I’m a few days late, due to snow days and other crap. 😉 Here’s what I’m eating this week…tell me what you’re eating!
Monday: Baked ham, baked potatoes and veggies
Tuesday: Pork roast, mashed potatoes and roasted carrots
Wednesday: Beef pot roast with veggies
Thursday: Valentines Dinner out with my love.
Friday: Leftovers
Hope you’re having a great week!
Happy Monday! We had a super busy weekend, starting out with a couples workout. Aaron and I never work out at the gym together, but our time aligned on Saturday morning and we hit the Y together. We followed that up with car shopping for my niece, a BJ’s trip and grocery shopping. Plus I snuck out for brunch with my girlfriends. Yesterday I met one of my besties at the gym for a workout and then picked up my boy for the day to watch the super bowl. Lovely weekend, although I could use a rest day today. 😉
I made a huge pot of taco chili for lunches for the week and our weekly batch of protein muffins for breakfast. We’ll have veggies and hummus for snacks and brown rice crackers.
Here’s what we are eating for dinners this week:
It should be another busy week, since I’ll be back at the gym. It’s been a rough couple of weeks with vertigo and migraines. I have an ENT appointment today to hopefully get some answers. It sucks when you actually WANT to go to the gym and work out and your body has other ideas. This explains why there hasn’t been a Friday Fitness Review posted in two weeks…did you notice? LOL!
So tell me, what are YOU eating this week? Take a minute and comment below! I need some inspiration for future weeks!
Monday always comes so quickly, doesn’t it? I had a wonderful weekend lazing around with the hubs. We had dinner the kiddo and my mama Saturday night. Josh is always so happy when he’s at school and is learning and engaged. It makes my heart smile! Here’s what’s on the menu this week.
Monday: Grilled chicken sandwiches, gluten free pasta salad and veggie
Tuesday: Burgers and oven roasted potatoes with salad
Wednesday: Baked Southwest Chicken with rice. I found this recipe on Pinterest and it looks great! Recipe here.
Thursday: leftovers or something easy
Friday: out.
What are you eating this week??
We’re three weeks into the new year, don’t start slacking!! Let’s get it!! Let’s reach our goals this year!!
Have you been making time to work on your goals or resolutions for 2019? What can you do better?
It’s a cold and snowy Monday here in Delaware, and it was so hard to get out of my nice warm bed! We had a very relaxed weekend, which was definitely needed! I did get in a double workout on Saturday morning and a trip to the grocery store before the snow started, so I’m feeling pretty good to start the week.
Here is what we’re eating this week, what are YOU eating??
Monday: Omaha Steak Burgers, Tots and roasted broccoli and cauliflower. I’ll have over salad, and sweet potato tots.
Tuesday: Aaron has his work dinner, so Josh and I will have Chipotle!
Wednesday: Breakfast for Dinner! Veggie Omelets and Turkey Sausage
Thursday: Tilapia filets, rice and roasted carrots
Friday: Steaks, roasted potatoes and sweet potatoes and asparagus
Saturday: Was supposed to be family dinner out, since Josh is going back to college on Sunday. However, he is hanging out with friends now and Aaron and I will have a date night.
Sunday: Tears since my baby will be back at school? lol! Some kind of comfort food for sure!
Have a great week!!
Happy Sunday!! Hope you have enjoyed your weekend, I know that I have. Yesterday I slept in until 8:30am, went to (healthy) lunch and to the movies with the hubs (Mary Poppins was totally adorable!) and spent an hour and a half wandering around the grocery store with lists from 4 different people!! Today we’re finally taking down the Christmas tree and watching football. No plans are the best plans for homebodies! 🙂
I’m currently smelling turkey sweet potato chili with black beans cooking for lunches, and I just finished prepping chicken salad from a rotisserie chicken we had for dinner last night. I’m totally one of those people who spends $200 at the grocery store and then doesn’t feel like cooking. Josh is home for another two weeks, so the grocery bill is a bit higher than normal! Aaron and I are creatures of habit and have mainly the same foods for breakfast and lunch every day. We both have protein muffins for breakfast and fruit for snack. He has a lunch meat sandwich and veggie chips for lunch and I have salad or soup/chili. Here’s our dinner plans for the work week:
Monday: Chicken Enchiladas and rice
Tuesday: Crockpot roast with carrots and onions, and roasted potatoes
Wednesday: Fend for yourself night! Aaron has dinner plans with his BFF and I’ll have leftovers after the gym, since I’m going to the Rachel Hollis documentary with girlfriends! SO EXCITED!!
Thursday: Shrimp and Scallop Teriyaki with Josh’s homemade fried rice.
