It’s been so fun reading the comments on yesterday’s post and hearing about all your different work schedules! I had an outside-of-work appointment today, so it was another long day. I worked 8:15 – 6:45pm, but at least I took a 2 hour break for my meeting and food.
Coffffeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Hubby made breakfast – scrambled organic eggs with cheese and toast.
I got to try out another Christmas gift today. Well, I tried two, technically! I tried my new tea mug with infusion insert and a tea – Secret Garden.
The tea thing was pretty neat, though it did get pretty hot from the water. Of course, I looove the color!
Random note I meant to post – I bought some Liquid Aminos! I’ve seen these at every health-food restaurant, so I know it must be good. Now, I just gotta figure out something to do with it! lol
Hubby ended up making lunch today, too. We had leftover chicken enchilada filling from the other night, so he mixed it with cheese and baked it quesadilla style (if a quesadilla were baked, of course).
I have a secretttttttttttttttt! 
Ok, not a total secret, but I’m not ready to disclose details. I had a meeting today related to Zumba and teaching.
I wasn’t sure what to wear. What do you wear to a Zumba meeting? I normally dress up for meetings. But I normally wear workout gear for Zumba. I figured dressy casual would work. Anywho, the meeting went really well! I’m hoping to have more details for you guys soon.
I did go ahead and get a celebratory donut to split with hubby.
Can you see in this photo how big this thing is? It’s literally the size of my head!
Which is why we split it 50/50.
More tea – Calming Yogi Tea.
Yogi tea quote of the day -
“The soul is project. Represent it.”
Facebook quote of the day -
” If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call “failure” is not the falling down, but the staying down.” ~Mary Pickford
Anywho, like I said, today was a long day. I ended up working till 6:45pm! 
I was a bit zombie-ish after working that late, but luckily I was already at home.
I re-heated our leftover brisket in the oven and made an extra veggie side – Tomato Braised Swiss Chard.
Tomato Braised Swiss Chard
I recently watched an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s travel show where he went to Greece. In the show, they ate greens all the time and Anthony talked about how the greens helped keep the Greeks healthy over the years. Anthony also mentioned that the greens were typically cooked with tomatoes and onions. I thought that idea sounded pretty good and decided to buy a bunch of swiss chard the next time I was at the grocery store to try out the Greek-inspired-side-dish.
This dish is easy and cooks up relatively quickly and would be a great way to “get your greens.”
*Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten-Free*
Serves 2
Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 bunch swiss chard, cleaned and cut/torn into 1 inch strips
- 1 14.5-ounce can stewed tomatoes
- salt, pepper to taste
Directions:
- Pre-heat a medium pot over medium heat. Add oil to pan and heat.
- Add onions and cook till softened, about 4-5 minutes. Add garlic and cook 60 seconds. Add swiss chard and tomatoes and stir. Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat to medium low and simmer for 10 minutes (until leaves are tender), stirring occasionally.
- Serve and enjoy!
Even though I was pretty exhausted from the work day, I decided to try a baking experiment – mini vegan coconut cream tart bites…
…and a larger vegan coconut cream pie.
The flavor was good, but not quite right. It didn’t stop me from eating about 8 tartlets, but it will stop me from publishing the recipe. Hopefully next time kiddos!
Ooh and I took another stab at my no-bake granola bar for one. Unfortunately, it didn’t quite turn out raw. I did manage to salvage the bar by baking it, so if nothing else, I now have a recipe for a baked granola bar for one. hehe
Big announcement tomorrow! I have some fun stuff in the works!
Do you have meetings for work or outside of work? What do you wear?
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big announcement!? can’t wait!!
Good luck with the Zumba position!
Good gosh, the donut is making me salivate.
I work from home, and 99% of the time you can find me in yoga pants and a t-shirt.
I LOVE my liquid aminos
How I use it mostly: cut tempeh in really small cubes, bake in a pan for around 5 minutes until browning, then quenching with some spritzes of aminos and sprinkle with some pepper. amazing!
We have meeting for work and I work at the pool. LOL.
I wear whatever I want
Wow, it sounds like a long but great day. And how did you ever have the energy to bake after that? Hats off to you!!
Hope today is much shorter and more relaxing for you hun!
I have meetings for work, but I just wear…work clothes haha. For more casual, out of work meetings, I’d wear jeans and a nice shirt or something like that.
Can’t wait to hear the news!
That donut is amazing! Looking forward to hearing the news!
I want to eat that donut now! I am really not a fan of chard after getting loads of it in our CSA last summer – however, the way you cooked it looks pretty good. Might have to give it a second try.
wowsa, that donut is fantastic looking! and i do have meetings outside of school/work but i just wear casual clothes…they’re usually for church stuff or my sorority’s advisory board.
I’ve never used those Braggs but I see them on HEAB’s blog a lot.
That tea is so pretty! I want some! Yay for liquid aminos. You can mix some with crumbled tofu and have scrambled tofu instead of eggs. It’s also an ingredient in an amazing gravy which I just used to make fake-chicken and waffles (recipe on my site if you are interested!!) I have work meetings as an attorney, but I am always dressed for work anyways so I’m usually wearing a suit or other business-type clothes. Sometimes I feel like life would be a LOT easier if I could just wear jeans.
The tartlets look delish. I love coconut.
Can’t wait for the recipe.
My meetings are all on the phone.
My boss is in a different state, so I work from home since there’s no one in the local office that I work with. Some days I might put on “real” clothes, but usually I’m in a graphic tee, cardigan, and lounge pants. It’s kinda sad, LOL.
Looking forward to the announcement!!! And causal clothes or not- that outfit you wore is so cute!!
1. LOVE THE QUOTE
2. shout out to a fellow coffee lover! haha
3. looks like you had a great day, and can’t wait to hear the news
We work from home, so never really get dressed up, haha We are working on that though
Cannot wait to hear the big news!!! So excited for ya, I know it is going to be great!!! Sure hope to go out dancing with ya one day
Hmmm…I’m curious as to what the “big announcement” could be!!
Every time I come to your blog I love how much aqua + pink is in every post. I don’t even think it’s intentional, but the two colors are so pretty!
Everytime I have a long exhausting day I always want to bake too… Excited to here your news about Zumba! I recently tried a class and didn’t like it but was assuming it was the teacher?
We used to have a Usergroup conference twice a year but they’ve made the conferences available online, so now we do webconferences. Our usual office casual attire works for that.
Can’t wait to hear your announcement!
looking forward to that pie recipe…
meetings outside the office are usually less smart for me, but I keep the blazer and good shoes!
bragg’s goes well with everything. i go through the big bottles on a monthly basis. its sick how much i love the stuff. salad dressing, tempeh/tofu marinade, shoot i could go on and on. the only thing i dont put it in is my oats! oh wait, i did do savory oats the other day so nevermind, it goes in that too!