Weekend & Kaylin/Frank VLOGs

Hi guys! Hope your Sunday is off to a good start. How was the early part of your weekend? Mine was good. Friday, my Mom came down and I got to go for a run and get my closet cleaned out(very necessary). I took a BIG step and put all of my maternity clothes away. No more leaning on the larger sizes. Now, I’m just working with the part of my “old” wardrobe that fits and focusing on losing the rest of my baby weight so I can fit into it all again.  My Mom and I also hit up an awesome sale at Ann Taylor loft. I got three new tops. Friday night was a lazy date night in. Josh and I had chicken burgers and caught up on our DVR.

Saturday, I got my hair done. My hair dresser is amazing. The rest of the day was spent getting things done around the house. Josh put together our new screened in porch furniture too.

Saturday night, we went to dinner with Josh’s Mom at Capriccio’s.

The restaurant is super cozy and the family who runs the place is SO inviting! We really loved the service. We started off with bread. They provide olive oil with cheese for dipping:

Since I’m on dairy restrictions….it was tough to find an option without cheese! I ended up getting a salad with chicken (note the fresh rosemary on top and excuse the flash):

Josh got chicken parm. They bring the chicken out in the pan they cooked it in- so cool!

Josh and his Mom:

Kaylin & Me:

A great spot!

 

And last, but not least, I put together Kaylin & Frank’s first VLOGs. Enjoy!

Kaylin’s debut:

 

A little Frank:

Coconut Oatmeal Cookie Pancakes & Clif Mojo

Happy Friday!! Thank you all for your sweet words of encouragement on my first day back at work/having to “give up” Kaylin for the first full day. I am VERY lucky that Josh’s Mom is here to watch her and, as Biz noted, our quality time yesterday felt even more special. I didn’t cry when I dropped her off- I’m so proud of myself

My plan for dinner last night was to make coconut flour pancakes. I found a few recipes on the web, but tried to lighten them up…epic failure! Bahh! As a backup, I ended up messing around with my oatmeal pancake recipe:

Ingredients:

1 cup AP Flour

1/3 cup WW flour

2/3 cup Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)

1/3-1/2 cup coconut
2 teaspoons baking powder

2-4 tablespoons brown sugar  (depends how sweet you like it)
1 1/4 cups unsweetened vanilla almond milk

1/4 cup egg beaters

1 tablespoon vegetable oil (or you can substitute applesauce)

Directions:

1. In large bowl, combine flours, oats, coconut, baking powder; mix well.
2. In medium bowl, combine brown sugar, milk, egg beaters and oil; blend well. Add to dry ingredients all at once; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. (Do not over mix)
3. Preheat electric skillet to 375 or skillet on stovetop to Medium, Medium High. Spray pans with Pam.
4. For each pancake, pour 1/4 cup batter into hot skillet.  Turn when tops are covered with bubbles and edges look cooked. Turn only once.

This time, I used a smaller about of batter for each pancake. I loved how they turned out!  I do NOT like that its getting darker earlier….means not so nice pictures!

On a completely separate note, I recently received the new Clif Mojo flavors to taste test (disclaimer:I received these products for free from Clif and Double Forte). According to the company:

“CLIF MOJO, a delicious trail mix bar made with 70 percent organic ingredients, has introduced three new flavors that deliver a mouthwatering array of chocolate, nuts and coconut for a crispy, crunchy texture in bars that taste both sweet and salty.

CLIF MOJO Chocolate Almond Coconut blends toasted coconut, chunks of indulgent chocolate and deliciously salty whole roasted almonds. CLIF MOJO White Chocolate Macadamia combines freshly roasted macadamia nuts with richly flavored soy white chocolate chips. Not to be outdone, CLIF MOJO Dipped S’Mores is a healthy take on a classic campfire favorite, featuring crunchy graham cookies, creamy soy white chocolate and organic chocolate chunks. The new CLIF MOJO flavors (SRP: $1.39) are also on shelves now.”

Josh and I are HUGE mojo fans, and the new flavors did not disappoint! In fact, the White Chocolate Macadamia is our new favorite flavor!

What are you up to this weekend? I’m getting my hair done (whoop whoop!), spending time with my Mom, watching football and going to dinner with friends. I can’t wait!