Making pudding with chia seeds

Lately, I have been doing recipe development with chia seeds. I bought a bag of chia seeds, thinking that I'd put them in my protein shake. I then had a parfait in the Twin Cities that had a layer of chia seeds in a pudding form. I got inspired to try and make my own pudding.

It has been fun testing out recipes. Chia seeds are interesting. They absorb so much liquid. I've been having chia seeds in pudding form for the last few days. I like them.

Here's my attempt at a layer of dark chocolate coconut chia seed with a top layer of orange cream oat beverage yogurt. The bottom has mashed berries. I added protein powder to both layers.

 

I'm still working out my recipes as I go. It has been enjoyable so far.

Foot and muscle pain sucks when you want to sleep

Now and again, I get muscle spasms in my right foot. It was pretty bad last night. I woke up at nearly 4 am to pain.

I can't recall how many ibuprofen pills I managed to take. It was strange, but I had a mini panic attack. My bedroom was getting hot, mainly because of my tossing and turning in bed along with the heating kicking in. I had to drink some water and eat a protein bar to ease things for me. I also took long breaths, which helped.

I didn't go back to bed, but I had a conference call at 7 am. I said hi at the beginning and actually fell asleep for nearly two hours. Hopefully, I wasn't called upon to say anything. This meeting call ended up being just under four hours.

Part of me wanted to call in sick. However, I took it easy working from home, as the muscle pain lasted all day, with it dying off right about now.

Some days are rough. Here's hoping that tomorrow will be much better.

Chatting and teasing my guy

I enjoy my chats with my guy.

"I have to go. I forgot my earbuds and am moving to weights," he explained while at the gym.
"No problem. Are you going to buy a protein shake or do you make yours now?" I asked him.
"I make my own. It's in my car. It costs nearly $10 to buy one here," he pointed out.
"Yes, we can't have Cheap Bastard spending a ton of money," I said.
"You got it," he confirmed.
"Well, enjoy the rest of your workout. Say hi to your car for me. She will tell you that she wants me to drive her," I said.
"You think so?" he asked me.
"I know so," I said confidently.
"No!" he exclaimed.
"I love teasing you," I said sweetly.
"I know," he admitted.

It's fun when we chat.

Protein powder ultimatum

The events mentioned in this post occurred a week ago. I am still a bit backlogged!

My guy and I have been chatting a lot on Skype as of late. He has been back from his work trip, but we have yet to see each other.

We had chatted for nearly three hours on Saturday night. I will need to write about it in another post.

On Sunday, we didn't connect online. I eventually went to bed at 01:00 Monday morning. When I woke up, I had a sweet e-mail from him.

We have an ever-growing list of nicknames for each other. More importantly, he wrote to me twice in one day. That is rare for him. I tend to do more writing, simply because that is what I do for a living, as he had pointed out one day.

I like when he calls me sweet thing or cute cheeks. He ends his e-mails with kisses and specifies where he wants to kiss me.

We chatted twice last night. Yes, we truly miss each other. Luckily, we get to see each other tomorrow. He has an offsite meeting. I am in the office. We will be spending some quality time after work.

My guy and I chatted about our day. We ended up talking about protein powder. It is interesting that we both have this common interest, but we have never talked about it in depth until last night.

I have a protein shake every day. I admitted that most do not taste yummy, but I like the protein powders that I have. My guy pointed out the dilemma of getting a huge container of protein powder and not liking the taste of it. The powder just stays there in the cupboard and goes to waste.

"You need to help me try some of your protein powder samples and guarantee that I will like them."
"That sounds demanding and unfair," I responded.
"See, it's not about your needs, it's about mine."
"Are you going to punish me if you don't like the protein power flavours that I supply to you?"
"If I don't like them, I will definitely spank you."
"You're just a meanie."

A while back, we had a conversation in his car about Hurontario Street in Mississauga. I had indicated that it was also known as Highway 10. He said that it wasn't.

"I was driving along Hurontario Street and it became Highway 10. You were right. I was thinking that it was Highway 410."
"I knew that I was right. After all, you are GPS-dependent. I just didn't dispute it."
"You were definitely correct," he admitted.
"See, you can't spank me for that," I said boldly.
"I can find other things to spank you for," he said, as we both smiled to each other.

Just when you think that a couple can't get any closer on Skype, we can.