Food, Fitness, Fashion

Well, dinner tonight consisted of two really good recipes that I will post for you guys here, but first let me back up. Since I wanted my afternoon post to be devoted to National Love Your Body Day, I didn’t post my meals. I will do that here for you guys now.

Around 9am, the counselor I was shadowing (who was super great by the way and happens to be my neighbor), gave me and her intern Alyssa (who was so awesome too!) a homemade muffin.

It had bananas and dried cranberries! SO GOOD! My day at the High School was awesome! My neighbor is really great at her job, I love how the school counseling program is structured (the kids have the same counselor all four years). I got to help out a little too which I loved. She is counseling seniors on college stuff and having worked in Admissions for two years I liked jumping in a helping out. Her intern was there too and was great an answering questions. Overall, I had a great day! It was an early release day, so I was home by about 12:20pm.

Here is my outfit for the day:

Black and White Hounds Tooth pants (GAP), White Cami (GAP), Green Cardigan (Old Navy), Black Flats (Anne Klein).

I love pairing black and white with a solid bright color! I adds a little kick to it and makes it fun. I really love cardigans because you can do a lot with them. I am sure you guys have noticed that! When I got home I made a quick lunch and watched some TV on the coach with Oscar…perfect afternoon.

I made a turkey, american cheese and hummus sandwich on a whole wheat tortilla pressed on the Forman.

I also had a salad on the side: spring mix, tomatoes, red peppers, cucumbers, carrots and three bean salad, vinegar.

A few hours later, I got snacky and I had some of these (addicted!).

While writing my National Love Your Body Day post, I had a cup of decaf.

Around 6:15, Adam got home (he is coaching 8-10 year olds in basketball now, so cute, right?) We went for a 4 mile run, we ran at a nice easy pace. This run made me realize it is time for new running shoes. When my shoes wear out, I get some ankle pain and hip pain on my left side. I am hoping to find the money really soon to replace them!

Like I said ,dinner consisted of two great recipes. First up, Coconut Chicken Tenders.

This is all you need:

One package of chicken tenders, egg whites, whole wheat bread crumbs and unsweetened coconut.

You just dip the chicken in the egg whites, rolled it in a mixture of coconut and ww breadcrumbs. Then place them on a cookie sheet.

Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees and enjoy!

Ok, as a side dish I made Sweet Potatoes with Toasted Pecan Butter!!!

You will need:

• Fat Free milk
• 2 sweet potatoes
• pecans
• cinnamon
• brown sugar
• butter (yup, the real stuff!)

Step 1: Poke holes in the sweet potatoes, and place them on a paper towel in the microwave and cook for 10 minutes (turn over after 5).

Step 2: Once, the potatoes are done wrap them in a clean dish towel and let them sit for 5 minutes.

In the meantime, you want to make the butter:)

Step 3: chop up the pecans (I toasted them earlier in the afternoon, but to toast just cook them for like 5 minutes at 350 on a cookie sheet.), then mix the pecans with, 1 TBS. of melted butter, 1TBS. of Brown Sugar, and 1/4 a tsp. of cinnamon! It will look like this.

Yum right!

Step 5: After the the potatoes have been in the towel for 5 minutes cut them open and dig put the…what is that stuff called? Guts? Pulp? We will go with pulp…pull out the pulp.

Step 6: Add 3 TBS of Milk, a pinch of salt and 1 TBS. of brown sugar and mix.

Step 7: Add your butter mix and enjoy!

Both of these recipes are great and have a ton of flavor! I really loved them and dinner was ready in 20 minutes, I cooked them at the same time, but didn’t want to overlap the recipes so you guys don’t get confused.

I added some steamed green beans and called it dinner!!! There are leftovers, so expect to see more of this stuff!

In Other News: The fantastic Heather gave me the Kreativ Blogger Award and the Over the Top Award!!! Thanks so much, Heather! How sweet!!!

For this award, I have to write 7 things you all don’t know about me, I feel like you guys know everything, but I will give it a try:

1. I tap danced for over 10 years.

2. I am named after my dad’s mom, who died when he was 15, her name was Alice and from what I know about her, I am proud to have her name.

3. I HATE when my feet are cold, I literally cannot stand it!

4. I feel so put together when my nails are painted. Weird, but I feel like I can be in rags, but if my nails look good, I am a superstar.

5. I used to be a gymnast, though not a very good one!

6. I am a really slow reader, yet love to read.

7. I have 7 magazine subscriptions: Latina, Cooking Light, Eating Well, Natural Solutions, Self, Shape, Fitness and I could not live without all of them. Really!

For this award, I have to answer all of these questions with one word.

1. Where is your cell phone? Kitchen
2. Your hair? wet
3. Your mother? Sweet
4. Your father? Funny
5. Your favorite food? Pasta
6. Your dream last night? None
7. Your favorite drink? Coffee
8. Your dream/goal? Happiness
9. What room are you in? Living
10. Your hobby? Running
11. Your fear? Rats
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Happy
13. Where were you last night? Bed
14. Something you aren’t? Lazy
15. Muffins? Yum
16. Wish list item? GARMIN!
17. Where did you grow up? Charlestown
18. Last thing you did? Blog
19. What are you wearing? Sweats
20. Your TV? Off
21. Your pets? adorable
22. Your friends? Best
23. Your life?  Busy
24. Your mood? Tired
25. Missing someone? Nana

26. Vehicle? Jetta
27. Something you’re not wearing? Bra
28. Your favorite store? Grocery
29. Your favorite color? Yellow
30. When was the last time you laughed? minutes
31. Last time you cried? weeks
32. Your best friend? Amazing!
33. One place that I go over and over? Bathroom
34. One person who emails me regularly? Boss
35. Favorite place to eat? Home

Now I have to pick 3 bloggers to give the award too

1. Rose from On A Lobster Placemat

2. Caitlin from Healthy Tipping Point

3. Bobbi from N Her Shoes

Wow, that was hard, I have so many bloggers I love!!! You guys all rock!!

Well, I am off to bed! Night!!!