Trivia Friday #3
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Longest. Week. Ever.
You agree? Or was it just me?
My breakfasts got more exciting by the day, so I needed to share.
Boring, normal oats.
-oats
-organic skim milk
-banana
-cinnamon
-vanilla extract
-dark chocolate dreams peanut butter
I needed more spice in my life.
So the next day, to Miss Yum Yucky’s belief, I added ice cream to my oats, a la Sarah and Holly.
Yes, this is as absolutely amazing as it looks. Just imagine that ice cream melting into the warm oats. No words.
-oats
-organic skim
-banana
-cinnamon
-vanilla extract
-2 tablespoons Coconut Bliss Coconut ice cream
I’d had enough of oats. So in comes protein pancakes. Pumpkin protein pancakes, to be exact.
In my pancakes:
-1/2 cup oatmeal
-1/4 cup cottage cheese
-2 egg whites
-1/4 cup canned pumpkin
-vanilla
-cinnamon
-pumpkin pie spice
I use my reason for living mini food processor to blend the oats, then add the rest of the ingredients.
I partied even harder the next morning, throwing a tablespoon of chocolate/peanut butter swirl chips into the pancakes. Drool.
Recipe is same as above, with added:
-1 tablespoon chocolate/peanut butter swirl chips
And here is one of my new favorite snacks.
In the mix:
-2 honeycrisp apples, chopped and microwaved
-cinnamon
-2 teaspoons peanut butter
-1 tablespoon plain greek yogurt
-3/4 cup Trader Joe’s Twigs, Flakes, and Clusters.
I always rave about how wonderful and thoughtful my hubby is, right? (except for that one time he made me live here. just kidding. sorta.)
Well, Wednesday night was no different.
He texted me that ‘he’d taken care of dessert’ for the evening. We never have dessert during the week.
Well, he never has dessert. And, technically I don’t have dessert, either. I just eat a bunch of chocolate and cheesecake and leftover Halloween candy and consider it a meal. If I was to have more after my meal of Snicker’s bars and oreo crust, then I’d be having dessert.
Which is not uncommon.
I thought he would walk through the door with cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory because that is really what my thighs need.
I was very surprised when he walked through with this.
I was even more surprised when he said ‘I thought this would be a great kickoff to your birthday.’
How sweet! ‘Really? So we are going to celebrate my birthday for a few days?! What a fun birthday!’ I was very excited.
He looked confused. ‘No. Your birthday is tomorrow.’
I’m laughing at this point. ‘Ummmm…noooo. My birthday is Saturday!’
He really thought I was kidding. ‘No it isn’t! I have it on my Outlook Calendar! It’s the 5th.’
This is great. ‘I think I know when my birthday is. It is the 7th!!!!’
The poor guy was pretty disappointed. The best part was when I asked how he was planning to wrap my gifts, since it was 9pm. His response?
‘I was just going to hurry and wrap them. I figured they would look terrible, then I could do a guest post on your blog about how horribly I wrapped your birthday presents.’
Hahahah! We will see. If my presents look like a 3 year old wrapped them on Saturday, maybe someone will be doing a guest post.
We devoured these delights.
Chocolate covered strawberries and peanut butter cups. Isn’t he perfect?
I then proceeded to listen to a jet engine fly over my head him snore on the couch for 45 minutes before attempting to drag him to bed.
I have never woken a toddler up from a nap, but I can imagine it is similar to waking my husband up mid-sleep.
Thank goodness it wasn’t my brithday.
Trivia Friday #3!
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-3 questions are posted Friday morning.
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Questions:
1. What actor was originally cast as Indian Jones before being replaced by Harrison Ford?
2. Paris Hilton starred in a 2006 commercial wearing a black bikini washing a black bentley selling what item for what company that reportedly upped their google searching by 800%??
3. “In this temple – as in the hearts of the people – for whom he saved the union…” can be found inscribed on the wall of what national monument?
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Missed some of the recipes I made this week?
