Sunday Recap and More Pumpkin Creations

Check out the cool shirts we wore at the walk for juvenile diabetes! Doesn't my mom look so pleased to be photoed in such a cool t-shirt?! haha We walked for Sarah's team. Sarah is a young girl who goes to the school where my mom is the school nurse. Her team name was "Sarah's Super Striders!".

The walk was a hit. I believe there were about 5000 people that showed up, but that's a random guess really. Here is the back of the shirt, which addresses the fact that all proceeds from the walk are for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

I hate to be such a downer sometimes, but I was slightly disappointed to see that some of the booths that were at this event were handing out tons of candy. Now I realize juvenile diabetes isn't always about weight, but still, aren't we supposed to be pushing health and wellness?? They were also handing out apples and bananas, which was great. Of course, why should I talk? I made this Saturday night:

Pumpkin and Walnut Frozen Yogurt
This was better than my first batch. Instead of using pumpkin spice, I used cinnamon and nutmeg!

After the walk for juvenile diabetes, I came home and tried out some tuna with Laughing Cow cheese, which was recommended by Lindsay of Banana and Chocolate.

As you can see I also added some marinated mushrooms and red pepper, as well as some pepper spice. I made little appetizers with the cucumber. Overall, I really enjoyed this!

Yesterday I also made some Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread from Cooking Light magazine. As always, I made a few changes to the recipe in order to make it lighter and healthier. Here are some of the changes I made:

I used about 2 T less sugar
Substituted 12 T flaxseed for 1/2 cup oil
I did not have any pudding so I used fat free yogurt
Substituted whole wheat flour for white
I used walnuts instead of chocolate chips

The bread tasted amazing, and was about 50 calories/slice less than the original, plus it had some ALA fatty acids (essential Omega-3 fat).

Taste of Grandview
Last night my mom and I went to the taste of Grandview with Nick's mom and sisters. Nick was working at the event, so we got to see him too :)

Here was the main meal I got, which was a flank steak with a palenta cake, roasted tomatoes, and fried leeks. On a scal of 1 to 10, this was a 9.5!
We also got some appetizers. A restaurant called Third and Hollywood was selling half artichokes, hollowed out and filled with a mayonnaise/bacon/dill sauce. They were AMAZING.
The artichokes were grilled, check it out!
And of course we had to try some pumpkin bisque! It was ok, not the best.

Question: What was the last new food you tried? Did you like it? For me it was fried leeks. I had never had them before and they were so tasty! They were basically like mini friend onions....so obviously they were delicious.
Question: Is there a food that can "unbake?" Check out Special K's "UnBake Off" and submit your idea by October 19th!