Mexican

Mexi Monday

by Fitnessista on May 15, 2012

in Dinner,Mexican,Recipes,smoothieaday,today's tip

A glass of wine and jammies = pretty much the best way to cap off a Monday night. Or any night, really.

wine and jammies

When are you too old to wear the PINK collection? Actually, don’t answer that.

Some other highlights from the day:

-The Schweaty May workout

sneaks 

Mom came over in the afternoon to hang out with Livi and told me to go run errands or workout. Since Liv and I had already done a couple of errands in the morning morning, I was excited to work out during the day instead of at night.

The workout was indeed very schweaty and it was nice to go through the entire thing without stopping to write (I test every workout before posting them, minus the ones I created while preg) ;) Have you tried it yet?

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-#smoothieaday: Green-a-colada! I skipped the banana because I’ve been kind of meh about them lately – used 1/2 avocado instead

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So refreshing and naturally sweet from the pineapple.

-Visiting my great-grandmother, Livi’s great-great-grandmother (tatarabuela). She said that Livi wanted some frijoles and tortillas- soon she’ll get to experience the joy that is nana’s cooking.

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-My own little Mexi meal with the Pilot at home, which cooked away in the slow cooker for most of the day.

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When we went to Kelly and Shooter’s house for Cinco de Mayo, Kelly made some seriously awesome chicken taco meat. I asked her what she did and made my own little version:

-Put two chicken breasts in the slow cooker with 4 garlic cloves (whole) and enough veggie broth to go halfway up the sides of each

-Topped with 1/2 t cumin, 1/2 t oregano, 1/4 t cayenne, sea salt and pepper

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-Cooked on high for 4 hours and then removed half the juice, shredded the chicken with a fork

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and added 1/2 can each of organic diced tomatoes and black beans

taco chicken

(froze the rest of the tomatoes and saved the rest of the black beans for tomorrow’s lunch salad)

-Adjusted the seasonings as necessary

We enjoyed the taco meat with corn tortillas, greens, salsa, avocado and queso (for the Pilot). I was going to make rice and beans but skipped it- all we really wanted were the tacos anyway.

I’m not sure what we’re up to today –definitely a grocery haul- but I’m going to try and choreograph a new Zumba song for tomorrow. I did two new ones on Saturday, so I’m slowly starting to revamp my playlist.. if I don’t have at least one new song each week, I hate all of my music. ;)

Hope you’re having a lovely morning so far <3

See ya later with a Family post!

xoxo

Gina

Today’s workout jam:

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Seis de Mayo

by Fitnessista on May 6, 2012

in Mexican,playlist

= National day for tamales with eggs and beans for breakfast

tamale (2)

It’s a good combo in the morning if you’re, um, moving a little slowly after the previous night’s festivities.

Things didn’t get too crazy over here –I just had a couple sips of margarita- but we had a blast hanging out at our friend Kelly and Shooter’s Cinco de Mayo party

I got off work at 5, raced home to frost the margarita cupcakes

frosting

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packed up our swimsuits, and the 3 of us headed over.

I didn’t take a ton of pics, but snapped a couple of the chip table and drink counter:

drinks3 party table

and enjoyed the evening eating chicken tacos (AMAZING- I’m going to try and replicate Kelly’s recipe this week), guacamole, beans, rice and hanging out with friends. Kelly’s baby is one week older than Livi, so it was cute for the little BFFs to hang out together, too.

This morning, we’re enjoying a lazy Sunday and are finally going to decide what to do with the day.

Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend!

xoxo

Gina

Playlist:

pool playlist

Stay tuned this week:

-More workout move variations

-Schweaty May workout

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Fiesta Friday

May 4, 2012

Hi friends! Happy Fiesta Friday. Any fun plans for Cinco de Mayo weekend? We’re going to a party tomorrow when I get off work- trying to decide which sweet treat to bring, along with some guacamole and cheeps (= chips). If you’re partying this weekend, here are some of my all-time favorite Cinco-appropriate recipes: -Enchiladas [...]

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Wild Ones

April 20, 2012

That song has been stuck in my head ALL DAY. I just love it The only wild animal picture I have today: So there ya go. Later this afternoon, the Pilot, Liv and I headed to the mall to get my bro’s birthday presents- he turns 17 tomorrow! He’s always been so “little” to me.. [...]

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The Pilot’s girlfriend

April 20, 2012

I’ve gotten a few requests about giving relationship tips, dealing with deployments, how the Pilot and I keep from fighting, stuff of the like. My only real relationship tips are: you’re a team, don’t nitpick the little things that don’t really matter, and do something everyday to show the other person you love them. As [...]

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Groceries and benches

April 17, 2012

I’d like to take a second and thank…. -our neighbors, who brought over the best enchiladas I’ve ever had. A bold, very true statement. (Savored it- cheese and all. If someone makes the tortillas and sauce from scratch, you need to have the full experience. I wanted to curl up and live in that enchilada) [...]

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Breakfast Club

April 7, 2012

In my fam, we’re all big fans of going out for breakfast. Any day of the week, you can call someone up and they’ll meet you to eat.. sometimes it’s a smaller group of 5 or so, and other times, there will be 15 of us on the Blue Willow patio. Yesterday’s bfast was out [...]

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Blanco

March 21, 2012

Did you know that if you have red sangria on a Wednesday, it automatically makes the rest of the week so much better? It is true. The Pilot played hooky today He took a day of leave so I could go to the dentist (and then couldn’t get an appointment). He still has 90-something days [...]

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