Sisterly love

I'm a day late - but here is the recipe as promised for my Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal. Actually it is pretty easy. For one serving:

Boil one cup of water

add 1/2 cup oats

lower heat to simmer

after 2.5 min add one tbsp of dried cranberries and 1 tbsp of cocoa powder

cook for an additional 2.5 minutes (until most of the water is absorbed)

before serving stir in 2 tsp of splenda brown sugar

This steaming bowl of chocolate berry deliciousness is only 5 points and keeps me going until lunch!

This evening my sister came to stay with me, it is a very rare occasion that she leaves her husband and kids behind for sister time so we made the most of it. We recreated her favourite meal from Moxie's - the steak salad with goat cheese and tomato vinaigrette. Their website says that the vinaigrette is made with Clamato juice so we tested for awhile and I think we perfected the dressing:

Reduce 1/2 cup of Clamato until you have 1/4 cup
1/4 cup of red wine vinegar

1 Tsp chopped basil
1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp ground pepper

1 clove chopped garlic

1 tbsp chopped shallot

2 tsp Dijon mustard

we mixed all this together and then slowly whisked in about 1/4 cup of olive oil

It was delicious on the salad of greens, cherry tomatoes, goat cheese and grilled steak!! I also made mini banana muffins (Moxie's always gives you banana bread with your salad). We had white wine spritzer and enjoyed a relaxing dinner!

She bought us new PJs to celebrate out special sleepover. Cute aren't we??

Later we finished our evening with cinnamon toast and hot chocolate.... tomorrow morning we are headed to the spa for some pampering.. I love my sister!