A day of fall eats…

The Husband had us up bright and early this morning to head over to Lowe’s to pick up more bricks for our front landscaping.  LOVE him for that since I didn’t sleep for anything last night :/  We have to pick up over 700 so we have been picking up about 100 at a time.

On our way out the door, I toasted a Thomas Double Fiber English muffin with my NEW almond butter ~ SOOO CRUNCHY, CREAMY GOOD!  I like the Nut Barn’s Nut Butter because it isn’t oily like several of the store brands.  I also had him buy me a tall FF Chai Tea Latte for being a super trooper 😀 (Chai is my favorite FALL drink)

After loading over 160 bricks and unloading, plus catching up on posting, it was time for lunch.  I snacked on the remnants of Parmesan Garlic Pita Chips while I made lunch.

Lunch was healthy and something The Husband requests just about EVERY day ~ BLTA’s.

3 slices of TJ’s 97% FF Turkey Bacon (the cat and it’s dog friend had the other)

2 slices TJ’s FF Multi-Grain Bread, toasted (it’s all gone now :()

1/4 mashed avocado sprinkled with sea salt & freshly ground black pepper

Romaine

BIG tomato slices

MMMMMM….and only 5 Weight Watcher Points!

I have been going through cider withdrawals ever since we left Apple Hill.  I knew I should’ve just bought some juice because it’s the BEST there, but, I felt I didn’t need to drink a gallon worth of calories/points.  To satisfy this craving, I picked up Trader Joe’s Spiced Cider.

It has decent nutritionals and a CLEAN ingredient list.

 

 

I boiled up 8 oz and served it up with……

a Trader Joe’s Windmill Cookie.  I LOVE these cookies – if you are an almond cookie fan and like a little sugar sprinkle, these are the cookies for you.  But, warning, they are highly addicting 🙂

 

About an hour later, i decided to have a “real” snack with a Yoplait Lemon Parfait Yogurt.  See – I fit in 2 fruit servings and a dairy serving with my afternoon snacks 😀 lol….

It was an amazing day outside today so we decided to do a little BBQ.  I grilled up a bunch of organic chicken legs with Gayle’s Sweet & Sassy Honey BBQ Sauce.

Plus 2 of the “Home Fries” I made for The Husband.

AMAZING organic swiss chard ~ red & green ~ steamed and sprinkled with a little butter, garlic salt and freshly ground black pepper!

I have been wanting to make this Acorn Squash Recipe with Brown Sugar Butter Sauce ever since I saw it on Alice’s site.  I had it for dessert tonight, modifying the recipe by omitting the nutmeg and only using 1 tsp butter with 1 Tbsp brown sugar.  I think next time I’d double the brown sugar.  It was AWESOME ~ buttery, sweet and cinnamony ~ try it, you’ll like it!

All together it was a super filling dinner.

I feel like my day was filled with fall eats.  Can you believe it’s almost Halloween and day light savings too?! Crazy….we are busy decorating our office for our contest & I STILL have to figure out my costume – ahhhh!

I finally did a little blog catch up work this weekend too ~ get ready for a pretty cool week including 2 fun announcements, another giveaway, a fun picture post about a “famous house” we visited and a bunch of NEW recipes ~ Yeah!

For now….my book and bed are calling my name!  Nite all!