This is the view out my back door, and as you see, its raining. Not only did it rain last night, but the wet stuff decided to settle in a stay for a while. Like until 3pm! Jennifer and I had big plans to take the kiddos to the pool today (Friday is her day off work)so that we could layout and have a gab session (and eat ruebens and swedish fish!). I was a little bummed and so were my children at first, but they made the most of a free day at home and did some of this:
"Just Dance 2" Cardio and fun? Yes, please. After dancing with them for a bit (little brother joined the group as well, but he's not into dancing like the girls :), I decided to get productive! I started the laundry and set about prepping some food for the weekend.
I pulled out some veg and prepped them so I could make this:
Jana's Most Delicious Salsa!
Then I made some of this:
Mama Peas White Bean Guacamole! Its a favorite at our house!
Then, it was lunch time, so I made these:
Pineapple Chicken Quesidillas! I found the recipe over at Hungry Mom on the Run and have been drooling over them ever since!
Here's the finished product! They were excellent!
Next, I decided that supper needed to be tended to, so I started this:
This is a picture of the second step. The first was just a bunch of black beans floating in water in a black crockpot. Somehow, the picture turned out a little boring..... haha! After a couple of hours bubbling away, this is the result:
Vegatarian Black Bean Soup! Oh my yall! This was so good! I am so glad we have a crockpot full to eat the rest of the weekend. I even added a dollop of White Bean Guacamole, HIT. THE. SPOT.! I have been searching for a good black bean soup recipe ever since Jennifer and I had a Cuban version at a local sandwich shop. This is the best I have come up with and it definately made the cut!
We also have a guest tonight,
This is Jennifer's youngest with Big Sister and Little Sister. Big Sister and R are Besties, just like their moms!
Workout Re-cap:
Wednesday - 35 minutes total body strength training
Thursday - 6.5mi run
Friday - 45 minute upper body strength training (I try not to workout my lower body at all on Fridays since I do long runs on Saturdays!)
Tomorrow Jennifer and I have our long run! I'm excited, we've not been able to run together in some time! Yay!
Since I've worked hard to prep for the weekend I think I deserve a little of this,
And look, the sun has come to say hello!
Happy Friday! ~Carie
2 comments:
That's one cute kid sitting on that bed. Well, it's actually 3 but you know what I mean. Sooo excited to see R when we finished our long run this am! Her sweet sleepy face running outside to see me made me very happy :) Had a great time!
yummmmy! what a fun weekend of running and eating :) love it
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