Saucy

This post title describes me.

And my lunch and dinner.

But first, I told you you’d see those muffins on top of overnight oats.

I wasn’t lying.

And what’s better than a crumbly chai muffin?  A crumbly chai muffin + raisins, coconut butter and peanut butter, that’s what.

I just told Joey I want to eat overnight oats for every meal.  He tried to tell me that wouldn’t be fun.  I beg to differ.

I basically spent the entire day studying paper writings and final exam taking.  Sounds fun, no?

No is right.  I get so antsy when I have to actually sit down and study/write a paper.  I find myself on Facebook just about every 5 minutes.  I eventually “took a break” to go work out.  In quotes because I brought my nutrition notes with me and studied while I biked.  I also turned off the TV in my apartment complex workout room then realized the person watching it was just in the bathroom, oops.

Anyways, back to the sauce. 

Mmm Sauce, to be exact.  Made last night and reheated for lunch and served over spinach.

If I had to list my top 5 tried and true recipes, low + slow sweet potatoes would be one of them.

Low + Slow Sweet Potatoes:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Wash sweet potato(es) and slice into 1/2” discs.
3. Brush with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and bake for 20 minutes, turning halfway through.
4. Raise temperature to 400 degrees and bake an additional 20 minutes, turning halfway through.

Cooked to perfection every.single.time.

I also tossed some carrots and broccoli in with the sweet potatoes and made some brown rice couscous, then drizzled the Mmm Sauce over everything.  At first I wasn’t wowed by the sauce but then I took a second bite and for some reason “Mmmm” just came out of my mouth. 

Verdict: You guessed it, mmmm.

You know what’s even mmmm-ier?  Being one step closer to being done with school.  As of today, I’m one final down, 2 more and a paper to go.  Yeah, that’s right, my school holds finals on a Saturday.  That should be illegal, I tell you.

Now Joey and I are sipping some celebratory wine and chowing down on some Shrimp Fra Diavolo and it is pure saucy goodness. 

So what if my basil is a little old.

Keep it saucy, friends.