Fried rice....... hold the rice :)

I went home just like I normally do at my lunch hour ate my cabbage and steak saute.... afterwards I was hanging out in my livingroom and I noticed a few cars next door to my neighbors house (my parents house) so I went to check it out..... my teenage nieces were there eating teriyaki chicken, fried rice...... and the fried rice smelled AMAZING.......

So inspiration for my dinner! :)

Here is what you will need!

-16oz ground turkey

-1 tbs onion flakes

1/2 tbs minced garlic

-salt & pepper

-1 head of cauliflour

-2 cups of fresh brocolli (I cut most of the stem off)

-1 cup of egg white

Low sodium soy sauce

-1 tbs I can't believe its not butter

Squeeze of half a lemon

Here is what you do :)

Cut most of the stems of your brocolli and cauliflour and put in a medium pot then put in about a fingertip deep amount of water in the pot. Put on medium high heat and let steam about 8 minutes or until tender.... drain and mash with potato masher. Place back in pot and set aside.

Now in a seperate medium pan.... brown (more like beige) your ground turkey with onion flakes, garlic, salt and pepper on medium heat (takes about 5 minutes) and put into your cauliflour rice. In the same pan scramble up your eggs and also put that in the pan with the cauliflour rice :)

Now in the pot with all the meat, eggs and "rice" put on medium-high heat and put a few splashes of soy sauce and lemon.... mix it all together... then stir in "I can't believe its not butter".... I like my "fried rice" pretty well done so I tend to cook it for about another 5 minutes......

And you are done!

**** side note: we needed more fat so husband got an avacado... sliced that up, squeezed some lime in it, chopped up some cilantro and threw a lil salt in there and we garnished our rice with it....... WAS THE BOMB dot COM! :)

My kids and us devoured it.... even our 11 month old this is a pic of her shaking her head yes in approval

Who loves Mexican food??? Me!?

(This was hubby's size serving, he is a ZONE 5-blocker)

Ok, so I am pretty sure I could live off of Mexican food every single day..... but when I go to a restaurant I absolutely CAN NOT refuse the chips and guacomole.... so, I had to cook up an alternative that satisfied my Mexican tooth (not sweet tooth lol). This was simply amazing and satisfying..... tasted like I was cheating......
 Here is how Hubby and I did it....

Flank Steak about 2lbs
I seasoned mine and let it sit for a couple hours....
- 2 tsp chili powder
-2 tsp garlic powder
-fresh lime juice
-fresh cracked pepper
-sea salt

Spanish Rice (made with Cauli)
-1 Cauliflour head
-1 sliced carrot
-3/4 cups tomato sauce (no sugar added)
-2 tsp minced garlic
-2tsp onion flakes
-season w/chili powder, salt and pepper

Mashed avacado's
-1 ripe avacado
-1/2 TBS cilantro
-salt
-chili powder
-garlic powder


In a medium pot steam your cauliflour and carrots on medium-high heat for around 10 minutes or until they are soft.... and mash with potato masher, add tomato sauce... season and let simmer on low heat while you cook "Carne Asada"

After you season the Flank Steak, warm up a Cast-Iron pan on medium-high heat. Spray pan w/Olive Oil Spray and brown the meat..... YAY that is done!

For the Avacados.... I always cut the avacados in half, remove the pit and slice the avacados while they are still in their shell... then I remove with a spoon... put the chopped avacados in a bowl... add ingredients and ENJOY!!!! :)

In the picture was my husbands serving size.... unfortunetly, he eats way more than me... and had corn tortillas.....
I had 4oz of meat, 1 cup of cauli, and 1 TBS of avacados... it was filling for my tummy and brain :)

PS I had the left over steak w/eggs this morning and it was still just as good!

I want dessert.... but i still want to look good -my hubby

What do you do when you have a sweet tooth, but are loving the progress on your body???? Make a protein packed apple-strawberry crisp! :) I made this for my husband tonight and he loved it!!! Plus its pretty dang easy and fast to make!

Here is what you need....

