The Perfect Protein Pancake

Hey everyone! How’s your Monday been? I loved reading your responses on whether you thought it was healthy for anger to motivate workouts. As always, ya’ll had some incredible points and I think almost all of us agree that while it is a healthy way to get out emotions, not all workouts should be powered…

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Pardon Me….

… do you have any Grey Poupon?? 😀 I have been mustard crazy lately. Not sure what happened but it tastes SO good right now! I’ve always loved it but it’s been a neglected condiment in my life. Never fear, mustard is back, yo. Slathered on millet bread: in my pasta: Even in my salad:…

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Insanity Workout Re-cap Week 1

Hi guys! How’s your day been? Thanks for your awesome feedback on the Show Me Your Smoothie post! I hope you get some fun new ideas from it 🙂 Feel inspired by all of the creative smoothies, I decided to get in on the action and try something NEW! Special ingredient:   Blueberry Lavender Smoothie…

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“Show Me Your Smoothie” Submissions

Hey guys! Happy Monday!! Hope your morning is off to a great start 🙂 If you’re catching up on blog posts from the weekend, here’s what went down: – Bella is better at yoga than I am – Running and I broke up and – I made some weird-looking brown rice burgers So now, it’s…

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Slow Cooker Eggplant Curry

Hey ya’ll 🙂 How’s your day going? My has been a little strange so far. It started with a recovery Insanity workout (is that an oxymoron? Haha. It really was relaxing though) and a doc’s appt. Nothing like being poked and prodded on a Thursday morning (just a check-up but it wasn’t a party if…

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Reader’s Request: Sea Veggie Love

Hi guys! Hope you’re having a great day 😀 (Does anyone else buy themselves flowers? I do every week.. unless the pilot beats me to it. It makes the casa feel extra lovely) I got the following reader’s request a couple of days ago and thought it would be a fun one for today 🙂…

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Cocoa-berry smoothie

Hi guys! Happy Indian Food Wednesday! Since last week was a bust, I’m going to attempt some Indian dishes here at the casa.. we’ll see what happens. Here’s a pic of the chicken beggars devouring some engagement chicken last night. They both proposed to me afterwards and promised to love me forever 😉 The pilot…

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Carrot Mountain

Hi everyone! How’s your day going?? Mine has been full of training appointments and a small shopping blitz at TJ Maxx –our TJ Maxx here is surprisingly awesome….oh, and a mountain of carrots. Since I couldn’t get that sweet, tasty Indian carrot dish (which, thanks to you guys, I found out was called “Gajar Halwa”)…

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Stinky Veg

Hi guys 😀 It’s me againnnnnnn. 😉 How’s your night goin? I’m so glad ya’ll like the pasta primavera recipe- totally appropriate for this time of year! I have a confession to make… Kale is stinky. Not just “put some deodorant on” stinky, but “haven’t-been-washed-in-two-weeks socks on a haven’t-bathed-in-two-weeks man” stinky. Stanky. It’s one of…

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Filling the Void

Hey 😀 Wow. I loved reading your insanely awesome comments to this morning’s discussion post. I know I can always count on you to be honest, classy and well-spoken ladies (and dudes). Thank you! Here is the general consensus: -OpenSky is helpful, but can be kind of annoying -OpenSky is more annoying when bloggers promote…

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Asian-style Fajitas

Hi guys! Hope you’ve had a wonderful day so far! I’m so glad ya’ll liked the Zumba video! My class is awesome and teaching is such a blasty 🙂 I started my St. Patty’s day off with a green breakfast cookie It was my first time using oat bran instead of oats, too, and it…

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Calming the Shiba

Hey hey hey 🙂 Hope you’re all having a great day! I loved reading about your workout plans for the week. As expected, ya’ll are quite the gym monkeys- I love it 🙂 I started mine off with a giant organic Fuji apple and a walk with the puppers on the base trail. We walked…

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