Relaxation Redux

Sunday, March 20, 2011

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Yesterday was so incredibly enjoyable and calming that we decided to do some of it again. This involved starting off with a yummy breakfast.

First, some multigrain pancakes...

Plus some Ghirardelli chocolate chips!

Then, some breakfast veggie patties...

Luna Burger: Kick Start Herbed Breakfast Veggie Patties

And again, an impressive list of ingredients

Then, we got cooking...

*sizzle sizzle*

Wheel. Of. Pancakes.

Chocolate Chip Pancakes w/ Ohio Maple Syrup and Breakfast Veggie Patties

Jon and I weren't feeling the pancakes today, however, so I whipped up a few spinach omelets for us.

Both of our spinach omelets were stuffed with fresh salsa and freshly shredded pepper Jack cheese, but I also crumbled up one of my breakfast patties to put in mine. This was a very SPICY breakfast! The patties really have quite a kick to them...Kick Start, indeed! We both agreed these would be great on a breakfast sandwich. (Just thinking ahead...)


Once again, we headed over to the park...

I decided to sneak away from the mayhem for a little bit to relax and read...

So nice to be out in nature, reading, drinking some coffee, and enjoying the day. From my seat, I can still check out the playground goings-on...

But, that also means I can be spotted, too...

We headed home and I made up a small snack for Jon and the boys.

For Jon:

Chopped green and red bell pepper, red onion, chives, and minced garlic plus 4 oz cream cheese

Veggie cream cheese spread

Whole wheat English muffin with a schmear

Tasty treat and good coffee!

For the boys:

(DYLAN) Whole wheat pretzel sticks and Sliced banana

(AIDAN) Sliced red pear and French vanilla & almond granola

Sunday also repeated Saturday's lounging around agenda with some more errands thrown in for good measure. Even dinner was a repeat...a delicious array of leftovers. But there was no complaining; everything was just as delicious as it was the first time around!

We did mix it up by making a nice Sunday night dessert...homemade peanut butter cookies. These cookies are rich and delicious and have only 3 ingredients!

1 cup peanut butter (creamy or crunchy), 1 cup sugar (I prefer brown sugar), and 1 egg

Mix all ingredients together

until nice and smooth

Place dough in 1 Tbsp balls on parchment-lined baking sheets; press dough with fork in criss-cross pattern

Bake at 350ºF for 10 min (or until edges get a little crispy)

Excellent dunked in milk!

This dessert is one of our favorite fallback treats to make when we want something sweet, but don't want to go to a lot of effort. We always have the ingredients on hand, so that makes it easier. Our kids are peanut butter cookie junkies!

Do you have any activities or recipes that you can do over and over without getting bored?