Hello! I had a lovely day off work yesterday! I woke up and made some kale, carrot, ginger, apple, lime, and cucumber juice!

I then went into the city for some Core Fusion. I pretty much relaxed the rest of the day until a fun dinner date!

We decided to try out the 5 Burro Cafe in Forest Hills. I walk by it all the time and there are always tons of people waiting outside. I got confirmation from Mo Diva that it is well worth the wait! We figured that a Monday night would be a good day to go since it would not be as packed as on a Friday or Saturday.

We got there and it was still pretty crowded! We were told there would be a 15 minute wait. It was completely fine because we got to sit at the cute bar and drink margaritas!

I loved the environment of the restaurant. It was cozy and small with tons of fun Mexican decorations.

Believe it or not, I have not had a margarita in about 2 years. I drank one too many a few summers ago and felt so sick. I decided I would stay away from tequila for a while! I gave it another try last night because I heard the margaritas were delicious there! I got a strawberry and my friend got a banana.

They were both very good! The banana was like drinking a banana daiquiri! They were really strong too!

After about 20 minutes, we were seated and immediately brought chips and salsa.

The salsa was great! It was slightly spicy and not too chunky.

After placing our order, we got 2 more margaritas: Blue Curacao and Banana.

This time we got frogs and bugs with our drinks!

I ordered the Vegetarian Fajitas.

Delicious!! There were huge mushrooms, squash, and broccoli! The rice was amazing too. I loved that everything was on one plate because it became one delicious Mexican mess! Tons of guacamole too! It tasted like it was from a real authentic Mexican restaurant. Much better than the chain restaurants!

Mo Diva said I had to get the Steak Fajitas so my friend got them! Sorry for the dark pictures!

I had a few pieces of steak. Monique…you were right! We both LOVED the steak. It was so flavorful and moist.

All of the sudden while I was eating, the alcohol hit me!  I went from feeling fine one minute to completely drunk the next! My face got all warm and I felt like I could not eat another bite. I had trouble drinking my 2nd margarita. Ohh tequila…

Someone thought it was hilarious that I couldn’t see straight all of the sudden! Lol. I chugged some water for a while and felt much better. We were going to leave after that but we were slightly debating getting one more beer or drink. Somehow the server convinced us to get another margarita. My drunky-self agreed! We were going to just split one but the server brought us a complimentary drink! So nice!!!

We got more frogs! We were going to tell the server that there were bugs in our food and we wanted a refund.  I’m sure he’s heard that one before though.

They are fun toys when drunk.

I seriously loved 5 Burro Cafe!! The food was great, the service was awesome, and we got a free drink! I would definitely recommend it for anyone in Queens!

I am off to go have some dinner again! Have a good night!

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Happy Saturday! It is finally starting to snow! My bedroom is SO cold. I am currently wearing……

1 tank top, 2 sweat shirts, sweat pants, UGGs, gloves, and a winter hat. Oh and Daisy has to be on my lap to keep me warm! Pretty sad for being inside! I just emailed my landlord to come over and raise the heat! I just took my gloves off so I could type and now my hands are numb. I need those gloves where the fingers are open on the end!

Okay, enough about cold and onto food! I woke up this morning and made a green juice of course!

I had to take Daisy to the vet to get her last shot. She was not too happy.

I got home after and made some cereal! I decided to try out some Health Valley Organic Fiber 7 Flakes.

I added raisins and bananas. The cereal was very good! The flakes were nice and big and did not need any extra sweetener. The cereal is 160 calories, 7 grams of fiber, and 6 grams of protein for 1 cup. Nice stats!

Mexican Meals!!

I had the same thing for 3 different meals in the past 2 days. On Thursday, I made a Mexican salad using LightLife Smart Ground veggie crumbles.

I cooked it on the stove with corn and bean salsa, peppers, and mushrooms. I also added steamed broccoli, carrots, and Dr. Kracker’s.

Delicious salad! I had some red wine too!

On Friday for lunch, I brought some leftovers. I had a little salad left in the bag so I added carrots and brought it to work with me.

