Weekends

I love the weekends.
We run and bike... eat and drink... reminisce and reflect on how lucky and fortunate we are.  Ahhh. Life doesn't get much better than this.
Saturday evenings while making our giant dinner, and drinking our wine, we listen to CKUA as well.
Tonight Bubba was playing some great tunage. This was one of the best picks from his mix tonight.. in my opinion.  Joe Cocker/Mad Dogs-Cry me a river. Awesome!
Here's the video.

Finally!

We made it outside for a ride yesterdy! Switched out my trainer tire, which I am not going to change over again!  I don't care if it snows again, I am NOT sitting on my trainer.
First one of the season, and it felt really strong. I can't even explain how amazing it was to be outside with the sun beaming down on my face, and the wind in my ears. It was thrilling.  But we didn't bring the camera to show off the still brown and snowy landscape.  But soon enough it will be green!
Funny how 12 degrees feels like summer.... ok maybe not exactly beach weather, but that little bit of heat was glorious!

Little tasty treats

I made these little treats again this weekend! I think they are a great post workout snack, or to take cycling, or as a mid-day pick-me-up.

Raw Date Balls

8 dried organic medjool dates-pitted

6-8 dried organic apricots OR 4 dried organic Calmyrna Figs, stems removed

A litte squeeze of fresh, organic lemon or orange juice

1/4 cup organic, unsweetened, shredded, dried coconut

 Hemp hearts (of course organic!)

Add the dates, apricots or figs, and lemon juice into your food processor, and pulse to just mix together, then turn on full speed to get a really good paste. (The mixture will start to ball up in the processor when it has come to a good consistency.)

Once everything is pureed well, unplug your processor, and take the blade out of the bowl.

Using a wooden spoon, mix in the coconut by hand.

In a medium sized bowl pour in some hemp hearts.

Scoop out heaping teaspoonfulls of the pureed date mixture, and roll them into smallish, bitesized balls. (You may need to wet your hands a little to stop all the paste from sticking to your hands)

Then drop them into the bowl of hemp hearts and roll around to cover them well.

Then roll the ball in your hands again to press the hemp hearts in well.

Snack on a couple to make sure they taste good, and then put the rest in a sealed container in the fridge, until tomorrow.

CAUTION- These are full of amazing electrolytes, energizing sugars and of course a lot of fibre! So try to resist the temptation to eat more than a couple at once!  If you can....

Simple, easy and tasty!  Enjoy.