Even better
Per your requests….
7 inches, NBD.
I’m actually wearing them right now! Ok, not quite, but moccasins are close 😉
Speaking of pink and sassy,
someone got a haircut today:
So fresh and clean, and she smells like flowers.
Keeping up with the theme of the past week and a half, we laid low and chilled around the casa. The highlights were a long visit from my nana, and a package on the doorstep from my good friend Heaby:
I’ve had three, and they were perfect bites of chocolaty goodness. I’m going to freeze the rest for when I want a little something sweet.
Dinner tonight was courtesy of the Pilot, who made me an at-home version of my favorite Renee’s Organic Oven salad:
greens, goat cheese, avocado, cashews, sea salt, pepper and red wine vinaigrette
Sometimes when we make at-home replicas of restaurant faves, they’re good, but not quite like the original.
Some examples:
our Bobby Flay meal
and baigan bhartha.
Salads are a little different 😉
Do you make any staple meals at home that were restaurant-inspired?
Bed time over here.
Have a great night! <3
xoxo
Gina
Amazing job on the Winter Shape Up workouts! For an easier way to get to each week’s eating and workout details, there’s a widget on the top right of the page. (Thank you again to my web wizard for putting that up there for me!)
Something to think:
“Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don’t just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won’t happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you’ll love it up here.”
– Donald J. Trump
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So glad you’re being so showered with love by friends and family! Enjoy every second of such a magical time in your lives!
loveloveLOVE those shoes! I am glad that they are not see through or light up… So so funny.
they have light up ones?! amazing, haha
My boyfriend definitely just took one look at those shoes and said “if Fitnessista tried it, you should too!!!” He’s never been so interested in my workout options…..
No restaurant-inspired meals over here, although I’ve thought about recreating a Greek pasta dish from my favorite restaurant. Those shoes are serious business! And I love that Trump quote — going to reflect on that this week.
Oh my God. I’m pretty sure I’d break something if I wore those. Something being ME…
If you’re needing a late night laugh during your feeding adventures with Livi, email me sometime and I’ll send you the story of taking my best bud out to the strip club for her bachelorette (mistakenly *not* on ladies’ night. It involves realizing the Polish Mafia were seriously running the place, among other weirdness.)
Hurray for gift packages! Yum! We made king crab legs at home a few months back… seafood is our “out to eat” love, so we splurged and improvised a steam basket with a colander…
I love recreating my favorite restaurant meals at home! They make for some really good dinners or turn out to be a flop. Have a great night!
the gf mongolian beef from pf changs…its never as good as the real deal, but its cheaper and still pretty darn delicious. plus, we can make it SPICY. also, the gf chicken lettuce there. lets be real- pf changs rocks my socks. oh, and the sweet chili salmon from kona grill. WIN.
I have a friend that is seriously into pole dancing for fitness. I can’t believe the things she can do. Her upper body strength is unbelievable… Those shoes are….(words fail). At least they would make you taller?
I often recreate restaurant meals at home, usually with great success. I got better at it when I rediscovered real butter. I think this is the secret – lots of fat. Sad, but true.
I love recreating restaurant meals!! And salads are the best because I can almost always improve them. I have a lot of salad experience.
Also re-creating cheap chain restaurant meals is the best way to stop going to them I’ve found – you can almost always make the stuff better and then you realise thats even cheaper!! 🙂
I’ve just started reading your blog and really love going through the archives. Congratualtions Lady! 🙂
That salad sounds really satisfying!
I don’t usually try to recreate restaurant meals exactly, but I frequently get inspired by ideas or flavor combinations. I do have a few cookbooks by chefs which I’ve made dishes from, but I’ve never had the opportunity to eat in their actual restaurants….so far!
Bella’s bow matches the shoes 🙂 She’s so cute and fluffy and I bet smells good!
And what a sweet package from Heather. You probably know this already but oats are a lactogenic food, i.e. they encourage milk supply. So eat up 🙂
I think there might be other occasions when those shoes come in handy… 😉
Oh, Gina. Those shoes are just priceless. I have no other words!
We’ve replicated a lot of pizzas. Like the arugula, prosciutto, fig, and Parmesan one from a local place.
Actually, they also had olive tapenade on it, but I thought that was overkill, and I’m not a big olive fan.
Lots of interesting flavors!
I am planning on trying some tikka masala this week, and then saag next. Mmmm….Indian Food…
I make a killer ‘Denny’s” inspired hangover omelet for mornings when we celebrated too crazy the night before… 🙂
WSU is AWESOME so far btw!!!
Those shoes are hawt. 🙂
I tried to replicate cookie dough egg rolls once from a Nashville restaurant once and it was a major soggy flop.
My husband makes a chicken cobb salad that is inpsired by the Not Your Average Joe’s salad. His version is almost better! PS. Love Bellas haircut 🙂
Those shoes are hilarious! And amazing! hahahah
I recently made some Pad Thai! It was super good, but not as good as our favorite Thai spot…but close 🙂
That’s how my husband and I invented our own version of spinach and feta enchiladas. We don’t make them anymore, though, since we’re vegan now. But we did make a vegan version with kale and squash. So yummy!
