Lean Bodies Health and Fitness

Oh my gosh.  This salad is so good!  It has all the elements of a good, summery salad.  It’s got a light flavor, strawberries, swiss cheese, egg, bacon, and lots of other yumminess. 

Salad ingredients:

• Romaine lettuce
• Grilled Chicken
• Red onion
• Raspberries or strawberries
• Swiss cheese, grated or thinly sliced
• Bacon, cooked and crumbled
• Pecans, chopped

Dressing Ingredients:

• 1 t. oil
• 2 t. white vinegar
• 3/4 t. low fat mayo
• 3/4 t. sf maple syrup
• 3/4 t. brown sugar

The dressing has about 70 calories.  The calories in the salad depend on the amounts of the ingredients you put in.  This salad is a great flavor combination!  I hope you try it!

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Well, the results of the “One Plate Challenge” are in.  And… I forgot my camera.  I’m so sorry.  I couldn’t go home to get it.  You’ll have to just trust me on this one. 

Here’s what I had:

• A little bit (1/4 cup?) of a really good bean salad with avocado
• The same amount of a yummy pasta salad
• 1 1/2 chocolate chip cookies
• 1 really good brownie with cool whip and strawberries
• 1/2 of a yummy pudding-ish dessert with a graham cracker crust

I admit, its more that I planned but I could’ve eat much more so I was proud of myself.  I left feeling like I had had some good treats but not overly stuffed and I was happy about that, too.  I am also happy that the crazy week of a million bbq’s is over and I can go back to eating normally without all the temptations to indulge!  I like indulging every once in a while but this last week has been a bit ridiculous.

I will attempt the “One Plate Challenge” another time when I have my camera with me!

Today is a day to get a bunch of stuff done around the house.  I have all sorts of laundry, kitchen cleaning, spring cleaning/getting things sorted for the garage sale, and other things to do.  The kids slept in until 9am, which is completely crazy for my kids, and were outside playing with neighbors by 9:30am.  I love summer!  Now, if it would just get a little bit warmer so we can start hitting the pool I’ll be good to go!

This is such a good salad.  The dressing is so light and fresh tasting.  And the toppings and flavors go perfectly together!  It is a really great lunch or dinner for that matter!

Here are the toppings I put on:

• 1 slice turkey bacon
• 1/2 hard boiled egg
• 1/2 T. bleu cheese
• 2 oz chicken
• 1 oz avocado

You can use as much of these above toppings as you’d like. 

Here’s the recipe for the yummy dressing:

• 2 t olive oil
• 1 t balsamic vinegar
• little squirt of mustard
• shake of pepper

I hope you guys enjoy this simple, yet tasty salad!

In my world today:

It’s 1:35pm and I haven’t showered yet.  I need to go do that.  I have done a few things though:

• workout
• put away dishes
• made a boot camp cd (which as it turns out isn’t working so I guess this should still be on my to do list)
• written a couple workout plans for May clients

Still to do:

• Shower
• Laundry
• Shower
• Pet Store
• Shower

I’m feeling pretty nasty.  I think I better go shower right now.  Have a great weekend!

This salad was really good and pretty different from anything I’ve tried recently.  And I love honey mustard dressing and am excited to now know how to make it!  Here’s the salad combo:

• Romaine lettuce
• Mandarin Oranges
• Pineapple (I used canned tidbits)
• Avocado
• Chicken (2 breasts, sliced in half so it’s thinner)

Mix the following together and rub on the chicken about an hour before you plan to grill it:

• 1 T. lime juice
• 1/2 t. garlic powder
• 1/2 t. salt
• 1/2 t. pepper
• 1/2 t. Cajun seasoning (I didn’t have this so I used “Kickin’ Chicken”)

Here’s the ingredients for the homemade Honey Mustard.  This is for one serving so multiply as needed:

• 1/2 T. honey
• 1/2 T. Dijon Mustard
• 1/2 T. lime juice
• 1 T. lf mayo
• Sprinkle of ground ginger
• 1/2 t. oil

Top the salad with the grilled chicken (cut into chunks) and top that with the dressing!  You should use the dressing immediately.  I’m not sure why, but the recipe says to so you better do it.  You’ll love this I promise!

In my world today:

Wow, I feel so flustered because I have so much to do today!  This is first time I’ve sat down so far today.  I got up and went to the gym at 8am.  Came home and while Aubrey was napping I got my grocery list ready for the next week.  When she woke up, which wasn’t long after she went down, we rushed to the store.  The kids needed new shoes so we got those as well as our groceries.  I realized the other day that Brynley’s shoes she’s been wearing are two sizes too small!  Whoops!  When we got home from the grocery store I had to feed Aubrey and put her down again.  Today’s spring cleaning task was cleaning out the fridge (like really cleaning the shelves and everything) so I wanted to do that before I put all the new groceries in, so I started on that task.  Actually, I’m still in the middle of that task.  I just thought the fridge door should be shut for a while so I took a little break.  Meanwhile, the counters are covered in non-perishable groceries, there are dishes in the sink and dishes to be unloaded from the dishwasher.  Laundry is exploding out of my ears.  Library books are due today.  I have to make 100 copies of my boot camp flier before tomorrow. (breathe).  Wow.  I feel like I have so much to do I don’t know where to start.  So, maybe I’ll just stay here and keep writing about.  No.  I should go get to work. 

What are you guys doing today?