Sunday, July 3, 2011
I've decided
Its time to buy a scale. I have only weighed myself on the Wii and I'm not even sure its accurate but that was also quite awhile ago. I think seeing my actual weight will scare me into starting to run. Tomorrow is a holiday but that just means I can get started on Tuesday. Here's hoping I can get back to running 4 miles again. Also I've been thinking about buying a bike, thoughts?
So those recipes...
Ok so I thought I would do these in the order of my favorites but I can't decide which one would be first so I'm just doing them in random order.
This is a Chipotle Turkey Burger. It wasn't a recipe we found anywhere, just something we came up with. We took 1 lb of ground turkey (not fat free, it bbq's too dry) then added an egg, maybe a cup and a half of fresh bread crumbs, maybe a third of a cup of dijon mustard, dried minced onion ( I add alot because it adds so much flavor) and some salt and pepper. We just bbq'd the patties on the grill and then my husband mixed a little adobo sauce with some mayo and we added a slice of provolone cheese and tomatoes. It was pretty dang good. I can't tell you what is on the shrimp because my husband created that rub but it was maybe some citrusy rub and then he bbq'd those too. Very tasty! Dont forget to use whole wheat buns!
If some one pointed a gun to my head and made me pick a favorite out of this list, the stuffed portobello mushrooms would be at the top of my list. So divine.
1 small yellow sweet pepper, cut in bite size strips
1 small red onion, chopped
1 medium zucchini, coarsely shredded
1 carrot, coarsely shredded
1 stalk of celery thinly sliced (I did not use celery because I think its gross)
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 to 3 TB of olive oil
1 TB snipped fresh basil
1 TB lemon juice
1 5 ounce package baby spinach
1/2 cup finely shredded bread crumbs
1/2 cup finely shredded Parmesan cheese
4 4 to 5 inch portobello mushroom caps stems and gills removed
4 slices provolone cheese
pre-heat oven to 425. Line 15x10 pan with foil. In a 12 inch skillet cook and stir sweet pepper, onion, zucchini, carrot, celery(yuck), garlic in olive oil on medium high heat for about 4 minutes. Stir in basil, lemon juice and salt and pepper. Top with spinach and cover. Cook for 2 minutes then remove from heat. Stir in crumbs and half of the parmesan cheese. Set mixture aside. Arrange mushrooms on pan and top with a slice of provolone cheese. Divide the mixture onto each mushroom. Bake for 15 minutes then top with rest of parmesan cheese and cook for 2 more minutes. I'm telling you, divine.
This was probably not a favorite for my husband because he likes flashy meals and this was rather plain but I liked it. It calls for Fontina cheese which I could not find but maybe it adds a little oomph that my husband was looking for. I might try it with sundried tomatoes next time. You can find the recipe HERE.
This has been one of my favorite lunches. Its a BLT salad and its quick to make and even my two year old eats it like crazy. The dressing is my favorite part. You can find this recipe HERE.
This is something that I saw on the Eating Well website then I just let my husband run free with it. We took 1 lb ground turkey, 1 zucchini chopped, 1 can water chestnuts, chopped( I'm not sure if they come chopped, I think we always chop them) 1 can bamboo shoots chopped, 2 teaspoons powdered ginger, a few tablespoons of soy sauce and a few table spoons of Hoisin sauce (its our new favorite thing) salt and pepper to taste and maybe a little hot sauce if you want a kick. Cook the ground turkey then throw in everything else and cook until the zucchini is cooked all the way through. I hope I'm remembering everything on this recipe because I'm not the one who makes it, my talented husband does. You can slice some green onions as a little garnish and then wrap it all up in a lettuce leaf. We ate this for mothers day because my mom really liked it.
