{"id":8455,"date":"2009-09-18T21:22:16","date_gmt":"2009-09-19T01:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=8455"},"modified":"2009-09-18T21:22:16","modified_gmt":"2009-09-19T01:22:16","slug":"september-18th-2009-reconnect-regroup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/09\/september-18th-2009-reconnect-regroup\/","title":{"rendered":"September 18th, 2009: reconnect, regroup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi guys!\u00a0 Let me just say that I’ve been having a fantastic day so far!\u00a0 Moving and shaking all day long. :D<\/p>\n

I realize that my post last night was quick and to the point, so I didn’t get a chance to discuss our pizza much.\u00a0 Figlio is a place we’ve been wanting to try for some time and last night presented the perfect opportunity.\u00a0 But I have to say, while both of our pizzas were very good they were also very expensive.\u00a0 For the size of the pizza and the amount of toppings, the pizzas, we feel are a bit overpriced.\u00a0 They are the perfect bistro pizza!\u00a0 However for us, the toppings were a little sparse.\u00a0 And Scott would have liked more cheese.\u00a0 Would we check Figlio<\/a> out again?\u00a0 Maybe, just not for pizza. :)\u00a0 I would much rather make pizza at home.\u00a0 It makes for a nice and special evening.\u00a0 It turns an ordinary Thursday into a fun day!<\/p>\n

Okay, okay moving on my day!\u00a0 I got up at 6am and after taking care of Rocky went straight to work.\u00a0 I turned in a document I finished last night and busted out another one and completed it.\u00a0 That cleared up my queue and my day!\u00a0 Once that was finished, I changed into running clothes and headed outside for a fabbo run!\u00a0 I only did 2.5 miles but I pushed it hard and finished in 25 minutes exactly!\u00a0 Woot!<\/p>\n

\"Chocolate<\/a><\/p>\n

Small glass of CS<\/abbr> and Rocky and I were out the door headed for our morning walk.\u00a0 It was so beautiful out this morning!\u00a0 I loved every minute of it and got a wee bit sad that Scott is not up that early in the mornings to witness the perfection.\u00a0 I am loving September so far, it has just been gorgeous!<\/p>\n

I changed back into my jammies and filled up with breakfast and coffee.<\/p>\n

\"Coffee,<\/p>\n

Stoneyfield whole milk plain yogurt with frozen blackberries, granola, cranberries, coconut, and ground flax.\u00a0 Delish!<\/p>\n

Ina<\/strong>, I will be making more pumpkin peach oats tomorrow morning, so I will post how I do it tomorrow! :D<\/p>\n

After breakfast and playing around with my iPhone, I started groovin’ around the house!\u00a0 First order of business was to clean it.\u00a0 Once the kitchen and bathrooms were clean, I started cooking in the kitchen and didn’t stop till 6pm. :O\u00a0 I know!<\/p>\n

I made us some lunch and sometimes the best dishes come out of forced creativity.\u00a0 Forced creativity is when you are low or out of ingredients and you have to make due with what you have.<\/p>\n

I am out of salad stuff, thus forced creativity for lunch was upon me.<\/p>\n

I have been seeing the swiss chard spring rolls pop up all over the blogsphere lately.\u00a0 Well I had some veggies and I had chard so I tried my hand at making my own!<\/p>\n

\"Chard<\/a><\/p>\n

Does that not look beautiful?!\u00a0 I washed, dried and removed the thickest part of the stem from the chard leaf.\u00a0 The I split the leaves in half length wise, although now thinking about it, it could be done be across as well.<\/p>\n

In a small bowl I mixed:<\/p>\n