Evening on the Beach

I had an amazing night last night with the husband. It stared out as just a plan to grab dinner at the pub and ended up with a walk on the beach.

Lunch included leftover nut butter parsnip fries. I must say they were just as good re-heated.

After talking to Jaime on twitter I was craving a green smoothie and since I knew I was going out for dinner I figured I’d stock up on some veggies.

In the blender: 2 huge handfuls of organic spinach, one organic banana, UVAB and some ice.

At dinner I started with a Banana Daiquiri…

And Sesame Chicken Voodoo Sticks…

Matt had a burger and fries…

I had fish and sweet potato fries…

 

There might have need an ice-cream from DQ in there but there’s no photographic evidence :)

It was such a beautiful day Matt and I decided to go for a walk on the beach. I thought I’d share just a few pictures from that walk. I hope you enjoy :)

 

This is our wedding monogram…

A few others…

Finally I decided to attach a video of me playing in the sand and water (yes I know I’m crazy).

Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Have a great weekend all!

~ Katie :)

Back At It

TGIF

After last nights post I knew I wanted to get back into healthy eating. I also want to thank everyone for the wonderful comments. I know it was only one week of unhealthy eating but I felt like I was getting into a rut and I really appreciate all the sweet and encouraging comments from my wonderful readers.

Breakfast was Greek Yogurt, strawberry yogurt and granola. Snacks: Kashi bar and cheese string. Lunch was apple, carrots and pb, pita chips and yogurt cup (all unpictured). Overall, I don’t have a problem with breakfast and lunch on work days (unless I’m bring unhealthy leftovers). I don’t have time to leave on my lunch breaks so I always need to pack a lunch and I’m pretty picky so it’s usually random healthy snacks.

When Matt and I got home from work I was tired, really didn’t feel like cooking and was craving Hawaiian pizza. I didn’t want to get caught back into that unhealthy trap so I decided to take a nap and hopefully feel more like cooking then. I laid down for about 45 mins and went I got up I felt rejuvenated. I was ready to tackle dinner. Today’s menu: Sweet and Sour Chicken Meatballs. I have been wanting to make these for a while but never got around to it so I knew tonight was the night.

While making dinner I snacked on a cranberry vitamuffin.

 

The recipe is adapted from here: http://www.chicken.mb.ca/recipes/Ground%20Chicken/Everyday%20Delicious/Sweet%20and%20Sour%20Chicken%20Meatballs.php

Sweet and Sour Chicken Meatballs

Meatballs:

• 1 egg
• 1 cup of oats
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1 Tbsp of fresh ginger root
• 1 lb extra lean ground chicken

Sauce:

• 1/2 cup of orange juice
• 1 tbsp of fresh ginger root
• 3 tbsp of ketchup
• 3 tbsp of rice vinegar
• 1 1/2 tbsp of liquid honey
• 1/2 cup of water
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 2 cups of broccoli (the recipe called for red and green pepper but I was out so I used broccoli instead)

Directions:

In a large bowl, beat egg. Add remaining meatball ingredients and stir until well mixed. Shape into 16 balls.

In a pot with a lid, combine all sauce ingredients except broccoli. Add meatballs. Cover and bring sauce to a boil.

Reduce heat and simmer for 20 mins or until chicken balls are cooked through. Add broccoli and cover for another 5-10 mins.

Serve over a bed of brown rice.

 

It was delicious.

I am definitely going to put this in my rotation. It actually wasn’t difficult, it didn’t take too long and I loved the ground chicken instead of ground beef. It was lighter then the beef and no fat. I would recommend trying this.

I didn’t get a workout in today but I might try to do a little yoga later before heading to bed. I have a busy day tomorrow so I’m not sure what time I’ll make it to the gym but that is in the plan for tomorrow.

I’m going to now enjoy a little r&r catching up on a little tv and maybe some reading. I hope everyone has a wonderful Friday night and a great weekend.

~ Katie :)

Giveaway Love:

• Jocelyn at Jocelyn Eats Fresh is giving away a crockpot – check it out: http://www.jocelyneatsfresh.com/?p=4855

Friday Food Issues

**TGIF**

I took quite a few pictures today…enjoy :)

I’m so excited it’s Friday. I have been looking forward to the weekend so much more then usual this week. So I’m celebrating with a glass of wine (more on that later)…

I woke up this morning sore and stiff and knew it was my body’s way of telling me that I needed a rest day. I’m already feeling better and stoked for the gym tomorrow.

Random Breakfast – banana and cheese string. It was another busy morning so breakfast on the go again.

During the day more of the same snacks. Kashi bar and cheese string. I know I’ve had these a lot this week. I’m a creature of habit what can I say. I’ll try to mix it up a little more next week.

I also was given a muffin for on the students. Blueberry cranberry muffin. Who can say no to a cute little 8 years old girl :)

Lunch was leftover pineapple chicken salsa wrap. This re-heated very nicely and was a great lunch. I also had a yogurt cup (unpictured).

  

After lunch I was craving something sweet hardcore but since I was as school I just wasn’t able to give into this craving.

Once school was over I wanted to stop at Planet Organic to grab some Greek Yogurt before picking Matt up from work.

This was the beautiful weather us bloggers in NS got to enjoy…

I walk in with the intention of picking my my weekly supply of yogurt and ended up with a few other items.

Greek Yogurt and Liberte Coconut Yogurt…

Some Annie’s Cheddar Mac and Cheese…

And some Crofter’s Super Spread…

Europe to be exact. Black Currants, Pomegranates, Morello Cherries and Red Grapes.

Jaime has been blogging about this for weeks now and when I saw it I just knew I had to pick some up. The ingredients are amazing. None of the fake sugars just organic sugar kane. I can’t wait to try it. I see some oats in my future this weekend.

I was hungry so I also picked up one of these…

Honeybar Apple and Cinnamon. Lynn had a great giveaway a few weeks ago for some of these but this is the only one I could find that didn’t have peanuts so I pick it up (trying not to give in too much to my sweet craving). Overall, I quite enjoyed it. It was defiantly a nice change from my regular granola bar. My only complaint was that it was a little tough to chew. It made my jaw a little sore. My favourite part? The ingredients list. I know Lynn said this too. So few ingredients. I loved it.

Dinner was Sobey’s homemade pizza. Sounds pretty healthy right? Wrong! Greasy and dirty. I was so hungry I inhaled it before remembering to take pictures. I thought I’d have gotten use to this picture taking food thing but apparently not. Opps.

I just took a nice 30 min nap and now I’m enjoying a glass of this…

I didn’t realize this was the official wine of the Olympics…

Now I’m going to curl up with my wine and a book and enjoy some me time.

Enjoy your weekend.

~ Katie :)

Question: Does anyone else have a problem with healthy eating on Friday night. I find it my worst night for food. I think my problem it that it’s the end of a long week and I just don’t have the energy to cook.