp unsweetened applesauce

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 Tbsp agave nectar

mix all ingredients. spread evenly on parchment paper. bake at 325 for 10 minutes. flip granola. bake 10 minutes. 

Flavor is good - but I should've used a touch of oil. Not as crunchy as I wanted it to be. 

Now for one of my favorite snacks, which is definitely just a bit different, but I've been eating it this way for yearss & secretly, its the only way I want popcorn.   

(I know I didn't make it up. a chrissy creation maybe?) 

Bare with me - it sounds a little weird, but its awesome. 

94% fat free microwave butter popcorn

Frank's Red Hot sauce

little bit black pepper

so good. 

just try it. 

I'm getting to the point in my training plan that I have to up my short runs. Tonight's run was a pretty brutal 4.5 miles. My right shin tightened up right away and it felt like I had one lead foot. I can't even explain it, but it made running realllyy hard.  So I paused stretched a lil and powered through. Once I got to about 2.5 miles, it loosened up & I started feeling pretty good. 

I feel like a terrible Boston-ite Bostonian (fail alli. fail.) I'm not even pretending to watch Game 6. Oops. 

Go Bruins! 

alli got an iphone!

the month of Boston begins! 
It felt really great to be here & home this weekend.
strolled over to the verizon store yesterday afternoon to get my iphone! eeeekkk. love it.
& managed to make some progress on one of my june goals. 

state house

washington in the public garden.

all the statues were in bruins gear

would love to have seen how they got that on there.

just pretty

I really need to start wandering around with my camera more often. then again the iphone camera does a pretty solid job.

my balcony

current set up - hence my goal to convert fully to the mac.

seriously... 2 computers. camera. too much.

I wasn't in the mood to run tonight. (must go in the AM)

but instead really in the mood to cook.

dinner:

2 small tortillas

1/2 cup fat free refried beans

one large slice red onion

1/2 medium tomato

1/4 avocado

1 oz shredded cheddar

salsa

in a sprayed skillet, on the stove til it gets crunchy.

delic.

and then I made GRANOLA.

coconut granola.  inspired by this.

i used agave nectar instead of honey since thats what i had.

i can NOT wait to eat this tomorrow.

sweet. crunchy. yum.

so glad Monday is over. I'm really hoping this week doesn't drag, but I expect it will.

Too many fun things happening this weekend.

can't wait!!