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Sometimes you have to count on someone else to help out with the meals. Like Joe the Trader.

curry and dosa

Something about swimming –or bopping around holding a heavy baby- makes me so hungry. The Pilot was also starving when we got back home, so he did the bedtime routine with Liv while I whipped up a quick dinner.

chicken and zuc

Cooked zucchini, 3 cloves of minced garlic, 2 local chicken breasts, olive oil, sea salt and pepper in a large pot (med-high heat)

added a can of drained and rinsed chickpeas

and in my dreams, used my newly-acquired Indian food expertise to create a beautiful curry sauce.

In reality, I added a jar of this:

simmer sauce

Mmmmm.

While that simmered away, I cooked up some frozen dosas from TJs (vegan and gluten-free)

dosa2

After a bad dosa experience (it was sour. Thinking about it makes me cringe) I was finally ready to give them another try. I wasn’t sure if these were going to be faves, but they were incredible, especially with the coconut chutney. The dosas were full of potatoes, mustard seeds (a new fave) and spices. They’re calorie-dense (200 cals per tiny dosa) but rich and lovely- I’ll definitely buy them again.

dosa

We had our curry chicken and veg atop quinoa (I put it in the rice cooker before we went swimming)– not bad for a 15 minute meal

curry and dosa

This morning was the return of an old fave:

cookie dough cereal

Bfast cookie dough cereal with Brewer’s yeast, strawberries and coconut milk

I’m going to try and choreograph for Zumba. Still on the prowl for a nasty reggaeton, but no luck yet ;)

Hope you all have a wonderful day <3

See ya later!

xoxo

Gina

Something to read:

-Make friends with your perfectionism

-Restaurant portion sizes

-Add an exercise ball to your home gym (and then, bust out this stability ball blitz!)

Something to think:

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Girls night!

pizza and salad

The Pilot had a roll call (aka an official meeting among pilots that involves lots of Jeremiah Weed whisky), so Marisa and Michele (and Levi!) came over last night to hang out. I didn’t take a ton of pics, but it was so much fun to share some vino, get takeout from Renee’s Organic Oven (the salad from my “slice and salad” was missing, so I just grabbed some greens from the fridge), eat on the patio and enjoy a lovely evening. Liv and Levi play so cute together- they rolled around on a blanket, laughing and babbling at each other.

Liv slept a LOT yesterday. After a full night of zzzz’s, her first nap was 3 hours and her second nap was 2 1/2 hours. Usually she naps 3 times, each for an hour or so, and I plan out what to do during each nap (usually it’s workout, laundry and shower or work on the blog)- so I didn’t know what to do with myself when she was snoozing for so long.

flower2 

TurboFire,

cleaned the house,

showered and did my hair

 waterfall braid

wrote a Fashion post, worked on an upcoming blog event, made some lunch

salad beast3

(salad beast with potatoes, chickpeas, greens, turkey, tomatoes, artichoke hearts, olives and Goddess dressing)

added to her baby book and read.

I had originally planned to take her swimming and/or to the zoo, but every time I finished doing something, I’d check the monitor and see her still sleeping away. Someone must be going through a growth spurt.

Breakfast:

egg scramble

2 eggs scrambled with turkey and spinach + tortilla for scooping

When I do egg scrambles, I’ll add each thing to the pan according to what needs to cook the longest. First, I wilted the spinach, moved it aside, scrambled the eggs, and when they were almost finished, added the turkey to heat up.

egg scramble2

Off to work! I have no idea what I’m teaching this morning. It’s kind of a rush to go check the board and see what they have me doing ;)

Hope you have a happy Saturday!

xoxo

Gina

Something to do: Schweaty May Workout! Have you done it yet? I did the workout last week and it was verrrry schweaty

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Doing work

May 16, 2012

Some random things about work lately: -When you work in the weight room, you have to empty out the towel bins. They’re sleek silver mesh trash can type things, and you carry it into one of the spa laundry rooms to empty the bin for housekeeping. You walk back to the weight room with said [...]

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Schweaty May Workout

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A whole new world

May 3, 2012

Can we just take a moment of silence for these pants? All I need are some of those curly gold shoes, a magic carpet and a ridiculously good-looking- oh wait, nevermind Instead of the blue tank, I’ll be wearing this: About that. We had practice for recital during lunch again today and it was a [...]

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Hot, but not a scorcher

April 29, 2012

Happy Sunday! How’s your weekend going? Here’s what we’ve been up to over here: -I had a little photoshoot- should be able to say what it was for later this week -We went on our first real date in almost 4 months. First time wearing TALL shoes in forever:   I usually stick to flats [...]

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More bang for your cardio buck

April 26, 2012

Hi friends It’s almost the weekend! I’m so glad you liked the back workout- let me know if you give it a try! Since the Pilot and I are both (still) feeling a little under the weather –please be allergies- we had someone else do the cooking last night. Soup and salad FTW Treat at [...]

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Missing words

April 23, 2012

Fresh laundry = Bella’s favorite pillow This is why it’s so much harder to put it away.. she just looks so comfy. Hope you’re all having a happy Monday so far! My last post could have used some text to go along with the pictures, but kept it wordless in the spirit of my Sunday [...]

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