Hello all! How was everyones weekend?
It still continues for us over in Canada land, since it’s Family Day. Yes, this is a very random holiday, but at least we get an extra day off:)
I hope all of you who got a plethora of snow are keeping safe and sound. No snow over here. Sad. Actually, over the weekend we had almost spring weather, it was so very pretty.
Let’s focus on the marvelous things I’ve been doing and making the past few days.
This weekend was pretty spectacular in the dream department. Waking up with a clear mind and a beautiful day ahead is just the perfect way to start the weekend off right. Enjoying a sleep filled night has been so pleasant after suffering from those pestering sleep problems I’ve grown accustomed to.
It’s been a little weird though, I’ve gotten a good 7-9 hours of sleep the past 4 days!!!! Yet, I seem to be running on coffee. I’ve never felt so exhausted during the day.
Odd.
Before the weekend got kicked off, I stopped by Starbucks to pick up some much needed caffeine. Anything below 0 cups and I simply don’t function a notch above lazy.
No matter how tired I am, I’ll always be able to make a delicious Breakfast…
A huge bowl of oat bran with almond butter.
Banana Coconut Oat Bran
- 1/2 cup oat bran
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons coconut flour (SO good)
- 1/2 banana
- 1 tablespoon ground chia seed
- a pinch of stevia
Cooked up the night before in a sauce pan, and in the morning added the finishing touches: strawberries and almond butter. It was seriously like dessert in a bowl. The coconut flour brought out such a tropical taste.
Usually people are making “faux oatmeal” with just coconut flour and no oat bran, but I like to combine the two to make an ultimate bowl;)
The couch was getting a little too much action, so I agreed to meet my friend for more coffee. Yes, I sometimes go to Starbucks twice a day. When you’re looking insanely tired, red lips really distract from that fact. They are the perfect accessory for tired eyes.
Before more caffeine action, my hunger had to be satisfied.
Roasted kabocha plus coconut butter.
Nothing new here.
Did I mention the fact that this Spring I’m going to plant my own squashes?! So excited for this! Hopefully they will turn out, but I kind of have a black thumb so probably not, but I might as well try, right?
After coffee, it felt right to have some chocolate before I made Dinner.
This chocolate is delicious. I’ve been loving my consumption of chocolate and ever since introducing it regularly, I’m no longer plagued with a side of guilt. Sure, it wasn’t easy at first, but now I’ve gotten so used to it, it’s less anxiety inducing each time.
Sunday, I decided to completely unplug from the computer and enjoyed one of my ultimate favorite movies, once again. Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
I can watch this over and over and never get sick of it, Audrey Hepburn is amazing.
Tell me something about your weekend!
Do you see signs or Spring where you are? Or did you get all that snow?
What are your favorite coconut flour recipes?
Have you ever planted your own squash before?
Have a marvelous Monday friends!
About Lisa
Unplugging for a day sounds great, but unfortunately lately all my work for University is online or in need of a computer. But then again there’s only just over 5 weeks until the end of semester, so there will probably be days where I don’t open my laptop then.
Same
I can’t stop going to Costa lately. I enjoy Iced Soya Latte’s all year round, not just in the warmer months.
Enjoy your week Lisa.
Oh man, yah school can be bad for trying to get off the computer haha. Especially now that everything is basically done online!
Enjoy your week as well Chloe!
Wait your family day is today? Ours over here in Ontario isn’t until next week! Weird…
That’s so awesome that you’re going to grow your own squash! I planted a vegetable garden last year, but I didn’t plant squash because I was going to be back at school by the time it was ready, since you don’t pick it until the fall.
I definitely want to try growing some when I have my own permanent house though! I would take over my whole yard with kabocha plants haha. 
Haha, yes it’s today! It’s so random that ours is this week…no clue why they’d do that.
I’m pretty excited for it! Hopefully it will turn out good!
Oh man, I wonder if my parents will totally hate me for planting it haha.
I’m so jealous about your signs of spring! It was all snow here and I just hate it! I’m currently counting down until spring! I’ve never heard of family day before but aren’t days off the best?! Happy Monday!
So crazy that there is tons of snow there! I hope things are looking better now!
