On to my health

So it's official, we are not pregnant and will not get pregnant again for at least a few years. What does this mean? It means I can work on me for a while. I'm still nursing so I have to eat for two for a while, but an empty stomach means that I can www.crossfitmiramar.com my heart out and not worry about damaging any growing babies. Yeah!

I started last week doing about 10 min of rowing a day. It's a start considering that I haven't "worked out" for over two years now due to being pregnant, nursing/husband being deployed, then being pregnant again. I do about 15 rounds of 20 seconds on 10 seconds off. It doesn't exhaust me but it's all I have time for. I'm going to see if I can up it to twice a day on the days when we are home the most. We'll see how well we do.

I've also started a food blog that just puts what we ate that day. I think this will help me keep from snacking out of boredom. My biggest problem with the Three Question Diet is learning when I'm really hungry vs when I'm bored. I have to work on that. I think I can mostly tell the difference because when I'm just hungry out of boredom I look at the healthy stuff and think "nah, something more snack like" vs when I'm really hungry I want the fruits, veggies, or meat we have. It def makes it easier that I only buy good stuff. That way I'm not tempted by sugary treats or typical wheat filled snacks. I also am trying to replace my boredom snacking with drinking instead. If I'm gonna sit on the couch and nurse it's better for me to have a drink than a snack anyway (need to replenish the fluids).

Tonight my husband has "mandatory fun," so we are just eating some fruit and lunch meat. Tomorrow night I think I'm gonna try the mustard pork...and then Friday night I'm gonna put together the bluecheese bacon stuffed burgers. It should be yummy. I'll let you know.

Breakfast bake

Chris put this one together this morning since he didn't have to be at work until noon

9 eggs

1 cup milk

1/4 cup cheese

6 slices bacon

3/4 cup broccoli pieces

Start by frying the bacon until somewhat crispy. Beat the eggs with the milk and cheese. Break up the bacon into pieces then mix with broccoli into egg mix. Pour everything into a 9 inch round baking dish and place in the oven at 350 for 15 min. Pull it out and sprinkle cheese over the entire top. Let it melt and dish up.

new ideas

-pork with brown mustard, heavy creme, and garlic

-meatloaf with peppers, cheese, onion

-turkeyloaf with olives, basil, pine nuts, sundried tomato, and garlic

I'm also going to start working on my snack bar recipes again. wish me luck

New Roast

My husband complained that in my attempt to find a really good roast recipe that he's tired of roasts. The last one was not bad, but we ended up not eating it. The past couple of days we've been mixing it with other things. We added the meat to chili, which was very good. This morning I added it to scrambled eggs and that was pretty good too. For dinner/lunch I put leftover ribs, chili, and some water in the crockpot. I let it all cook on high for 5 hours then I removed the meat from the ribs and it was pretty good. None of us are really "hungry" so no official dinner is being made.

I have some leftover beans in the fridge and some ground beef in the freezer, so I think I'm gonna put together a pot of chili to cook overnight in the crockpot. Other than that, we have a lot of leftovers in the fridge so I'm gonna try to use all of that up in some way or another.

pineapple beef roast

Things changed a little because my husband decided he wanted to go to bed early and apparently we are out of cinnamon. But here is the recipe I used

1 beef bottom roast

2-3 cups pineapple juice

worcestershire sauce

1 tbsp pepper

1 tbsp garlic powder

1 tsp salt

5 cloves garlic

2 chopped sweet potatoes

2 coarsely chopped onions

I placed the onions, sweet potatoes, and whole garlic cloves in the bottom of the crockpot. I but in the beef bottom roast and poured the pineapple juice on top of it until the juice sat just at the bottom of the roast. I then sprinkled the pepper, garlic powder and salt over top. Next I sprinkled enough worcestershire sauce to coat the roast. I put it on low for the night (12 hours). We'll see how this one turns out.

new roast

The last roast I made I left off the bbq sauce and it was dry and terrible and not all wonderful and flaky. I think it needed the sugar in order to break down that much more. I am going to try a new recipe with pineapple juice. I am going to make my own version of a hawaiian roast. I am going to put the roast in the pineapple juice for about 2 hours then place it in the crockpot on top of a layer of onion, whole garlic cloves, and cubed sweet potatos and just fill with pineapple juice to the bottom of the roast. I'll then put worcestershire sauce, cinnamon, garlic powder, and a little brown mustard. Since the crockpot tends to let off enough heat to warm up our whole condo I'm gonna do this one overnight to be ready for a lunch time thing. I'll put up the full recipe once I actually do this.

