Good morning!
I’m kicking things off with some Cheerios. From a big box. A REALLY big box!
Because two people need 2.5 lbs of Cheerios…clearly. 
Costco rules for stuff like this though, because cereal doesn’t go stale all that quickly, and it’s such a bargain for how much you get!
I’m actually taking my O’s to-go, so I poured some unsweetened vanilla almond breeze into a tupperware container to pour on later and packed a banana to slice in.
Adding this banana is going to be hard, actually. I have a weird thing with not being able to eat them if they have spots. They make me gag for some reason! Usually they’re destined for the freezer at the mere hint of browning, but I decided to push past my issues this morning. 
This was the last of my almond milk too – I need to replenish ASAP! I’m completely an almond milk convert, by the way. I was never a big cow’s milk drinker to begin with, but stayed away from it even more so because it made me feel so yuck. Not almond milk though. It’s great!
Oh, and the combo of dried cranberries, sliced almonds and Cheerios that I tried last weekend was so Heavenly, I had to recreate.
You may be asking yourself – ‘isn’t it just easier to buy cereal that already has the nuts and fruits mixed in?’
For me, it’s no pain at all because I always have almonds and dried fruit on hand for topping salads with. Plus, cereals that have added nuts and fruit are also usually sweetened with added sugar. Have you ever seen the ingredient list in raisin bran? The #4 & 5 ingredients are sugar and HFCS. No thanks! I’ll stick to my souped up, better bowl of Cheerios, thankyouverymuch.
I brought some Thai Tofu Pizza and mixed fruit for lunch today!
To put me in the warm, tropical state-of-mind. 8)
Ben wanted to inform his fellow tofu skeptics that it is delicious crumbled and on pizza. He should know – he scarfed half of it!
I literally cannot wait for 12:00 when I can dig in!!
All the mango that wasn’t used on the pizza last night, is coming with me today.
Don’t you love how luscious, smooth and exotic mango is? I could eat it for daaaaaays. Here’s how to easily cut it up. Or try it blended!
I threw in a couple kiwis too. I peel mine – how about you? There’s something about the fuzz that makes me unable to eat the skin. It’s like licking cloth – can’t do it.
In other news, second day soreness (which is always worst then next day soreness) has set in from the weight lifting class I took earlier this week. Ohhh, my inner thighs! Is your second day soreness worst than next day? Call me crazy, but I kind of like being sore. It feels like accomplishment!
In more exciting news, the birds are chirping this morning!!!!! If that doesn’t bring a springmustsurelybeonitsway smile to your face, than I don’t know what will! 
In fact, let’s have a Spring themed Three Question Thursday, shall we?!
1. They say April showers bring May flowers. What’s your favorite flower?
2. Do you like said showers, and thunderstorms?
3. What’s your favorite Easter-themed candy?
My answers:
1. Peonies! The bouquets at my wedding were made up of all different shades of pink peonies and roses. Aren’t they beautiful?!
2. I adore thunderstorms. There’s nothing better then sitting on the front porch, watching the rain in the spring and summer. Or waking up to a thunderstorm.
3. Egg shaped Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, natch! The ratio of peanut butter to chocolate is like 4:1 – AMAZING!
Making your own cereal/granola is definitely the way to go. Bars, too! That way you can even pick what flavors you get
I love peonies, too! They were also my grandma’s favorite flower.
I also like thunderstorms, and I loooooove Cadbury eggs. They are tempting me in the stores right now.
You have the best meals. I wish you could cook for me every day.
I like “just because” flowers. What is that you ask? Well, I have never recieved “just because” flowers. Instead they have always been “Im sorry” flowers, or ” get well soon” flowers, or better yet “Im-sorry-I-fucked-up-and-cheated-on-you-I’ll-never-do-it-again” flowers. These flowers can be anything (hell, give me a bouquet of parsley for all I care). “Just Because” flowers are the best Id say. But orange roses arent bad either
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I love pink roses & white orchids! Thunderstorms are great, especially when you first wake up. (unless it wakes you up in the middle of the night–not fun) I know they are kind of gross but I love peeps. I only have them once a year so why not splurge a bit?
1. They say April showers bring May flowers. What’s your favorite flower? tulips!
2. Do you like said showers, and thunderstorms? thunderstorms! the smell of a incoming thunderstorm that’s quick is amazing!