We see signs of spring too, but I think they’re just fooling us. Lol
Never planted our own squash before, but we are planning on doing a garden again this year. Last year was not successful, but in the past we’ve grown tomatoes, onions, lettuce, carrots, corn, etc.
Oh that’s so cool! Hopefully this year will be successful in the growing department!
B.C. finally got family day, but it’s a week earlier than the rest of the country. Not 100% sure why they did that!
And my dad planted butternuts a few years ago, it was pretty awesome having a pretty much unlimited supply in the backyard
Hope yours go over well!
Not sure either! Kind of odd that they’d do that hah.
That’s so awesome! Hopefully I can do this successfully, I may need some tips from your Dad;)
haha he just retired this year, so I can guarantee you that there is going to be a massive vegetable garden at my parents this year. I’ll let you know if I hear any good advice :-p
We’ve had weather in the 50s lately so spring is on itz way!! Plus it was light outside when I got back to my house after the gym and that is VERY welcomed!!
Oh, that sure sounds nice!!
Ah, I love how it’s finally getting light outside now when I get out at 4 or 5! I hated that it was pitch black by that time in Winter hah.
I almost had a heart attack when I read it was Family Day – first your green grass and NOW you have a long weekend before the rest of us?!
Haha, just think of next week when you get the long weekend and we don’t;)
How lucky are you! I am quite jealous that you get an extra day off, ESPECIALLY a Monday. Think of us all here in the States today while we are at work!
Oh, I’m definitely thinking of you all while you’re at work;)
Love those random holidays when you get a day off
Our spring has already begun, it’s beginning to feel more like summer actually over here. High 70′s & sunny skies.
Sounds beautiful there!!
Hey Lisa. Family day is NEXT Monday
Waitttt… Maybe it’s different in every province?? Disregard my last post
Haha, yah in BC it’s today for some reason?! Isn’t that bizarre, I have no idea why they did this! It’s the first year we have Family Day so who knows? Ha. So random!
I was listening to the radio and caught the tail end of a conversation where Christy Clark (Premier) talked about having Family Day today in BC because British Columbians voted that it be the second as opposed to third week in February.
It’s so random! Ha, it always confuses me when holidays are on different days in different places. Oh well, at least we have it this year!
Girl, you’re seriously a pro makeup-er! Your makeup always looks gorgeous! And happy Family Day! I’ve never heard of that, but who doesn’t love an extra day off?
Thank you so much Carly! You’re too sweet! I love makeup:)
I know, right! It’s a very random holiday, but I definitely like the extra day off!
I’ve never had oat bran cooked that way….I need to give that a try. I would love to plant some kabocha squash!! I actually have some for lunch today. It is so hard to find around here, it would be great just to go out to the garden and pick some!!
Have a great week, Lisa!
It would be so cool to just go on over to the backyard and pick some up that way! It would probably save me a ton of money too;)
Have a great week as well Kim!
mmm squash and coconut butter
mm super dark chocolate is the best isn’t it? have a great Monday!
So addicting, I love it!
Yum! Growing your own vegetables is so fun! We’ve had the worst luck with gardens at our house now but hopefully our next house we’ll do better. I made some Paleo Brownie Bites that included coconut flour and they were delicious! Definitely one of my favorite coconut flour recipes!
I’m really hoping these will work out! Apparently they grow pretty well out here, so as long as I don’t do something to destroy them which just might happen;)
Oh that sounds delicious!
I seriously had to do a double take when you said that today was Family Day, because I had to go in to work! But apparently BC celebrates it for the first time this year? And on the 11th instead of the 18th, which is when we celebrate it here in Alberta.
Something from my weekend? I didn’t have my daily cappuccino yesterday… and oh MAN was I feeling it. Do NOT try to go a day without coffee… learn from my mistake. And I’ve never tried adding coconut flour to oatmeal before! But now that you mention it… I really want to give it a try!
Happy Monday, gorgeous! <3
Yeah, it’s the first time we’re celebrating it! And it’s on a different day? Ha, so weird!
Oh my gosh, you must have been dying;) I seriously have decided I need to go to Starbucks everyday otherwise I’m totally run down. I’ve made that mistake before hah.
