little betty crocker

My Moonie Pie + Roons For a Cause

by Fitnessista on April 12, 2010

in dessert,little betty crocker,raw,roons for a cause,superfood,workout

Hey guys! How’s your day going?? I am blown away by your amazing donations to my aunt’s relay page—thank you so much <3  (More info + Roons For a Cause at the bottom of this post)

So today, I had a little bit fun with Heather’s Moonie Pie Challenge. :)

Behold, the Almond Butter Crunch Moonie Pie

moon pie (6)

(I still have to cover it with raw chocolate ganache, but they’re in the freezer waiting to be frosted!)

Edited to say: Here’s the finished version!

moonie pie

The gist of the Moon Pie Challenge is that you purchase Heather’s ebook (which has the recipe), make your own variation of it, and post about it on the blog.

I couldn’t wait to get started :D

First, I put the cashews and dates to soak:

date and cashew

Then made the dough:

dough

I added in some coconut flakes to give it some “crunch” and made the bottom layer.

moon pie

Next, the almond butter “fluff” (added 3 T almond butter, 1/2 T nutritional yeast and nixed the lecithin)

moon pie (2)

2nd layer of goodness:

moon pie (3)

3rd layer:

moon pie (4)

Ridiculous, right?? :D

All cut up:

moon pie (5)

If you’re wondering if I had any, I think we all know what the answer to that is ;) Quality control is muy importante.

Today has actually been a super productive day. I moved all of the furniture out of one of the guest rooms (by MYSELF. I feel like a little hardcore, haha) so Ashley and I have room to do the Insanity workouts in there. I did the Fit Test today (which made me feel extremely out of shape, but it was a lot of fun!) and also took the puppers on a base trail walk.

I even gave corn chip a bath:

viesser

She smells like a baby coconut now :)

Time to head to work for a little while and then teach Zumba.

Enjoy the rest of your day!

xoxo,

Gina

Roons for a Cause: Your amazing donations to my aunt’s Relay page brought me to tears earlier (I’m a giant mush, but that still says a lot!)- thank you <3 I am so grateful to those of you who donated to my aunt’s cause, that I thought it would be fun to send one of ya’ll a batch of macaroons. If you donated to her relay for life page, forward me a copy of your receipt and I’ll pick one random macaroon winner tomorrow at midnight. $5 donations will get one entry and $10 will get two entries :D The amazing thing is that 100% of these proceeds are going to an amazing cause. If you’d like to donate and possible get some macaroons sent your way, please make a small donation *here* and forward the receipt to fitnessista at gmail dot com to be entered. THANK YOU!!! <3

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Hello, Old Friend

by Fitnessista on March 30, 2010

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Hi guys! How’s your day going??

This morning, I made a Chocolate Cherry Bomb smoothie to take to the doc’s.

choc cherry bomb

Even if they gave me bad news, at least I had chocolate beforehand. Chocolate makes everything better ;)

The verdict??

I CAN WORKOUT AGAIN!!!!! yahooooooooo!

Of course, I can’t go balls to the wall in full Fitnessista splendor just yet, but the doc gave me the go-ahead to start getting back into my routine. She gave me a referral to an ortho, just to be 100% sure that my knee is good, but the fact that it didn’t hurt while she moved my leg around and pressed on my knee was a good sign.

My sanity is rejoicing—hiatus is ovahhhhhhhhh :D

To celebrate –and since I was already on base- I went into the gym and was reunited with an old friend.

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This wasn’t the rinky dink slow pedaling on Sunday. I gave myself a moderate solo spin class, pumped up the iPizzle and read Chelsea Handler. No sprints, but I did some climbing, jumps, tempo work and crunches on the bike and it was an AWESOME workout. Sweating feels soooooooo good!! :)

After my mini-spin sesh, I met Jeni at the Main Squeeze for a snack.

Carrot Apple Beet Ginger

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Amazing :)

After that, I went to Publizzle to get groceries for tonight’s dinner. Today, the pilot had a really important flight and I have no idea if he passed or not. So I’m assuming he passed and decided to make a special dinner to celebrate- he’s been working so hard.

He’s having Engagement Chicken, named after the chicken in Glamour magazine that is supposed to make your boyfriend propose to you if you cook it for them (single ladies, take note!).

chicken

I decided to roll with Ina Garten’s version (because she does no wrong) and made it in the slow cooker, since I have to go to work in a little while.

The chicken’s bed:

chicken (2)

Carrots, onion, fennel, thyme, sea salt, pepper and olive oil.

Ya’ll know I haven’t had chicken in about 2 years, but I will say it smells glorious in here.

Maybe he’ll propose to me again? ;)

I also made some saffron rice:

rice

(Shallor, garlic, veggie broth, short-grain brown rice, saffron, sea salt)

All I have to do when I get home from work is bake the asparagus (20 min), make a salad or soup for my face, and get dessert in the oven :)

Well it’s time to walk these puppers, practice some yoga upstairs, then head to work.

See ya tonight <3

xoxo,

Gina

Something to read:

Quite a few bloggies have drawn my attention to these articles:

-Agave Worse Than HFCS? (My thoughts: I don’t usually consume much agave anyway, unless it’s in an occasional raw dessert. Everything in moderation, my friends. if you’re not drowning everything in agave, you’re probably ok ;) Of course, a preferable way to eat is unprocessed, whole, organic foods when possible, without adding sweetener- food tastes pretty amazing without it. For a great post on sweeteners, check out this one by Kristen)

-Claim Jumper Releases Nutrition Info (This one didn’t surprise me one bit- their portions are enough to feed a family of four. I will say that their chocolate motherload cake rocks my face off…)

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