The chicken was really good. just kinda fell apart scooping it out. a little salt and pepper and yummm. my husband added some cheese to the top.

so my friend said the chili needed more chili seasoning and maybe more tomato, but she admits that she likes lots of tomato taste (she also puts ketchup on a lot of stuff). i thought a bit of salt pepper and cheese on top, as intended went a long way.

tonight we are just having leftovers but i have a couple of ideas for future recipes.

-burgers stuffed with bacon and blue cheese.

-pork, apples, and garlic in the crock pot

-pizza with peanut butter crust

chicken thighs

I just kinda tried something random...

2.5 lbs chicken thighs

1/2 onion coarsely chopped

1 tomato coarsely chopped

1 tsp basil

1 tsp oregano

1 tsp sea salt

1 tsp pepper

1 tbsp cinnamon

2 cloves garlic

2 tbsp olive oil

water

I placed the chicken in the crockpot and sprinkled cinnamon until all pieces were coated. I then layered in the tomato, onion, and garlic. I drizzled olive oil on top and poured in just enough water to almost reach the top of the chicken. I then sprinkled in the salt, pepper, basil, and oregano. I put the crockpot on high for 5 hours and we will see what it comes to!

turkey chili attempt #1

Here is yet another chili attempt

1 cup of each

-black beans

-small red beans

-kidney beans

1 onion

4 cloves garlic

1 tbsp each of

-cinnamon

-paprika

-ground mustard

-garlic powder

-salt

2 tbsp each of

-black pepper

-crushed red pepper

-chili powder

1 tsp

-ground cumin

-coriander

hot sauce to taste (I used about 1 tbsp tapatio)

1.25 lbs ground turkey (1 package basically)

1 can tomato sauce

2 sauce cans of water

Start by rinsing the beans and boiling on high for about 15 min. This is especially important for the small red beans. Once boiled, rinse the beans well again. Coarsely chop the onion. Begin layering in your crock pot. I put the chopped onion and then used my garlic press on the garlic cloves. I broke up the ground turkey with my fingers and then layered with all of the seasonings and hot sauce. I put the beans in next and poured the tomato sauce and water on top. I turned the crock pot on high for one hour. I then opened it and mixed all the ingredients together and put the crock pot on low for 8 hours overnight set to turn to "warm" until the morning. I will let you know tomorrow what it turns out like.

(Note-I plan to serve with cheese, pepper, and probably a bit more hot sauce)

mozzarella Chicken w/ tomato

Yesterday I made a snack of tomatoes, mozzarella, olive oil, and basil. I ate a little and my husband was taking a nap. When i got tired of waiting for him to get up to make dinner, I decided to use the snack for dinner. Here's what I did.

about 2 cups cubed chickedn

2 sliced tomatoes

1/2 log of fresh mozarella (basically equal to the # of slices of tomatoes)

olive oil

basil

salt and pepper

I spread the chicken cubes in a single layer in a baking dish

Put it in the oven for 15 min at 400

I then took it out and put a layer of tomatoes and topped with a layer of mozzarella

I sprinkled with pepper and basil and put back in the oven for about 5 min

I then took it out and salted to taste

We ate it with a side of lima beans and it was really good. Super simple and very good.

new chili review

This chili was much better. i will probably add some hot sauce for a kick next time. but the meat was a lot better.

last night i simply cut up some strip steak and mixed it into stir fry veggies. simple and really good. my in laws liked it too. a few sesame seeds on top...

in laws are heading to LA tonight so i'm not sure what we are going to do for dinner.

chili and mexican

Last night we ended up making mexican instead. We ate carne asada, with avocado, sour cream, cheese, and salsa. not the best, but good and special for his parents.

the chili went in the fridge for later i guess. here's the basic recipe.

1/2 bag black beans

1/2 bag kidney beans

1/2 bag red beans

1 can tomato paste

1 can tomato sauce

water

1 onion

4 garlic cloves

chili powder

garlic powder

red pepper flakes

cinnamon

paprika

pepper

2 lbs ground beef

Basically I threw everything but the ground beef in the crock pot on high for about 5 hours. then i browned the ground beef in a skillet and then added and mixed into the chili and left it on for another few hours. then we decided not to eat it so it got put in the fridge. I'll let you know what we think later.

return from vacation

We just got back from a hard 10 days with my family in DC.

