Wing It
Hi guys 😀 
(Bella looks so bold and sassy when she needs a haircut)
Thank you so much for all of your kind words and virtual hugs this morning <3 I have no idea what I’m doing for sure, but all of the situations are win-win, so I just need to figure it out…
Afternoon snack was a strawberry smoothie after my TurboFire sesh:
-1 C water
-1/2 frozen banana
-1 scoop vanilla Sun Warrior
-1 T hemp seeds
-1 T raw cacao powder
-Stevia, sea salt and vanilla
-3/4 C frozen organic strawberries
-Topped with cacao nibs
Today’s TurboFire workout was HIIT 15 and Sculpt 30. The HIIT workout is amazing –I’m sweating like a beast in 15 minutes- and at first I thought the sculpt workout was going to be weak because it’s resistance bands only. I was so wrong- my muscles were trembling by the end of the workout!
I made some marinara for tonight’s dinner before going to work, so that I’d just have to heat up it, boil noodles and serve.
I wish I had a recipe for ya’ll but I just winged it.
The sauce had:
–San Marzano tomatoes (if you’re going to make marinara, use San Marzano- it makes a huge difference)
–Sweet onion and gahhhhlic
–Dried rosemary, oregano, parsley and thyme
-Splash of merlot
–Red pepper flakes, sea salt, pepper, fresh basil, fresh oregano
-Pinch of sugar
I went back to work to train clients and teach bootcamp (today was LEG-STRAVAGNZA! Bahaha). When I came home, the pilot already had the noodles boiling and the sauce heating, so dinner was served 😀
Simple salad with grape tomatoes and Garlic Gold vinaigrette
Spelt pasta with homemade marinara
(The pilot topped his with a blanket of shredded parm)
We’re off to AT&T to activate his new iPhone, and then coming home to watch this:
I’ve never seen it, so *Tinkerbell* (one of my clients) lent it to me. I’m excited to see what all the fuss is about 😉
Have a great night and I’ll see ya in the morning!
xoxo
Gina
Something to read:
–The new cap worked!!! They say it’s still too early to celebrate, but I’m breathing a sigh of relief
–The words she really wants to hear (all guys should read this)
–How Real People on Real Budgets can Buy Organic
Something to talk about: Do you follow recipes, or “wing it”? If it’s a new recipe, I usually have to follow it exactly, but if it came out of my brain or is something I’ve made before, I wing it 🙂
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How have you never seen that movie?!
I usually just wing it with recipes, especially since it’s pretty rare when I have ALL the ingredients. I’m lazy when it comes to measuring too. With baking, I’m a little more strict/careful.
You will LOVE The Princess Bride. One of my all-time favorites.
OK, I must admit I was a bit disappointed when I read your post as I was hoping for some glorious recipe containing wing sauce…I’m obsessed with that stuff lately. However, I have to admit your dinner did look pretty glorious anyway. 🙂
Trust me, we’re trying not to celebrate too hard down here in Louisiana!!
I’m a wing it type of gal…in just about everything, not just cooking!
Enjoy your evening!
Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
(My little brother was actually texting that to me all day today. If you read this before you watch the movie, you’ll understand after.) Enjoy!!!!!
Can’t believe you never saw it!!! I love that movie.
I really like the organic link – thanks 🙂
I ALWAYS wing it. Always.
I totally wing recipes… for better or worse! They end up a little bit different every time;)
I usually wing it unless I’m baking. My fiance is ALL ABOUT THE RECIPE. Haha. It cracks me up.
I can’t actually remember the last time I DIDN’T wing a recipe… I rarely follow them exactly and always end up making substitutions (usually in the form of pumping up the veggie content!) Have fun with the Princess Bride! 🙂
I usually just wing it, unless I have all the ingredients, which like Allie is a rareity!
And I can’t believe you have never seen the princess bride! It’s hilarious. You should def read the book too!
Love homemade marinara. 🙂 I wing it, then figure out the recipe later! I also usually don’t measure things like herbs and seasoning.
PRINCESS BRIDE!!!! This is totally the kind of movie that I saw numerous time on tv, on a rainy sunday, badly translated in French .. Life.
I think I’ve never ever followed a recipe in my life .. oopsie! Sometimes it’s awesome … sometimes.. well you know. Life.
You’re a regular chef with your San Marzano tomatoes! haha That’s what all the Food Network chefs use 😀
I LOVE Princess Bride!!! Such a great movie! They just don’t make movies like they used to *sigh*
I never follow recipes! I am so bad at that, I always want to add my own twist.
I have never seen the Princess Bride and my husband continues to give me crap about it 😉
I definitely wing recipes..make it more fun and unique!
Princess bride is such a classic 🙂 as you wish 🙂 love it! and recipes…I do exactly the same as you! I always try the recipe first exactly how it is and then I’ll mix things up the next time around to make it better…sometimes worse haha
I had never seen The Princess Bride either. Isaac made me watch it last year sometime. It was cute! I hope you enjoy it. 🙂
I usually follow recipe the first time around unless I’m missing some of the ingredients.
i can’t even tell you how much i love san marzanos…but i can’t seem to find them anywhere here in colorado!!! sad story…but it’s also likely i haven’t looked EVERYWHERE yet 🙂
I’ve never seen that movie either!