3. What’s your favorite Easter-themed candy? caramel eggs. OHMYGOD!
I totally agree with the kiwi skin thing, I really don’t know how people eat it bc it totally gives me the heebie jeebies with its furriness haha. And isn’t funny how different people’s banana tastes are, I love them when they are overripe with brown spots. To each their own! Enjoy that deelish tropical lunch today
I’m definitely an Almond Milk convert! I’m also loving Soymilk!! I always peel my kiwis, I’m like you, something about the fuzzy skin seems gross to eat! Haha. I think 2nd day soreness is pretty bad but so is 1st day soreness for me! Today I am suffering from 1st day soreness, but kinda like it!
1. I love Calla Lilies! That’s what I’m using for my wedding this summer:) I also really like orchids and daiseys.
2. I like thunderstorms every now and then as long as tornadoes aren’t involved!
3. Favorite Easter candy: Cadbury Creme Eggs! My brother and I always called them Bock Bock eggs because of the commercial! Haha
I’m a Cheerios with mixins fan as well. For the same reasons you said. Plus its usually cheaper to mix stuff yourself
For your 3 questions – My favorite flower is tulips. I love thunderstorms ONLY if I can stay inside and it’s not for days on end. And my favorite Easter Candy would have to be Cadbury Creme Eggs.
1. They say April showers bring May flowers. What’s your favorite flower? Daises…all kinds of them
2. Do you like said showers, and thunderstorms? NEITHER
3. What’s your favorite Easter-themed candy? black jelly beans and Cadbury Creme Eggs
Oh man I want that pizza. I looooove peanut sauce.
Great questions today!
1) Hydrangeas – love how fluffy they are! I also have a love for peonies, my mom has a bunch of huge peony bushes in our backyard. They smell so good!
2) Thunderstorms are the BEST. I love sitting by a window or on a porch and watching the rain and lightning and listening to the thunder. BEST naptime weather too.
3) I’m with you on the Reese’s eggs – they’re awesome! Also Cadbury caramel eggs.
You can never go wrong with Cheerios-like your idea of adding dried fruit and taking for lunch!!!
Favorite Flowers have to be gerber daisies in any color of pink.
Thunderstorms = I’m with you…sitting on the front porch just watching them roll in!
Easter candy has to be an shape, form, kind of reese cups-peanut butter stuffed are the best!
My fave flowers are lilacs!
I do like showers and thunderstorms especially
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Ha! And I too am a fan of the egg-shaped Resees.
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1. Favorite flower is a calalily (sp?)
2. Definitely thunderstorms – I like to go outside and watch!
3. Cadbury eggs all the way!
have you tried hemp milk? It’s so much creamier and richer than almond milk, so it’s my fav non-cow milk.
I too love peonies, and hydrangea.
Iowa City’s tornado gave me a slight fear of thunderstorms sadly!
Cadburry’s mini eggs for me
That is super funny as I am the same way with bananas. They can’t have a single brown spot or be mushy at all. It takes me ages at the store to pick them out!
1. I am rather fond of the lily flower. I don’t really know why, but it’s always been my favorite.
2. I am big on thunderstorms, or rain in general. I like when the lightening brightens up the sky for a brief moment, and then returns to darkness. I just love rain! I even like tornado weather, and the reason I can say that and not feel bad is because they never actually touch down in Fargo. (fingers crossed)
3. Egg shaped Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, all the way! I just had one the other day and realized how much I missed them. They are a weakness of mine, so I have to be careful around this time of year. The peanut butter/chocolate ratio is unbeatable, as you stated with the 4:1.
Have a great day!
Your “homemade” cereal idea is great! It makes me sad how much sugar is in Raisan Bran, it used to be my favorite. I try to stay away from HFCS, but if I ever make a comment about it, people often pipe up that it’s “the same thing as sugar”. Obviously, all things should be had in moderation, but chemically altered things should really be avoided. I was just wondering what you say when someone defends HFCS or what your basic reasoning for avoiding it is? Thanks!