This last one was also a little made up magic. We called it southwest pizza. We made some pizza dough ( I suggest whole wheat pizza dough but my husband isn't a fan so we made white flour pizza dough) Then we topped it with a homemade pizza sauce with tomato sauce garlic powder and dried minced onion and some adobo sauce to taste to add that smokey kick. We topped that with black beans and corn and chopped onion and some Monterey jack cheese. Then when it came out of the oven we sliced some avocado and added it to the pizza. It was really good, not much to it though.
I have a few other recipes that I haven't taken pictures of or I can't remember what recipes they are but I have pictures of them. This is a good start though.
This is a Chipotle Turkey Burger. It wasn't a recipe we found anywhere, just something we came up with. We took 1 lb of ground turkey (not fat free, it bbq's too dry) then added an egg, maybe a cup and a half of fresh bread crumbs, maybe a third of a cup of dijon mustard, dried minced onion ( I add alot because it adds so much flavor) and some salt and pepper. We just bbq'd the patties on the grill and then my husband mixed a little adobo sauce with some mayo and we added a slice of provolone cheese and tomatoes. It was pretty dang good. I can't tell you what is on the shrimp because my husband created that rub but it was maybe some citrusy rub and then he bbq'd those too. Very tasty! Dont forget to use whole wheat buns!
If some one pointed a gun to my head and made me pick a favorite out of this list, the stuffed portobello mushrooms would be at the top of my list. So divine.1 small yellow sweet pepper, cut in bite size strips
1 small red onion, chopped
1 medium zucchini, coarsely shredded
1 carrot, coarsely shredded
1 stalk of celery thinly sliced (I did not use celery because I think its gross)
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 to 3 TB of olive oil
1 TB snipped fresh basil
1 TB lemon juice
1 5 ounce package baby spinach
1/2 cup finely shredded bread crumbs
1/2 cup finely shredded Parmesan cheese
4 4 to 5 inch portobello mushroom caps stems and gills removed
4 slices provolone cheese
pre-heat oven to 425. Line 15x10 pan with foil. In a 12 inch skillet cook and stir sweet pepper, onion, zucchini, carrot, celery(yuck), garlic in olive oil on medium high heat for about 4 minutes. Stir in basil, lemon juice and salt and pepper. Top with spinach and cover. Cook for 2 minutes then remove from heat. Stir in crumbs and half of the parmesan cheese. Set mixture aside. Arrange mushrooms on pan and top with a slice of provolone cheese. Divide the mixture onto each mushroom. Bake for 15 minutes then top with rest of parmesan cheese and cook for 2 more minutes. I'm telling you, divine.
This was probably not a favorite for my husband because he likes flashy meals and this was rather plain but I liked it. It calls for Fontina cheese which I could not find but maybe it adds a little oomph that my husband was looking for. I might try it with sundried tomatoes next time. You can find the recipe HERE.
This has been one of my favorite lunches. Its a BLT salad and its quick to make and even my two year old eats it like crazy. The dressing is my favorite part. You can find this recipe HERE.
This is something that I saw on the Eating Well website then I just let my husband run free with it. We took 1 lb ground turkey, 1 zucchini chopped, 1 can water chestnuts, chopped( I'm not sure if they come chopped, I think we always chop them) 1 can bamboo shoots chopped, 2 teaspoons powdered ginger, a few tablespoons of soy sauce and a few table spoons of Hoisin sauce (its our new favorite thing) salt and pepper to taste and maybe a little hot sauce if you want a kick. Cook the ground turkey then throw in everything else and cook until the zucchini is cooked all the way through. I hope I'm remembering everything on this recipe because I'm not the one who makes it, my talented husband does. You can slice some green onions as a little garnish and then wrap it all up in a lettuce leaf. We ate this for mothers day because my mom really liked it.