I brought the LightLife mix in a separate container and made a great salad for lunch!

I still had more leftover after that so I had it again for dinner last night!

All gone now! I also had a Skinny Cow ice cream sammy and some cereal a little later. I was supposed to get highlights last night but I was 10 minutes late so I had to reschedule. I was so mad but at least it gave me some time to relax at home! I was so bored though that I kept getting tons of snacks! Eventually I gave Daisy a bath so I couldn’t move from my spot for 2 hours since she was cold!

Today looks like a nice movie/beer day! Better go stock up before it gets too bad out! It’s days like today that I wish I had a Wii Fit! Maybe I’ll do my Core Fusion DVD or something.

What do you plan on doing today in this snow??

If you are somewhere warm and sunny, I am jealous! Have a good day!

You have until Monday to enter my Musselman’s Gift Pack Giveaway!

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Hello! I just got done cleaning up coffee from my keyboard! Luckily it is still working. I tend to spill liquid on every piece of technology that is put in front of me. I could write a whole blog post about my spillage stories! I will save that for another day. For now I will do a little update of some yummy foods I’ve been eating the past couple of days.

I started out my morning yesterday and today with some juice!

Egg whites with mushrooms, tomatoes, and low-fat mozzarella on a whole wheat wrap

So much better than oatmeal sometimes!

Free Lunch!

Yesterday Jamba Juice was giving out their new California Flatbread pizzas! You guys know how much I like free food so I walked on over during lunch.

I chose the Mediterranean: A crispy flaxseed crust topped with Mediterranean-style grilled zucchini, onions, bell peppers, mushrooms, and a combination of feta and mozzarella cheeses.

You may not be able to tell from the picture but the pizza was tiny!! It was smaller than my hand. I guess it makes sense since it is only 250 calories! I decided to stop and pick up a little salad to eat with the pizza since it looked like it would not be too filling.

Even though the pizza was tiny, it was delicious! It had a crispy crust with delicious vegetables and melted cheese. I’m glad I got to try it for free!

I snacked on an organic apple afterwards until I bit into something very yucky!

What is that!!!!!???!!! It looks like a bug or dirt! Ew! In the trash my apple went.

After work I went to a great Total Body Conditioningclass at my gym. Between kickboxing on Monday and TBC last night, I am very sore today! Yay!

Dinner!

I came home from the gym and made some dinner with the roommate. My snack plate was so fun on Monday that I decided to make another one last night. We used Sabra Roasted Red Pepper hummus as the dip instead of Vivi’s Carnival Mustard Sauce.

Very fun to munch on while waiting for our food to cook! We decided to make nice big salads. They were pretty similar to the salad I had the night before. I started off by steaming up some broccoli.

We also made brown rice and corn to give our salads a little Mexican feel.

We made salads with grilled mushrooms, carrots, cucumbers, red peppers, and avocado.

We topped the rice and corn over our salad! Perfect!!

We ruined our healthy dinner with a nice pint of Cookie Dough!

I added bananas and whipped cream.

Delicious and so worth it.

I have some work today so I am off! I will leave you with a few questions!

1) What do you think that brown stuff was in my apple?

2) Are you going anywhere fun for the holidays?

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Hello on the beautiful sunny day! I had to pass on my $1.00 Jamba Juice oats today. I was not walking those extra 10 blocks in this rain. I started the day with a lovely green juice instead.

It contained kale, romaine, lemon, ginger, apple, celery, cucumber, and carrots.

This one was not so good. I think I will ditch the celery next time!

I arrived at work and warmed up with some oats and coffee.

I used Nature’s Path flax oatmeal, banana, cinnamon, and Navita’s Naturals Raw Cocoa Nibs. Yum!

Back to yesterday….

I went to Hale and Hearty Soups and got a delicious salad.

I forgot my camera as you can probably tell. The salad contained cucumbers, carrots, edamame, goat cheese, and avocado. Perfect combination! I also decided to try their signature Hale and Heart Vinaigrette since everyone around me was ordering it. I really enjoyed it.

I snacked on a Z-Bar later in the day. I tried to snack on an apple too but someone stole it from the fridge. Love when that happens.

