Friday that is.  Whew, I thought it was never going to come   I’m sure those of you in college are excited because you are starting your spring break like my brother is.  My brother is doing something really different during his spring break and going to volunteer down south in a disadvanged community and help them build a new school.  I am so proud of my lil bro   Speaking of school, What did I get my master’s degree in?

I started out this morning with a new breakfast, courtesy of Nature’s Path of course!  I decided to try the Heritage O’s cereal for breakfast and was definitely NOT dissapointed.  As ya’ll know, I LOVE me some CRUNCH… and guess what?  This cereal NEVER got soggy.  Of course I had it with almond breeze and a spoonful of pb!  Oh and I did add a sprinkle of the Vanilla Almond flax granola as well, for extra flavor, although it didn’t need it   It did a really good job of filling me up too.  I ate breakfast at 6:15 and didn’t grab a snack until 10:30.  That scores major points with my tummy, especially on my busy days!

Mid-morning, I wanted to get my veggies in so I had some carrots, celery, and whipped cottage cheese.  Extra crunchy!

Lunch was slightly outta the box.  I wasn’t craving my normal pb&j (oh the horror!) but I knew since I didn’t get my warm cereal in this morning, I’d be missing it all day, so I decided to have it for lunch   I am sorry for the not so appetizing picture of POWDER, but this bowl was TRULY FABULOUS, it was sweet, nutty, and full of vanilla flavor.  One of the best combinations that I’ve had in a while, so I think I’m going to try to repeat it tomorrow so you can see how yummy it looked once it cooked up.

Here’s what was in it:

• 1/2 C oatbran
• 1/2 scoop vanilla whey
• 1 T blueberry flax
• 1 T PB2
• cinnamon
• handful of chopped pecans

On the side, I had an orange.  Seriously, the weirdest thing happened and yesterday, I had this intense craving for oranges and when I went food shopping, there was a giant stand of oranges so I knew I had to stock up on em.  I’m glad I did because they were SO juicy and well, orange-y ha…

Mid-afternoon, I grabbed one of these Nature’s Path Optimum Rebound bars.  I didn’t get these in the mail, but saw them in Giant last night and decided to give it a go since I was in search of a heavy and wholesome bar to take me from lunch to dinner   The flavor was Nature’s Path Optimum Rebound and I was hoping that it wouldn’t dissapoint me.   My first bite was, well, weird.  I don’t know what it was but it tasted odd to me and I thought ok, whatever I’ll just eat it to eat it but as I kept taking bites I really started to enjoy the bar!!  So weird.  Anyone else have this experience?

When I got home, I was feeling creative and I decided to try my hand at making my own almond butter.  I’m not revealing the recipe because I think I have something special on my hands, but here’s what it looks like.  Seriously, not to toot my own horn lol, but I don’t think I will ever buy another jar of pb or ab again.

After work, I did Kempo X, which made me a sweaty mess so now I need to shower super fast and get ready for the night.  We are heading out to a local bbq place with some friends for dinner, so I am looking forward to it because on Friday’s they have hickory smoked salmon!  I’ll be back tonight or tomorrow am with pics and a quick review of my dinner!

PS.  Go check out FoodsThatFit for a great blogger cookbook post.  She is compiling a book of favorite recipes.