Friday: Out to dinner for Aaron’s dads birthday. An Italian spot. Since I don’t eat gluten or dairy, I’ll have the filet and veggies.
Tonight is family dinner at my mom’s and I haven’t planned for next weekend.
What’s on your menu??? Let me know in the comments!
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A new year gives us so many new chances to do well! I love that we get a FRESH start to make changes every year, although I fully believe that you do not have to wait until January 1 to start anew. I don’t want to make resolutions, but goals that I hope to achieve in the new year. Here are my goals for 2019:
I came across this post on facebook (of course), and love this idea! I’m going to incorporate these into each month:
What are your goals for 2019?? Comment and let me know!
This year has seriously flown by! I can’t believe we’re already approaching the holiday season. Today I want to talk about Thanksgiving! My normal tradition was with my entire family at my mom’s house. She and I would prepare the entire meal, including desserts, and her sisters and their families would join us. We usually have at least 15-22 people for the holiday! Since Aaron and I married, last year we started a new tradition. We go to BOTH families for the day. Last year we went to his families for dinner (with 30+ of his family members!) and then back to my mom’s for dessert. Since we live next door to my mom, we got to enjoy plenty of leftovers the week after.
So, what do we serve?
At my mom’s we have roasted turkey (or 2), stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, corn, coleslaw, Hawaiian rolls and deviled eggs. For dessert…omg…pumpkin, apple, coconut cream pies and usually a cheesecake and cookies. It’s insanity and I love it!!!
At Aaron’s family, we have turkey, corn casserole, regular and gluten free stuffing, mashed potatoes and some other veggie dishes.
Both homes have amazingly delicious foods and I cannot wait!! I’m pretty good about not overindulging, since we have leftovers for days. I will allow myself a piece of coconut and pumpkin pie though, as my mom makes both in a sugar free version for me, since I can’t have sugar.
To me, it’s more about WHO is around the table, and not what’s on it. I love seeing my aunts and cousins. I’ve actually had asthma attacks from laughing so hard. How does that even happen!? I’m also loving getting to know Aaron’s cousins and family. His cousins are really awesome and I’m so happy to have them in my life. Our holidays may be different, but they are even better. Not only do I have this amazing man by my side, but also his amazing family. I’m so truly blessed.
What’s on your Thanksgiving menu? Do you stick to traditional foods or go all out in a different direction? I know some friends have ethnic dishes along with their traditional fare. Tell me! I love to hear about other traditions!!
Busy weeks are always the hardest to plan dinners for. We have a basketball game tonight (Go Sixers!) and then are in Philly during the day tomorrow for a doctor visit. A funeral Wednesday and Friday I’ll be getting ready for my first open house for my jewelry and design business! We planned a little last night and I roasted a whole chicken to eat for lunches, and a triple batch of chocolate protein muffins for breakfast. Our menu this week looks like this:
Tell me what YOU’RE eating this week! Inspire me to create a more creative menu next week!
xo, Lori
Last night we needed a quick dinner before we headed to my sons university to see him perform with a Mastersingers choir. Usually we would hit a restaurant on the way and eat something expensive and not quite as healthy as home cooking is. I decided to make spaghetti sauce. We never have pasta! In Arbonne 30, brown rice pasta is allowed and I love the taste and texture of it. I usually stay away from the carbs and eat pasta sauce over spaghetti squash, but I wanted the warming comfort of a nice pasta dish last night.
Making clean pasta sauce is pretty easy! I started by sautéing onion, pepper and garlic in a little olive oil.
I love micro planing garlic, so we get all the flavor and no big pieces.
I added 1lb of extra lean grass fed ground beef to the veggies, some oregano, basil, salt and pepper and cooked through.
Next up was 2 cans of organic diced tomatoes. If you like your sauce thick, add a can of tomato sauce or purée, but I like mine full of yummy bites of tomato.
Isn’t that gorgeous?? I add a few drops of liquid stevia to cut the acid and let the sauce simmer for an hour or so. Let all those yummy flavors meld together.
I love Trader Joe’s brown rice pasta. The texture is perfect, and you can’t tell it’s not regular pasta. Plus it only takes 7 minutes to cook!
The final product was a hardy, comforting dinner that we all enjoyed.
Pasta on a clean eating lifestyle is totally manageable! The only thing I missed was the Parmesan cheese, but I know that dairy is mean to my body. Many people are intimidated by making their own sauce, but it’s really very easy! When I’m making a big batch, I usually leave out the meat and just make traditional sauce, but I was making dinner for 3 tonight and I know we all needed the extra protein.
Enjoy! Let me know your thoughts!
Xo, Lori