You guys are doing a phenomenal job already balancing your parenting life with normality again. I know some bloggers that after they have a kid disappear for awhile (not that I blame them). I’m so proud of you guys!
Bella looks beautiful all clean and fresh!
those shoes… wow 😉
It is so lovely you are surrounded by so many people who support and love you 🙂
Haha, cracking up at the shoes. Are those your pole dancers? Oh my gosh, I could not even walk in those, much less dance!
I’ve tried to recreate so many restaurants salads at home, but they are never as good. Can’t ever get the dressing to salad ratio quite right, and I think there are a few herbs or something missing.
Oaties – they freeze really well. So glad you’re enjoying them. 🙂
OMG @ those shoes !! hahaha I would definitely tumble over, LOL !!
Love those shoes, ha! Did you ever see the Ice Loves Coco clip of Coco doing squats in heels? http://twitpic.com/ts7ef That’s exactly what you do, right? 😉
Oh.My.Word. Those shoes! Crazy HIGH!! While I think they are cute, I would never EVER attempt to wear such things because 1) I am already 5’11” and that would make me look uber-ridiculous, and 2) I would definitely fall down and break something, probably an ankle or an arm. But go YOU, Momma!
I know you are exhausted and exhilarated all at once, I remember that feeling of newborn bliss! Before you know it, it will be toddler bliss, then school age bliss, and then my child is driving bliss…ok, well, maybe Tyler driving has not brought so much bliss as it has stress, but you get my drift. Every stage has is blessings and is amazing. God bless you and your little family, G. <3 <3 <3
Thank you, lovely friend <3
I see a future halloween costume with those babies!
heck yes!! chicken satay FTW!! well, chicken for the hubs, seitan satay for me. SO MUCH better for me and my wallet. Also? fairly certain my kitchen is clean as our fave thai place was graded C!! I mean, my hubs is Chinese, if our kids came home with a C they’d be in Sylvan so fast…
Recreating food at home is so much fun! I recreated my favorite lettuce wraps from P.F. Changs the other night. I renamed them, J.F. V* Lettuce Wraps! (*cant just put my last name out there, it is the internet and all)
BAHAHAAAA. I literally laughed out loud when I saw those shoes … I’m surprised I have done something like that yet! Love it!
There is this one sandwich at a local restaurant that I LOVE – eggplant, mozerella, roasted red peppers, arugula and katamila olives served on fococcia. It’s heaven. I have tried many times to remake it, but it is just not the same 🙁 I’d love to know their secret! haha.
Do you have the recipe for your baigan bhartha? It’s my favorite Indian dish and I use a recipe from Manjula’s Kitchen but it just doesn’t seem to do it for me.
i just used one i found online, and it was nowhere near as good as the restaurant versions
Okay. I need those shoes. My girlfriend and I are taking pole fitness…well we did a long time ago, then I got pregnant and I want to take them again! So fun! The fact that I have a baby now though, I better be careful about breaking my neck :/
Hope you’re feeling well!!!!!!!!!!!
what size do you wear? i’ll send them to you, haha
OMG – those shoes! I am going to my first “eccentric fitness” class tomorrow night, and I so wish I had those shoes hahaha.
We definitely recreate restaurant meals at home (fish tacos!). Sometimes they aren’t quite as great, but others turn out even better.
Those pole dancing shoes are SMOKIN!
Congrats on the little one! She’s beautiful!
I teach Pole for fitness and I’m glad to hear you tried it! It’s not for everyone, but it does provide great strength training, cardio and sexy back. Most of my clients are women in their late 20s to mid 50s.
I’ve had several women start after having babies since they struggled to find their “sexy” and this was a great way to do it!
I’m glad you said something because I was thinking of e-mailing you about it….
YUMMY YUMMY EATS! Good to see some of HEABs Oaties! YUM!
Bella’s looking fabulous in her new ‘do!
And wow, those shoes are… just wow 🙂
Oh my goodness, those shoes are fabulous haha 😀 I honestly think I would break my ankle or face plant after the first step! Love finding recipe inspiration from restaurants but it never tastes quite the same- there’s something special about someone else making your meal!
OMG those are fantastically stripperish. I take it you didn’t stick with the pole dancing classes 🙂
For my bachelorette party we did a pole dancing class, I had always wanted to try it and thought it was be the perfect time. It was a riot and I have to say all those upper body days at the gym paid off when it came time to spin on the pole!
This is kinda random but I’ve always wanted to ask you where you found your awesome salad beast bowl? It looks like the perfect size and shape and you obviously use it for salads often so you must agree!?! I’d love to know where to buy one. Thanks!!
kohl’s! food network collection
Can I say that those shoes are hideous ? 😉
yes. haha
Those shoes are crazy- love it!
love the 7 inchers!!! haha I too have a pair, but they are clear 5 inch figure comp shoes that I used once…. not sure what to do with those either! haha
My pole shoes are just like that, but with shiny silver bottoms, I feel so tall in them! woot! =P