Chianti, Euchre Champs, Banana's Foster Breakfast
After my yoga practice, I knew just what I wanted for Lunch saturday.
It was very fruit and vegetable full!
Smoothie: Ground Flax (Bob’s red mill- it’s at Trader Joes for about $2-3), organic banana, frozen mango, frozen pineapple, frozen blueberry with protein powder and organic milk.
Veggies: Brussel sprouts steamed with cabbage and a teaspoon or so of goddess dressing and some shredded cheddar. I absolutely devoured this – I don’t know why I find it so fantastic but it was gone in about 2 seconds ( okay not really 2 sec. but you get the idea).
We took Lurlota over to Jeff’s parents after Jeff’s alum basketball team won their first ACC game!
Jeff and I planned on renting a movie and having some wine by ourselves but since wine is always better with great company- We ended up just hanging out at Jeff’s parent’s house playing Euchre and enjoying a nice Chianti. As you can probably tell, Jeff and I are very family oriented, it’s the most important thing to us. I teamed up with Preston ( Jeff’s stepdad) and we won both games!! Woohoo! ( I edited the photo so you could see the wine)
Dinner was a group effort as well:
I put together that salad! Organic mixed greens, english cucumber, green onion, tomato with a little blue cheese. Delish!
Jeff did the potatoes- he added sundried tomato and basil dressing after slicing . Jeff’s stepdad Preston cooked the potatoes and steaks on the grill and Momma Mo did the mushrooms just perfectly. I normally don’t care for potatoes, but these were awesome! Nice work Jeff!
Sunday Morning Breakfast:
Banana’s Foster French Toast… the banana… and I sprinkled less than a teaspoon of brown sugar ( there is no more sugar left in this house!)
and just for you SWEETANDFIT , I added a tablespoon of the rum I had on hand….after they had cooked for a 1 minute
So so so divine! In South Africa we had guava fruit, and I have not been able to find it here in the US anywhere. I saw this when we were at the store for something and just had to try it! It is very sweet for a rum but enjoyable. The guava rum definitely added another layer to this dish. The banana’s tasted even sweeter but also a slight savory hint from the rum.
I added a glob of (unsweetened) plain nonfat greek yogurt and added some of the bananas foster to it-
That was fantastic as well since the banana’s had so much flavor.
Recap
Body:
Circuit Training with Jeff:
We did squat thrusts in between sets of chest fly’s, jumping jacks in between sets of leg presses, we did a back exercise that I have never done before-It is the opposite of a push up. You lay on the ground underneath a bar, and keeping your body straight , feet on the floor- you hold the bar and lift yourself up using your back muscles ( your “lats”). It was tough but good! Afterwards, I did 40 minutes on the elliptical.
Yoga:
I did 45 minutes yesterday of a combo of my own practice and my dvd.
I am hoping to get a run in today.
Mind:
Played cards, Euchre!
Read for class next week
Ordered my chef coat for lab ( Jeff helped me find one, how cute!)
Searched for jobs… I found a few natural foods stores that would be fun to work in while in school!
Soul:
Weekend time with Jeff, and fam, and lots of sleeping in.
Watched Kung Fu Panda- it was interesting. I mean, it was fun to watch but I didn’t think it was hilarious.
Guess who ran away again this morning!?!?!!?
Sad face… Jack is just crazy. We gave him a new comforter for his crate and I bought him a new bed that is laying right next to it ( this was about a month or two ago) I have taken him on 1 mile walks several times this past week ( 3 mile walks at my mom’s last week!) and I gave him several treats too. I don’t know why he runs away when we treat him so well, I feel like a bad puppy parent.
Happy Sunday to all!
