Weekend Catchup

Hi!!!! I hope everyone had a great thanksgiving! Mine didn’t go quite at planned. I was supposed to meet my boyfriend’s family but Wednesday during the day his grandma fell and broke her hip and was hospitalized. Thanksgiving was cancelled and he drove up by himself to see her in the hospital.

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I’ve been having serious subway cravings lately.

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A coworkers wife brought us some seriously delicious brown sugar cinnamon cupcakes.

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My roommate left me an apple pie cupcake on thanksgiving 😌

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I made north african shrimp couscous from blue apron as well as mac and cheese

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Trailing the blonde may now be trailing the red head.

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My roommate helped me dye my hair.

I woke up today with a cold 😦 Another Cold!!!
Hopefully i can kick this quick. I hate cold season.

Talk to you soon!!!!
How was your thanksgiving?

Have you been sick this season?

Tuesday thoughts and Blue Apron!

2 days until Thanksgiving!!!

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Sunday morning i made cinnamon rolls and when i say made i mean i opened the package and put them in the oven Hahahahaha. Artemis and i tried for another run, i made sure she pooped right before we left and this time we got about 7 minutes into the walk until she pooped again. My mom made a good point that she might be nervous in the new area causing her to go more. We will keep trying.

Sunday night i hoped on the treadmill and did my first run post surgery…..2 whole miles!!! And holy crap was it hard. A month off running is a looooong time to the body.

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Very hard work.

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But its a step in the right direction!!!!

Blue Apron meal #2 this week.

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I still love the preportioned awesomeness.

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I may have been drinking  some hot chocolate while cooking.

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Once again i tweaked it a little. I cooked some of the onions which was not part of the recipe.

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Sadly i missed my training appt tonight. I took the dogs out, ate half a bagel, locked the door handle and walked out the door…….literally 3 steps later i realized my keys were still on the hook after i had slammed the locked door shut. I sat in the 38degree weather in workout for about 40 minutes then my toes were burning which is not good, neither of my roommates had answered so i did a quick walk the .75 miles to a nearby subway where i bought dinner (i did have my purse thankfully). My roommate came and picked me up.

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I continued the cardio kick and hopped on the recumbent bike in the bonus room for 35 minutes then watched some amazing race. An oddly slow yet busy night.

Being locked out in the freezing rain oddly made me miss the trail. I know i would have spent many days like that on the trail.

How was your Sunday and Monday?

Have you ever locked yourself out? How did you get back inside?

Blue Apron week 4 meal 1: tortilla soup

Happy Sunday!!!!

Oh man! This meal was delicious!!!!!

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I enjoyed a little coffee while drinking it

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My theraflu tea was putting me to sleep.

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I love that it had me toast my own tortilla chips, it was super easy but took the meal to the next level.

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I added a can of kidney beans to it for a little more protien and body.

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I also added more cheese lol.

Once again i got about 4 meals out of this instead of 2, which makes me happy happy happy!!!

And in my box i ended up with an extra avocado and an extra bag of cilantro which worked out perfectly since i had extra soup.

Still drinking lots of tea and using essential oils to try and kick this cold. 

What did you cook this weekend?

Wild Mushroom Sauce

Happy Wednesday!!!!
With my box of organic goodies i have been cooking up some delicious stuff!!!!

Thankfully i bought a great book a few years ago that really helps in these situations

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This is where i found the recipe for wild mushroom sauce, though i tweaked it to fit my tastes.

I had shitaki mushrooms in my box so that is what i used.

I started with some oil heating in a saucepan

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The added onions to cook for about 2 minutes then the chopped up mushrooms

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Then i added about 3/4 cup water, rosemary, pepper and garlic powder (next time ill tyr fresh garlic)

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Then you let it simmer for 15 minutes.
After it was done simmering i added some cream for richness and flour to thicken and voila! Wild Mushroom sauce

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I put it over brown rice.

Let me know how yours turns out!