I found these delicious looking things.  They are pork, wrapped around a mozzarella, parmesan, spinach and ham filling.  I picked up one for me and one for Tim for $8.  Not bad!

Here is one of them raw, pre-oven.

The sides have bread crumbs on them.

And here is the cooked product:

And here is what I ate with it:

Vegetable orzo salad (pre-made and bought at Pete’s), sundried olives and a side salad of spring mix, red onion, Jarlsberg cheese and avocado, dressed with balsamic vinegar.  Plus a bottle glass of chardonnay.

It was good, but I could only eat 1/2 the pork.  I just don’t like meat that much.  The orzo salad was a big hit with both me and Tim and will be a summer staple!

We wrapped up the meal with a small piece of dark chocolate and spent an extra half a hour just sitting at the table drinking wine and chatting.  I plan on a lazy Saturday night and will probably head to bed early.

We hopped in the car and headed to the grocery store.  We first checked out the veggie meats.  Not because we are vegetarians, but because we often eat vegetarian meats.  Neither or us had ever had a veggie hotdog, so Tim wanted to try them.  I was worried they wouldn’t fulfill his hot dog craving, so I wanted him to real “real” hot dogs.  As “real” as hot dogs can get . . . so he decided that he wanted to do a hot dog tasting to see which one was the best.

While picking up some beef hot dogs, he spotted some chicken hot dogs he wanted to try.

Yes, we got THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOTDOGS.  And since we never eat hot dogs, I am finding this a bit crazy (but fun).

Here are the dogs: Beef, chicken and veggie

I boiled them up.  Can you believe that I have never cooked hot dogs in a pot before?  I had no idea what to do!

Can you tell which is which?

[The top 2 are veggie, the meddle 3 are beef and the bottom 2 are chicken]

And here they are all coked up ready for Tim to taste. [Side note: The veggie dogs do not float in water.]

[Left are beef, middle are chicken and right are vegan]

No pics from the actual eating, but I do have Tim’s review (and mine).  Keep in mind, I knew which was which.

He tried the veggie dog first, and he knew immediately what it was because “it had a funny after-taste”, but he was really impressed with the texture.   I also tried that one first and liked it.

We then switched to chicken – and he liked this one best.  So did I.  The beef just didn’t taste as good or look as good.  In fact, he knew which was beef just by the look of it.

After all 3 were tasted, Tim had more veggie dog, and decided he didn’t like them after all.  But I think that was because he had just had the chicken and beef.  I think that if we only had the veggie dogs, he would have eaten them. With some BBQ sauce and cooked on the BBQ I bet you would never know they were veggie dogs.

So that concluded our hot dog taste test.  We learned . . . nothing.  And probably won’t eat hot dogs again for a long time.

Plus,  I only like rounded hot dog buns:

And Tim only likes “side split” (his name for them) hot dog buns:

So we got both.

And now we have a million hot dogs and 2 packs of buns.  Great.

I picked up this book at a second hand store thinking, “Hey, I’m a grad!  I like money.  Perfect.”

It is a light read – mostly a philosophy about how to live once you are making $150,000/year/family.

There’s not too much about how to get to that point besides work hard and save money and invest it in the market, start your own business and invest in real estate.  Duh.

But I really do like the philosophy of the writer – that you can live “rich” with $150,000.  Want a crazy sports car?  Buy a cheaper brand that is just as good, and buy it used.  Want great clothes?  Pay for the quality but don’t pay for the brand name.  There is no difference between a $150 shirt and a $2,000 shirt besides the brand name.

Same for food.  There is no difference between a really good cut of meat cooked at a good restaurant and a really good cut of meat cooked at a good and brand name restaurant (except $70 more in price!).

The book contained a good philosophy, but not a lot of substance.  But I am glad I read it.

The only one I found that I really liked was at Lulu Lemon.

Now, some of you know my aversion to Lulu Lemon workout clothes – I find it overpriced for my needs (I get my workout clothes at Wal-Mart or Winners).  Maybe if I actually worked out A LOT I’d find the price per wear of Lulu stuff reasonable, but as I don’t work out much (YET!) it’s not a smart decision for me to make.

But for a GOOD bra I’m willing to pay anything!  It’s one of those staples that demands quality, and quality usually equals $$.  And this one actually did not break the bank.  I got the Ta Ta Tamer II for $58 CAD.  That’s full price, not on sale.

I decided to give it “a run for its money” tonight.  Literally.  I ran with it on.  Okay – I know I am dorky.  Lame.

I LOVE THIS BRA!  It feels great on (I wore it all day too, not just for the run), it is pretty, it gives good support and the husband gave it 2 thumbs up as well  :)

I do have to say though that while I wear a larger cup, I am naturally very blessed and I am not saggy at all.   So I don’t need as much support as most larger breasted women do.  I also haven’t had any children . . . So take this review with a grain of salt, keeping that in mind.  But also keep in mind that I am used to wearing 2 sports bras when working out to get the support I need.

A good sports bra for me does 2 things:

1.  makes sure the girls don’t hurt from bouncing (meaning when I run I don’t want any reminders that I have boobs); and

2.  prevents me from getting saggy.

This bra did the first one perfectly, and hopefully will do the second one!  I think that I may even go and buy another one soon, because when I find a bra that actually fits I stock up on it.  And $58 CAD (plus tax) a pop is not a bad price.

This is the Queen of the Sports Bras for those ladies who wear a C + in cup size (according to the sales lady).  And it even has silver fibers that are antibacterial to prevent bacteria growing in the elastic.  Plus, it is supposedly good for 5 years and says, ”WASH IN THE MACHINE”.  Holy crap, this is the first bra I have ever had that says you can wash it in the machine!  I mean, we all wash our bras in the machine, but the bras always say “HAND WASH ONLY” and we just ignore it (at least I do).

TRY THIS BRA!

I am so pleased with it, I actually may bit the bullet and buy some Lulu Lemon workout clothes if I workout enough!