Happy Friday! I'm very much looking forward to the weekend, because later today my hubby and I are heading out on a little weekend getaway. It's a place just a few hours away from home that we've never been to before.... Palm Springs! Just a couple of days full of what will hopefully be fun: relaxation, hiking, good food and exploring a new area. But first, onto today's recipe! This recipe will provide you with a good dose of produce. It's vegan, gluten free, nutritious, and simple to throw together. Call me a nut, but it seems kind of fancy to me because it involves scooping the salad mixture back into the avocado skins. And speaking of nuts, recently Blue Diamond sent me a few boxes of their Almond Nut Thins to play around with. They're gluten free nut & rice ... [Read More]
Archives for May 2015
DietBet Week 3 Recap + 5 Ways to Drink More H20
Hello, hello! I'm back on this lovely Wednesday to give you a week 3 update on the DietBet game I'm participating in. Just in case you missed my other weekly recaps and want to check them out: DietBet Week 2 Recap | Persevering When the Scale Won’t Budge DietBet Week 1 Recap + Letting Go of the All-or-Nothing Healthy Living Mentality Exercise Activity-wise, I killed it in week 3. Lots of kickboxing, HIIT, walking my pup, a few hikes, and some yoga practice thrown in there. Saturday was my rest day to relax and give my body a chance to recover, and I did some foam rolling and icing throughout the week - though I'm making a mental note to try to ice every single day. Diet Food-wise, week 3 started off kind of shaky. I was eating healthy, I just wasn't nixing the ... [Read More]
Clevenger Canyon North Hike [Weekend Recap]
Clevenger Canyon North is a trail located in the SoCal countryside in the town of Ramona. I first heard about this hike when checking out a hiking book that covers trails within 60 miles of San Diego. Not surprisingly, I've already done most of the hikes that are moderate to difficult, but I jotted down a few that I hadn't done before, and Clevenger Canyon was one of them. ... [Read More]
Cinnamon Apple & Peanut Butter Oatmeal
I'll let you in on a little secret: There are some foods that most healthy living bloggers swoon over I could totally do without. Take brussel sprouts and cauliflower for instance (ick). You'll find tons and tons of recipes for clever ways to eat brussel sprouts and use cauliflower to craft pizza crusts and make them taste like fries and whatever else you could imagine on foodie blogs, but not on here my friends. Why? Because I am not a fan of those veggies (sue me). Another good example is oatmeal. I get in the mood for a bowl of hot oats here and there, but for the most part, I feel very meh about it. Take pancakes away from me and I'd be a very sad girl, but take oatmeal away from me and I wouldn't even know it was gone. And so, the alternate title of this post was The ... [Read More]
DietBet Week 2 Recap | Persevering When the Scale Won’t Budge
Hi friends! Last week I shared details of the DietBet game that I'm currently participating in and did a week 1 recap, so today I'm chatting about week 2. You can check out my first post here, but the idea is that I bet a few bucks that I could lose 4% of my body weight in a month in a game with 2,101 other people. Week 2 Recap Workout-wise, in contrast to my recent weeks of trying out lots of fitness studios in my area, last week was full of mostly at-home exercise, including FitnessGlo HIIT workouts and some Jillian Michaels strength & cardio DVDs. I also went on a nice long hike with pup and had my first swimming session of the year last weekend. Diet-wise, I did pretty well. As I mentioned in my week 1 recap, all I'm really changing is my portion sizes (a ... [Read More]
8 Vegetarian Recipes to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo
Hello, hello! Hope that you had a great weekend. Highlights of my weekend included hiking at Elfin Forest with my pup.... ...a sunset picnic with my man: ....making spinach, goat cheese & tomato ravioli one night: ...and going for a swim in my pool for the first time this year, then soaking up the sunshine and enjoying a watermelon smoothie poolside: Fun little fact: Most Southern Californians keep their pools open year round, but don't swim in them in the winter. Since I grew up in the Northeast where pools are open for just the summer, I was a bit confused about pool management in SoCal at first, but I think I've got the hang of it all now. I have solar panels on my roof that can warm the pool, but temperatures dip down too low at night for my ... [Read More]