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Friday, October 16, 2009

Thursday in the Kitchen

I absolutely did not want to get out of bed this morning!  It was cold and raining!  Definately sleep in weather!  Sadly I have to work for a living so I got up and trudged in!  I was getting bored of oats and yogurt for breakfast so I switched things up.  Today I had Van's Flaxseed waffles with Trader Joe's crunchy almond butter and strawberry All-Fruit.  So good!  As always a nice cup of tea!  Stash organic English Breakfast this morning!
  Since it was cold and nasty I had soup for lunch!  This is my favorite soup, Trader Joe's lentil vegetable.  It's delicious!  On the side I had a whole wheat pita with a wedge of Laughing Cow light garlic and herb.  Quick and easy!




After work I had to get some groceries!  I broke the cardinal rule of grocery shopping and went to the store hungry!  I wanted everything in the store! I found a great deal on pork tenderloin!  I got a one pound tenderloin for $2.94!!!  I grabbed it up because I had the perfect recipe to go with it!  Emeril's simple grilled pork tenderloin!  Very easy to make and so good.  It says to marinate overnight but I only marinated it for about an hour!  To go with it I chopped some apples and cooked them on the stove with lemon juice, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice.  I also grabbed up some zuchinni and summer squash and sauteed them in olive oil on the stove.  Definately one of my favorite quick sides.  This dinner was SO GOOD!  I grilled the pork on the George Foreman grill and it was ready in about 15 minutes! While the pork was marinating I got started on dessert.  A few weeks ago I read about a pear bread on The Fit Bride blog and knew I wanted to try it.  The original recipe was from All Recipes.  I made a few changes such as using whole wheat flour, 1/2 cup of applesauce and 1/4 cup of oil, and using Sugar in the Raw.  The batter was so good I was tempted to just eat it and skip the baking step! :P  The finished product was delicious too!  My husband is in love.  It makes two loaves and I'm not sure they'll last the night!
See I couldn't even get a picture before he ate the end of this loaf! 

I did skip kickboxing tonight just because I've felt a bit rundown this week and I had to get groceries and do some laundry.  I didn't skip working out though!  I pulled out 30 Day Shred and did level 1.  I haven't done the video in months and I'm glad to say my heart rate is much lower doing it now than last time!  I also did a 10 minute yoga abs workout.  I've packed my lunch and I'm ready to head to bed!  Glad tomorrow is Friday!

3 comments:

  1. I just took a bite of the slice of bread you gave me! Mmmmmmm! It's great!

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  2. Waffles! Yum. I think I need to get some of those at the store this weekend.

    Congrats on the Shred!

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  3. Hey, it's ok if you didn't go the yoga! Just move along, like you said. The important part is just the good intention

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