Hard to believe I am up early blogging on a Tuesday, I am notorious for sleeping in and rushing to work last minute. This weekend was a fun one! Friday night we went out for dinner to a new local restaurant called Navorra with another couple Greg and Katherine. I actually ate white pasta for the first time since as long as can remember. Although my shrimp penne pasta in a garlic white wine sauce was amazing, it felt like a block of cement was sitting in my stomach the next day.... Now II remember why I try to avoid wheat! Lol
Saturday I had an awesome workout then did some running around. Later that night we had some friends over to the condo to celebrate Dan's bday! I really made an effort to put out some healthy snacks including carrots, humus, salsa, guacamole and flax chips. Unfortunately my efforts were derailed when someone ordered pizza lol It was a great night but I ended up drinking wayyyy too much, needless to say playing baseball the next day was a rough go. Note to self: avoid drinking two bottles of wine to yourself in one night!
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| My healthy snacks.... before the pizza was ordered |
Saturday was also the first of the month, so like I had promised myself I did a weigh in and did my measurements, not quite the results I wanted to see, but I did lose 2 lbs and 1.5 inches. Slow and steady wins the race right? I'd like to double that weight loss in June, then I will back to my ideal weight!
Over the weekend I also found some time to experiment in the kitchen a little bit. I tried out a recipe I found at work for Kale Pesto, yes that's right! Kale Pesto. It is really easy to make, and way cheaper to make than using basil leaves. We had it on top of rice pasta with cherry tomatoes and chicken! Give it a try and tell me what you think!
Kale Pesto Recipe
2 cups Kale leaves
1/2 cashews
2 tbsp Parmesan Cheese (optional to keep it paleo)
2 garlic cloves chopped
2-3 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp salt
1/4 olive oil
Instructions:
Put all of this in your food processor, blend and enjoy! It's great on top of pasta, or as a sandwich spread or as a dip!
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| Rice pasta with kale pesto! |
Kale Pesto Recipe
2 cups Kale leaves
1/2 cashews
2 tbsp Parmesan Cheese (optional to keep it paleo)
2 garlic cloves chopped
2-3 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp salt
1/4 olive oil
Instructions:
Put all of this in your food processor, blend and enjoy! It's great on top of pasta, or as a sandwich spread or as a dip!
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| mmmmm! delish! |
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