After work, I went to Core Fusion. Dori and I decided that we would go twice a week from now on. We both want to get more strength training in so I figured last night would be a nice night to go! It was incredibly hard as always but a great workout. I plan to go once more this week too!

Dinner

I mentioned yesterday that I had 6 packages of hot dogs from Applegate Farms. I looked in my freezer and realized that they also sent me chicken strips, patties, and bacon! I decided to incorporate the Organic Chicken Strips into dinner last night.

Haha okay let’s check out the nutrition facts!

Organic Chicken Strips
Serving Size 3 Strips (84g)
Servings Per Container About 2.5
Calories 160
Calories From Fat 60
% Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Amount/serving DV%
Total Fat 7g 11%
Saturated Fat 1.5g 8%
Trans Fat 0g —
Cholesterol 35mg 12%
Sodium 180mg 8%
Total Carbs 11g 4%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars 1g —
Protein 12g —
Vitamin A 2%
Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 0%
Iron 10%

Organic Chicken, Water, Organic Rice Starch, Sea Salt, Natural Flavor, Breading: Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Evaporated Cane Juice, Sea Salt, Torula Yeast, Organic Soybean Oil, Organic Paprika, Batter: Water, Organic Wheat Flour, Sea Salt, Organic Garlic, Organic White Pepper, Organic Flavorings (Organic Rosemary Organic Sage And Organic Marjoram), Organic Cayenne Pepper, Breading Set In Organic Expeller Pressed Vegetable Oil.

I like that the strips are high in protein and low in sodium. Most frozen foods are very high in sodium but 180 mg is not too bad for these. I cooked them on the skillet with some mushrooms.

While they were cooking, I decided to make a massaged kale salad.

I started off by rubbing Navitas Naturals Coconut Oil on the kale leaves.

I then rubbed half of an avocado all over the leaves. I added some salt, pepper, and lemon juice and sliced up a little more avocado for the top.

I topped the chicken and mushrooms over the salad once they were finished cooking.

The salad came out great! The chicken tenders were crunchy and similar enough to regular chicken tenders from restaurants. They were not greasy and made a wonderful salad topping! I topped everything with Vivi’s Original Carnival Mustard Sauce. I will do a full review on it next week but it gave my salad some nice little extra spice!

Dessert was Brown Cow Greek yogurt with a crumbled Purely Elizabeth Cocoa muffin (my 3rd muffin of the day,oops!) There was also some apple butter and chocolate chips hidden under the muffin!! Yum!

What is your favorite yogurt topping?

I’d have to go with the above for my favorite! Usually I don’t have muffins around so pumpkin butter, chocolate chips, and grapes are my 2nd favorite toppings!

I am off to go run to the store in the rain! I forgot gum and can’t sit here for 5 more hours without something to chew! Have a good one!

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Good Morning on this warm spring December day! I chose the wrong day to wear a sweater and winter coat! I cooled off yesterday and today with a nice green juice!

Juice Ingredients:

• 3 Kale Leaves:Calcium, Lutein, Iron, Vitamin A, C, K 
• 1/2 Head of Romaine: Iron, Vitamin A, B9, K
• 3 Carrots: Vitamin A, C, B6. and Dietary Fiber
• 1 Apple: High in Dietary Fiber and Vitamin C
• 1 Lime:Vitamin C, E, K, folate
• 1/2 inch of Ginger: Calcium, Phosphorus, Iron, Folic Acid
• 1/2 Broccoli Head:Vitamin C, Folate, B2, B5, E, B6, and Dietary Fiber

As you can see, this was definitely a nutritional powerhouse!

Wednesday Juice

She bought some ice cream afterwards but I passed since I already had cake at work. It is all about balance!

I am off to go catch up on blogs! I will leave you with some questions!

1. What is your favorite breakfast food?
2. What are your favorite toppings for pancakes?

1.     My favorite breakfast food is french toast! I used to order it all of the time with extra powdered sugar. I try to stick with omelets these days!

2.    I love chocolate chip pancakes with bananas and syrup. YUM!

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