Love Of Oats

A blog dedicated to balancing a healthy and fun life… with oats!

Discovering…

Hi Everyone!!!  I’m back :)   Slowly, but surely I will return to my old blogging ways, but lately I’ve been occupied with all the joys of moving, having appliances delivered, cleaning, unpacking, organizing, and discovering all the quirks of our new house!

Our house is a little chaotic and we have been nonstop from the moment we moved in until last night… Bill returned back to work today but I have off today and tomorrow in an effort to unpack our clothes and get somewhat organized but it isn’t looking promising.  Although we had a condo before, we are both discovering that there is a lot more involved with owning a large house :)

I plan on sharing little projects with you all and of course our before/after pictures, but I did want to show you my lovely new oven that I was super excited for, as Erin knew well…

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However, we learned that one of the burners is not working so sadly I can’t even use it yet because they are coming out tomorrow to replace it.  Fantastic :/  Oh well… what can ya do, right?

Anyway, we have lots of windows and natural light that flow into our kitchen so I can almost guarantee that my pictures will be 10000 times better than what they were.  Today was a cloudy day for the most part, but look how gorgeous my pictures turned out…

Breakfast

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Lunch

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Snack

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My mom and I both had doctors’ appointments for tonight, so we decided to have an early dinner beforehand… I really wanted to go back to Blue Sage and take her there but they aren’t open on Mondays so I did some googling and found another really cute veggie cafe called “Allways Cafe“…

The verdict?  Well, I was skeptical because I thought nothing could top Blue Sage but upon walking in my mom and I both remarked about how awesome the inside was… it was very cozy, but had an ecletic feel… plus we loved how the paintings on the walls all were to benefit families and children dealing with Autism.  The menu was purely amazing – numerous delicious veggie choices, I had no idea what to choose, but seeing as how I have been lacking serious veggies over the last few days I selected the veggie wrap which was asparagus, roasted peppers, grilled onions, mixed greens, hummus, and feta in a whole wheat wrap.  It was served with a pesto and zuchini pasta salad.  I don’t even know how to tell you how fresh and delicious all of the ingredients were and how yummy everything was! 

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My mom ordered the Fresh Mozarella Panini which was spinach, tomato, mozarella and basil on multigrain bread all toasted up…

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Instead of eating my other half, I split the second half of my mom’s with her… so warm & comforting!

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Then, because we were feeling in a sweet mood, we decided to split a chocolate cookie!  It was firm on the outside but warm and chewy on the inside filled with nuts & chocolate chips!

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All in all, I LOVED this restaurant and so did my mom.  For sure, we will be back!

Ok, now time to take a break from housework and watch 24!

PS.  And just so you know I haven’t gone for a run since last Wednesday!!!!!!!!  I’ve literally had no time, but I’m making it a major priority tomorrow to get back on track :)

  • Foodie (Fab and Delicious Food) says:

    Welcome back!

    April 1, 2009 at 1:00 am
  • Melissa says:

    wow great restaurant pick

    March 31, 2009 at 10:48 pm
  • Sagan says:

    Mmm wraps and paninis and cookies, oh my!

    March 31, 2009 at 4:48 pm
  • lauren (athlEAT) says:

    welcome back! and yes, your pictures are gorgeous with that natural light. my house definitely lacks that since I am in a middle townhouse in the city.

    March 31, 2009 at 4:26 pm
  • Andrea (Off Her Cork) says:

    YaY new house!! My stove (Gracie) is just like yours! :D Glad you are back and everything went smoothly!

    March 31, 2009 at 3:40 pm
  • Melissa says:

    So glad the house is coming together. That stove looks awesome! *love appliances*

    March 31, 2009 at 2:15 pm
  • NAOmni says:

    I am such a sucker for veggie wraps…

    NAOmni

    March 31, 2009 at 2:15 pm
  • Danielle says:

    What a beautiful house!

    March 31, 2009 at 2:10 pm
  • gina (fitnessista) says:

    your house looks so beautiful!
    the restaurant sounds amazing :D
    hope your day goes well!

    March 31, 2009 at 1:25 pm
  • Sharon says:

    Oh wow, that is super exciting with the new place! And scrumptious eats, totally love it!!!

    March 31, 2009 at 11:22 am
  • Shannon (The Daily Balance) says:

    Welcome back!

    Delish eats! The little glimpses we’ve seen of your kitchen are gorgeous! Can’t wait to see everything!

