Well this weekend just like every other weekend, flew by very quickly, but it was packed with a lot of productivity and relaxation too!
A few scenes and tidbits from the weekend
A little change-up to my standard pb and banana breakfast. I made bananas with strawberries with a spoonful of homemade almond butter. This batch of almond butter turned out perfectly and I am so diggin’ it.
Throughout the course of the weekend I munched on a couple of these ALT bars by LARABAR which they so kindly sent me last week. This is their new protein bar made from pea protein that has 10 grams of protein. These bars are absolutely delicious and satisfying. So far I’ve had the peanut butter cookie (obviously I chose that one first) and the lemon pound cake. I let Dana taste test too and we both gave them two thumbs up.
Oh the joy of finding a package of these bars on your front step when you aren’t expecting it! I don’t think I could ever get tired of it.
Dana and I actually sat down and watched a movie on Friday night. We have been wanting to see Silver Linings Playbook for quite some time, and by chance I checked out our local RedBox and it was actually there!
Holy cow, have you seen this movie? If you haven’t seen it, please do. It was a little dark but there was humor throughout the entire movie which lightened it, and the ending made me happy. I seriously loved it. And I love Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.
This weekend we worked on the yard: we pulled weeds, cut the grass, planted flowers in the window boxes, mulched around one of our front trees, painted the exterior trim that needed touching up, planted herbs in pots, and hung up a decorative piece above our garage door. It felt great to be so productive and the house is really shaping up!
This weekend we celebrated my father-in-law’s birthday. The weather was beautiful that evening. We grilled burgers and sat outside for a while and soaked up the sun. It felt like a summer evening finally! We finished off the birthday celebration with Dairy Queen ice cream cake which I thoroughly enjoyed.
To end the weekend, I threw together a sweet and tasty dinner in the wok…
Sweet Orange Chicken!
In the wok I cooked one large chicken breast in a touch of sesame oil. I then added the veggies, some orange juice, coconut aminos, ground ginger, garlic, rice wine vinegar, honey, and salt and pepper. I let it all cook through for a while (more detailed recipe below) and then served it up!
I was going to chop up some iceberg lettuce and have that as a base under the orange chicken but I completely forgot. You could serve this just as I did, or with cooked quinoa or brown rice.
It was sweet with a little hint of salty which is a flavor combination I adore.
| Sweet Orange Chicken | Print |
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 large boneless skinless chicken breast, or 2 small, cut into chunks
- 1 cup onion, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- ¾ cup carrot, diced
- 1 cup sugar snap peas, chopped
- 1½ cups broccoli
- ½ cup red bell pepper, chopped
- sprinkle of dried ground ginger
- 2 Tbsp coconut aminos (or soy sauce)
- 1-2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
- ½ cup orange juice
- 2 Tbsp honey
- salt and pepper
- 1 Tbsp orange zest
- In a wok or large sauce pan, heat sesame oil. Add chicken and cook for about 6-7 minutes until almost completely cooked through.
- Add vegetables and cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add in remaining ingredients; let cook and boil for 4-5 minutes.
- Turn off heat, use microplane to grate 1 tablespoon of orange zest over the chicken and veggies. Serve warm with brown rice, quinoa, or enjoy by itself!
You can use up whatever veggies you have on hand for this recipe. It is truly so easy (like the majority of my recipes) and it was something fun and different from your standard stir-fry!
Did you cook up anything nummy this weekend?
I love stir frys – a good way to get in lots of veggies! And I love orange sauces. Mix of OJ and honey –> super good! We grilled burgers on Saturday night too and I made some delicious salted caramel chocolate chip bars too.
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Num! I made some mean caramel chocolate chip bars a year ago and they were A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! How could they not be though, right?
Mmmmmmm I love sweet & salty too! 🙂
I am so excited Larabar is finally making a pea-protein-based bar… pea protein is seriously THE BEST!
This is my first time experiencing the pea protein and I really enjoyed it!
This looks so yummy!
I am dying to try those new Larabars. They normally send me their new stuff, but they skipped over me this time!
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I’m sure if you threw an email their way they would get some out to you! They are nummy!
This recipe sounds fantastic! I think that I will try to make a vegetarian version using either tofu or seitan!
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Oh yea! That would be good!