The second pot roast was no where near as good as the first. My conclusion, beef bottom roast makes a better pot roast.

My inlaws are coming into town today. We are going to treat them to chili tonight. I'm going to make it the same way as before, but I'm going to brown the ground beef and put it in later. That should help a little with the texture.

Chili and Pot Roast #2

The chicken was ok. I put garlic on top and a layer of mozzarella. I would def make again. Of course I always LOVE mashed sweet potatoes with butter and cinnamon.

Saturday night we made our first attempt at chili in the crock pot. I made awesome chili on the stove a week or so ago, but my hubby wanted to try in the crock pot. I can't really say all of what went into it because myhusband kept playing with it too. But It was basically 2 lbs ground beef, 1/2 bag black beans, 1/2 bag kidney beans, onion, garlic, and a load of spices. My husband added in some bacon and a rib bone from us BBQing ribs for lunch. The chili wasn't too bad. The meat was a little spongy, not sure how to fix that. The taste was ok, but was better with lots of tapatio.

Tonight I am making another roast. This one is beef eye of round roast. I trimmed the fat off of the side, laid it on a layer of onions with some water and beef boulon. I covered with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and then BBQ sauce. It's in the crock pot on low set for 12 hours. I have high hopes.

Mozzarella Chicken

So last night was not bad at all.  The beans did not cook completely, but they weren't bad.  I think Chris liked the italian sausage a lot.  

Tonight I'm not going to cook.  I am going to mix the leftover beans and the leftover roast from the other day.  

In case I don't get to this, tomorrow  I plan to make chicken stuffed with spinach and mozzarella.  It should be fairly good.  I will also make mashed sweet potatoes.  This is to share with our neighbors upstairs because they just had a baby.  

My husband and I seem to have "healthy" digestive systems right now.  Things are fixing themselves.  

Bean Soup

Last night's dinner was ok. It tasted like a roast. I added some salt and pepper when it came out and Wyatt and I had some sweet potatoes to complete the meal for us.

I also made some primal snack bars. Basically they are a mix of coconut, walnuts, peanut butter, almonds, craisins, sunflower seeds, milled flaxseed, olive oil, and 2 eggs. i baked it for about 20 min (plus a little after i turned the oven off). It is good...tastes like a "healthy" food though. Chris seems to like it a lot. We both agree that a layer of peanut butter on top would make it really good. I also realized after making it that I was supposed to put in honey (I stole the idea to throw stuff together from mark's daily apple). Honey might help a lot also, but would raise the GI.

Although not very primal, tonight we are having easy to make 15 bean soup with onion, smoked sausage, and garlic. I'm making it in the slow cooker again and the 15 beans soup came out of a bag with cajun seasoning.

side note-woke up early this morning with a horrible stomach ache after having a splitting headache all day yesterday...not sure what that's all about. Because of this, this morning i just put some of Wyatt's protein powder in my coffee for breakfast.

another side note-I am currently getting myself un-addicted to sugar again after a few weeks of treats. These things will probably taste better to me once my sweet tooth subsides. But withdrawal really sucks!

Steak and Potatoes & Pot Roast #1

Dinner from the other night...eh. A lot of salt helped. Probably won't make that exact recipe again.

So yesterday I cut up two sweet potatoes, an onion, and some steak and threw them in the crock pot for about 5 hours. It was very good. Chris thought the steak was a bit dry and added some mustard. I liked it and Wyatt ate it.

Today I have a beef bottom round roast on top of two cut up onions with salt and pepper and bbq sauce. The bbq sauce has a lot more sugar than I would like, but should add a lot of flavor.

The idea...

My husband and I have created www.threequestiondiet.com . It would take a book to fully explain all of these, but basically we eat fruit, veggies, fat, and meat while keeping in mind the sugar content of fruit and veggies. I have not only had a ton of success losing good body weight, but my husband is able to maintain a very muscular body while fighting some genetics. We feed our 1 1/2 year old the same food and I am also nursing a newborn. My main reason for starting this is because with two under two we just got a crock pot and I am going to try to create meals within our budget that will feed us for a couple of days so that I'm not always in the kitchen with a crying baby. A lot of this will be experiment. I plan to post the recipe and then our response. Last night we mixed a pound of ground turkey, lima beans, red beans, an onion, water, and italian seasoning in the crock pot. It smells ok, but I haven't tried yet, so we'll see how it turns out. My husband took some to work, so he'll have the first opinion.