What I'm Lovin' Wednesdays {No. 3}

I'm sitting here looking at the piles of laundry I folded just now...and trying to convince myself to get up off of the sofa and put the clothes away go to bed.


Before I crash...here is what I'm loving this week!

1) 60 degree weather in January and going for walks around sunset through our neighborhood. Life really is so very beautiful.

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2) Teaching an early morning BodyPump class (taught my first one today it was awesome...so much energy for that time of the morning!) I'm loving how my body feels after working out.

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3) I'm loving baby elefantes.

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4) I'm totally loving this get up.

 

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5) I'm loving this dress and hoping I get good enough at sewing to try this when spring arrives.

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6) I'm still loving gray & yellow...and that pretty teal blue color

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7) I'm loving this idea for a wreath for our front door in February.

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8) I'm loving this recipe for mock lasagna.

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9) I'm loving my awesome sisters after our rockin' weekend in Nashville, TN.

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10) I'm loving this reminder to delight in the Lord.

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I'm linking up over at Lollipops and at This Kind of Love today. Join in the fun by checking out those blogs and seeing how you can get in on the Wednesday Love.



buh-bye friends :)

{Tasty Tuesdays} Crispy Prosciutto Pizza

Pizza is my second favorite food. Next to all things Mexican.

I love coming up with different combinations of toppings. One of my favorite is Hawaiian, but Forrest is not a big fan of the pineapple. We were running around Wal-Mart a few weeks ago trying to come up with dinner plans, and I thought I might play around with some of his favorite toppings and substitute prosciutto for ham. It was totally scrumtrilescent (sp?).

Crispy Prosciutto Pizza

2 cups fresh baby Spinach

1/2 cup sliced mushrooms

1 cup artichoke hearts, drained

4 tbsp pizza sauce

2 whole wheat pizza crusts

1 package of sliced prosciutto cut into small squares

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

1) Preheat Oven to 375

2) Spread the pizza sauce over the whole wheat pizza crusts

3) Top with the fresh spinach

4) Strategically place the mushroom slices and artichoke hearts around the pizza

5) Layer on the cheese and top with the prosciutto

6) Bake for about 15 minutes or until the cheese melts and the prosciutto appears crispy

And enjoy!

I'm linking up over at 33shadesofgreen as part of her Tasty Tuesday's linky party.

Here's What's Cooking {No. 2}

What a fabulous weekend! I'm posting a little late on this because I flew in from Nashville around midday and have been busy getting ready for my week to start. Whew.

Our menu is a little different this week because my wonderful hubby cooked dinner for me tonight to help me have more time to get all settled. What a treat! So here's what's cooking at Casita Cory!

Menu Week of January 16

Tuesday / Wednesday: Chicken & Broccoli Casserole

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Thursday / Friday: Sweet Potato & Ground Turkey Shepard's Pie

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Saturday / Sunday: Vegetable & Chickpea Curry w/ Whole Grain Rice

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Grocery List:
onion
ginger
serrano chili
3c. chickpeas
2 baking potatoes
green bell pepper
frozen cut green beans
vegetable broth
3 c. baby spinach
light coconut milk 1c
1 lemon
12 oz broccoli florets
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 can evaporated fat free milk
fat free mayonnaise
fat free sour cream
sherry
cream of mushroom soup
grated parm cheese
rosemary
celery
ground turkey breast
1 bag frozen mixed veggies

Breakfast:
Hard Boiled Eggs
Banana & Peanut Butter with Cocoa Powder, Greek Yogurt & Almond Milk Smoothie

Morning Snack:
Greek Yogurt (coconut)


Lunch:
1 cup whole grain spaghetti w/ low-fat veggie pasta sauce
1/2 boneless skinless chicken breast
1 cup spinach
1 tbsp Auntie Annie's Goddess Dressing

Afternoon Snack:
Mixed Nut Trail Mix

I'm excited to make curry this week because I have never tried that before. I have been craving a chicken and broccoli casserole, but didn't want all of the fat, so I am happy that I stumbled upon this recipe!

Get Fit Friday {No. 2}

Working out is something I strongly connect with music. When I run I try to find songs where the beat per minute matches my pace (I'm not very fast...so the Bruno Mars Pandora station tends to be my running sound track), when lifting I like to find songs about being tough, running things and living out a dream (Jay Z and Kanye for example), and Les Mills classes always have a great mix of inspiring, fun, and gritty songs.

