I went to Costco last night with Kev and loaded up on a bunch of yummy, healthy stuff. It’s always nice to have Kev along when buying ginormous bags of salt for the water softener, flour, sugar and all the millions of other things that make their way into my cart! Yay.
Anyway, I bought a bunch of fresh produce last night, so this morning I decided some chocolate protein pancakes were in order. I also had a bunch of kids who wanted protein pancakes too. My recipe only makes 4-5 pancakes at a time, so I usually don’t make them for the kids. I usually make them for ME, eat a couple and then freeze (i.e. hoard) the rest.
Sooo, today I decided to make the pancakes in my food processor (instead of the blender) so I could double the recipe.
I’m happy to say they turned out great! I don’t think the food processor got the oatmeal quite as fine as the blender does, but it seemed to work out and nobody complained.
I had three happy kids who gobbled them right up!
I topped mine with a little natural peanut butter, strawberries, raspberries, some banana slices and a drizzle of sugar free syrup. YUM!
These are heavenly.
Speaking of heavenly, I had a wonderful breakfast yesterday too!
OIAJ (Oats in a Jar!) topped with hemp hearts. I just made my typical Chocolate Peanut Butter oatmeal (sans the peanut butter) and then put it in this mostly empty peanut butter jar. Seriously so good.
I really loved the hemp hearts on top too. This filled me up for hours.
Yesterday, I decided to take the kids to the library and the park. I wanted to enjoy these last couple weeks of summer! We brought our lunch to the park and had a little picnic…
I brought a Mango Chia Seed Spinach Protein Shake for me (recipe coming soon!) and I made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the kids. We also had some Pirate’s Booty, cherries (the epitome of summer IMO), string cheese and some carrots with Laughing Cow cheese. YUM.
I love my kiddos. They had fun playing on the playground…
And a couple of my boys got SOAKED playing in the sprinkler park…
We had a lot of fun.
We also had a lot of fun on Monday night celebrating Kev’s birthday. We decided to take the kids to Airborne, a fun indoor trampoline arena.
We had a ball AND got a GREAT workout too! I loved it.
Kev tried to take some pics of me, but they all turned out like this….
Lovely. So, we all stood still for a sec so we could get a semi decent picture.
Afterward, we dropped the kids off at home and then Kev and I went to dinner at Red Robin. We decided to share a burger and fries and we were both stuffed (sorry no pic, dang it!)
On Tuesday, we also celebrated our 17th Anniversary! Woah, how did we get so old??? Time flies.
Kev came home from work with some beautiful flowers for me!
He really didn’t want to pose for this picture.
However, I told him I HAD to take a pic because it really doesn’t get much better than this in my world. 🙂 The flowers were beautiful and I’ve always loved Kev in “dress up” clothes! hee hee.
I’ve been lovin’ these flowers so much this week!
That night, Kev and I went to see Red 2 at the movie theater and I thought it was so funny. Kev didn’t love it, but I laughed and laughed through the whole thing!
Man, we’ve had a busy week, huh? Fun, but busy.
Oh, I got some fun things in the mail yesterday. I was sent some Powerade Zero drops to try…
What a fun idea! I really love this idea because I can add as much or as little to my water as I like. I’m a HUGE fan of water and I’m not a huge fan of sickeningly sweet beverages. These drops will be perfect.
I’m getting ready to head to the gym in a sec and I think I’ll add some of these drops to my water bottle. I’ll let ya know what I think!
Well, I better run. I’m hoping to get some dinner in the oven on a timer before I head out! Crazy life.
I hope you all have a fantastic night!
Great post!! I know this is random but would do a post on what items are sold at Costco? It seems that it sells so many products not available where I am at!
Thanks so much! Ya know, I’ve had a lot of people ask me to write about what I buy at Costco. I know different things are available at different Costcos, but I will plan to do a thorough post about all the things I love to buy at my Costco!
Awesome post! It is very nice to see a busy mom, staying healthy and fit and passing the same habits down to her family. You prove that it is possible. Happy 17th! You both look great. See what clean living does??
Thanks so much. You’re so sweet!