This last one was also a little made up magic. We called it southwest pizza. We made some pizza dough ( I suggest whole wheat pizza dough but my husband isn't a fan so we made white flour pizza dough) Then we topped it with a homemade pizza sauce with tomato sauce garlic powder and dried minced onion and some adobo sauce to taste to add that smokey kick. We topped that with black beans and corn and chopped onion and some Monterey jack cheese. Then when it came out of the oven we sliced some avocado and added it to the pizza. It was really good, not much to it though.I have a few other recipes that I haven't taken pictures of or I can't remember what recipes they are but I have pictures of them. This is a good start though.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Dinner Recipes
A have tried some new recipes but I haven't blogged them and I dont really have time but I wanted to get the pictures up so I could remember which ones I need the recipes for. So here is just a sneak peek at what we've been eating.
Monday, June 13, 2011
A new summer
This summer will be like last summer but with some changes. I will of course be running again, as soon as I'm feeling better and I can get over to BC stadium, I will be exercising at the church with friends also so thats double the exercise. I will also be eating better which I didn't do very much last summer, my meals were healthy but in between I snacked like crazy. I'm going to have to figure out how to make sure I keep my eating to just healthy things and only for little meals about 6 times a day. Maybe a schedule and reward system? I'm aching to get out and run or at least walk for now. Hopefully soon.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Well I was on a roll
I exercised for 4 days straight and even when I was running I rarely did it for days straight. But last week I didn't exercise at all because I was sick the whole week. At first it was light flu like symptoms and I did what was necessary and then got in bed. The end of the week was strange nausea and I tried to get up to work out at the church and I gave up after 10 minutes of trying to get ready. So last week sucked but I am determined to get right back up and keep going. I worked out this morning at the church and I'm sure I'm going to be sore tomorrow.
I would really like to start running again but the only thing I'm worried about is people and dogs. I'm nervous about who I am going to run into on the street. I really want to go back to BC stadium and run the track. Maybe I'll try that as soon as preschool is out.
I keep looking back at the times when I could have just kept on the right track I was on and I wouldn't be like how I am today. But I can't look at the past, the only thing I can change is now and what I continue to do. I need to get a scale, like yesterday.
I would really like to start running again but the only thing I'm worried about is people and dogs. I'm nervous about who I am going to run into on the street. I really want to go back to BC stadium and run the track. Maybe I'll try that as soon as preschool is out.
I keep looking back at the times when I could have just kept on the right track I was on and I wouldn't be like how I am today. But I can't look at the past, the only thing I can change is now and what I continue to do. I need to get a scale, like yesterday.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Getting back to exercising
Even though my eating is about the same, I have tried harder to work out. I started working out last Thursday with a group of friends and from now on we will be working out Tuesdays and Thursdays. It feels good to work out with others and one of them is an aerobics instructor and she is awesome. I know I'm not going to skip a workout knowing they are there. I also was feeling a little down a couple of weeks ago and Jesús and I agreed that we needed to try a new work out video. I got the Jillian Michaels Ultimate workout for Christmas but it didn't give me the workout I needed so we got this new one recommended by a good friend. I have used it twice this week, Monday and Wednesday, the days I'm on my own to work out and it gives me a great work out. You work with resistance bands and it has a heart monitor. It tells you how many calories you have burned and how long you've worked out. So far I'm loving the new Wii work out and I hope I can keep it up. If I work out on my own Monday Wednesday and Friday and go with friends on Tuesdays and Thursdays and maybe go for a jog Saturday mornings then I think I will be on my way.
Next up: work on eating
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Disappointment
I've been a little scared to get back to this blog lately. Mostly because I am depressed and disappointed in myself, because after all my hard work last summer, I am sure I have gained back all the weight, and I can barely run a full mile without wanting to drop dead. I eat non stop and I hate myself all the time because of it. I'm ashamed that I let all that hard work go right down the crapper. I'm too afraid to get back on a scale. I have no time to exercise. Even though I don't really buy fattening foods I eat everything I see. I got rid of all my fat clothes so now I have nothing to wear. When I finally get the guts to get back on a scale and post it maybe that will finally be me breaking through this barrier and my start back to a healthier me. Till then.....
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