Happy Sunday friends! Sorry I missed you yesterday. It’s been a weird weekend of TECHNOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES! I feel like I’m back on my RV trip in the Upper Peninsula wilderness, not in the suburbs of Denver, with the way our electronics have been behaving this weekend.
First, unbeknownst to us, our mail server was down most of Thursday, all of Friday and part of Saturday. So as it turns out Cindy DID send me photos for Flex-It Friday. We (or I should say MSP) just got it back up and running yesterday and most things bounced instead of storing, so if you did mail me pics please let me know via the comments section. I will run a “Part TWO” if we have some takers – but you’ll need to resend them to me! What an inconvenient time for the email to go out!
Next, our internet service has been slow, my IE browser has hung and crashed a couple of times and to top it all off our DVR corrupted all of the files we had stored on it. Ah well, time in front of the TV is a waste anyway, right?
Which has left plenty of time this weekend for health food store visits. I think I’ve spent a good 8 hours over the course of the weekend browsing/shopping at Whole Foods, Vitamin Cottage and Sprouts. I was looking for this Artisana Coconut Butter that Cindy raves about and I wanted to see for myself. On the third stop today I finally found a small jar to try, so I’m very excited to smear some on Ezekial toast soon!
I also had to pick up cashews and avocados so I can try the hummus recipes given to me this week by Joan and Paula. Thank you ladies for the great ideas!
And I also found a NEW (to me) Kombucha Tea called High Country that is made right here in Colorado! Always excited when I find something to add to the “buy local” list!
Trips to health food stores also lead to baked kale and pita pizzas loaded with roasted veggies:
It’s been a delightful weekend, in spite of tech glitches. Nonetheless, I’m taking the bad technology MOJO as a sign from the Universe that I should be getting other things done I guess, so I’ll leave it at that! I’ll be back tomorrow for MARATHON MONDAY with this weekend’s recap. Only 12 weeks out now!
Hope that you are enjoying your weekend! See you back here tomorrow!
– Shari B. =)
#1 by Joan on February 21, 2010 - 6:54 pm
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Techno stuff, not fun, I’m with Berni on the mentally challenged absorption of it.
Cindy’s coconut butter sounds like I’d like to try it too, since I tried replacing regular butter with coconut oil on toast, but just isn’t the same now is it??? Thus far I’ve stuck with regular butter (my only remaining cow vise that I’m aware of) but I’m better at using cashew butter instead.
Mine was definately a non TV weekend too like yours (I do love the PBS cooking shows on the weekend…have you seen Toni Fiore’s vegetarian show?) We had such nice weather it’s like Spring here!! So much fun in the garden this week! Are you still under snow?
.-= Joan´s last blog ..A Time To Sow =-.
#2 by Shari B. on February 22, 2010 - 7:08 pm
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Hi Joan,
No the coconut butter and regular butter are so different, you’re right!
You didn’t ask, but I’ll share this anyway – if you ARE looking for a butter that you can use in place of cow butter, you should try EARTH BALANCE. They even have one that is soy-free, that’s the one I use. It comes in a tub, sticks or whipped and I use it in place of butter in recipes and on toast (even made a cake frosting with it once and it turned out great!) Just thought I’d pass that on in case you were interested!
No, I’ve never seen Tony Fiore! I’ll have to keep an eye out here!
Yes, it’s been snowy here since Thursday.
so ready for summer. It’s going to get down to ONE degree tonight. Brrrr!
#3 by Joan on February 22, 2010 - 9:23 pm
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thanks for the tip…I’ll look for Earth Balance.
ONE DEGREE! EWWW. Wrap up snug!
.-= Joan´s last blog ..A Time To Sow =-.
#4 by Cindy on February 21, 2010 - 6:36 pm
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oh pita pizzas….. should have some tonight. sounds like the perfect way to wrap up our weekend.
OH SHARI…you are going to LOVE that coconut butter….oh boy!
you’re gonna HATE me later. haha
I think that is so stinking cool you found a new kombucha tea. was it about the same price? just wondering.
Happy Sunday and don’t you just hate techno issues. ICK.
I think I am gonna wait on self hosting at the moment!
.-= Cindy´s last blog ..Best Visit EVER =-.
#5 by Shari B. on February 22, 2010 - 7:09 pm
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Cindy, the kombucha was exactly the same price, $2.99. I wish they were cheaper! This is one of those things on my list of “learn how to make myself” someday! I just need to take the time to find a good place to buy the “mother” bacteria.
#6 by Bernadette on February 21, 2010 - 6:04 pm
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I’ve been meaning to try the pita pizzas… adding them to the grocery list now!!!
I hate technology troubles because I just don’t know HOW anything really works and always have to rely on someone else to fix things when they go wrong…my brain just does NOT speak Techno-talk.
I’m looking forward to Marathon monday!! Can’t wait!
Happy sunday evening!
xoxo
#7 by Christy on February 21, 2010 - 5:18 pm
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I love pita pizzas! I’ve never tried that drink, but have been hearing lots about it. I might give it a try…..
.-= Christy´s last blog ..Productive Day =-.
#8 by Shari B. on February 22, 2010 - 7:11 pm
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Hi Christy! Kombucha definitely is an ACQUIRED taste… it’s quite vinegar-y at first! My favorite flavor in the kombucha is Ginger – you can’t go wrong if you try that for your first one!