Earlier I felt like creating a healthy meal that looked fun & fancy, and this is what I came up with - isn't it pretty?! Stacked Apple, Goat Cheese & Pecan Salad What you need: 1 apple 1 oz goat cheese 2 TBSP chopped pecans, toasted 6 pitted dates, sliced 1 celery stalk 1/2 TBSP honey 1/2 TBSP apple cider vinegar 1 TSP lemon juice sea salt Thinly slice the apple and celery stalk. Begin to form layers - first placing the apple, then topping it with some goat cheese, pecans, dates, and celery slices. Do this until you start to feel like you're playing Jenga, the salad edition (ha!), then decorate the sides of the apple tower with some of each ingredient. Whisk the vinegar, honey, lemon juice, and sea salt together. Pour the dressing ... [Read More]
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Couscous Zucchini Bake
Happy Wednesday! Guess what finally came in the mail today? The present I got myself after 4 months of Adam being deployed! This gets me psyched for football season to start back up... Being that I leave the beginning of next week to spend time on the East coast with my family and girlfriends, I'm starting to get into that weird phase where I'm running out of staples in my kitchen and want to eat up all my perishable foods so I don't have to toss them. Last night's dinner combined some things that fall into that category - zucchini, tomato, shredded cheese, roasted pepper - with couscous to make a baked dish for 1. Couscous Zucchini Bake 1 cup of whole wheat couscous 1 large zucchini 1/4 c light shredded mozzarella 1 TBSP grated Pecorino Romano cheese 1 ... [Read More]
Chocolate Banana Peanut Butter Bars
Happy Memorial Day weekend! Chocolate. Banana. Peanut butter. When your morning starts off with these things, you know it's going to be a good day... but first let me back up to last night. I had a girls' night at my friend Jackie's house, complete with good conversation, sweatpant attire, yummy food, wine, and playing of the game Apples to Apples. I put together a roasted red pepper hummus platter to bring to her house: Roasted red pepper is my favorite type of hummus, so it only makes sense that I would try making this kind myself. I'm all about hummus these days! It's really become my go-to appetizer to quickly whip up when having people over or going to a get-together. The recipe differs only a bit from my classic hummus, and I think this is my favorite hummus combo so ... [Read More]
Peanut and Broccoli Pasta & A Pizza Combo for One
Today's Fitness Highlight A lot of the time for the cardio portion of my workout at the gym, I cycle on a spin bike. My gym just got new spinners that are more high tech than the old ones, telling you how far you've cycled, how many calories you've burned, etc. I took advantage of this new training tool and instead of biking for a specific amount of time today, I set a distance goal... and I spinned 15 miles with the resistance set at a decently high gear. Go me! Food In case you don't know, I'm crazy about fruit. My usual fruit staples include berries, bananas, apples, mangoes, and kiwis (and I suppose avocado is technically a fruit, and one that I eat often!), along with others that I will randomly buy in season. I'm also a veggie fan (It only makes sense, as I am a ... [Read More]