Check out my progress on Weekend Routine
Since the beginning of the new year, I’ve fallen into a weekend routine of wildly exciting activities, including:
- Ke$ha-tastic elliptical sessions at the gym
- cheese-filled omelets
- multiple episodes of Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger
- Dinner at Panera
Whew. Almost too much excitement for one weekend, no? Contrary to appearances, I am not 85 years old.
Do you fall into a weekend routine? What does your usual agenda include?
Amidst my weekend routine, I also gulped down some good eats.
Saturday
I cracked open another jar of Futter’s yesterday morning for a some almond-y banana-bloob oat bran.
Due to a late breakfast and various weekend errands, I ate a small meal around 5PM. I guess you can call it lunch. Quick poll—favorite kind of jam on PB & J? Cherry all the way!
Staying true to our lazy-Saturday tradition, Seth and I walked around the corner to Panera for dinner…and I ordered the exact same thing that I did last week. How un-foodie-like of me.
I saved room for dessert, however, because I knew we had Ellie’s warm Pear Ginger Crumble waiting for us.
My tweaks:
-Ellie doesn’t specify what kind of pears to use in her recipe, so I used Bosc because they were on sale.
-I failed to note that the recipe requires that the pears be peeled prior to baking. Oops. Oh well—call it a rustic (fibrous) crumble.
-I used an 8X6 pan instead of 8X8 because I apparently don’t have an 8X8 pan. As you can see, the baking pan was overflowing as a result!
This crumble was fantastic! I’ll admit, I snuck a taste of the crumble topping prior to baking, and it was amazing! Brown sugar is a magical thing. I topped mine with some plain Greek yogurt, but you could also try vanilla frozen yogurt.
Looking for the recipe? Click on over: Pear Ginger Crumble
Sunday
Cheese-filled omelet, coming right up.
For lunch, I made a wrap featuring the magical trio of hummus, salsa, and avocado. Yum.
As for the evening meal, I improvised a ratatouille using a huge eggplant that has been lurking in my fridge.
Alright, I am off to organize for another week!
Filed under: Meals
Caroline Yoder, dietitian-to-be and all-around foodie.
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Crumble looks great, especially with that scoop o’ Greek yogurt! If you’re 85 years old, I’m 150.
What a totally delicious weekend! The crumble looks superb. And most of all, that ratatouille is singing to me…
oh i love the idea of a pear crumble– switches things up from the regular apple crumble
Non- surprisingly, my routine and eats look quite similar to yours. Minus Kesha, haha.
I don’t care how weird people think I am for taping 3- year old Ellie shows– I enjoy them!
I don’t know, that looks like a pretty great weekend to me!
i love panera!!! i wish they went overseas for me
.. love the pear crumple.. my mom would LOVE that 
Lately, my weekend routine is turning into baking bread and cleaning house…I know, just FULL of excitement! Let ME just say that I am not 85 either!
I LOVE fig preserves on my PB&J sammies!
That pear crumble looks fantastic, especially topped with the Greek yogurt!!
I’ve never claimed to be too fun and cool, but your weekend sounds wonderful! How is your hip feeling?
I am so totally a creature of habit – when I find a meal that I like at a restaurant that is healthy and vegetarian, I usually every time (case in point: Noodles & Co Med Salad)!
Your ratatouille looks delicious- love the addition of white beans! Will you post the recipe in the near future?
I also love weekend routines (except when laundry is inevitably involved for me) because it’s nice to have things to look forward to.
OK, I’ll have that pear ginger crumble as a new part of my weekend routine. I’m sure the family would happily take part!
Imagine eating the topping before it goes in the oven, though!
what a great weekend!!! I made that ratatouille, its one of my fav dishes from Ellie!!
don’t ask me to choose. right now in our fridge we have strawberry, peach, blackberry and raspberry jam open and in the cabinets we have apricot and orange marmalade waiting to be opened. at work i have 2. strawberry and apricot. people think i’m a nut.
…i am