August 2010

Clean Eating

Nachos…..the good for you kind.

August 11, 2010
nachos

  I love nachos! But I’m spoiled on the kind I make so now I don’t even try the restaurant ones. I modified this from a Rachel Ray recipe to lighten up the fat and sodium, but still full of flavor. 1lb lean 97% …

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Breakfast for the First Day of School!!

August 10, 2010
breakfast

Boot camp starts again this week and I’ve got to eat something before I work out, but I need to have something easily portable to eat within an hour of working out. I’ve found a lighter version of a breakfast sandwich. I use these things called “deli thins”. They’re like little flat buns that are [...]

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Getting in gear

August 8, 2010
salmon1

Sunday night. I’m almost feeling a sense of relief that soon my life will be back to a very structured routine. School starts on Tuesday. I go back to Tuscaloosa Boot Camp (Hi Mallory!) Tuesday. Back to nightly blogging, homework, late night running, Sunday night cleaning and cooking checklist, and living for Fridays. I’m not [...]

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Back to school, back to weekend cooking

August 8, 2010
rice

Short and sweet. This post,  I mean, not the food. If I don’t pre-plan my meals, I don’t eat or I don’t eat well. Big mistake, either one. This week, I made a southwestern quinoa and chicken salad. While all that was cooking, I threw some chicken breasts in the crockpot with some …

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Never too hot for steak

August 7, 2010
steak

The grill is a staple of my summers. It’s hot, yes (97*), but it’s never too hot for the grill. Stephen and I  start grilling out in March and will eek out a last chilly steak night usually in November, sometimes the Alabama-Auburn game. Tonight, he grilled marinated asparagus, steak, Vidalia onion, and squash/zucchini. Asparagus [...]

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