1. White Roses
2. I like it when it rains at night
3. I think they’re called Cadbury mini-eggs, no caramel, my wife got me into them
1. I’m not a huge fan of flowers, so really, anything that is sturdy/long-living and looks nice is good for me!
2. I like rain showers, but not a big fan of storms. When I was 7, lightning struck my parent’s garage and it burned to the ground in a massive fire. It was pretty scary. So I always get nervous when it gets really bad outside.
3. I’m a huge fan of the Reese’s eggs, M&M with PB eggs and caramel Cadbury eggs!!!
I love mixed flowers, they are so bright & beautiful! I like showers, thunder makes the dog bark & keeps the kids up
The ultimate Easter candy is Brach’s Jelly Beans – have to be the big original kind!
Want to know something interesting about Raisin Bran and sugar (it was just on my exam, hehe!) One of the main reasons for added sugar is to coat the raisins. Water naturally wants to flow from areas of high concentration to low concentration. Raisins have high water content, while the flakes do not. If there was no sugar added, the water from the raisins would flow to the cereal until it reached equilibrium. This would lead to hard, dry raisins and soggy cereal. Yuck!
I don’t even like Raisin Bran, and like your cereal method a lot better (much healthier)! But I just thought that it was funny that I just learned that and you mentioned it. Really interesting
1. Orchids.
2. I like showers, I hate using umbrellas!
2. Jelly Belly (soda flavored) jelly beans.
You are killing me with that pizza, soooo yummy looking.
I love that idea with the cereal! I’ll have to keep that in mind.
That’s too funny about you and bananas …. I hate eating them when they’re too fresh!
I really don’t have a favourite flower! I love ALL flowers.
I also adore thunderstorms and rain … while I love warm, sunny days (which are rare where I’m from), there’s something about rain that just makes me feel warm and cozy. As far as Easter candy goes, I love the mini eggs! Especially the DARK mini eggs!
K
I prefer when bananas have spots cause it means they are ripe. If a banana is at all green, I won’t eat it.
1. My favorite flowers are roses. My bouquet at my wedding was made up of bright pink ones!
2. Love thunderstorms. Growing up in AZ, we have the best monsoons in the summer time.
3. Hands down – Reese’s PB eggs!
Your bouquets are gorgeous.
1. Lillies – I love all the types and colors
2. I love listening and watching thunderstorms
3. Cadbury Creme Eggs!
Lilacs remind me of my mama’s house! Thunderstorms are only good for sleeping in – hate going out in the rain, with the exception of those hot summer rains. Looking forward to some jelly beans next month.
your photographs are so beautiful!
1. They say April showers bring May flowers. What’s your favorite flower? Tiger Lily!
2. Do you like said showers, and thunderstorms? Yes, i love love love rainstorms.
3. What’s your favorite Easter-themed candy? Those Cadbury eggs that come in pastel colors with the crunchy outside!
1. Pink Daisies
2. I love thunderstorms if I am at home and not out in them.
3. The speckled egg shaped peanut butter m&m’s
Question about the tofu pressing…I want to make this pizza tonight but saw that you used the tofu press before crumbling it. This will be my first venture with tofu! How do you press out the moisture “manually”?
Thanks, by the way, for all the wonderful recipes on this site! I just got married in November and have used countless recipes from here since discovering your site last month. Baked egg rolls and ultimate cookies recipes have my husband thinking I’m a gourmet chef
that pizza looks so good! i would definitely be counting down to lunch if i were you too
favorite easter candy is a tough one! i love the plain chocolate eggs in colored foil wrappers, russell stover truffle eggs, and starburst jelly beans…oh! and peeps!
1. TULIPS!!! I love them so much! They just make me happy…=)
2. Thunderstorms.
3. Cadbury Eggs!
Oh those egg shaped Reese’s PB cups are totally my Easter candy kryptonite!! Saw them at the store yesterday and it took everything I had not to by one. So delish!
Girl, I am sorry but you crazy. Bananas are the best when they have spots!!!
1. They say April showers bring May flowers. What’s your favorite flower? Tulips!
2. Do you like said showers, and thunderstorms? I hate rain, but thunderstorms are kind of cool when you’re indoors.
3. What’s your favorite Easter-themed candy? Mini eggs!!
Yay! I LOVED the colors of your wedding flowers! I can see my arm and sparkly bracelet in the pic! Woo! Team Bridesmaid!!