I totally have that movie but haven’t ever watched it! Let us know how you like it!
I usually ‘wing it’. I’ll start with a recipe as a base and then make adaptations as I go along, hoping they work out!
I can’t believe you’ve never seen that movie!! It’s always been one of my favorites! Cheesy, but classic! You’ll be saying “As you wish” for days. 🙂
You have the cutest pups ever 🙂 When I am cooking I never follow a recipe exactly, I always just go with the flow and add a little of this or leave that out.
Oh I am totally a wing it person!! I hardly ever use recipes and just pull things out of my brain. The best things happen when you do that, I think! Hope the movie is good…I’m not a fan 🙂
Your homemade marinara sounds good. I wing recipes all the time. It’s the reason why there are almost no real recipes on my blog…I never use measurements. I’m trying to get away from that though so other people can try the recipes out too.
The Princess Bride is an excellent movie! My brother told me all about it and insisted I watch it when it was playing on TV one Sunday afternoon. Then I insisted the BF watch it so we watched it together. Just as good the second time around, if not better. I hope you like the movie too.
I love to see that everyone else wings it too! The worst is trying to recreate for my blog, I always wonder how everyone else’s dishes turn out!
You’ve never seen Princess Bride? Inconceivable!!! 😉
haha, “inconceivable”…..I can see that little guy saying that right now. I have to watch it for that scene, lol.
That marinara looks yummy.
I LOVE the Princess Bride. I hope you like it. It’s so cute and funny.
Homemade marinara is SO good! I wing it, unless it’s baking..them I am precise!
I winged my dinner tonight, that’s for sure. When I know the basics of a recipe I tend to wing it.
What exactly is spelt pasta? I have seen you use it a couple times before and I was curious as to what it was? Is it a different kind of whole grain pasta or rice pasta? Thanks!
Your pig fiance is too late! Bwahahahaha!!! Lurve! You seriously have to watch it like 3 times before you catch all the little fun comments, but its one of my favorites!
The Princess Bride is one of my all time favorite movies. You’ll love it!
I wing it 95% of the time. It’s more fun that way! For marinara, I would definitely wing it!
Princess Bride is one of my all time favorite movies! I hope you like it 🙂
With baking I usually follow the recipe, unless I am making fat substitutions (applesauce instead of butter etc.) With cooking I usually wing it; it’s more forgiving than baking.
I can’t believe you have never seen the Princess Bride!
Enjoy
I love the Princess Pride! Enjoy!
I watched The Princess Bride a couple years ago since it was a fave among my girlfriends and I’d never seen it… hate to say it, but I don’t get the hype :-/ It had some funny lines but overall, not a fan. I seem to be in the vast minority, however, so I hope you enjoy it!
I LOVE The Princess Bride. Cannot believe you have not seen it. I’ve seen it million times. LOVE!
I am SO hoping the cap works. This is truly breaking my heart, and it has been Far Too Long.
The one thing I have a hard time blogging with is On – The – Fly recipes, which is really? 80% of how I cook.
So writing blog posts I am sometimes trying to recall what I did. 🙂
Hey 🙂 At first I stay with the recipe. Just to be sure that it comes out as it should 😉 When it’s ok, I stay with it. If I think it would be better with other ingredients, I just go with the flow 😀 Your Marinara sounds good! I do it nearly the same way 🙂
Sounds like I’m not the first to express disbelief. But never having seen “The Princess Bride” before is kind of like going through middle school without stuffing your bra. It just isn’t done!
LOL!
Oh my gosh, I grew up LOVING The Princess Bride! I hope you like it!!
I’m usually the same way with recipes– I follow it pretty closely if it’s something new, but once I’ve made it before, I just wing it and adjust the ingredients to my taste!
OHMYGOSH this is one of my all-time FAVE films!!! it reminds me of when i was little, i used to watch it whenever i was ill so i could be like the little boy and his grandpa!! Hope you enjoyed it (altho, how coud you NOT?!?!?!)
xx
p.s YUMZO to that marinara sauce 🙂
I wing it most of the time, but I usually have the recipe floating around in my head so I know what I’m going to use.
I know whatever decision you make when the pilot has to leave again will be the right one. Follow your heart AND your mind girl. 🙂
OMG! I HOPE YOU LOVE THE MOVIE!
IT’S ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVORITES!!!
How have you not seen The Princess Bride?? You will LOVE IT!
You’ve never seen the Princess Bride?? You’re in for a treat. It’s made of awesomeness. Seriously. I’m not even watching it but knowing you are makes me all nostalgic.
I usually wing recipes..maybe thats why they never work haha. I am glad TurboFire is still awesome..I just need to give in and buy it!
LOOOOVE The Princess Bride!!! Definitely a classic. Can’t wait to hear what you think 🙂