    March 31, 2009 at 11:21 am
  • Fitzalan says:

    Your house looks fabulous! And the granite countertops…gorgeous! So exciting!

    sweets&sweats.wordpress.com

    March 31, 2009 at 11:11 am
  • brandi says:

    i’m glad things are going well, and yay for a new oven!!! can’t wait to other fun things in the new house

    March 31, 2009 at 10:28 am
  • Meghann says:

    Glad to hear you are settling into your new house! And I alreayd see a difference on the pictures! Got to love that natural light!! :)

    March 31, 2009 at 9:32 am
  • ksgoodeats says:

    YAY YOU’RE BACK :D I have kitchen envy – yours looks fabulous! Hope the stove gets fixed ASAP!

    That restaurant sounds fantastic!

    March 31, 2009 at 9:15 am
  • Mara @ What's For Dinner? says:

    Welcome back!!! Glad the move went well :)

    March 31, 2009 at 8:43 am
  • jenngirl says:

    Congrats on moving! It looks beautiful…sorry about the oven, but it looks like you’re still getting some pretty good eats :)

    March 31, 2009 at 8:33 am
  • Abby says:

    Hi there – I’ve been reading your blog for a few weeks now, but I’m not sure whether I’ve commented yet. I’m in the Philly area, too, and I LOVE Blue Sage! I’ll have to check out the Allways Cafe. Have you been to Horizons?

    March 31, 2009 at 8:10 am
  • ttfn300 says:

    how exciting with the new home :)

    March 31, 2009 at 8:07 am
  • Melissa S. says:

    welcome back love!

    kitchen looks FANTABULOUS!

    March 31, 2009 at 7:03 am
  • Megan says:

    o0o0o, loooove shiny new appliances!! so pretty!!!

    that wrap=omggggg. enough said.

    March 31, 2009 at 6:54 am
  • MizFit says:

    do you love at all taking a break from the running?
    for me (weights mainly) I find I REALLLY wanna get back at it after a week or so and Im stronger as well.

    cant wait to hear how your run today is.

    have a great day!

    March 31, 2009 at 6:27 am
  • Erin says:

    YAY! I’m so glad you’re back! You’re right about the oven, ours are almost identical twins!!! It looks beautiful! You know, ours didn’t work right away either. It was definitely annoying :) How many square feet is your house? We moved from a condo to a house too and I was shocked at the amount of housework I had to do. It’s so time consuming!
    Take your time getting back to normal – this move was a big deal for ya’ll! Your kitchen looks absolutley beautiful! Yay!

    March 31, 2009 at 6:08 am
  • Marianne says:

    I want your stove. And kitchen, because it has light! Makes my basement suite seem like a cave.

    Dinner looks great – your wrap sounds like an excellent combination of flavours :)

    March 31, 2009 at 2:59 am
  • Sarah says:

    I agree, your pictures AND stove are gorgeous!

    Hope you didn’t eat those carnations ;)

    March 31, 2009 at 1:09 am
  • Caroline says:

    That panini looks great!

    We’re so glad to have you back:)

    March 31, 2009 at 1:05 am
  • Moran says:

    The cookie looks SO goooey ! I am glad the move has gone smooth!

    March 31, 2009 at 12:41 am
  • verbalriot says:

    isnt natural light fantastic? :)

    I’m glad you enjoyed the new restaurant! And have a great run tomorrow!

    March 30, 2009 at 11:21 pm
  • Leanne says:

    That restaurant looks pretty amazing… How exciting to get settled in to a brand new space!!!

    March 30, 2009 at 10:57 pm
  • dailydulcie says:

    will look gorgeous*

    March 30, 2009 at 10:52 pm
  • dailydulcie says:

    Welcome back!!

    Moving is such a production!! I remember moving and it took FOREVER to get everything situated. You’ll eventually have everything set and your house with looks gorgeous. :)

    Mmm that veggie wrap with the pesto pasta salad looks AMAZING! I would absolutely LOVE THAT! So glad you and your mom enjoyed the restaurant. Sounds wonderful!

    March 30, 2009 at 10:52 pm
  • raspberryrunner says:

    that cookie looks like a warm and gooey brownie! yum!!!

    March 30, 2009 at 10:33 pm
  • Julz says:

    Allways Cafe! I was wondering when you’d make the discovery, pooks :) So delish! Their Hummus is perfection in my humble opinion, as are the aforementioned cookies! Yay I’m so glad you loved ittt

    March 30, 2009 at 10:31 pm
  • Erica says:

    AHHH you’re back ;) The parts of the kitchen I can see look gorgeous! Good luck with all the unpacking!

    March 30, 2009 at 10:28 pm
  • VeggieGirl says:

    WELCOME BACk, DEAR LINDSAY!!!!!!!!!! :-D

    March 30, 2009 at 10:17 pm

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