breakfast

Good morning! Hope your day is off to a great start <3

Waffles with almond butter and jelly over here

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tea

snuggles and

teeny grunts and snores (coming from the lounger next to me). It’s a good day.

The Pilot had to fly late last night, and since he’s been the dinner chef in our house lately while I feeding the little one and settle her down for bed- I really wanted to have some food ready to eat when he came home. We had chicken –no shocker there, but it was quick/easy- but I did want to show ya the side dish to go along with it.

Rice cooker saves the day:

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It’s been fun experimenting with different grains in the rice cooker, and last night I wanted to put together something I could prep in advance in minimal time, and just start it about 45 minutes before we would eat.

I chopped up some onion, garlic, tomatoes, and zucchini:

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put it in the fridge until later

then added it to the rice cooker with 1 C quinoa, 2 C veggie broth, 1 can organic chickpeas (drained and rinsed), 1 t each of oregano, thyme and rosemary. The best part: we have a little leftover for lunch today- I can’t wait to top it with some eggs.

More recent eats:

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Salad beast with greens, a chopped apple, turkey, brown rice toast cut into croutons, goat cheese, raspberry vinaigrette

and saving a rhino with my sweet tooth ;)

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Whenever I’m at the grocery store, I grab whatever “fun” chocolate they have at the register- that was the winner yesterday.

We don’t have anything planned today, so the little one are I are going to hang out, venture to Target for some things we’re out of, and see where the afternoon takes us.

Hope you have a happy Thursday <3

xoxo

Gina

Something to do: A Winter Shape Up workout! A fun way to switch things up at the gym and this week’s is a 2-parter ;)

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Starstruck

by Fitnessista on February 8, 2012

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Humpday! I always look forward to the weekend, and even more so now that the Pilot’s been back to work. I like hanging out with him ;)

This morning’s bfast was the last of nana’s egg casserole

egg casserole

(I’ll ask her for the recipe- quite a few friends have asked for it)

with tea and toast

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+ an oatie

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and I’m heading off to a doc appt (1 month checkup!) with Livi.

While I’m driving around, I usually listen to Zumba music or podcasts. One of the podcasts I listen to regularly is the Jillian Michaels podcast, which is interesting because I’ve never been a huge JM fan. And then, I started listening to her podcast and her personality is entirely different than the one she portrays on TV. She actually seems almost likeable- she discusses fantastic topics and is always kind and gracious to the listeners who call in.

In the grand scheme of celebrity trainers (and there are quite a few nutty ones out there), she isn’t the worst, but of course, there are quite a few out there that I would personally love to work out with. I’ve talk about all of my faves here on the blog: Chalene Johnson –Turbofire is one of my all-time favorite workouts- Zuzana Light, who used to do the BodyRock workouts but is now doing ZWOW workouts on YouTube. I also love Shawn T from Insanity and the Physique 57 girls.

One of the trainers I haven’t talked about much is Gunnar Peterson:

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That photo was taken at the G Fit party… I was totally starstruck when I saw him, and of course, didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to be a goober.

Gunnar is known for training Angelina Jolie, Sophia Vergara and Jennifer Lopez. I like his functional style of training and he seems genuine.

Have you ever seen someone you admire and chickened out of saying something?

Met someone famous?

I was so excited to meet Ani Phyo and then all I could say was “I love your donut holes.” Nice.

Hope you have a great day!

xoxo

Gina

Something to read:

75 extraordinary uses for baking soda

Benefits of massage

No crunches ab workout

Foods to ease an upset stomach

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Like it a lox

February 7, 2012

Smoked salmon is back in my life in a big way…. So salty and glorious. Before coming downstairs to make breakfast, I had to convince the lazy girls it was time to start the day. The one on the left still has night and day in reverse.. especially after last night. Party animal Some more [...]

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House divided

February 4, 2012

Over here, it’s an equal split between the early birds (Bell and I are wide awake) and the night owls. (Pilot and baby are snoozing away) Early bird gets the… waffle A quick breakfast with two Van’s waffles, topped with almond butter and jelly, a salad with Goddess dressing and an egg + tea I’m [...]

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From the weekend

January 29, 2012

It’s been quite a weekend over here! We took the little one to her friend’s first birthday party and had a blast. Party favors: (candy that the Pilot and I ended up sharing) After the party, we came back the house for our first home-cooked meal in quite a while (so I bought the rotisserie [...]

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Hey, hemp

January 25, 2012

Another one of these hilarious videos: (I still like the originals and the yoga one the best) It definitely came to mind when I busted these out a couple of days ago: hemp seeds! Long time, no see. When my doc recommended upping my fat intake, hemp seeds was one of his suggestions as they’re [...]

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Into the sun…

January 22, 2012

Flowers and sunlight!   Guess who ventured into the world today…. It was so nice to get out. FREEEEEEEDOM! We had a lovely brunch at Eclectic Cafe: Lox, eggs, potatoes, OJ and fruit for me, the Pilot had granola, yogurt, eggs and French toast. Nana and Tata met us for coffee while we ate- it [...]

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Stayin’ alive

January 21, 2012

Many bloggers will go outside and take lovely pictures of foliage or flowers for their posts. Everything is pretty much dead over here, except for the grass and this cilantro: which I haven’t watered in at least 4 months. It’s a survivor, for sure. Also, the perfect complement to the baby meal my friend Liz [...]

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