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Where Did the Weekend Go?

Dec 5

Posted by Shari B. in Cooking, Keeping Fit | 11 Comments

Hey there blog buds!

Well, the weekend is almost over – between the event Friday night and all the homework I’ve been doing yesterday and today, it FLEW by.

Did you guys think I forgot to GET MOVIN’ today for our challenge?  ;) Heck no!  We just got back from taking the dogs out for a walk (poor Riley hasn’t been on a walk since the Tuesday before Thanksgiving when she injured her hip at the dog park, so they were EXCITED to go on a walk today!)  That’s the extent of today’s ‘body moving’, unless I get in a little Wii boxing tonight after I throw my laptop out the window… er I mean, after I decide to throw in the towel on homework for the night.

Here’s a little glimpse of one of the recipes I created for this assignment (the one with the sauce was my plate, the one without was MSP’s plate):

These were the North African Crepes with Almond Fig Filling and Sweet Balsamic Reduction.  And they are gluten-free & dairy-free.

I’ve never eaten a fresh fig until this week.  Is that weird or is that typical?  Do you eat fresh figs?

Well friends, back to homework!  Just wanted to say hello – and for those of you doing the DDSD challenge, if you are posting exercise info before I get out here with a blog post, feel free to put the comment on a previous post.  They all come to my email regardless so I’ll still see what you did!

Hope your week starts off GREAT tomorrow!

– Shari B. =)

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Happy Day to all the MOMS!

May 9

Posted by Shari B. in Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Hi FitFeat Friends!

Happy Sunday!  I wanted to be sure to post today to say a big THANK YOU to all the moms out there!  Thanks for raising the future generation, since I haven’t contributed in that department.  ;)   I hope you are all enjoying your special day!

I don’t have “real” kids, but I do have two furry beasts that I love like they were my kids (and they went to the dog park this morning so now they are LAZY furry beasts)…

Riley

Rascal

And this morning there was a card hidden amongst my coffee mugs when I went down to the kitchen to make my cuppa joe:

Awww…. isn’t that sweet?  (Thank you MSP, you’re the best!)

This weekend has been a catch-up kind of weekend:  errand day yesterday and major house cleaning today.  We’ve had a lot going on during the weekdays these past few weeks (hence the sporadic blogging) so there will be no watching of movies or reading of books today!

I’m hoping to have some time during this week to try out some new foods or recipes to report back on!  I haven’t been posting a lot of my food lately because it’s all been pretty “standard Shari food”.  :D I’ll be sure to try and “spice” it up a bit this week.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend blog buds!

– Shari B. =)

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Can I Harness Some of that Excitement?

May 6

Posted by Shari B. in Keeping Fit | 6 Comments

Hi friends!

Can someone tell me where the heck the weeks are disappearing to?  I can’t even believe it’s already Thursday and I haven’t had a post out here since Monday!  Spring is finally starting to act like it’s REALLY here for good so I’ve been trying to get outside whenever the weather (and job schedule) cooperate.

For example, a little off-leash dog park action:

I wish I’d captured on “film” the huge grin on Riley’s face as she scampered all over the place.   (If you have dogs, you know they SMILE!)  It’s been awhile since we’ve been to the BIG off-leash park over at the reservoir where there are acres and acres for them to run around in the woods and by the water.   The crazy beasts ran themselves silly and then came home and crashed out on the floor in the sunshine.

I admit that I enjoy running and hiking and other exercise, but I wish I could just be GIDDY with excitement to run around the way my dogs are!  I think kids are the same way.  Exercise is PLAY to them.  I try to make it that way by choosing things I like instead of things I dread, but I can’t say “giddy” is a word that describes it.  :D   However, if you are doing exercise that you don’t look forward to at least a little, then my friend you should look for other options!

I also got in a visit to the Bluffs this week for a 3.71 mile hilly run, which included 8 sets of 15 sec hill run repeats at the end of the session.

And I have to admit that as much as I love vacations, it’s still awesome to be home and eating MY OWN FOOD again!

Green smoothies:

Huge salads chock full of veggies:

Ezekial toast with coconut butter and raw honey:

Open-faced sandwiches:

Spinach salads topped with a some Chipotle vegetarian “burrito bowls” (because Chipotle is MSP’s all-time fave, and he could literally eat there everyday!)

Baked yams with vegan, soy-free Earth Balance:

And even a few new creation attempts here and there, like this roasted portobello mushroom topped with spinach and herbed goat cheese:

The mushroom was good, but not yet “GREAT”.  I think it needs some pre-cooking marinade.  When I get it feeling like it’s recipe worthy, I promise to share it!

How about you?  Any new food creations lately?  Any springtime outings to enjoy the weather?

– Shari B. =)

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