Mexican

Take it slow

by Fitnessista on January 31, 2012

in Dinner,Mexican,something to read

Remember our mystery tree?

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Mystery solved: they’re oranges!

My mom brought one in the other day, cut it open and we shared it. Super sweet and delicious :)

oranges

Maybe we should start watering said mystery tree?

Another fabulous baby meal:

tortilla soup

Chicken tortilla soup from my friend Meara,

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topped with a couple of corn tortillas, sliced up, 1/2 avocado and cilantro

+ salad and fruit

salad and fruit

It was the last of the baby meals, and we are so grateful to have had our friends cooking for us for the past 3 weeks. Tonight, I’m back in the kitchen, but I’m going to take it sloooooow….

slow cooker

Whenever I go a little while without cooking, I always get nervous and wonder if I still remember how to. It’s silly, really. The same thing goes for fitness or teaching after taking a long break or hiatus (I hurt myself dancing in college and injured my knee a couple of years ago). I would go back to dance after winter break and wonder if I would totally forget what I was doing, and yesterday we were listening to Zumba music in the car –I pretty much always have salsa or reggaeton playing- and I was thinking about how nervous and excited I’ll be to teach again. In the meantime, I’m definitely enjoying the daily walks/chat seshes with my friends <3

Today we’re off to the mall- see ya later with a Family post!

Have a wonderful day.

xoxo

Gina

Something to read:

Can you make exercise a habit?

Not so extreme school lunch makeover

Burn more calories in your yoga class

5 health reasons to cuddle

For fun:

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Stayin’ alive

by Fitnessista on January 21, 2012

in breakfast,Dinner,Mexican

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:

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 brought over last night:

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TACOS!

I can’t believe I forgot to snap a pic of everything (oh yeah, because I was chowing down as fast as possible), but it was amazing.

This morning’s breakfast for two:

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Waffles and eggs for the Pilot

eggs, turkey, goat cheese, brown rice tortilla and tangerine juice for me:

breakfast4

We ended up staying home yesterday since I’ve been on bed rest for most of the week. Yesterday was the first day I’ve felt a lot better, but we decided to lay low for one more day. I thought I just wasn’t supposed to be super active or work out, but apparently I can’t do dishes or laundry either… yikes. Have you ever been on bed rest before, or out for the count due to an injury? What helped you keep your sanity?

Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far, and I’ll see ya later tonight with a Family post <3

xoxo

Gina

Something to read:

Quick and easy breakfasts

Diet, diabetes and Paula Deen

Strength training yoga workout

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Cookie Party

December 22, 2011

Nothing makes a house smell strangely amazing like the aroma of macaroons dehydrating and a pot of fresh refried beans on the stove. (I’ll probably do a bean tutorial sometime soon- they’re super easy, and sooooo good) It was an afternoon of dancing over here: I took a Zumba class at work, and a couple [...]

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Apple Pie Oats

December 18, 2011

Happy Sunday! What a nice and lazy morning <3 When we wake up, Bella jumps onto the bed and covers us in puppy kisses. She’s usually very stingy with her love, except for in the morning. Whenever we sleep late (like today) she makes sure to jump up there and smack us to take her [...]

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Outside the tortilla

December 8, 2011

Last night’s enchilada’s were a little different than the usual chicken or veg that I’ll make. I’ll usually serve them with rice and beans, but last night the rice and beans were inside the enchi’s <—an idea I got from my “Cooking for Isaiah” cookbook In all my years of enchiladas, I’d never tried them [...]

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The Taco Man

November 21, 2011

There’s a man that drives around base in his taco truck, selling delicious Mexican meals. The truck plays the “Mexican Hat Song” as its horn (I couldn’t even make this stuff up), and the guys on base swarm around the taco truck like a grown-up version of the ice cream trucks of our youth. The [...]

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Birthday Zumba

November 12, 2011

Good morning! Happy Saturday to you Hope you’re having an amazing weekend so far. [She was in another world for that pic, but usually Bell will give me a smug face when the Pilot is petting her. Like “See? I win. Be jealous.”] The Pilot and I got a lot done around the casa yesterday, [...]

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Graduation Night

October 17, 2011

Good morning, friends! How are you? Hope you’re having a happy Monday <3 Last night, before meeting up with the fam for family dinner, we took a baby meal over to a friend’s house. In the squadron, whenever someone has a baby, the wives sign up to take baby meals every other night for the [...]

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