It’s a good addition to oats because it basically can’t mess them up!
The only sign of spring is the fact it’s doing a rain/snow mixture around these parts which means Spring is peaking its head through the clouds
I’ve never found a good recipe for coconut flour. I really want to bake something with it but I never find anything which sounds good. I used to make “cookie dough” balls with it, but that’s about it!
Also, I definitely agree the more you incorporate things like chocolate into your day – the less stressful/guilty you get in the future. I think it’s more of mind/matter.
Haha, at least it’s a mixture and not pure snow!
It’s definitely tough to find a good recipe since it absorbs so much liquid!
Definitely a mind over matter thing!
Hope you’re feeling better today Lauren!
Thank YOU for the beautiful congrats to me and my family!
Ok, I am adding coconut flour to my oats tomorrow, I keep meaning to and I forget! Hope I remember!
Love ya girl!!
Of course Katie! I’m just SO excited for your family! Such amazing news for you all! PS I forgot to add how adorable Anthony looked when he found out haha.
It’s such a good addition to the oats!
Love you!
I love that chocolate! I just put a bar of it into my coconut chocolate chip bars I baked yesterday
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Do you peel your kabocha squash before roasting it? I am just so gosh darn lazy (perhaps it’s the lack of caffeine, heheh
Such a good idea to add it to baking! Well, now I know what I’ll be trying out!!
Yep, I peel it before I roast it! Haha, probably that lack of caffeine;)
Sometimes, well to me, it tastes like dirt with the peel on and I’m not a fan of dirt tasting food
Love to see you love chocolate! It’s so true that once we do something regularly that previously was so scary (for me that’s a glass of wine each night, or a snack after dinner) and then we see that nothing happened as a result…well it’s just such a great feeling. Getting over the initial hump of doing it enough times to convince yourself it’s really no big deal is so hard. But once you’re over that mountain it’s a downhill ride (in a good way) to use my spin terminology.
Your red lips, SO beautiful girl. Love it.
Exactly! It has made things much easier now, and it feels so normal where as before it felt so foreign and uncomfortable to me. Love it!
Of course, I liked how you put it in spin terminology!
Awe, thank you my dear friend!
Miss you!!
Yay for extra hours of sleep! I got some more in spending this weekend at my parents’ in the countryside. The feeling of feeling truly “fresh” and energized after a good night’s sleep can’t beaten!
Good idea to plant your own kabocha. My mum has been doing it for me for the past years as kabocha is very hard to find around here and homegrown squash tastes a million times better than storebought
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Oooh, it’s been too long since I watched “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” for the last time. Have you ever seen “How to steal a million”? I’m pretty sure I’ve watched that one even more often
Completely agree! It always feels nice with some added rest!
Oh that’s so cool!! Is it really hard to grow yourself?! I’m really hoping I can do it properly haha, but who knows what my growing abilities will be like!
No, I haven’t seen that movie, now I’m going to go on a hunt to find it!
omg never knew you were canadian! where from?
Yep! I’m from Victoria:)
It has been warmer here these past couple of days. I pray that spring comes soon! That coconut banana oat bran sounds delicious!!!
It looks like it will here! I’m quite excited!
Wellllll…. I’m stuck in Ohio. But it’s not snowing. Is that a sign of spring?
Haha, I’d say that’s close enough;)
Instead of trying to whip up “healthy” desserts with Greek yogurt and egg whites, which always taste rubbery, I just eat some good chocolate and that’s enough. My chocolate consumption has been high lately too. It’s all these February specials!
I’ve been doing the same Julie! No complaints! And somehow it’s ended up cheaper for my wallet:)
I hope you enjoyed your day off! I love the idea of adding coconut flour to oats. I am completely addicted to coconut flour at the moment do will definitely have to give It a try. Also, I just have to mention that this post includes pretty much all my favorite things: oats, coffee, kabocha, coconut oil, dark chocolate(I especially adore Dagoba), and Audrey Hepburn movies. I think we may secretly be the same person
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Oh my gosh same here! I loveeee the flavor of coconut flour! I think I could eat it in everything…well just about ha.
Okay, so we’re basically twins! I always love all of Audrey Hepburn’s movies, they are all awesome!