Stir Fry, Lame Salad, Bad Picture Day?

Thank you guys for all of the exercise variety ideas. Some of the suggestions were swimming laps, playing tennis (or sports in general), Pilates and hiking.

Thursday was a quick day at work (hooray). I came home and prepped dinner and got to work on my weekly house cleaning. I had planned a run today but one of my friends was in desperate need of a Body Step sub, so I ended up teaching for her.

For dinner, Josh got a traditional stir fry with ground turkey, bean sprouts, water chestnuts, snow peas, baby corn and stir fry sauce. The whole bowl was topped with sesame seeds:

My original plan for myself was re-fried beans with veggies, but I was a little more time constrained (due to having to drive to the gym to teach), so I made myself a salad (romaine, spinach, broccoli slaw, broccoli, green bell pepper, pinto beans, salsa) and a side of cantaloupe (mmmm):

Any Twilight fans out there? Did you hear about the conventions going on? There are two that are coming near me: Charlotte and Atlanta. I may have to go!

Tomorrow is FRIDAY!! What are your weekend plans?

Chickpea Burgers

Its been a fabulously busy Wednesday! I crammed a lot into today and slimmed down my to do list. My day started bright and early at the gym. I ran about a mile and a half and then headed into the group fitness studio to take MOST of Body Pump (I had a meeting I needed to get to so I cut it a bit short).

After a quick shower and a delicious green monster (1 banana, ½ cup skim milk, 2 or so cups spinach and ice):

I headed out to my meeting which went well. I skipped my AM coffee this morning as an experiment and felt pretty good for ¾ of the day… then the dragging started ;). I finished up my day of work and ran some errands (WFs (gosh I love that place), dry cleaners, oil change, Starbucks for a misto….very necessary). I also got some of my to dos around the casa done (ironing, more laundry).

For dinner tonight, I made Sarah’s INCREDIBLE Chickpea Veggie Burgers. I am really enjoying experimenting with new vegetarian dishes and Josh is even liking them (ok…most of them ;)). I made a few modifications to her recipe in terms of ingredients:

Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups canned chickpeas
1/3 cup egg whites
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons chopped fresh basil
1/2 small onion, chopped
grated zest from 1 lemon
1/2 cup sprouts (i.e. alfalfa or broccoli- I used a mixture of bean sprouts and broccoli slaw)
1/2 cup toasted whole wheat bread crumbs
extra-virgin olive oil for cooking or pam

Directions:
See Sarah’s recipe. I made myself chickpea nuggets


and Josh a chickpea burger.

For chickpea nuggets, just make smaller burgers and flatten a bit during cooking. They only take about 5 minutes per side. On the side, we had some fruit and snap peas. Thanks for another fabulous dinner idea Sarah!

On a side note, I’ve really been enjoying the variety I’ve been getting through my weekly workouts (teaching Body Step & Body Attack, taking Body Pump, Body Flow, Spin, and running (# of times for each varies per week depending on my teaching schedule)). Do you crave variety or do you stick mostly to one activity? Are you happy with your current routine? Do you have any suggestions for new activities for me? I’d love to get out and do some hiking or try rock climbing!