It's not easy for me to narrow this down, but today I give you my

Top 5 Workout Tracks.

If you haven't heard them before go on over and check them out on YouTube. Warning: I posted the official videos for these songs, but if you want to purchase them on iTunes you can download the clean version like I do (I don't like hearing swear words in my music).

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In no particular order:

Raise Your Glass by Pink (cardio)


Run This Town by Jay Z (lifting)


Yes (Everyday I See My Dream) by LMFAO (lifting)


Grenade by Bruno Mars (lifting)


Yeah 3x by Chris Brown (cardio)

So...if you are a BODYPUMPer you have probably heard 3 of these 5 before. I can't help it, these songs are linked to my fitness experience!

Happy Healthy Friday! I'm signing off until Monday...let the bachelorette shenanigans begin!

Bachelorette Party Ideas

This weekend I am headed to Nashville to celebrate my baby sister's (she's growing way to fast) bachelorette party. My big sis, Reba, and I have been scheming for quite a while to get this weekend trip ready and we cannot wait to see how it all comes together.

I can't wait to show you all either. I worked for about 7 hours last night formatting games in word, making bachelorette survival kits, and a few other decorations. But I don't want to give anything away before we get there, so here is my Pinspiration Board. Click on the links below to see the pins and follow them back to the original source!

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

I have been taking pictures as I work each night, and cannot wait to share with you what I came up with after I found all of these great ideas. To see my whole Bachelorette Party Board, click here.

T-minus 2 days until the weekend! Oh and I get to wear jeans to work today for spirit week. Nice.

What I'm Loving Wednesday {No. 2}

I think this whole What I'm Loving Wednesday is going to be good for me. I kind of forgot during track out from school just how much Wednesday is my least favorite day of the week...then I woke up this morning. Dread. But then I remembered that today is all about what I love....so now I have a better attitude about the day (also I am going to stop off and pick up a caramel covered cream filled doughnut).

So here is what I'm loving today!

1) I'm loving all of these cute coffee quotes.

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2) I'm loving these quotes about love & life.

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3) I'm loving these delicious looking recipes.

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4) I'm loving a gray & yellow bedroom

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5) I'm loving my sweet sweet husband (& the fact that he decided to cut his hair) (& I am hopeful our lil chirens will get his thick wavy hair and not my thin fine baby hair!)

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Okay...off to pick up that doughnut and get to work!

Happy Wednesday!
I'm linking up over at Lollipops! And at This Kind of Love.

Tasty Tuesday: Turkey Burgers

On Sunday I posted my menu for the week along with the recipes from OxygenMag.com. Here is a link to that post and to that recipe.

Turkey Burgers w/ Sweet Potato Chips

What you'll need:
1 lb lean turkey burger
1/4  cup and 4 tbsp salsa
4 whole wheat thin burger buns
4 leaves of romaine lettuce
2 Roma tomatoes
2 small/medium sweet potatoes
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Wash and skin sweet potatoes, and cut into thin slices.
Either spray the olive oil or brush it over a pan with a basting brush. Spread the sweet potato slices out over the pan in a single layer and sprinkle with the salt.

Heat a tbsp of olive oil in a skillet or grill pan to medium or medium low heat.
Mix the ground turkey & salsa, and create four burgers of the same size.
Cook them in the grill pan on one side for about 5 minutes (or until you can see that almost half of the burger has cooked).

Check on the sweet potatoes and stir them or flip them around a bit. 

Flip the burgers and cook on the other side for another 5 minutes or until the burgers are completely cooked through.

Take out the chips and serve up the turkey burgers with the romaine lettuce and slices of the Roma tomatoes. Top with a tbsp of salsa. 

And here is the best part--I went back to look at the recipe from Oxygen Magazine to find out the nutritional information:


Calories...um just 353....say what?
Total Fats...11 g
Saturated Fat..3 g
Trans Fat...0 g
Cholesterol...0 mg
Sodium...150 mg (wanna bet how much is in a fast food burger?)
Total Carbohydrates...41 g
Dietary Fiber..8 g
Sugars...9 g
Protein...27 g (you will be full...no doubt)
Iron...2 mg


Wowza. Enjoy this and don't feel guilty for one little minute because you can't do much better than those stats!

Happy Tuesday folks!

As always, I'm linking up over here for the Tasty Tuesday Linky Party.