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The Crockpot WINS -WIAW

July 18, 2012 By 12 Comments

Good Morning!  Don’t forget to enter the AWESOME giveaway from HINT Water!  Ends on Friday.

It’s WIAW time again!  Thank you to Peas and Crayons for linking us all together!

 

You have asked for it and I have been searching!  A healthier and YUMMY crock pot recipe.  I wish I could claim it as my own, but alas I found it on another blog :)

B has been CRAVING BBQ, no we did not eat any while we were down South.  How was that possible?  Anyway, I found a DELISH recipe on Courtney’s blog.

BBQ Pulled Chicken

Recipe:

  • 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
  • 1 can of Campbell’s French Onion Soup (10 1/2 oz).
  • 1 cup of ketchup
  • 1/4 cup of cider vinegar
  • 3 tbsp of packed brown sugar
  • 1 bottle of smokey bbq sauce (no measurement, just covered until it was coated)
Directions:
Mix soup, ketchup, cider vinegar and brown sugar.  Pour over chicken.  Cover and cook on low 8-10 hours, or high 4-5 hours, or until done.  Remove chicken from slow cooker.  Cool slightly, then shred using 2 forks.  Return chicken to slow cooker and add bbq sauce.  Mix and reheat through, about 5-10 minutes.
Let me be honest and say that MOST crock pot recipes are not my favorite.  This was so good, that I am making sandwiches with it today for lunch.  It is EASY, so dust off that crock pot!
Courtney added roasted veggies and I couldn’t argue.  That sounded wonderful.  So, I made my own veggie mix for the side:
Red peppers, zucchini, squash and parsely.  Sprinkle with salt and pepper.  Pour on a bit of olive oil.  Roast at 375 for 25 minutes–YUM!
Dinner is Served!
Now for the Fitness Plan.  When in the world am I going to fit in my running?  Half Marathon is in November.  Hopefully some of these classes will count for my short runs and Saturdays will be my long (er) runs.  I hope to do 7-8 miles this Saturday.

Questions of the Day:

If you are training for a long race, how many times a week do you run?

Do you alternate with other activities?  If so, what are they?

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WIAW -Sugar Free Edition

June 20, 2012 By 2 Comments

Those of you who signed up with me are starting the CHALLENGE today, but I am heading into Day 3 of Spoonful of Sugar Free’s NO SUGAR Challenge.  Yep, sitting here with my No Sugar coffee, as we speak.  Let’s just say, it’s an acquired taste. :)

Yesterday was a challenge.  No lie, I walked into work and there was a box of chocolates sitting on the front desk.  Are you KIDDING me?  I RAN the other way.

Things like this continued, but I stayed strong.  Yes, WE CAN!

Remember What I ate Wednesday, from last week?  I am back again with another post to inspire you to eat Fresh and Sugar Free!

 

Thanks,as always to Peas and Crayons for putting together such a fun program!
I didn’t document my food, throughout the day, but I am MOST proud of dinner. (and the dessert that followed.)

Baked Chicken with thyme and parsley, rosemary potatoes, and FRESH snap peas.

I have become slightly obsessed with our Farmer’s Market.  Have you ever tried fresh veggies? Not the ones from the grocery store; the ones straight from the farm.  You will never go back to the store produce again.  These snap peas popped in our mouths!  The potatoes were so fresh-crisp on the outside and tender on the inside.

Baked Chicken:

  • Season chicken breasts (preferably hormone free!) with olive oil, salt and pepper, and herbs of your choice
  • Let them marinate for 30+ minutes
  • Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes until done

And that’s it–so EASY and so tender.

Onto DESSERT:

One of my friends joined us for dinner and brought Gelato—ARRGHHHH.  I was dying for something sweet, so I made this:

(worst picture taken EVER)

Spoonful of Sugar Free gave me a fantastic recipe for a Fruit Crisp Dessert.  Mine is slightly modified:

  • 5 cups (or desired amount) of fresh or frozen berries (go fresh!)
  • mix berries with a pinch of salt and 2 tbsp of water
  • Place in a bake-friendly dish
  • Layer the top with a 1/2 cup or 1 cup of oatmeal.  (first mix oatmeal with nutmeg and cinnamon to give flavor)
  • Bake on 350 for 30 minutes
  • Add a scoop of Greek Yogurt to the top (in place of whip cream)

This was so good that I JUST ate the rest of it for breakfast!

Questions:

  • How do you like your coffee?  With or without sugar?
  • Are you a dessert lover?
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WIAW..Breakfast for Dinner

June 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Wednesday Inspiration is coming your way!

Jenn over at Peas and Crayons hosts a weekly meet up of anyone who wants to post their food “diary” for a day.  
I love this idea and am very excited to participate this week!   This is also such a great way to get ideas from others,as well as learn from your own habits.  

Today was a little bit of a cheat day for me, but we all need those every once in awhile, right?

Woke up at 5:25 this morning, thanks to my precious doggies.  BOO!  I usually wake up pretty hungry, so I headed straight to the pantry for Coach’s Oats:

 I forgot to take a picture before, so you now see my devoured oats!  They were mixed with water, strawberries and a teensy bit of natural sugar.

Got the kids off to school and headed to the studio to teach Zumba!  Sweated a ton and worked up an appetite, so grabbed a snack of:

 Apples and peanut butter. Such a perfect treat!

Lunch was here before I knew it and I chose my leftover salad from yesterday:

Grilled chicken and everything else you can think of!

Afternoon hit and I took IR and her friend for ice cream.  Yes, I FULLY enjoyed my waffle cone!

DELISH!

Dinner tonight was nothing special.  B was working late and kids had activities.  Breakfast was the winner!

French Toast with greek yogurt on top.  Scrambled eggs with cheese and all natural bacon (no preservatives, nitrates or any other crap!)

There ya go…WIAW!  Here’s to enjoying YOUR food today!

Question of the Day:

Do you like breakfast for dinner?

AND…are you going to the Healthy Living Summit??

 

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