Whether it's scheduling your workouts and committing to them on Sundays each week or planning meals, being prepared is the first way to ensure you meet your weekly health goals that contribute to your larger big picture fitness goals. Head over to Spry Living to read my 5 Tips To Set Yourself Up for a Week of Home-Cooked Meals. While you're there enter The Amazing Prune sweepstakes for the … [Read more...] about 5 Steps To Set Yourself Up For a Week of Home-Cooked Meals (spon)
Fuel & Recipes
Spicy Sweet Potato Corn Hash
Monday night I arrived home from work to find dinner on the table. At my house we're trying to spend less money going out for meals by only eating one dinner out per week. My sweet husband kicked off the week by re-creating this recipe. Coming home to a plate full of colorful, healthy food was a great start to the week. Spicy Sweet Potato Corn Hash Ingredients: 2 sweet potatoes 1 tbl of oil … [Read more...] about Spicy Sweet Potato Corn Hash
Chocolate-Covered Cherry Smoothie
It's officially smoothie season! Smoothies are a great meal, snack or post long run recovery drink. While this one isn't high enough in protein to be a recovery drink, it's still full of healthy ingredients. It includes every runner's favorite food in the post Born To Run era, chia seeds. And every pms-ing woman's favorite food chocolate (in the form of cacao). It's a chocolate-covered cherry … [Read more...] about Chocolate-Covered Cherry Smoothie
Zesty Orange Juice
While I still stand behind the fact that making juice at home is more economical than buying it at a juice bar, it's nice to have a neighborhood place to pop in and grab a juice on the go. After walking past a "coming soon" sign on the door for months, I was ecstatic when Juice Generation finally opened the doors. During last week's cold I spent more money there than I'd care to admit. My new … [Read more...] about Zesty Orange Juice
Peanut Curry Sauce for One
As of yesterday it has been two weeks since I've made a proper trip to the grocery store. Determined not to order in I was stuck with an extremely boring dinner option: broccoli, brown rice, and garbanzo beans. While searching through my refrigerator for some inspiration, I had an idea. I would attempt to make a peanut curry sauce for one. The outcome of my sauce creation was just what I … [Read more...] about Peanut Curry Sauce for One
Roasted Sweet Potato,Kale and Tahini Rice Bowl
Dinner last night was simple and quick (thanks to frozen organic brown rice from trader joe's). Roasted Sweet Potato, Kale and Tahini Rice Bowl (serves 1) Ingredients - 1/2 cup brown rice (frozen if you can find it) - 1 medium sweet potato (peeled and diced) - 3 cups of kale (washed, de-stemmed and torn or cut into small pieces) - 1/4 cup of dried cranberries - 1 … [Read more...] about Roasted Sweet Potato,Kale and Tahini Rice Bowl