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Pristine Waters and a Crock Quicky

Posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2013

 Let me start this blog off with... I am officially the most responsible employee ever. I went to pick up the mail and the water is AMAZING! Do you have any idea how much self discipline it took not run home grab my swim bag a disappear for an hour...Hopefully it will be as nice for our club swim on Sunday. 
No workouts this week just Yoga and couple of Pure Barre classes, it's driving me wonkers but I know it's for my own good. Back to Primal on Saturday for some good ole' Mud Run training. Sunday starts the 7 & 18 week countdown to Kansas 70.3 and IM Louisville. So me and Kenny will be hitting the roads. Found a prime spot for the Lil Peeps to ride and do some interval work on Saturday after swim practice, really excited about their Tritudes after the weekend.
The only downside to race weekend is the unpacking. OMG I hate laundry, I saw this ridiculous news report about bed bugs 10 years ago and refuse to bring anything into the house before it's been washed. Yes, I know CRAZY. Moving on.
Yesterday we may have overslept… Okay we way overslept. WildaBeast was up and out the door in 10 minutes with a Lara Bar in hand screaming “I can’t miss the bus”.  I told him it was Fartlek training, he was not amused.  I was running late, as usual and didn't have much in the fridge but we had our fill of dining out over the weekend so there was NO WAY were going out to eat. After a quick fridge rummage I went with super easy wicked filling
                                                                 Crock Pot Bangers & Cabbage
                                                                                  prep time: 10min

 1 yellow onion
3 cloves of garlic (I actually used 6)
4 Bangers
1 head of cabbage
4 mushrooms
2 Sweet Potatoes
½ cup chicken broth or water
Salt & Pepper to taste
Slice the onion and chop the garlic place in the bottom of the Crock. Quarter the sweet potatoes toss them in. Slice the Bangers and mushrooms place them on top of the sweet potatoes. Cut the cabbage into wedges. Pour the broth or water in , salt & pepper to taste put the lid on select desired cooking time. Swim Team runs late so I picked low 10-12 hours.   The Lil Peeps were aggravated that I didn't make Cauli Mash… but I didn't have any cauliflower. Probably should store some in the freezer for emergencies. Since I’m all about the leftovers, we had Bangers & Cabbage scramble for brekky this morning.


Tonight I'm going to attempt Paleo Pot Pies.

Happy Living,
icaniwilliTRI




Location: Miramar, FL 33025, USA
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Paleo Lasagna and a Glimmer of Hope.

Posted on Thursday, March 7, 2013

It never fails... Every time I'm ready to toss myself into the eviscerating fires of failure a little glimmer of perpetual hope starts the ball rolling again. I'm a creature of habit, it is actually a necessity and  the only way I can function and get 50% of the things I want to done, DONE. Lil' Bit has been sick, worst sick of his life... and that has been a HUGE disruption to my hopes of getting back into a routine. The worst is calling into work. I HATE it. I work for AWESOME people and it's totally legit, but it still makes me feel like a dead beat. So this morning while sitting in urgent care which was silly to waste 2 hours when I know it's a virus and there's nothing that can be done,  I need the Doc excuse for school... Anyway I was chimping away and I saw the Hyvee Ironman Series will be holding a race in New Orleans 70.3  the Saturday before the 70.3. There it was that little glimmer that got me all fired up again. SCORE!!! We get to train together and instead of dragging them to watch Mom (boring) they get to play too, too non-believers it's crazy talk, triathlon changed my life. I LOVE IT! Now I feel obligated to sign up for Kansas 70.3 because there's an Ironkids race there, I'm going to let that marinate... Driving dirty Ruby all the way to Kansas can't be an impulsive decesion, that's an endurance commitment of it's own.

Yesterday I did a little pre-planning and today I'm reaping the beni's.
I made Paleo Lasagna, Beef & Parsnip Soup (shhh lil peeps think they are taters)
3 mixed green salads. I even had enough veggies to dice up for Fritatta Bacon Cups. Hopped on the trainer for an hour then hit the dreadmill for 30 @ 7.5/8.7 for 30 and the pick J from practice. Placed the lasagna in the oven on 350 about 45 minutes-ish, got home turned up the heat  to 425 for 10 minutes took the foil off for another 5 and dinner is served.  

This was inspired by the beautiful Heirloom Tomatoes they had at Fresh Market. DIVINE!

1lbs Ground Bison, Sirloin, or extra lean Beef
1 lbs Italian Sausage, pork
2 tbs Ghee, EVOO, bacon fat or Pam Spray
1 White Onion diced
Garlic... If you love it go for it! If you don't 
2 Cloves pressed
1 Eggplant
2 Zucchini I had way too much with 3
Fresh Basil or Baby Spinach
1 Bell Pepper
1 cup Greek Yogurt
2 diced tomatoes
16 oz Marinara Sauce I made my own with those divine Heirloom Tomatoes, recipe coming soon. You can use store bought but there are lot's of easy recipes online

Wash your veggies, dice onion and press garlic. Place Ghee, EVOO, bacon fat or Pam Spray in large skillet, sautee onion and garlic until transparent, place in a bowl. Next brown the meat and drain all the excess fat. While the meat is browning slice your zucchini and eggplant into rectangles just like lasagna noodles. I would recommend a mandolin, but I don't have one so I cut mine by hand. Once the meat is drained place back in skillet, mix onion and garlic into the meat mixture and cook for 2 minutes stirring for even incorporation. Chop your basil or baby spinach, stir into greek yogurt. Grab a 10x13 baking pan and alternate eggplant & zuchini lining the bottom of the pan, spread some of the yogurt mixture over the squash, sprinkle meat, diced tomatoes, and sauce, basil or baby spinach then repeat for two or three layers.
I wish I had 2 smaller pans, this is very freezer friendly (4-6) weeks and is good for 2 days in the fridge. This recipe makes enough for two-meals for me and the lil' peeps. Oh well, I will be invoking LEFTOVERS for lunches. Gotta love lunch bots!

Laters,
A.



Location: Miramar Beach, FL, USA