Hey guys!  I have been swamped at work and then forgot my camera at home, so I’ll post pictures later! 

This morning for breakfast I had PB toast, 1 cup of black coffee and a flax and chia seed drink. 

Breakfast makes me happy!

We didn’t make it to the gym today (3rd day in a row- that never happens) we decided we wanted to sleep after staying up late watching football.  I am planning on going for a long walk after dinner tonight and enjoy the beautiful evening outdoors. 

For lunch today I ran home and made the Husband and I a salad and pita sandwich.  In the salad we had cherry tomatoes, walnuts, feta cheese and salad.  The pitas were Ezekiel 4:9 pitas, natural nitrate free turkey breast, red onion and lettuce.  With all the vegetables, I got super full from lunch!

We only have 25 days until Mexico!  I can’t believe it!  Where does time go?  I really need to step up my workouts as 25 days is not a lot of time.  Between the Husband’s parents coming into town to visit, my mom coming into town to visit (she gets here on Thursday- yay!), the Husband’s 29th birthday and Halloween, our schedule before Mexico is going to be crazy!  I love schedule and routine and I think I actually thrive off of it.   I just need to keep visioning myself in a bikini on the beach, that’s all the motivation I need!  Let the 25 day countdown begin!

Here are some more pics of past Mexican vacations.  I just realized almost all of our Mexico pictures revolve around us eating or having a drink! 

Do you thrive of routine or do you like to plan the day as it comes?  Do you plan your workouts?

I was in the mood for dessert tonight and wanted something seasonal and also light.  I decided to make an apple crisp recipe that I love.  It’s simple and easy and oh so tasty!

Apple Crisp

Ingredients: 

• 5-6 apples
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup uncooked oats
• 2 tablespoons diced butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• raw sugar to sprinkle- about 1 tablespoon
• cinnamon to sprinkle- about 1 tablespoon
• 1-2 tablespoons ground flaxseeds

Directions:  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Slice the apples and place them into a baking dish.  Sprinkle the apples with cinnamon and sugar.  Mix the salt, oats, butter and brown sugar in a bowl.  Spread over apples and bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.  Serve with your favorite vanilla ice cream or pumpkin butter!

5-6 apples

Slice

Place the apples in a baking dish

Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar

Mix together, oatmeal, salt, brown sugar, flaxseeds and butter

Spread over apples

Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes

Let cool for 5 minutes and enjoy

I ate dessert first tonight.  I had a scoop of apple crisp with a scoop of pumpkin butter.  Heavenly.

So, while the apple crisp was baking, I started prepping the vegetables for fajitas.

I used green bell peppers, mushrooms, jicama and yellow onion

Chop

Chop

Chop- I used 1/2 of the whole jicama

I like to chop the jicama into matchsticks

Ready to sauté

The mushrooms stay on the side

Into the pan

I added fresh ground black pepper, cumin, crushed red pepper and just a dash of sea salt

While the vegetables were cooking, I made sour cream and shredded some pepper jack cheese

Homemade sour cream = Greek yogurt (plain) + 1/2 fresh squeezed lemon juice

3/4 – 1 cup Greek Yogurt

+ 1/2 lemon juice (or more to taste)

Mix together and you have yourself some sour cream

I like to shred my own cheese, this is probably one of my favorite cheeses when we are having Mexican food

Transfer to a glass container.

Perfect vegetables, I love how they caramelize

Time to add the mushrooms

Vegetables are ready

Everything is ready to go!

Tortilla

Vegetables

Flank Steak

Cheese

Avocado

Sour Cream

Top it all off with salsa

They were delicious and way healthier than anything you can get at a restaurant.  Drinks tonight are cranberry juice mixed with water in a wine glass for fun!

Cheers!  Time for Monday Night Football!  : )

Go Vikings!