nachos | Run Away Freckles

This weekend I was feeling a bit sick, but I still managed to fit in some fun. It was my mom’s birthday and Josh worked for most of the weekend, so I spent lots of time enjoying some down time and girl time.

Friday Josh and I both happened to be off work. This worked out great because he had to work both Saturday and Sunday. We spent the day together and had a really nice lunch date. We sometimes will be in different places and later find out that we were thinking the same thing at the same time. This is a little weird, we chalk it up to our awesome relationship (insert googly eyes and awes here). We were both craving nachos at work on Thursday and decided to cook some up for dinner Friday night.

I think I could have made these healthier, but meh, it was Friday night. There will be plenty of time for healthy meals during the workweek. I make my nachos with whole grain chips, extra lean beef or turkey (depending on what is in the freezer), light cheese, salsa and whatever veggies we like. This is a sometimes meal and it doesn’t taste the same without sour cream. YUM. We watched a movie and had a quiet night.

Saturday was my mom’s birthday and we planned on going to Brighton for their annual Applefest Celebration. Every year they have a big vendor sale down their main street, a car show, a five km run, a parade and many other events. We were going to hit up the market really early and then get onto the highway. Unfortunately, I woke up super dizzy and woozy. This happens to me sometimes, especially if I am fighting off a bug or something. I am not sure if I am sick or not but this week I have been having a lot of problems with dizziness and nausea. Saturday morning was the worst and I wasn’t even sure if I could go. I had to sit down in the shower and we got a lot later start than we had planned. Eventually I pulled it together and we got to go.

I am so glad I felt up to going to Applefest. It was a lot of fun and was defiantly a great fall activity. We spent a few hours looking around the vendors, tasting treats and had a great BBQ lunch. I even got my annual caramel apple! It was so tasty. It got a bit melty so I put it in the fridge and ate it later in the evening. I think I definitely need to make my own caramel apples this year.

Sunday morning I wasn’t feeling too bad when I woke up and decided to go for my Sunday run. Things were really out of whack last week and I need to get back on track with my exercise routine. I was looking forward to a great run to put me into workout mode and start my week on the right foot. I was going to run an 8k route but I wasn’t too excited with the route the leader had planned. I knew there was a cut off that would give me over 5k and when my stomach started to flip when we took off on our run, I decided a short run would be the way to go. I really enjoyed my little run. The leaves were falling on the trail, the sun was shining and the air smelt amazing. I love fall runs. This is my favourite time of year to run. I can’t wait to go back out this week.

Sunday afternoon I went into cooking mode. I made some yummy yummy teriyaki cheddar turkey burgers to put into the fridge for lunches this week. The recipe is from one of my favourite bloggers over at Simply Taralynn. This is the second time I have made them and they are man approved. We love them around here.

I also made Josh a nice dinner. I made spaghetti squash with meaty tomato sauce. I used the left over taco meat from Friday night and some pasta sauce I had in the back of the cupboard. I brought my first spaghetti squash of the season at the market on Saturday. I have cooked with this squash a few times and while it is tasty and pretty easy to make I have one complaint. They are really hard to cut in half! I had so much trouble with it and made a crazy mess. It did make a good dinner though and we will have lots of leftovers.