This was delicious, and I just threw together some items I already had chopped up.
In the mix: Approx 1 cup chopped jicama, 1/2 cup chopped strawberries, 1/4 slivered carrots, 1 small box or 3 tablespoons golden (or regular if you don't have golden) raisins, juice from 1/2 lime. Mix mixture sit for a few hours in the fridge for better flavor, then enjoy!
In the Mix:
Romaine, spinach, purple onion, yellow and orange bell pepper, raspberries, Bartlett pear, truvia candied pecans, blue cheese, raspberry vinaigrette
Went for 5 mile walk at 11 today, so glad the weather has cooled off! Afterward I fixed a giant cup of iced coffee and reheated some lentils and soaked them in ketchup. I had an awesome salad combo: romaine, onion, green bell pepper, home roasted roma tomatoes (slice and place on silicone cookie sheet and put in oven at 350 for 45 minutes or until they shrivel up), goat cheese, and balsamic dressing. I love this dressing (Maple Grove Farms), just sweet enough with a nice tang. I get it at my local Ingles.
After I stepped outside to this beautiful day I decided that I needed to make some fresh LEMONADE. Plus the momster is coming to visit today and Clay has a job interview - great day for lemonade huh? So while in the freshy fresh mood I was cutting up some fresh pineapple and realized that I had some cilantro in the fridge too, after adding a few more items I ended up with this super easy fantastically light tasting salad. This would be even better with a little onion, but I think I will add it right when I am about to eat it.
1/2 fresh cored pineapple diced small
2 long celery stalk diced small
1 rinsed can chick peas
fresh cilantro to taste
Wow! Can you believe it was that easy to make? We couldn't either...we were SHOCKED!!
More fun photos from mine and Ally's crazy cheeseburger yelling weekend.
Thanks to my best friend, Allyson, I got out of my refried bean rut tonight. I had been eating refried beans for 5-6 days. Her suggestion...shrimp. I never think about making shrimp but they are so tasty and like fish it is a meat that I really don't mind cooking. I also made a delicious salad with roma tomatoes, cucumber, black olives, chick peas, onion, olive oil, lemon juice, fresh basil, and salt and cracked pepper. Been sick with a cold all weekend and it was nice to start the week feeling better and with some good eats.
Totally sweaty 1.5 hour workout. LEGS and ABS today, followed by 45 minutes on the TREADMILL alternating between 5-10% incline. Yes, I will be walking funny tomorrow and the next day.
Yummy salad chock full of goodies, ran by the grocery post-workout and kept thinking of things to add to my lettuce (tomato, red onion, mushrooms, turkey pepperonis, alfalfa sprouts, green olives, and sunflower seeds) topped with some balsamic vinegar. Easy on the eyes too.
After salad came chicken. No-bread chicken parm hit the spot!
Went ahead and cooked some curried chickpeas and mushrooms for tomorrow since it is back to work for me. the steam kept fogging the lens = )
Couple of hours post-dinner I was snacky (not all that surprising considering the workout I did), so I had some SUPER sweet strawberries with a little Kashi and more almond milk. Did you know strawberries make great presents?