*Preheat oven to 350

FILLING
-3 peeled, cored and thinly sliced apples

-1/2 scoop lite vanilla protein

-1 tsp cinnamon

-1/2 Tbs splenda brown sugar

-1 cup sliced strawberries

-packet of truvia

TOPPING
-2 packs of kashi go lean honey & cinnamon oatmeal

-1/2 scoop of vanilla protein

-1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

-6 tsp of I CAN'T BELIEVE ITS NOT BUTTER

Here is what you do....
In a medium non-stick skillet on medium-low heat put in all the filling ingredients. Sweat out the apples and strawberries until they are tender. Put filling in to a (aaahhh I forgot size) glass baking dish.
In a small mixing bowl combine packets of oatmeal, vanilla protein powder, pumpkin spice. Pour over filling and then put 6 tsp of (faux) butter on the topping....
Bake for 10 minutes and enjoy!

Protein, dessert and deliciousness!   

taste just like chicken.....

Well, that or Turkey....
Here we have some yummy paleo delicousness....
-5oz of seasoned lean ground turkey sausage patties w/1/2 TBS of pesto
grilled on my friend... the George Foreman
-1 1/2 cup steamed and mashed cauliflour (rice)
(cut all the stems off the asparagus, steam really well, then mash w/a potato masher and put on a little salt and pepper.... mmm taste and feels just like rice
-15 baked asparagus spears w/salt, pepper and herbs

This was so delicious and very filling.... I think I want to eat this again

My body is my engine.... this is my fuel 2-11-2010

I went to a nutrition Seminar at Crossfit Marysville w/Todd Widman and he basically said if your body is an engine.... then think of it as the best engine in the entire world..... now lets think of our food as our fuel.... what kind of fuel are you putting into your engine.... high quality fuel that will help it perform better or crappy fuel that makes you slow, doesn't last as long and leaves behind mushy, sticky sludge???

Me? today my fuel is....
Breakfast: 1 cup of oatmeal, 1 TBS of organic peanut butter, 1 scoop lowfat and sugar free choco protein powder (notes: taste like a no-bake cookie... it is sooooo delicious!!!!)

Lunch: 5oz chicken breast grilled w/a lil taco seasoning, topped w/fresh salsa and 1 TBS avacado and put on 2 pieces of butter lettuce w/side of 1 cup steamed asparagus and a kiwi (notes: This was filling and tasted soooo good... I started eating it slow so it would last longer lol)

Snack: 2 hardboiled eggs w/egg yolks mixed w/avacado and 1 cup of steamed brocolli

Dinner: will be baked salmon topped w/pesto and tons of cups of steamed asparagus mmmmmmmm I can't wait!!!!

Oomph for life

What is oomph? To me.... it means living life to the fullest while being the happiest person I can be....
How do I achieve oomph in my life? I would say this will come from overall well being... in the 4 elements of Native health... in the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.....

I am creating this blog to track my oomphyness to keep my accountable.... I will be posting what I am eating... my workouts, what motivates me..... I will even track my humaness and let you know my struggles on staying oomphy at all times :)

So lets start today!!!!

"The greatest wealth is health" -Virgil
Thank goodness that we have today! I hear my daddy say "There are too many tomorrows" and that motivates me everyday.... for the past 2 weeks I have been getting up at 5:00am and leaving my husband and 3 kids sleeping to go workout at Crossfit Marysville.... I have a hard time finding time to workout sooooo I created time.... I set up an alarm on my phone that goes off at 5am monday-friday, I also started sleeping in my workout clothes and leave my workout shoes by the door..... no excuses.... and guess what!? I feel great!!! The 5am workout really give me extra oomph to make it through my day..... I have energy and it motivates me to eat better....
so lets so our goal for the day.... and that will be to quit making excuses and say "If I don't have time to workout, I will create time to workout" it can be earlier in the morning, or a lunchtime jog, right after work or right before bed.... CREATE time for your health TODAY... because there are too many tomorrows and "Tomorrow may never come"