I used to always peel kiwis – now it’s all about the skin
Mango is awesome too…but papaya is better
They say April showers bring May flowers. What’s your favorite flower?
Ummm…roses? I don’t really know anything about flowers!!
2. Do you like said showers, and thunderstorms?
LOVE them!! They’re beautiful
3. What’s your favorite Easter-themed candy?
Galaxy chocolate, or Lindt chocolate. The two rulers of the chocolate world!
I don’t know if they are my favorite, but I love the smell of Lilly of the Valley’s. You are supposed to plant them near the door to your house so everyone who comes & goes can get a pleasant whiff! And I believe they multiply & spread out, so you can share w/friends. I also love Old Fashioned Phlox. A gentle rain is great! And I’m with you Kristen on the Reeses Peanut Butter Eggs! Also Russell Stover chocolate covered marshmallow bunnies! MMMmmmmmm!!!
1) Lilies of course!
2) Thunderstorms….there’s just something about being all cozy in your home during a raging storm.
3) Cadburry Creme Eggs! I LOOOOOVE these babies!
I just discovered today my dried fruit muesli has over 20 grams of sugar in it– YIKES!!
1. LILACS– particularly the light lavendar ones
2. Thunderstorms during an Iowa summer are the best! Love the smell after any rainstorm
3. Anything dark chocolate (solid bunnies anyone? haha)
I wondered if anyone was going to say chocolate covered marshmellos, usually the ones in the egg carton.
Favorite flower would be tulip and Lillies, and peones and lilac bushes in the spring.
I always love a good thundestorm.
That pizza from last night…oh my god! I want it! Looks so dang good! I also love souped up cheerios! The hub introduced me to cheerios a couple years ago (he is obsessed) and then to the double whammy of adding sliced bananas – it’s the only way to go! Ooh a bit of nut butter doesn’t go astray either in all that lovely cold milk!
I LOVE Cadbury Mini Eggs. I also love rainstorms…especially with a lot of thunder and lightning!!
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I went to a Body Works class at LAFitness on Monday. I couldn’t even walk on Tuesday without pain. I was going to run but couldn’t move my legs fast enough to run
Yesterday they were still pretty sore but I did run. I was sure hurting last night though…
I love peonies too. Your bouquets are gorgeous! I was so happy when we moved into our house that we have a bunch of peony bushes (are they called bushes?!) We have several dark pink, light pink, and white. They smell heavenly too.
I love lilies and orchida — dendrobium orchids! Gorgeous!
Peeps! Love peeps!
Those lunchtime fruits look yummy! So colorful =) Second day pain is the worst, but you are right in that it has a sense of accomplishment too.
1- I’m a sucker for lilies. Name that movie!
Those and roses.
2- I don’t like rain or thunderstorms unless I can share them with someone… Kissing in the rain is the bomb!
3- Cadbury eggs steal my wool. And those reese’s eggs you mention do too…
You just broke my heart. I just became addicted to Raisin Bran!! But you know what I mixed it with?? Cheerios. Yum. I can make the switcharoo.
Agreed, I think that adding your own mix ins is the way to go; that way you personalize your meal so you know exactly what you are eating and you know you’ll love it! Hope you enjoyed every bite of that great lunch
I am the same way with bananas – any brown and they are relinquished to the freezer!
Still reading your blog every day out here on the East Coast – love it!!!!
I totally agree with the adding my own stuff to cereal. Raisins are good…sugar covered raisings equal stomach pain.
I can’t eat the kiwi fur either. I’m glad I’m not the only one. I eat them sliced in half with a spoon.
1. They say April showers bring May flowers. What’s your favorite flower? I love sterling roses and calla lillies.
2. Do you like said showers, and thunderstorms? I love to watch the cool lightning bolts in the summer sky. I want a porch just for that reason.
3. What’s your favorite Easter-themed candy?
I love robin’s eggs and coconut eggs. My church used to give them out every year. Nothing but pure sugar.
Hello! I’m your blog’s reader and I was just wondering something.
I’ve actually never tried cheerios in my life – I’m from South Korea where there’s no such thing, but now I live in Canada.
I like cereals like Nature’s Path and Kashi, but never tried cheerios.
So I want to give a try – Are cheerios healthy?
Are multigrain ones better? How do they taste like? I’m so curious!!