Good Stuff!

Completed day 3 of my 4 day week Crossfit plan today! Feeling good! I tried a new recipe last night in honor of my amazing husband! Can I just say he is doing so great on paleo with me, I love it! In honor of his love for Mexican food.....I googled paleo enchiladas last night and came across a seafood enchilada on EveryDay Paleo.(apparently the site is down today) I opted for the seafood enchiladas and picked up some jumbo shrimp and lump crab. The key to this recipe is the sauce and it was good; however, I am going to play with it and make it my own. I am a fan of verde sauce versus ranchero!

So instead of seafood, I am going to go with the ground beef or steak add some spinach and make the sauce with tomatillos instead of tomatoes! It is really like a casserole since there are not tortillas. You can make coconut tortillas if you want out of coconut flour, egg whites and water. I have made them before and they are good.

Here is the enchilada recipe I have in mind:
2lbs Ground Beef or Grilled flank steak
Red Onions
Jalapenos
Garlic
(saute all the above - the beef in coconut oil, then add in the beef and brown)

Place the beef in a casserole dish
Chop up spinach for next layer
The smother with your sauce (recipe below)
Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes

Tomatillo sauce:
Boil 8-10 tomatillos
place tomatillos in the food processor and blend until smooth
Add in 1/2 cup of red onions
1TBL of garlic powder
1/2 cup of beef broth
1/4 cup of cilantro
1TBL of chilli powder
1TSP of Cumin
1/4 tsp of salt and pepper
Process all until smooth

Remember, I have not made this before; I just made up the recipe based off of what I liked and disliked about last nights dish. I will try it this weekend and let you know if it good :)

Part of the exercise regimen is eating right! Log your food peeps! Yesterday I logged my food with a shake in the morning, 2 egg&ham muffins for mid morning breakfast, apple for snack.....was running around all day in the car so I ended up eating a steves orginal paleo snack; beef jerky and some almonds as another 12:30 snack. Made it home by 1:45 and ate 2 more egg&ham muffins. Took kids to crossfit at 4:30, snacked on some more beef jerky and then home to make dinner! Enchiladas would have been great with a margarita.....GRRR after this challenge, I am having one!!!!

This morning I threw together, yet another Mexican food inspired breakfast:
Chorizo (all natural)
Onions
Jalapenos
Roma Tomoato
Eggs

Brown the chorizo, add in the veggies and then scramble in the eggs! Delish!

Double Unders Ladies

Yesterday was such an amazing day! Showering husband with gifts in the morning and reading all his birthday wishes. He is a likable guy!

Up early to make a morning breakfast scramble for Hubby, get kids off to school and then hit the computer for some office time. My Tuesday is like your Sunday! Around 12 I started to get hungry so I went for some left over tomato basil soup and whipped up an avocado and artichoke salad from my new favorite cook book, Make it Paleo. Toss some spring mix with artichokes, heart of palms and avocado. I added some Olive Oil and Zinfandel vinegar we picked up in Napa, S&P and some balsamic vinegar! Ready in 10!

Time flies when you are following up on leads, before I knew it it was time to get DT to show a new client a condo and a unique house in Clarksville. What a fabulous location, just minutes from downtown and tons of great restaurants in walking distance. 2 BR 1 bath at $319K can't beat that price for Clarksville.


Rushed out quickly to make it to my girls first Kids Crossfit class. UGH the traffic, at least I made it in time to catch the last 30 minutes. How adorable, CSC Crossfit boys put on a great show with these ladies, doing air squats, burpees, box jumps, crab walks and 200M runs.
These girls and one boy worked very hard and did an amazing job! Tuesday's and Thursdays from 4:30-5:30 check it out if you live in Austin~ Click here to go to The Combine website.



With work outs complete it is time to wash up and celebrate. Little did Chris know of a few of our friends where meeting us out for dinner at the new Trudy's off 290W. I thought it was great and always happy to celebrate a birthday with friends!

Well crazy thing is that Hayley ate one too many bites of chocolate and she got a little crazy towards the end! Her heart was racing for a while.

Changing the subject :) Here is to Double Unders Ladies: If you don't know a double under, you should! Jump rump but the rope has to pass under your feet 2times. Well this morning at our 5:30am WOD, we did a benchmark. I did my first double under today and did a lot of them :) Work out was 5 clean and squats then Double Unders and Ab mat sit-ups. 50, 40, 30, 20, 10. Sadly I could not triple the amount and do single unders. Robert made us do attempts. He said tripling the amount is suppose to be a deterrent to try the DU. Yeah not for me. I would gladly knock out 150, 120, 90, 60 and 30 instead.... NOT TODAY. We had 20 minutes to do our WOD and I finished in 20:45. I'm proud of myself for finishing. Ladies, try a double under and you will know why I am not a fan~ email me when you think you know why!



Still hoping that those of you that are reading the blog are motivated to eat well, work out hard, play a lot and spend time with the people in your life that matter the most! Here is to yet another fabulous day in Austin Texas~ Make it a Great one!

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