Good afternoon. (Pssssst! There’s still time to enter the Three Years of Beautiful Giveaway.)
It’s a beautiful afternoon over here. MomHTP, Henry, and I are all alone today, which nice because my mom and I haven’t gotten to spend any one-on-one time together so far.
Fun fact: When my mom was a newborn, in lieu of a car seat, she rode in a shoebox strapped in the back of her parents’ convertible (this was the 1940s). Safety first!
Morning snack was one of the new Larabars, the Uber bars (good name, huh?). I was excited to try this sample bar because, while I like the Larabar ingredient list, I’m not crazy about their texture – you know how they are all just tasty piles of mushed ingredients? This Uber bar has big chunks of fruits and nuts, so there was more of a crunch to it.
Lunch:
I haven’t had this combo in a long time!
Sweet potato and baked beans. Try it. I know it sounds a bit strange, but I swear it’s amazing.
Thought of the Day:
Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, ’cause hate in your heart will consume you too. – Will Smith (<— Oh yeah. I went there.)
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Hahah the bar looks as long as the baby
… Always tell the truth, say your prayers, hold doors, pull out chairs, easy on the swears…
Will Smith quote just made my day! Glad y’all are doing well.
I need to find some good vegetarian baked beans that aren’t loaded with sugar.
I am pretty sure Trader Joe’s baked beans fit the bill. I know their ingredient list is MUCH less processed than other grocery store varieties.
I love this combo. I also do black beans and sweet potatoes….so yummy!
I can’t wait for my mom to come and visit after my baby is born. It’ll great to have her to myself (well, actually, I’m sure the baby will have her to himself).
I have never had sweet potatoes and baked beans, I’ll have to try it. I love both foods. I LOVE baked beans mixed with Velveeta Mac and Cheese. Not sure why, but it’s amazing (although not really amazing for my health).
Yum! I’m so horrible at food pairings that I generally stick to what I know, but sweet potato + beans? I can get behind that
Oh man, you’ve got that song stuck in my head now.
“Took an hour just get the carseat in right…people drivin’ all fast got me kinda’ upset…” Don’t think you’re grandparents were thinking about this with the shoebox rigged up!
Cool story.
I’ll have to try those uber bars. I want to like larabars but the texture makes me gag!
Ha, the name always makes me smile
Now, I am curious how Americans say it though… My Fiance is desperately trying to say that Umlaut letter right (it’s in my last name “Führ”)since 3.5 years…
The Uber Larabar and Henry are the same size : )
oh gosh, you should have seen my facial reaction to that sweet potato. It looks AMAZING with baked beans! How have I never thought of this before!?!?
I love the sweet potato / beans combo! I have a leftover can of baked beans that I’ve been meaning to eat. I should stop and get a sweet potato on the way home.
Baked beans and sweet potato sounds awesome. I love both of those foods. I use to add baked beans to my hamburgers, way better than ketchup or mayo. I will need to remember this combo next time I shop.
There’s no shame in “gettin’ jiggy” with a Will Smith quote!
Wow! MomHTP looks awesome for being in her 70′s?!?! (If she was born in the 40′s?) or was that a sleep deprived typo by chance?
Love those newborn naps on the chest! They are the best!!
Wouldn’t she be in her 60′s?. If she was born maybe 1948 she’d be 64 now. Sounds about right…
But your Mom still looks great of course
It is a great combo. We eat it for dinner a lot
(sweet potato + baked beans)
love the thought of the day!!
after pregnancy , women lose their body shape and gain weight.and for maintaining fitness ,they do more efforts .for losing weight ,if you eat healthy food and do exercises regular you see best results. vegetables are best for maintaining your and your baby health.
I love sweet potato and black beans so I can only imagine that this would be good too!! Because baked beans are probably my favorite!!
I’m going camping this weekend and was going to bring both sweet potatoes and baked beans. Looks like I’m going to have to try your combo.
Henry has grown up so much in so few days!! :-O
I love baked sweet potatoes with black beans and some Greek yoghurt.. I should try with baked beans too
Henry is such a sweetheart, I love the pic with the labrabar lol
ha love the quote at the end!!
Ha. Initially when I saw “MomHTP,” i thought you were referring to yourself! Henry’s adorable. Congrats!
I love baked beans + sweet potato! It’s a great way to use up the leftover beans.
I also really love leftover chili poured over my sweet potato
The sweet tator sounds SO good! Going to be trying that!
I love black beans and sweet potatoes together! I haven’t tried any other sweet potato/bean combos yet, but the salty/sweet combination is yummy.
I love baked beans on a sweet potato! Another good combo (if you eat meat) – make sloppy joes & serve on a sweet potato. Actually, I’ve made sloppy joes with faux meat, so you could do it that way, too!
I really hate the new Larabars (I hate how they fall apart like crazy!), so I’ll be sticking to the awesome originals.
But I have to say I’m totally with you on baked beans, although I prefer regular potatoes. I hate the orange-flesh sweet potatoes. I don’t mind the ones that are milder with more of a yellow flesh. Yam, sweet potato? I don’t know, but orange = ewww
I love roasted sweet potatoes and put walnut butter on top of them. I’m with you–it sounds weird but tastes SOOOOO good