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Today's Eat. Live. Be. topic is "A Day In Our Lives" aka. How we've changed our day-to-day habits in order to achieve our goals. 5:45AM Shower, eat breakfast, get remaining bits of lunch ready, make daughter’s breakfast.7AM Get daughter up, get breakfast ready while hubbs gets her dressed. Sit with her for a minute while she eats and then I get her lunch ready.8AM Drop daughter off at school, drive to work while yapping with my mom or friend Justine.8:30AM-11:45 Work 11:45 to 12:45 Gym. It’s different every day (and this is where the change in my day to day habits has helped me reach my goals). I used to not work out at lunch but then once I had the baby I had to make time to get to the gym. Yes I miss out on lunches out with the girls from work or errands, but, I put my health as a top priority. No excuses. 12:45 to 5:00 Work 5:00 Drive home (pick up daughter if hubbs can’t by 5:30) 5:30-6:00 Unpack ungodly amount of crap stuffed into my car from that morning, pee, change, feed dogs 6:00-7:30 Start dinner, take picture for blog post if necessary, eat, clean up. 7:30 Daughter into bath then bed. 8:00 Blog or do what I need to get done. 8:30 Get most of lunch ready for next day and any other necessary routine duties such as empty dishwasher. 9:00 or 9:30 collapse into bed. Read or watch a show I have DVR’d such as Grey’s, Off the Map, V (I am a sci fi junkie), Modern family or No Reservations. REPEAT. The weekends I sleep in to maybe 6:30 if I’m lucky. Saturday, Power Yoga is at 8AM to 9:45 and then we do whatever we had planned for the rest of the weekend. Last weekend was a typical one. Jam-packed to the last minute! Grilled Chicken Salad with Fresh Dill and Kohlrabi  Remember those cute owl plates I just bought? I had to make something I could put in them.   After we spent some time blowing bubbles, of course.  This salad was born from grilled chicken breast left over from the pizza we made Friday night and the red onion and gigantic kohlrabi from my CSA on Thursday. I love it when spur of the moment recipes come out better than I had hoped. This is one of those. The Vegenaise adds such a tasty creaminess to the juicy grilled chicken, the unique, fresh flavor of dill and the firm texture of the kohlrabi. I urge you to try kohlrabi if you see it at the grocery store. Even though, fairly recently, I had an unfortunate mishap with a recipe involving this unique vegetable I am most definitely not giving up on it. When cut fresh, the texture reminds me of a very firm cucumber with moist flesh but a satisfying crunch. The flavor reminds me of a very mild, sweet broccoli. I have read several places now, to buy small kohlrabi; but after chopping this monster (below) from the farm I realized it was just as mild as the other smaller ones I have received and when it comes down to it I prefer it raw or lightly steamed.  Additionally, look at all these positives per ½ cup or 4.7 oz (Verified through Calorie King )Low in calories: 18High in fiber: 2.4 gramsLots of potassium: 236.3mg I also found that it has vitamin content for that same one-half cup of 25 I.U Vitamin A, 43.4 mg. vitamin C, 11.3 mcg folic acid, and 16.8 mg calcium. A tip for left over kohlrabi: Slice it into a French Fry shape and use them to dip into hummus.  Grilled Chicken Salad with Fresh Dill and KohlrabiServes 4 (1 cup) servings***3 WW Pts Plus Printable Recipe Ingredients 3 small grilled chicken breasts, chopped (about 9 ounces)1/4 red onion , diced1 rib celery, chopped1/2 cup chopped kohlrabi 1/2 cup fresh dill, chopped1/4 cup reduced fat Vegenaise (yes I realize I'm using this with chicken but the taste is vastly better than traditional reduced fat mayo.)Coarse sea salt, fresh ground pepper, garlic powder, to taste Directions 1. Mix all ingredients together in a medium bowl. Nutrition Facts 4 (1 cup) Servings***3 WW Pts PlusAmount Per Serving Calories 125.1 Total Fat 5.8 g Saturated Fat 0.2 g Polyunsaturated Fat 1.2 g Monounsaturated Fat 3.7 g Cholesterol 37.0 mg Sodium 174.6 mg Potassium 189.6 mg Total Carbohydrate 3.2 g Dietary Fiber 0.8 g Sugars 0.7 g Protein 15.2 g Vitamin B-6 19.1 % Niacin 35.8 % |
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