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Hey everyone! WHOA! Looks like ya’ll want some macaroons 😀 I love reading about the things that make you happy. Keep those entries rolling in and I’ll announce the winner in the am.
Today has been bueno, but I woke up with eye goobies (seksi, right? haha), a sandpaper throat and a stuffy nose. The allergy punks are back.
I decided to fight whatever it with some green elixir:
All into the juicer and stirred up with 1/2 T coconut oil and 1/2 t spirulina
Glorious.
I checked emails and the blog world, then made some raw oatmeal and a trough of tea before heading off to work.
Last night, I had put 1/3 cup oat groats to soak:
I drained the oats, put them into the food processor with 1/2 banana, almond milk, 1/2 scoop vanilla Sun Warrior, mesquite and cinnamon, then topped the mixture with the other banana half (sliced) and a blob of almond butter.
At the gym, it felt so weird to start the day without a strength workout and gab fest with the girls (I’m taking the week off since the half mary is next Sunday). I made some phone calls and set up a boatload of training appointments, then hit up Wizzle for some groceries.
The pilot has been working like crazy lately, so I thought I’d surprise him with White Enchiladas to greet him when he comes home.
The sauce:
The enchi’s before the blanket of cheese:
I baked them covered in foil for 20 minutes at 375* and all he has to do is bake them for 15 minutes, remove the foil, then bake and additional 15 minutes when he gets home.
For lunch, I was anxious to whack into the organic head of cauliflower I purchased.
I made my Raw Apricot Mint and Cauliflower Rice Dolmas using soaked organic raisins in lieu of the apricots and romaine leaves instead of the chard.
They were pretty stinking delicious:
(x4- every time the plate was empty, I refilled until the rice was gone)
I went back to work for a while and am now chilling at the casa, snacking on millet bread and choreographing for Zumba.
Hope you’re having a wonderful day <3
xoxo,
Gina
Zumba Song of the Day: “Los Campeones de la Salsa” by Willy Chirino
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i LOVE that zumba song…dancing in my desk chair right now 🙂 i really like your idea for the dolmas with raisins…sounds fabulous! hope you feel better 🙂
Will you please come cook for me??? 😉 Pretty please.
I tried my first ZUMBA class over the weekend! LOVED it! Despite tripping over my feet a few times, it was such a BLAST! 🙂
Have a great day!!! <3
Lauren
Those white enchiladas look like heeeeeeaven on earth. Lucky pilot! Disney is coming up soon!!! Are you excited?!?!
more nervous than excited, but yes 🙂
Ooooh I gotta add some coconut oil to my smoothies/juices! What a great idea. I bet it tastes heavenly.
Oh goodness those enchiladas look incredible, girl! Yum yum!
Those enchiladas look gooooooooood:)
Hey Gina! I made your sweet potato chili with a different version of corn bread (a vegan one I found elsewhere) last night for a small dinner party and it was a hit! I said, “warning: I have not tried this recipe, but it comes highly recommended!” Needless to say, everyone enjoyed it! I garnished it with cilantro, tofutti sour cream, and gave everyone lime wedges. Thanks for sharing!
Raw oatmeal?? I’m very intrigued 😀 They sell oat groats at my local store. What’s the texture like? Is it more/less filling?
i thought it was more filling, but maybe i’ll biased 😉
anyway, it was very satisfying for a bfast
the texture is a little chewier than reg oats
That lunch looks awesome! What are the texture of the blended groats?
xo
K
Oh goodness those enchiladas look amazing!
I’m allergic to bananas. Any suggestions on a “filler” for my smoothies besides yogurt? Thanks!
Raw oatmeal? Yum! And those enchiladas look SO good! You’re a kitchen goddess 🙂
I’m trying Zumba tonight and am SOOOOOOOO excited!!
You are so good with the raw food…..If you were my chef I would have no problem eating raw all the time. Well except for the wine!
And you are a wonderful wifey……the pilot is lucky.
What a lucky guy to come home to a dinner like that!
I think every boyfriend and husband wants to be at your house for dinner tonight! I’ll take some of your raw lunch too! 🙂
Lucky pilot getting the royal eats treatment! I luv white enchiladas, that’s usually all I make.
Yummers! your food always looks so awesome
ps: Zumba rocks my face off!
Yea, I’ve seen pollen everywhere – Spring is around the corner!! I gotta try your enchiladas – yuuummm!
Buggar! My allergy nasties are back as well! Actually they’ve been around for a week now and I”m getting frustrated. 🙂 I did carrot n ginger juice today in hopes for some extra vitamin c and carotene kick!
Ooh, those modified Raw Apricot Mint and Cauliflower Rice Dolmas look great. And the oatmeal. I’ve never tried raw oats!
Those enchiladas look great!
First Zumba class coming up on Saturday. Look out for flying feet!
Thanks for the inspiration to try it out.
whoo hoo! i hope you love it 🙂
I love cooking for my bf, the boys always appreciate the food so much more. He always inhales everything and immediately looks around for seconds.
The pilot is so lucky…those enchiladas look so good!!! Hope you’re feeling better….I get allergies often too. I take a Claritin everyday or all hell breaks loose. 🙂
Thank You for playing My Song Tonight…?
Had Fun you worked us tonight!!! 🙂
no prob! i didn’t forget about you 😉
YES 🙂
i always have fun teaching <3
Damn straight we want those macaroons! Those things are infamous in the blog world.
I LOVE dolmas. I always used to order extras on my salad whenever I was at a Greek restaurant. I think I’ll have to give your cauliflower “rice” version a try!
I need to remember to pick up romaine next time I’m at the store so I can try some of these delish eats!! It looks so crunchy and refreshing!
Hey Gina,
This is unrelated to this post, but I figure I’ll ask anyway 🙂 Do you find that you’re colder when you eat all raw? I did the Blueprint Cleanse (three days, all juices, about 1200+ cals) about a week and a half ago, and the directions were to eat fruit/veggies for the few days after. I figured I’d take that time to try to be all raw…so I was raw for 5 days (other than a random cup of unsweetened green tea to get warm). Overall, I was FREEZING…I just could not get warm. I never had that happen to me before. And as soon as I started eating cooked foods again, my body temp seemed to level off and I’ve felt fine. Have u ever heard someone complain about this before?
CHEESE CHeESE CHEESE!!!!! haha omg, I gave that up for lent and now after seeing those photos I am craving it like a mad woman! haha don’t worry I won’t break but I can’t wait to get some cheese enchiladas as soon as lent is over!
Gina!
Can you please give a vegetarian variation for the white enchiladas?
I figure I can use beans and veggies for the filling, but what about the sauce?
Thanks!
i’d do cannelini beans and spinach for the filling, and for the sauce, use amy’s cream of mushroom soup instead of the chicken.. thin it out with some plain almond milk or soy milk. that should work perfectly 🙂
hope you feel better soon!
Gina,
where do i buy Sun Warrior (what section of the store) and what is mesquite? thanks!
i get sun warrior from amazon and mesquite is a nutritional supplement and tastes sweet like carob
Gina, I love your words. You use the best words- “munching” a bfast cookie, a “trough” of tea,etc. Sounds like you’re really just chatting with friends, and that makes it fun to read your blog.
Plus I love your food. Last week I saw the Sweet Potato-Black Bean Chili and bookmarked the recipe to try sometime, and last night (at midnight!) I made it for myself. Breakfast was wonderful!
I’m going to be checking out more recipes asap!
thanks, girl!
so glad you liked the chili 🙂
mmm those enchiladas look delicious!
That juice looks great! I’ll have to try spirulina sometime – you always mention it and now curiosity has got the best of me. 🙂
K