Godiva White Chocolate Cheesecake
Roasted Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Brown Butter Sauce
Vanilla Bean Cupcakes with Vanilla Bean Frosting
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23 Comments on “Trivia Friday #3”
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Great blog! I love your oats – you had me at the Ice cream…and then the pancakes right after that…oh my God!! What is that picutre of in your heading – it looks like cake frosting/shavings? Either way it looks good! I just posted a pic of Cream cheese frosting I dug into last night…out of the tub (yes, it was Duncan Hines – don’t judge)…with a spoon…by the (numerous) spoonfuls…ughhh. And yeah, that was after a filling dinner and after a actual dessert. It’s Ugh or Hah! May as well accept it – I am a Sweet addict and there’s no point in fighting it
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Ok. Why do I come to this blog when I talk to you all day?? Cause you are freaking hilarious :) Happy Birthday Weekend! Poor Eddie. He tries. lol
Bahaha! Your husband is too funny, and that was so sweet of him to bring home chocolate:) The choc covered strawberries look delicious!
1.) Tom Selleck was originally cast as Indiana Jones, but was not able to take the role because he was committed to “Magnum, P.I.” (1980).
2.) Carl’s Jr.
3.) The Abraham Lincoln Memorial.
1. Tom Sellack
2. Carl’s Jr.’s Spicy BBQ Six-Dollar Burger (but I actually think the ad was in 2005?)
3. The Lincoln Memorial
Haha! You made me literally laugh out loud. I don’t know what your husband looks like, but I was just picturing these sad, desperate, panicked puppy-dog eyes. So sweet of him to think of the chocolate like that!
I will keep an eye out for you tomorrow to say hello!
YUMMM looking pancakes! I haven’t had a good pancake in so long, and Nick wants me to make some tomorrow before the OSU football game. Great idea in my opinion.
I need to try the dark chocolate dreams. Yesterday some lady told me that it’s some of the best stuff she has ever had! So…I need to give it a try soon, for sure.
1. Tom Sellack… and the Indiana Jones series of movies is another group of “classics” I haven’t seen. And don’t care. :-P
2. Carl’s Jr. Is that chain a west coast thing? I’ve never seen one!
3. Lincoln Memorial! Have you ever listened to the Sufjan Stevens song “In this Temple, as in the Hearts of Man, for whom he saved the Earth”? That’s what that reminds me of now :)
new to your blog, wanted to say hi!
Have a great day ;)
Oh my gosh, I love how TERRRIBLE men are with DATES! Thats hilarious ;) but at least you got some pre b-day DELICACIES!
1. Tom Selleck!!
2. Carls JR/Hardees – Have you seen their newest hot celeb campaign featuring Padma Lakshmi?!
3. The lincoln memorial!
Pumpkin pancakes and peanut butter cups in the same post :) yummmy!! Gotta try them really soon!!!
1. Tom Sellack
2. Some fast food chain… Carl’s Jr?
3. Lincoln Memorial
lol! Well at least he was within the correct week – Happy (early) Birthday! The Godiva looks so freakin yum.
Trivia!
1) Tom Selleck
2) Carls Jr.
3) The Lincoln Memorial
1. tom sellak
2. a burger from carls jr!
3. lincoln memorial?
i didn’t cheat this time! lol
I just came across your site and I couldnt help but laugh while reading this post! You are so funny! Happy Birthday!
your chocolates look amazing!
and your p’cakes look pretty delish too
i emailed you re the vegan cupcakes, if you need something, just tell me what you need, flavors, gluten and soy offlimits, etc and I will get you something :)
Your life just like a box of chocolate. en. Godiva chocolate. your guy is so sweet , wish you happy “early” birthday – i know the celebration gonna be on and on for a week!
Love the ice cream topping idea- now I can have much more variations . what’s more , it’s a coco bliss ice cream! love that !
I have had dreams about the oatmeal, ice cream combo. I wish I was kidding. It’s one of the most fabulous combos ever – the hot and cold..unreal.
What a sweeeet husband!
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You inspired me to try the oatmeal and ice cream combo for breakfast this morning. So so good! You can see it here:
http://veganmindedblog.com/2009/11/07/ice-cream-and-oats/
Thanks for the yummy idea :)
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