Today is the birthday of the wonderful, amazing man that I'm fortunate enough to spend my life with. Birthdays are celebrations, and celebrations call for dessert, so today I'm sharing with you guys a new sweet tooth creation I've come up with. Meet my latest food obsession: chocolate drizzled salted caramel rice crispy treats. Lately, as I stand in my kitchen deciding what to make for a meal, I find myself somehow breaking off a piece of one of these rice crispy treats as a pre-meal snack. While having a conversation with my hubby the other night, I all of a sudden found myself with one of these babies in my hand. It was like I blacked out and awoke with a sticky, delicious treat in my possession. Okay, perhaps I'm being dramatic... but I just love these! The recipe ... [Read More]
Archives for July 2014
My Tips for Eating Healthy When Dining Out
Hello, hello! My weekend flew by, Monday was a very busy day, and now here we are and it's Tuesday already. Over the weekend, I was quite the lunchin' lady, with two restaurant get togethers on my agenda. One date was catching up with my first friend that I made as a Marine Corps wife, and the other was meeting a new friend for the first time who I had connected with via social media. Dining out can be challenging if you're trying to lead a healthy lifestyle, so I wanted to share with you some things that I do to maintain a healthy diet when eating out. Let's get to it! Tip #1 - All in moderation: If you want to enjoy something indulgent, I say go for it. I think that you should be able to have your cake and eat it too.... but preferably, that cake is a small slice. In ... [Read More]
My New Favorite Hiking Spot: Elfin Forest
Meet my new favorite place to go hiking: When I moved back to San Diego County a few months ago, it was funny because although I was back in a general area that I had lived in before, I'm 45 minutes north from where I had lived prior. It has been like learning the ins and outs of a whole new place, although the area is familiar. One of the first things I started searching for in my new area was new favorite hiking spots. After all, hiking is one of my favorite things to do. It's not only a way that I get exercise and exercise my dog, it's also a meditative practice for me. It's a way that I process things and clear my head. Often, I start off a hike with a dilemma or just something that I'm contemplating, and by the time I get back in my car, I've resolved it. Escondido's Elfin ... [Read More]
Watermelon Cucumber Mint Juice
Lately I've been obsessed with watermelon - and rightly so I think, as it's such a refreshing summertime fruit. You may have noticed this because of my frequent mention of watermelon smoothies. Can't.stop.making.them! Besides blending smoothies, making salads like this one with it, and eating watermelon all on its own, I've also thrown it in my juicer a bunch of times lately. Does anyone else drink fresh juice out of a wine glass? I realized that I haven't posted a juice recipe in awhile, but that's not because I haven't been juicing. It's more so because for a few months there, I got a little boring with my juices: always apple, carrots, and ginger, and then I'd often thrown in spinach or cucumber. When I realized that I was in a juicing rut, I decided to get a little ... [Read More]
An Early Birthday Celebration & Desserts Galore [Weekend Recap]
Hi friends! I haven't been around the past bunch of days, and I've missed blogging! The reason I've been a bit MIA is because my father-in-law flew in from the east coast to visit my hubby and me. I've been busy having fun around town and hosting him in our new home. Although we had a couple of days of overcast skies, we also had a few days with gorgeous weather to enjoy. We spent all Sunday afternoon at the beach soaking up the sun in Carlsbad: When guests come to town, I inevitably wind up whipping up a lot of yummy food for us to enjoy. What can I say, I show my love with food! My father-in-law went gluten free earlier this year, so I had a bit of a fun challenge in coming up with all GF fare. He also has a huge sweet tooth, so I knew that dessert was a must. One dessert hit was ... [Read More]
My First TRX Suspension Training Experience
Recently I mentioned using a Groupon to try out different classes at a fitness studio near me called Fortis Fitness and Strength Training. My 5-class deal is up, and do you think that I did the same class twice? No way my friends, I like to keep things interesting! I had a lot of fun participating in a kickboxing, spin, heated barre, yoga sculpt (more on that to come) and TRX class. And today I thought it'd be fun to share my experience with my first TRX suspension training class. TRX (the acronym is for Total Body Resistance Exercise) classes center around the use of a suspension trainer, where you do a variety of exercises using the TRX bands, leveraging gravity and your body weight to develop strength, balance, flexibility and core stability. A little tidbit that I didn't ... [Read More]